Patent ID: 7518027

Claim:
A process for the production of a mono-olefin from a feedstock comprising a paraffinic hydrocarbon which process comprises a) partially combusting at a pressure of 15 to 28 barg a mixture of the selected from the group consisting of ethane, propane, butane(s) and mixtures thereof; hydrocarbon feed and a molecular oxygen-containing gas in contact with a catalyst capable of supporting combustion beyond the normal fuel rich limit of flammability where they are reacted to form a product comprising one or more mono-olefin(s), carbon monoxide and hydrogen and b) separating at a pressure of at least 15 barg the product from step (a) into a stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen and a stream comprising one or more olefins and recovering the one or more olefin(s); wherein the product produced in step (a) comprises carbon dioxide, wherein prior to step (b) the carbon dioxide is removed from the product stream and wherein the selectivity to olefin is at least 55%.