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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Michael Johannes Franciscus Maria Verhaak, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventor:
Michael Johannes Franciscus Maria Verhaak, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 301/03 (2006.01); C07C 29/00 (2006.01); C07C 31/18 (2006.01); C07D 301/10 (2006.01); C07C 29/132 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 301/10 (2013.01); C07C 29/132 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene oxide, comprising the steps of producing ethylene resulting in a stream comprising ethylene and ethane; producing ethylene oxide by subjecting ethylene and ethane from the stream comprising ethylene and ethane to oxidation conditions resulting in a stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane; and recovering ethylene oxide from the stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane.