Towards an ideal reactor concept for the production of ethylene from hydrocarbons

Conference Paper (2007)
Author(s)

MWM van Goethem (TU Delft - ChemE/Product and Process Engineering)

S Barendregt (External organisation)

Johan Grievink (TU Delft - ChemE/Product and Process Engineering)

Jacob A. Moulijn (TU Delft - ChemE/Catalysis Engineering)

PJT Verheijen (TU Delft - OLD BT/Cell Systems Engineering)

Research Group
ChemE/Product and Process Engineering
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Publication Year
2007
Language
English
Research Group
ChemE/Product and Process Engineering
Pages (from-to)
355-376
ISBN (print)
9780816910175

Abstract

Ethylene has a worldwide production of ∼ 117 million ton/yr in about 275 plants. A discussion covers alternative processes, with emphasis on the reactor section of the process; feedstocks for thermal cracking, e..g, ethane, LPG, naphtha, gas condensates, and gas oil; the ability to create a near-optimum reaction path from hydrocarbon feed to ethylene; critical reactor aspects; dehydrogenation, direct and indirect heating processes; an engineering point of view of thermal cracking by direct heating with gasses; environmental concerns; and future process routes for ethylene. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the AIChE Spring Meeting - 19th Ethylene Producers Conference (Houston, TX 4/22-27/2007).

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