Ethane pyrolysis
US5942652A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2219/00159
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to the process for preparing ethyne by the pyrolysis of ethane by heating the same for a period of time that is less than 0.5 sec in a pyrolysis reactor at a temperature in the range of 950 to 1500.degree. C., using steam as diluent gas in a steam/ethane molar ratio of at most 3.
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