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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Guang Cao, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jihad M. Dakka, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for upgrading an ethane-containing Cparaffin stream comprises contacting the paraffin stream with an oxygen containing gas in the presence of a selective oxidation catalyst under conditions to selectively oxidize at least part of the ethane in the paraffin stream and produce a first product stream comprising ethylene. At least part of the first product stream may then be contacted with an isoparaffin-containing feed in the presence of a solid alkylation catalyst and under conditions to alkylate at least part of the isoparaffin with at least part of the ethylene and produce a second product stream comprising Calkylate. Alternatively, at least part of the ethylene in the first product stream may be dimerized before the alkylation step.