Process for providing C2 hydrocarbons via oxidative coupling of methane and for separating hydrocarbon compounds

Disclosed herein are processes for producing and separating ethane and ethylene. In some embodiments, an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) product gas comprising ethane and ethylene is introduced to a separation unit comprising two separators. Within the separation unit, the OCM product gas is sep...

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Hauptverfasser:	Wolfenbarger, Julian, Vuddagiri, Srinivas R, Weinberger, Sam, Edwards, Justin D, Rahmim, Iraj Isaac
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CHEMISTRY CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS FUELS LUBRICANTS METALLURGY MINERAL WAXES ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEAT PERFORMING OPERATIONS PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS REFORMING OF NAPHTHA SEPARATION TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed herein are processes for producing and separating ethane and ethylene. In some embodiments, an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) product gas comprising ethane and ethylene is introduced to a separation unit comprising two separators. Within the separation unit, the OCM product gas is separated to provide a C2-rich effluent, a methane-rich effluent, and a nitrogen-rich effluent. Advantageously, in some embodiments the separation is achieved with little or no external refrigeration requirement.