Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for non-oxidative dehydroaromatization of an educt stream comprising C 1 -C 4 aliphates by converting the educt stream to a product stream P comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon, said conversion being done in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction zone 1, and regenerating the catalyst, the activity thereof having been reduced by deposited coke, using a mixture H containing hydrogen in a reaction zone 2, wherein at least a portion of the deposited coke is converted to methane and at least a portion of the resultant methane is fed to reaction zone 1.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing cyclohexane by isomerizing a hydrocarbon mixture (KG1) containing methylcyclopentane (MCP) in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is preferably an acidic ionic liquid. A flow (S1) originating from a steam cracking process is used as a starting material. The hydrocarbon mixture (KG1) is obtained from said stream (S1) in a device for removing aromatics. The hydrocarbon mixture has a reduced aromatic content in comparison with the flow (S1). (KG1) can also be (nearly) free of aromatics. In dependence on the type and amount of the aromatics remaining in the hydrocarbon mixture (KG1), in particular if benzene is present, a hydrogenation of (KG1) additionally can be performed before the isomerization. Furthermore, additional purification steps can optionally be performed before or after the isomerization or hydrogenation in dependence on the presence of other components of (KG1). Preferably high-purity cyclohexane (in accordance with specifications) is isolated from the hydrocarbon mixture (KG2) arising during the isomerization, wherein the specifications are given, for example, by the use of the cyclohexane for the production of caprolactam known to the person skilled in the art.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for workup of a stream (1) comprising butene and/or butadiene, butane, hydrogen and/or nitrogen and carbon dioxide, comprising the following steps: (a) absorption of the stream (1) comprising butene and/or butadiene, butane, hydrogen and/or nitrogen, with or without carbon dioxide, with a mixture (5) comprising 80 to 97% by weight of N-methylpyrrolidone and 3 to 20% by weight of water to obtain a stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, and a stream (7) comprising hydrogen and/or nitrogen and butane, (b) extractive distillation of the stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, with a stream (13) comprising 80 to 97% by weight of N-methylpyrrolidone and 3 to 20% by weight of water to separate the stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, into a stream (17) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and a stream (15) comprising essentially butane, with or without carbon dioxide, (c) distillation of the stream (17) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene into a stream (23) comprising essentially N-methylpyrrolidone and water, and a stream (21) comprising butene and/or butadiene.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a horizontal cylinder for carrying out autothermal gas phase dehydrogenbation of a hydrocarbon-containing gas flow (2) by means of an oxygen-containing gas flow (3), with a reaction mixture being obtained, on a heterogeneous catalyst in the form of a monolith (4), characterized in that the interior of the reactor (1) is divided by a detachable cylindrical or prismatic housing G, which is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1), gastight in the circumferential direction and open at both end faces thereof, into an inner area A, having one or a plurality of catalytically active zones (5), in which are provided a packing of monoliths (4) stacked on, adjacent, and above one another, and, in front of each catalytically active zone (5), a mixing zone (6) having fixed installations, and an outer area B disposed coaxially to the inner area A.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for autothermal gas phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (2) with an oxygen-containing gas stream (3), obtaining a reaction gas mixture in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst which is constructed as a monolith (4), and regeneration of the catalyst in a reactor (1) in the form of a cylinder or prism, wherein: - the interior of the reactor (1) is subdivided by a plain cylindrical or prismatic gas-tight housing (G) that is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) into; - an internal region A and; - an external region B arranged coaxially to the internal region A, which is characterized in that the reactor is operated alternately in the production mode for the autothermal gas phase dehydrogenation, and in the regeneration mode, wherein: - the production mode for the autothermal gas phase dehydrogenation is run until the temperature elevation of the reaction gas mixture on exit of same from the discharge line (11) does not exceed 5 K, based on the time point from which the conversion rate fluctuates by no more than 1%, based on the final conversion rate, whereupon; - the reactor is switched into the regeneration mode, with supply of an inert regeneration gas which contains at least 10% by weight oxygen, based on the total weight of the regeneration gas.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a horizontal cylinder (3) for carrying out autothermal gas phase dehydration of a hydrocarbon-containing gas flow (2) with an oxygen-containing gas flow (3), yielding a reaction gas mixture, at a heterogeneous catalyst designed as a monolith (4), wherein the inner chamber of the reactor (1) is divided by a removable, circular cylindrical or prismatic housing G, which is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and is gas-tight in the circumferential direction, into an inner area A having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in each of which a package of monoliths (4) stacked on each other, adjacent to each other, and arranged one behind the other is provided, a mixing zone (6) having fixed installed fixtures being provided in front of each active zone (5), and into an outer area B disposed coaxially to the inner area A, and wherein a heat exchanger (12) connected to the housing G is provided at an end of the reactor, characterized in that an inert gas is supplied to the outer area B.