Enhanced production of propylene from higher hydrocarbons
US5026936A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of propylene from C.sub.4 or higher feed by a combination of cracking and metathesis wherein higher hydrocarbon is cracked to form ethylene and propylene and at least a portion of the ethylene is metathesized to propylene.
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