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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Thomas Yuschak, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Timothy J. Laplante, Columbus, OH (US);
Scott Rankin, Columbus, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Sean Patrick Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Eric Daymo, Dublin, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Thomas Yuschak, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Timothy J. LaPlante, Columbus, OH (US);
Scott Rankin, Columbus, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Sean Patrick Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Eric Daymo, Dublin, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a process for converting a feed composition comprising one or more hydrocarbons to a product comprising one or more unsaturated hydrocarbons, the process comprising: flowing the feed composition and steam in contact with each other in a microchannel reactor at a temperature in the range from about 200° C. to about 1200° C. to convert the feed composition to the product, the process being characterized by the absence of catalyst for converting the one or more hydrocarbons to one or more unsaturated hydrocarbons. Hydrogen and/or oxygen may be combined with the feed composition and steam.