Process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using microchannel process technology

The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. The process includes steam reforming to form synthesis gas followed by a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to convert the synthesis gas to the high molecular weight hydrocarbons. The...

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Hauptverfasser:	LITT, ROBERT DWAYNE, SIMMONS, WAYNE W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CARBURETTING AIR OR OTHER GASES CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS FUELS LUBRICANTS METALLURGY MINERAL WAXES 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 PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROMSOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS REFORMING OF NAPHTHA TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. The process includes steam reforming to form synthesis gas followed by a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to convert the synthesis gas to the high molecular weight hydrocarbons. The reforming and Fischer-Tropsch reactions are conducted in microchannel reactors. The higher molecular weight hydrocarbons may be further treated to form hydrocarbon products such as middle distillate fuels, lubricating oils, and the like. The apparatus includes vessels containing SMR microchannel reactors and Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactors. A composition comprising a mixture of olefins and paraffins is disclosed.