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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Paul F. Keusenkothen, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy A. Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Easton, PA (US);
Robert D. Denton, Bellaire, TX (US);
Frank Hershkowitz, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ian J. Laurenzi, Hampton, NJ (US);
Paul F. Keusenkothen, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy A. Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
J. Tim Cullinane, Easton, PA (US);
Robert D. Denton, Bellaire, TX (US);
Frank Hershkowitz, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ian J. Laurenzi, Hampton, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and a method are provided for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon and generating electricity from a tail gas stream. The method includes feeding a first stream including a raw natural gas into a reactor. The method includes converting the first stream, at least in part, to a second stream including an aromatic hydrocarbon within the reactor. The method includes separating the second stream into a tail gas stream and a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon stream and combusting at least a portion of the tail gas stream to generate electricity.