Method for improving the yield of heavy hydrocarbons in a thermal cracking process
US6464858B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/95
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The incremental yield of hydrocarbons having five or more carbon atoms in a cracked product from a thermal cracking process is increased by contacting or treating the tubes of a thermal cracking furnace with a composition comprising tin and silicon.
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