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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Sabic Global Technologies, B.v., Bergen Op Zoom, NL;
Vijayanand Rajagopalan, Bangalore, IN;
Robert Broekhuis, Richmond, TX (US);
Pankaj Singh Gautam, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Vidya Sagar Reddy Sarsani, Pearland, TX (US);
Sabic Global Technologies, B.V., Bergen Op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
A methane conversion process for producing Chydrocarbons comprising (a) introducing a reactant mixture comprising methane (>20 mol %) and an inert compound to a reaction unit to produce a reactor effluent stream comprising Chydrocarbons, methane, the inert compound, and water and/or carbon dioxide; (b) removing at least a portion of the water and/or at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the reactor effluent stream to produce a demethanizer feed stream; (c) feeding at least a portion of the demethanizer feed stream to a demethanizer unit to produce two or more vapor streams (methane rich stream and inert rich stream), and at least one liquid stream (Chydrocarbons); (d) withdrawing at least a portion of the inert rich stream as a purge stream; (e) recycling any remaining portion of the inert rich stream to the reaction unit; and (f) recycling the methane rich stream to the reaction unit.