Patent ID: 9334204
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B01J,C07C,C10G,F01K

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing oxidative coupling of methane (OCM), the method comprising: (a) providing a system comprising a substantially adiabatic OCM reactor, a cracking unit, a compressor, a separations unit, and a methanation reactor that are in fluid communication with one another; (b) directing oxygen (O (c) directing said product stream comprising said C (d) directing said product stream from said cracking unit into said compressor, which compressor increases a pressure of said product stream with the aid of energy derived from said heat liberated in said OCM process; (e) directing said product stream from said compressor into said separations unit, which separations unit enriches said C (f) directing H