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Combination process for manufacturing ethylene ethylbenzene and styrene

US5880320A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S203/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Gases and liquid products of the cracking zone of a ethylene production plant fractionated in a demethanizer to from a dilute ethylene stream containing about 5 to about 40 percent of the ethylene contained in the feed. The dilute ethylene is feed to an ethylbenzene plant and reacts with impure benzene. The product ethylbenzene is normally converted to styrene.

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