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Manufacture of light olefins

US4079095A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateNov 4, 1976
Grant dateMar 14, 1978
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Expiry dateNov 4, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S585/954
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A catalytic process is provided for converting an organic charge consisting essentially of methanol, dimethyl ether or mixtures thereof together with at least about 0.25 moles of water per mole of said organic charge to a hydrocarbon product rich in ethylene and propylene by contact, under conversion conditions, with a catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite of the erionite-offretite family.

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