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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0157584 (2011-06-10) |
등록번호 | US-8436220 (2013-05-07) |
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Process and systems for converting lower molecular weight alkanes to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons that include demethanization of brominated hydrocarbons, wherein the brominated hydrocarbons are formed by reaction of the lower molecular weight alkanes with bromine.
1. A process comprising: reacting at least gaseous alkanes and a halogen to produce at least a halogenation product stream, wherein the halogenation product stream comprise alkyl halides, hydrogen halide, and unreacted alkanes;separating the alkyl halides from the hydrogen halides and unreacted alka
1. A process comprising: reacting at least gaseous alkanes and a halogen to produce at least a halogenation product stream, wherein the halogenation product stream comprise alkyl halides, hydrogen halide, and unreacted alkanes;separating the alkyl halides from the hydrogen halides and unreacted alkanes in the halogenation product stream using a fractionator to form at least a gaseous stream and a liquid alkyl halides stream, wherein the gaseous stream comprises the hydrogen halide and the unreacted alkanes, and wherein the liquid alkyl halides stream comprises the alkyl halides, the alkyl halides comprising mono-halogenated alkanes and poly-halogenated alkanes, wherein a reflux condenser of the fractionator generates a reflux stream that is fed into the fractionator;recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the gaseous stream; andreacting at least a portion of the alkyl halides from the liquid alkyl halides stream in the presence of a catalyst to produce a synthesis product stream, wherein the synthesis product stream comprises higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and hydrogen halides. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the halogen comprises bromine. 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the higher molecular weight hydrocarbons comprise hydrocarbons having 5 or more hydrocarbons. 4. The process of claim 1 wherein the separating comprises cooling the halogenation product stream, separating the halogenation product stream into a liquid fractionator feed stream and a gaseous fractionator feed stream, and feeding the liquid fractionator feed stream and the gaseous fractionator feed stream into a fractionator, wherein the gaseous stream and the liquid alkyl halides stream are withdrawn from the fractionator. 5. The process of claim 4 wherein the fractionator operates at a pressure of about 20 bars to about 40 bars. 6. The process of claim 4 further comprising withdrawing a second liquid stream from the fractionator and heating the second liquid stream to a temperature of about 100° C. to about 200° C. in a reboiler. 7. The process of claim 4 further comprising withdrawing an overhead vapor stream from the fractionator and cooling the overhead vapor stream to a temperature greater than about −40° C. in a condenser. 8. The process of claim 7 further comprising cooling the overhead vapor stream against the gaseous stream. 9. The process of claim 4 further comprising cooling the gaseous fractionator feed stream against the gaseous stream. 10. The process of claim 1 further comprising cooling the halogenation product stream against a halogenation feed stream comprising the gaseous alkanes and the halogen from the step of reacting at least gaseous alkanes and a halogen. 11. The process of claim 1 wherein the liquid alkyl halides stream comprises less than 2% by weight of the hydrogen halide from the halogenation product stream. 12. The process of claim 1 wherein the liquid alkyl halides stream comprises less than 1% by weight of the hydrogen halide from the halogenation product stream. 13. The process of claim 1 wherein the unreacted alkanes in the gaseous stream comprises methane and alkanes having 2 or more carbons in an amount of less than 1% by mole. 14. The process of claim 1 wherein the gaseous stream comprises less than 10 ppmw alkyl halides. 15. The process of claim 1 wherein the gaseous stream comprises less than 1 ppmw alkyl halides. 16. The process of claim 1 further comprising recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the synthesis product stream, wherein recovery of the hydrogen halide from the synthesis product stream occurs in the same unit as the recovery of the hydrogen halide from the gaseous stream. 17. The process of claim 1 further comprising recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the synthesis product stream, wherein recovery of the hydrogen halide from the synthesis product stream occurs in a hydrogen halide separator, and wherein the recovery of the hydrogen halide from the gaseous stream occurs in a second hydrogen halide separator. 18. The process of claim 17 wherein the second hydrogen halide separator operates at a higher pressure than the hydrogen halide separator. 19. The process of claim 1 wherein the recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the gaseous stream comprises contacting the gaseous alkane stream with an aqueous stream. 20. The process of claim 1 further comprising reacting at least a portion of the alkyl halides from the liquid alkyl halides stream with light end hydrocarbons to convert at least a portion of the alkyl halides from poly-halogenated alkanes to mono-halogenated alkanes prior to the step of reacting at least a portion of the alkyl halides from the liquid alkyl halides stream in the presence of a catalyst to produce a synthesis product stream. 21. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a synthetic crystalline alumino-silicate catalyst. 22. A process comprising reacting at least gaseous alkanes and bromine in a bromination reactor to produce at least a bromination product stream, wherein the bromination product stream comprise alkyl bromides, hydrogen bromide, and unreacted alkanes;separating the alkyl bromides from the hydrogen bromide and the unreacted alkanes in the bromination product stream to form at least a gaseous alkane/HBr stream and a liquid alkyl bromides stream, wherein the gaseous alkane/HBr stream comprises the hydrogen bromide and the unreacted alkanes, and wherein the liquid alkyl bromides stream comprises the alkyl bromides, the alkyl bromides comprising mono-brominated alkanes and poly-brominated alkanes;reacting at least a portion of the alkyl bromides from the liquid alkyl bromides stream in a synthesis reactor to produce a synthesis product stream, wherein the synthesis product stream comprises higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and hydrogen bromide;recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen bromide from the synthesis product stream in a hydrogen bromide separator;providing a natural gas stream;separating at least the synthesis product stream and the natural gas stream into at least a light ends product stream, a heavy ends product stream, and a feed gas stream, wherein the light ends product stream comprises hydrocarbons having from 2 to 4 carbons, wherein the heavy ends product stream comprises hydrocarbons having 5 or more carbons, and wherein the feed gas stream comprises methane;compressing the feed gas stream in a feed compressor;feeding the feed gas stream into the bromination reactor;generating a recycle alkane stream by recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen bromide from the gaseous alkane/HBr stream in a second hydrogen bromide separator operating at a higher pressure than the hydrogen bromide separator;compressing the recycle alkane stream in a recycle compressor; andfeeding the recycle alkane stream to the bromination reactor. 23. The process of claim 22 wherein the separating the bromination product stream comprises cooling the bromination product stream, separating the bromination product stream into a liquid fractionator feed stream and a gaseous fractionator stream, and feeding the liquid fractionator feed stream and the gaseous fractionator feed stream into a fractionator, wherein the gaseous alkane stream and the liquid alkyl bromides stream are withdrawn from the fractionator. 24. The process of claim 23 wherein the fractionator operates at a pressure of about 20 bars to about 40 bars. 25. The process of claim 23 further comprising cooling the gaseous fractionator feed stream against the gaseous alkane/HBr stream. 26. The process of claim 22 wherein the liquid alkyl bromides stream comprises less than 2% by weight of the hydrogen bromide from the bromination product stream. 27. The process of claim 22 wherein the gaseous alkane/HBr stream comprises less than 10 mppm alkyl bromides. 28. The process of claim 22 wherein the gaseous alkane/HBr stream comprises less than 1 mppm alkyl bromides. 29. The process of claim 22 wherein the recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen bromide from the gaseous alkane/HBr stream comprises contacting the gaseous alkane/HBr stream with an aqueous stream. 30. The process of claim 22 further comprising reacting at least a portion of the alkyl bromides from the liquid alkyl bromides stream with the light end hydrocarbon stream to convert at least a portion of the alkyl bromides from poly-brominated alkanes to mono-brominated alkanes prior to the step of reacting at least a portion of the alkyl bromides from the liquid alkyl bromides stream in the presence of a catalyst to produce a synthesis product stream. 31. The process of claim 22 further comprising: reacting at least the light end hydrocarbon stream and bromine to form a brominated stream comprising brominated light end hydrocarbons, hydrogen bromide, and unreacted light end hydrocarbons; andreacting at least a portion of the brominated light end hydrocarbons in the presence of the catalyst in the synthesis reactor. 32. The process of claim 22 wherein the catalyst comprises a synthetic crystalline alumino-silicate catalyst. 33. The process of claim 23, wherein the step of separating the alkyl bromides comprises: feeding the halogenation product stream into a fractionator having a reboiler and a reflux condenser; partially condensing an overhead vapor stream from the fractionator in the reflux condenser; separating the partially condensed overhead vapor stream into a reflux stream and the gaseous alkane/HBr stream; and conveying the reflux stream into the fractionator. 34. The process of claim 33 further comprising cooling the overhead vapor stream in the reflux condenser to a temperature in a range of about −40° C. to about 0° C., the condenser having an operating pressure of about 20 bars to about 40 bars, and further comprising cooling the overhead vapor stream against the gaseous alkane/HBr stream. 35. The process of claim 1 wherein the step of separating the alkyl halides comprises: feeding the halogenation product stream into the fractionator having a reboiler and the reflux condenser; partially condensing an overhead vapor stream from the fractionator in the reflux condenser; separating the partially condensed overhead vapor stream into the reflux stream and the gaseous stream; and conveying the reflux stream into the fractionator.
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