Process for the production of olefins
US7223897B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C2523/44
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon by autothermal cracking, which process comprises: partially combusting the hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen is 5 to 16 times the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen required for complete combustion of the hydrocarbon to carbon dioxide and water, characterised in that the catalyst comprises palladium and at least one further metal being a Group IIIA, Group IVA, VA, a transition metal or a lanthanide.
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