Patent ID: 9206093
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: C01B,C07C,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: separating hydrobromic acid from a gaseous stream comprising hydrobromic acid and hydrocarbons; converting said hydrobromic acid to at least bromine; contacting said bromine with gaseous alkanes, in a first reactor, to form bromination products comprising alkyl bromides; reacting said alkyl bromides in a second reactor to convert at least a portion of said alkyl bromides to synthesis products comprising hydrocarbon products and additional hydrobromic acid, wherein the hydrocarbon products comprise hydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of olefins, C5+ hydrocarbons, and combinations thereof; withdrawing effluent from the second reactor comprising the hydrocarbon products and additional hydrobromic acid; and converting the additional hydrobromic acid in the effluent withdrawn from the second reactor to at least bromine.