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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Aggadin Mamedov, Houston, TX (US);
Saeed Al-wahabi, Riyadh, SA;
Yungyi Lin, Riyadh, SA;
Mohamed Sabri Abdelghani, Riyadh, SA;
Akram Al-alwan, Riyadh, SA;
Aggadin Mamedov, Houston, TX (US);
Saeed Al-Wahabi, Riyadh, SA;
Yungyi Lin, Riyadh, SA;
Mohamed Sabri Abdelghani, Riyadh, SA;
Akram Al-Alwan, Riyadh, SA;
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Ryadh, SA;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene, comprising the steps of a) thermally converting, by a pyrolysis or a partial oxidation process, a feed charge containing methane into an acetylene containing effluent, and b) in situ hydrogenating, by a non-catalytic reaction, the acetylene produced in the first step into ethylene by intimately mixing the acetylene containing effluent with an ethane feed. The process according to the invention is more efficient than other synthesis schemes, while simplifying the overall process design. This process thus offers an economically attractive scheme for mass production of ethylene from natural gas, based on a well-known and proven acetylene route.