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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald G. Searle, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 ; C07C 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 ; C07C 1/20 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of recovering olefin from purge streams in a polyolefin production process. The method includes reacting a purge stream containing olefin and impurities with water in the presence of a hydrating catalyst to produce an alcohol containing stream. The impurities can include methane, ethane, butylenes, and hydrogen. The alcohol containing stream can be used to produce olefins in an oxygenate to olefin production process.