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

Claim 18:
19. The process of claim 18, further comprising:
adding steam to the hydrocarbon gas prior to dehydrogenation, wherein 0.5 kg to 0.85 kg steam is added per kg of ethane;
at least partially separating hydrogen from the dehydrogenation effluent prior to oligomerizing, in the presence of the methane, at least a portion of the ethylene and propylene in the dehydrogenation effluent;
separating any linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons from the separated methane and recycling the separated linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons to the hydrocarbon gas; and
separating any unconverted linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons from the C4 to C26 hydrocarbons, and recycling the separated unconverted linear saturated C2+ hydrocarbons to the hydrocarbon gas.