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Method and reactor for conversion of hydrocarbons

US11123705B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14References

20Claims

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Assignee

SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. · NL

Inventors

Sreekanth Pannala · Sugar Land, US
Byeongjin Baek · Sugar Land, US
Lei Chen · South Windsor, US
Vladimir Shtern · Houston, US
Istvan Lengyel · Lake Jackson, US
David West · Sugar Land, US
Krishnan Sankaranarayanan · South Riding, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2019
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2219/1943
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A reactor (12, 128, 198) and method for the conversion of hydrocarbon gases utilizes a reactor (12, 128, 198) having a unique feed assembly (58, 136, 200) with an original vortex disk-like inlet flow spaces (72, 74, 76, 80, 146, 148, 150, 152, 208, 216, 218), a converging-diverging vortex mixing chamber (116), and a cylindrical reactor chamber (40). This design creates a small combustion zone and an inwardly swirling fluid flow pattern of the feed gases that passes through a converging conduit (48) with a constricted neck portion (54). This provides conditions suitable for efficient cracking of hydrocarbons, such as ethane, to form olefins.

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