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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2005
John William Couves, Bourne End, GB;
David Charles Griffiths, Esher, GB;
Brian Edward Messenger, Englefield Green, GB;
Ian Allan Beattie Reid, Southfields, GB;
John William Couves, Bourne End, GB;
David Charles Griffiths, Esher, GB;
Brian Edward Messenger, Englefield Green, GB;
Ian Allan Beattie Reid, Southfields, GB;
Ineos Europe Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon by autothermal cracking, which process comprises: partially combusting the hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen is 5 to 16 times the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen required for complete combustion of the hydrocarbon to carbon dioxide and water, characterised in that the catalyst comprises palladium and at least one further metal being a Group IIIA, Group IVA, VA, a transition metal or a lanthanide.