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Ethane pyrolysis

US5942652A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1997
Grant dateAug 24, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 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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