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- Patent Title: Process for recovering olefins in polyolefin plants
- Patent Title (中): 在聚烯烃工厂中回收烯烃的方法
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Application No.: US14486382Application Date: 2014-09-15
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Publication No.: US09073808B1Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Paul Su , Nicholas P Wynn , Marc Jacobs , Xiaotong Wei , Sylvie Thomas-Droz , Xuezhen Wang
- Applicant: Paul Su , Nicholas P Wynn , Marc Jacobs , Xiaotong Wei , Sylvie Thomas-Droz , Xuezhen Wang
- Applicant Address: US CA Newark
- Assignee: Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newark
- Agent T. Hott; J. Farrant
- Main IPC: C07C7/144
- IPC: C07C7/144 ; C07C7/09 ; C07C7/00

Abstract:
A process for recovering unreacted olefin in a polyolefin manufacturing process comprising the treatment of a purge bin vent gas. The process involves cooling and condensing the vent gas (purge stream), which contains at least an olefin, a paraffin, and nitrogen, to produce a liquid condensate and an uncondensed (residual) gas stream. Both streams are then passed through membrane separation steps. The membrane separation of the uncondensed gas stream results in a residue stream containing mostly nitrogen and/or paraffin and a permeate stream enriched in either C2+ hydrocarbons or olefin, depending on the type of separation. The permeate from this step is recirculated within the process prior to the condensation step. The membrane separation of the condensate results in a residue stream containing paraffin and a permeate stream enriched in olefin, which may be recycled to the polymerization reactor.
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