Union Carbide Corporation

Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc.

John Edward Kendall

Kenneth F Butwell

Jonathan Lester Brockwell

Robert M Manyik

A process for the oxydehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene in a reaction system of open series connected stages, includes changing the total water and acetic acid content in the output gaseous stream after at least one stage other than the last stage of the series.

Process for oxydehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene

Novel process for removing polymer from aqueous absorbent solutions used to contact organic gas-containing gas streams comprising the steps of adjusting the polymer-containing aqueous absorbent solutions to a pH of not more than about 8.5, preferably not more than about 7.5, for example, about 6.0 to about 8.5, preferably about 7.0 to about 7.5, and removing the polymer from the resulting solutions by decantation and/or filtration. The novel process is particularly applicable to the system of removing acid gas from hydrocarbon-containing feed gases which contain one or more polymerizable components wherein the feed gas is contacted with an aqueous absorbent solution which absorbs the acid gas and, thereafter, the absorbent solution is stripped to rid it of said acid gas. The adjustment of pH can be accomplished by increasing the acid gas loading in the aqueous absorbent or by adding an acid, preferably one which will not form a heat stable salt with the absorbent. The pH adjustment, e.g., acidification, and filtration can be performed on the total mainstream or a portion thereof, i.e., a sidestream, before it is stripped.

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John Edward Kendall