Patent ID: 9260361
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: C07C,C10G

Claim Text:
1. A hydrocarbon conversion process, comprising: (a) providing a first mixture comprising ≧10.0 wt. % hydrocarbon based on the weight of the first mixture; (b) conducting a pyrolysis by exposing the first mixture in a first region to a temperature ≧1200° C. under pyrolysis conditions to produce a second mixture, the second mixture comprising ≧1.0 wt. % acetylene, based on the weight of the second mixture; (c) conducting a hydrogen transfer in the presence of a hydrogen transfer catalyst under process conditions from a hydrogen donor comprising propane to at least 10.0 wt. % of the second mixture's acetylene to produce (i) ethylene from at least a portion of acetylene and (ii) propylene from at least a portion of the propane, the weight percent being based on the weight of the second mixture's acetylene, wherein the hydrogen transfer is exothermic and at least a portion of the heat released during the hydrogen transfer is utilized for heating at least a portion of the first mixture upstream of the pyrolysis; (d) separating a third mixture comprising at least a portion of the second mixture's acetylene from the second mixture; (e) providing first and second reactants, the first reactant comprising fuel and the second reactant comprising oxidant; and (f) combining at least a portion of the first reactant comprising fuel and at least a portion of the second reactant comprising oxidant in a second region to produce a fourth mixture by conducting an oxidation, the second region being at least partially coextensive with the first region, and at least partially oxidizing the fourth mixture's fuel component in the second region to produce heat and a fifth mixture comprising water and/or carbon dioxide; wherein the pyrolysis and the oxidation occur at different times.