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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
John Robert Lockemeyer, Houston, TX (US);
Randall Clayton Yeates, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SHELL USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 301/03 (2006.01); B01J 21/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/68 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 35/61 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 301/03 (2013.01); B01J 21/04 (2013.01); B01J 23/688 (2013.01); B01J 35/19 (2024.01); B01J 35/612 (2024.01);
Abstract
An ethylene oxide (EO) production process for the epoxidation of ethylene comprising: At a cumulative EO production cumEOof at least 0.2 kton EO/mcatalyst, the process is operating at a reaction temperature Tand with the inlet feed gas having an optimum overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness value Clto produce EO with an EO production parameter value EO; and