Patent ID: 7999144
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B01J,C01B,C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for oxidatively dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon, comprising: passing a process stream comprising an oxygen source and a hydrocarbon into a microchannel in a first section of a microchannel reactor, wherein, in the first section, the oxygen reacts with a fuel to generate heat; flowing the process stream through a u-bend and into a second section; wherein the process stream in the first section and a process stream in a second section are separated by a thermally conductive wall; wherein heat from the reaction with oxygen in the first section passes through the thermally conductive wall and into the process stream in the second section; and removing hydrogen from the hydrocarbon to form a product and hydrogen; and wherein more of the product is formed in the second section than in the first section.