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Manufacture of butadiene from ethylene

US9505682B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 2014
Grant dateNov 29, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2531/38
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of producing butadiene includes: (1) dimerizing ethylene to butene followed by (2) oxidatively dehydrogenating the butene to butadiene and (3) recovering the butadiene by (i) absorbing the product with a hydrocarbon absorber oil and (ii) stripping a crude product stream from the absorber oil. The absorber oil is selected so as to be effective to sequester ethylene dimerization-derived impurities from the system.

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