Continuous process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons

US8415517B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GRT, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sagar B. Gadewar · Lompoc, US
• Michael D. Wyrsta · Lompoc, US
• Philip Grosso · Auburn, US
• Aihua Zhang · San Bruno, US
• Eric McFarland · Lompoc, US
• Zachary J. A. Komon · San Diego, US
• Jeffrey H. Sherman · Vero Beach, US
• Peter K. Stoimenov · Goleta, US
• Hongfei Lin · Pullman, US
• Shawn Leland Huff · Portland, US
• Shouli Sun · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02C20/30
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method comprising: providing a first halogen stream; providing a first alkane stream; reacting at least a portion of the first halogen stream with at least a portion of the first alkane stream in a first reaction vessel to form a first halogenated stream; providing a second alkane stream comprising C2 and higher hydrocarbons; providing a second halogen stream; and reacting at least a portion of the second halogen stream with at least a portion of the second alkane stream in a second reaction vessel to form a second halogenated stream.