The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Commonwealth Scientific

Industrial Research Organisation

Jack G Creer

Noam White

Thomas Mole

Peter Tsai

Sandra Liberts

Douglas A Kagi

A process for the production of aromatic compounds from low-molecular weight predominantly paraffinic feedstock which comprises contacting the feedstock in a first reactor with a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a first reaction product containing alkenes; contacting said first reaction product in a second reactor with a crystalline aluminosilicate catalyst to produce a second reaction product containing aromatics; and separating an aromatic-rich fraction therefrom. In a preferred embodiment the feedstock consists essentially of propane and/or butane.

Two-stage process for converting propane to aromatics

A process for production of hydrocarbons useful as fuels, comprises contacting a feed stream containing acetylene with a zeolite catalyst, whereby a reaction product containing said hydrocarbons is obtained. In a preferred embodiment the feed stream contains acetylene in admixture with one or more other compounds, for example inert gases, water, hydrogen, methane, ethane, and alcohols.

Aromatization of acetylene

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Jack G Creer