Hydrocarbon conversion process improvements

US7838708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• GRT, Inc. · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey H. Sherman · Vero Beach, US
• Eric McFarland · Lompoc, US
• Michael Joseph Weiss · East Brunswick Township, US
• Ivan M. Lorkovic · Lompoc, US
• Leroy E. Laverman · Lompoc, US
• Shouli Sun · Tokyo, JP
• Dieter J. Schaefer · Goleta, US
• Galen D. Stucky · Goleta, US
• Peter Ford · Lompoc, US
• Philip Grosso · Auburn, US
• Ashley W. Breed · Goleta, US
• Michael F. Doherty · Lompoc, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Improvements in previously disclosed methods of and apparatuses for converting alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics to olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes includes: safety improvements, use of alternative feedstocks, process simplification, improvements to the halogenation step, improvements to the reproportionation step, improvements to the solid oxide reaction, improvements to solid oxide regeneration, improvements in separations, maintenance, start-up, shut-down, and materials of construction.