Patent ID: 11912655
Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 17:
18. A process for upgrading natural gas liquids (NGL), comprising:
providing a hydrocarbon gas comprising at least 50 mol % of methane and up to 45 mol % of two or more linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons;
dehydrogenating, in the presence of the methane, at least a portion of the two or more linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons to provide a dehydrogenation effluent comprising the methane, hydrogen, and two or more linear C2+ olefinic hydrocarbons;
oligomerizing, in the presence of the methane, at least a portion of the two or more linear C2+ olefinic hydrocarbons to provide a second converted stream comprising the methane and C4 to C26 hydrocarbons; and
separating the methane from the second converted stream.