Production of olefins, particularly ethylene, by thermal cracking of hydrocarbons

    公开(公告)号:GB1087512A

    公开(公告)日:1967-10-18

    申请号:GB859366

    申请日:1966-02-28

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: Low molecular weight olefins, particularly ethylene, are obtained by thermal cracking in a cracking tube at above 750 DEG C. of aliphatic hydrocarbons having a final b.p. below 300 DEG C., e.g. light naphtha, followed by cooling to below 400 DEG C. in a cooling unit comprising either a single-tube cooler or a single-tube cooler followed by a multi-tube cooler, the single-tube cooler in either case being connected to the cracking tube by a connecting-piece so short that the residence time of the cracked gas in the connecting-piece is less than 0.01 sec. The connecting piece is preferably installed in the brickwork of the furnace casing, and is usually conical, the internal diameter of the cooling tube being greater than that of the cracking tube. More than one cracking tube may be connected to the same cooling unit. The process is stated to reduce undesirable side-reactions in the cracked gas, e.g. deposition of coke and production of methane and hydrogen.

    Continuous Catalytic Cracking of Gaseous and/or Vaporisable Hydrocarbons

    公开(公告)号:GB1156156A

    公开(公告)日:1969-06-25

    申请号:GB5041866

    申请日:1966-11-10

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: 1,156,156. Making combustible gas. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK A.G. 10 Nov., 1966 [11 Nov., 1965], No. 50418/66. Heading C5E. In a process for continuously cracking gaseous and/or vaporizable hydro-carbons, e.g. methane, natural gas, and liquefied low boiling hydrocarbons, with steam and optionally with oxygen, to produce H 2 - and CO-containing gases, the feed is passed through a bed of catalyst located in the annular space between inner and outer concentric tubes, the bed being heated by direct firing of the walls of both the tubes. The source of heat for the inert tube is one or more burners, preferably a single longitudinal burner, at one end of the tube, and several burners normal to the external wall of the outer tube. The tubes may be cylindrical or conical, and may be corrugated on the faces contacting the catalyst, which is preferably nickel and may contain alkali metal oxides. Preferred temperatures are 700‹ to 900‹ C., and pressures up to 50 atmos are mentioned. The object of the invention is to prevent a temperature gradient across the catalyst.

    Process and apparatus for cracking hydrocarbons

    公开(公告)号:GB1099904A

    公开(公告)日:1968-01-17

    申请号:GB2038265

    申请日:1965-05-14

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: Ethylene is obtained by thermal cracking of hydrocarbons in a pyrolysis tube at 750-850 DEG C. followed by cooling to below 400 DEG C. in a quench boiler in which steam is injected tangentially into the member connecting the tube to the boiler. The member may be conical or partly cylindrical and partly conical or in a preferred embodiment (Fig. 4, not shown) is wholly cylindrical and steam is also injected upwardly adjacent to the cracking tube, and baffles deflect this steam laterally. The steam injected may be at 110-400 DEG C. in an amount of 0.02-1 part per part by weight of dry cracked gas and at a velocity of 10-300 m./sec.

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