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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Walter Weissman, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Sumathy Raman, Annandale, NJ (US);
Mark A. Greaney, Upper Black Eddy, PA (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
An electrochemical conversion method for converting at least a portion of a first mixture comprising hydrocarbon to Cunsaturates by repeatedly applying an electric potential difference, V(τ), to a first electrode of an electrochemical cell during a first time interval τ; and reducing the electric potential difference, V(τ), to a second electric potential difference, V(τ), for a second time interval τ, wherein τ≤τ. The method is beneficial, among other things, for reducing coke formation in the electrochemical production of Cunsaturates in an electrochemical cell. Accordingly, a method of reducing coke formation in the electrochemical conversion of such mixtures and a method for electrochemically converting carbon to Cunsaturates as well as an apparatus for such methods are also provided.