Patent ID: 8692043

Claim:
A process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises: (a) contacting ethane with a dehydroaromatization catalyst in a reactor for 0.1 seconds to 1 minute, said catalyst comprising: (1) 0.005 to 0.1% wt platinum, basis the metal, (2) an amount of iron which is equal to or greater than the amount of the platinum, basis the metal, but not more than 0.50% wt of the catalyst; (3) 10 to 99.9% wt of an aluminosilicate, and (4) a binder; (b) collecting the products from (a) and separating and recovering C 6+ aromatic hydrocarbons, (c) optionally recovering methane and hydrogen; and (d) optionally recycling C 2-5 hydrocarbons to (a).