Methanol-gas saturator for catalytic conversion system
US5008088A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P30/20
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for introducing exothermic reactant vapor stream to an adiabatic catalyst zone comprising the steps of: preheating a volatile liquid exothermic reactant stream below its autogenous temperature under process pressure; contacting the preheated liquid reactant stream in a saturator unit with a hot diluent gas to vaporize the reactant stream in gaseous mixture with the diluent stream; directing the gaseous mixture from the saturator unit to the catalyst zone for exothermic conversion of the reactant under substantially adiabatic reaction conditions in the presence of diluent gas; recovering reaction products and diluent gas from the catalyst zone; separating diluent gas from the products, compressing and recycling the diluent gas to the saturator unit. Methods and apparatus are provided for use in a continuous catalytic MTG process for making gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons exothermically from a methanol-containing reactant stream diluted with a methane-rich recycle gas stream by contacting the diluted feedstock with a fixed bed of crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst having a silica to alumina ratio of at least 12 and a constraint index of about 1 to 12 in an adi…
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