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- a process is disclosed for producing chemicals useful for the production of polymers from the conversion of methane to acetylene using a supersonic flow reactor. More particularly, the process is for the production of vinyl chloride.
- plastics and rubbers are widespread in today's world.
- the production of these plastics and rubbers are from the polymerization of monomers which are generally produced from petroleum.
- the monomers are generated by the breakdown of larger molecules to smaller molecules which can be modified.
- the monomers are then reacted to generate larger molecules comprising chains of the monomers.
- An important example of these monomers are light olefins, including ethylene and propylene, which represent a large portion of the worldwide demand in the petrochemical industry.
- Light olefins, and other monomers are used in the production of numerous chemical products via polymerization, oligomerization, alkylation and other well-known chemical reactions.
- a principal means of production is the cracking of hydrocarbons brought about by heating a feedstock material in a furnace has long been used to produce useful products, including for example, olefin products.
- ethylene which is among the more important products in the chemical industry, can be produced by the pyrolysis of feedstocks ranging from light paraffins, such as ethane and propane, to heavier fractions such as naphtha.
- the lighter feedstocks produce higher ethylene yields (50-55% for ethane compared to 25-30% for naphtha); however, the cost of the feedstock is more likely to determine which is used.
- naphtha cracking has provided the largest source of ethylene, followed by ethane and propane pyrolysis, cracking, or dehydrogenation. Due to the large demand for ethylene and other light olefmic materials, however, the cost of these traditional feeds has steadily increased.
- More recent attempts to decrease light olefin production costs include utilizing alternative processes and/or feedstreams.
- hydrocarbon oxygenates and more specifically methanol or dimethylether (DME) are used as an alternative feedstock for producing light olefin products.
- Oxygenates can be produced from available materials such as coal, natural gas, recycled plastics, various carbon waste streams from industry and various products and by-products from the agricultural industry.
- Making methanol and other oxygenates from these types of raw materials is well established and typically includes one or more generally known processes such as the manufacture of synthesis gas using a nickel or cobalt catalyst in a steam reforming step followed by a methanol synthesis step at relatively high pressure using a copper-based catalyst.
- the process includes catalytically converting the oxygenates, such as methanol, into the desired light olefin products in an oxygenate to olefin (OTO) process.
- oxygenates such as methanol to light olefins (MTO)
- MTO oxygenate to olefins
- United States Patent No. 4,387,263 discloses a process that utilizes a catalytic conversion zone containing a zeolitic type catalyst.
- United States Patent No. 4,587,373 discloses using a zeolitic catalyst like ZSM-5 for purposes of making light olefins.
- 5,095,163; 5,126,308 and 5,191,141 disclose an MTO conversion technology utilizing a non-zeolitic molecular sieve catalytic material, such as a metal aluminophosphate (ELAPO) molecular sieve.
- OTO and MTO processes while useful, utilize an indirect process for forming a desired hydrocarbon product by first converting a feed to an oxygenate and subsequently converting the oxygenate to the hydrocarbon product. This indirect route of production is often associated with energy and cost penalties, often reducing the advantage gained by using a less expensive feed material.
- some oxygenates such as vinyl acetate or acrylic acid, are also useful chemicals and can be used as polymer building blocks.
- a method for producing acetylene according to one aspect generally includes introducing a feed stream portion of a hydrocarbon stream including methane into a supersonic reactor. The method also includes pyrolyzing the methane in the supersonic reactor to form a reactor effluent stream portion of the
- the method further includes treating at least a portion of the hydrocarbon stream in a process for producing higher value products.
- the method further includes processing the reactor effluent to generate a process stream comprising vinyl chloride.
- a method for controlling a contaminant level in a hydrocarbon stream in the production of acetylene from a methane feed stream includes introducing a feed stream portion of a hydrocarbon stream including methane into a supersonic reactor. The method also includes pyrolyzing the methane in the supersonic reactor to form a reactor effluent stream portion of the hydrocarbon stream including acetylene. The method further includes maintaining the concentration of carbon monoxide in at least a portion of the process stream to below 1000 ppm by vol.
- a system for producing acetylene from a methane feed stream.
- the system includes a supersonic reactor for receiving a methane feed stream and configured to convert at least a portion of methane in the methane feed stream to acetylene through pyrolysis and to emit an effluent stream including the acetylene.
- the system also includes a hydrocarbon conversion zone in communication with the supersonic reactor and configured to receive the effluent stream and convert at least a portion of the acetylene therein to vinyl chloride in a product stream.
- the acetylene stream is passed to a hydrochlorination reactor to convert the acetylene to vinyl chloride.
- the system further includes a contaminant removal zone in communication with the hydrocarbon stream line for removing carbon monoxide from the supersonic reactor effluent stream.
- the present invention includes a process for converting the acetylene to ethylene by passing the acetylene to a hydrogenation reactor.
- the ethylene is passed to a chlorination reactor for converting the ethylene to a process stream having vinyl chloride.
- the process can include an acetylene enrichment zone for the removal of non- acetylene components in the reactor effluent stream, and in particular the removal of carbon monoxide.
- FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a supersonic reactor in accordance with various embodiments described herein;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system for converting methane into acetylene and other hydrocarbon products in accordance with various embodiments described herein;
- FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a second embodiment of the invention.
- One proposed alternative to the previous methods of producing hydrocarbon products that has not gained much commercial traction includes passing a hydrocarbon feedstock into a supersonic reactor and accelerating it to supersonic speed to provide kinetic energy that can be transformed into heat to enable an endothermic pyrolysis reaction to occur, Variations of this process are set out in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,136,015 and 4,724,272, and Russian Patent No. SU 392723 A. These processes include combusting a feedstock or carrier fluid in an oxygen-rich environment to increase the temperature of the feed and accelerate the feed to supersonic speeds. A shock wave is created within the reactor to initiate pyrolysis or cracking of the feed.
- the hydrocarbon feed to the reactor comprises a methane feed.
- a particular hydrocarbon product stream of interest is vinyl chloride, also known as vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a precursor molecule to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
- VCM vinyl chloride monomer
- PVC polyvinyl chloride
- US Patent Nos. 5,219,530 and 5,300,216 have suggested a similar process that utilizes a shock wave reactor to provide kinetic energy for initiating pyrolysis of natural gas to produce acetylene. More particularly, this process includes passing steam through a heater section to become superheated and accelerated to a nearly supersonic speed. The heated fluid is conveyed to a nozzle which acts to expand the carrier fluid to a supersonic speed and lower temperature. An ethane feedstock is passed through a compressor and heater and injected by nozzles to mix with the supersonic carrier fluid to turbulently mix together at a Mach 2.8 speed and a temperature of 427°C. The temperature in the mixing section remains low enough to restrict premature pyrolysis.
- the Shockwave reactor includes a pyrolysis section with a gradually increasing cross-sectional area where a standing shock wave is formed by back pressure in the reactor due to flow restriction at the outlet.
- the shock wave rapidly decreases the speed of the fluid, correspondingly rapidly increasing the temperature of the mixture by converting the kinetic energy into heat. This immediately initiates pyrolysis of the ethane feedstock to convert it to other products.
- a quench heat exchanger then receives the pyrolized mixture to quench the pyrolysis reaction.
- methane feed stream includes any feed stream comprising methane.
- the methane feed streams provided for processing in the supersonic reactor generally include methane and form at least a portion of a process stream that includes at least one contaminant.
- the methods and systems presented herein remove or convert the contaminant in the process stream and convert at least a portion of the methane to a desired product hydrocarbon compound to produce a product stream having a reduced contaminant level and a higher concentration of the product hydrocarbon compound relative to the feed stream.
- a hydrocarbon stream portion of the process stream includes the contaminant and methods and systems presented herein remove or convert the contaminant in the hydrocarbon stream.
- hydrocarbon stream refers to one or more streams that provide at least a portion of the methane feed stream entering the supersonic reactor as described herein or are produced from the supersonic reactor from the methane feed stream, regardless of whether further treatment or processing is conducted on such hydrocarbon stream.
- the "hydrocarbon stream” may include the methane feed stream, a supersonic reactor effluent stream, a desired product stream exiting a downstream hydrocarbon conversion process or any intermediate or by-product streams formed during the processes described herein.
- the hydrocarbon stream may be carried via a process stream line 115, which includes lines for carrying each of the portions of the process stream described above.
- process stream includes the "hydrocarbon stream” as described above, as well as it may include a carrier fluid stream, a fuel stream, an oxygen source stream, or any streams used in the systems and the processes described herein.
- the process stream may be carried via a process stream line 115, which includes lines for carrying each of the portions of the process stream described above.
- processes and systems for converting the methane to a product stream are presented.
- the methane is converted to an intermediate process stream comprising acetylene.
- the intermediate process stream is converted to a second process stream comprising either a hydrocarbon product, or a second intermediate hydrocarbon compound.
- the processing of the intermediate acetylene stream can include purification or separation of acetylene from by-products.
- the processes and systems disclosed herein are used to treat a hydrocarbon process stream, to remove a contaminant therefrom and convert at least a portion of methane to acetylene.
- the hydrocarbon process stream described herein includes the methane feed stream provided to the system, which includes methane and may also include ethane or propane.
- the methane feed stream may also include combinations of methane, ethane, and propane at various concentrations and may also include other hydrocarbon compounds.
- the hydrocarbon feed stream includes natural gas.
- the natural gas may be provided from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, gas fields, oil fields, coal fields, fracking of shale fields, biomass, and landfill gas.
- the methane feed stream can include a stream from another portion of a refinery or processing plant.
- light alkanes, including methane are often separated during processing of crude oil into various products and a methane feed stream may be provided from one of these sources.
- These streams may be provided from the same refinery or different refinery or from a refinery off gas.
- the methane feed stream may include a stream from combinations of different sources as well.
- a methane feed stream may be provided from a remote location or at the location or locations of the systems and methods described herein.
- the methane feed stream source may be located at the same refinery or processing plant where the processes and systems are carried out, such as from production from another on-site hydrocarbon conversion process or a local natural gas field
- the methane feed stream may be provided from a remote source via pipelines or other transportation methods.
- a feed stream may be provided from a remote hydrocarbon processing plant or refinery or a remote natural gas field, and provided as a feed to the systems and processes described herein.
- Initial processing of a methane stream may occur at the remote source to remove certain contaminants from the methane feed stream.
- the methane feed stream provided for the systems and processes described herein may have varying levels of contaminants depending on whether initial processing occurs upstream thereof.
- the methane feed stream has a methane content ranging from 65 mol-% to 100 mol-%.
- the concentration of methane in the hydrocarbon feed ranges from 80 mol-% to 100 mol-% of the hydrocarbon feed.
- the concentration of methane ranges from 90 mol-% to 100 mol-% of the hydrocarbon feed.
- the concentration of ethane in the methane feed ranges from 0 mol-% to 35 mol-% and in another example from 0 mol-% to 10 mol-%
- the concentration of propane in the methane feed ranges from 0 mol-% to 5 mol-% and in another example from 0 mol-% to 1 mol-%.
- the methane feed stream may also include heavy hydrocarbons, such as aromatics, paraffmic, olefmic, and naphthenic hydrocarbons. These heavy hydrocarbons if present will likely be present at concentrations of between 0 mol-% and 100 mol-%. In another example, they may be present at concentrations of between 0 mol-% and 10 mol-% and may be present at between 0 mol-% and 2 mol-%.
- heavy hydrocarbons such as aromatics, paraffmic, olefmic, and naphthenic hydrocarbons.
- An aspect of this invention is the production of olefins from the acetylene generated by the supersonic reactor.
- the reactor converts a methane stream through pyrolysis to generate a reactor effluent stream comprising acetylene.
- the reactor effluent stream is passed to a hydroprocessing reactor to form a second process stream comprising olefins.
- the reactor effluent stream is passed to a reactor effluent treating unit to remove carbon oxides in the reactor effluent stream.
- Carbon oxides include carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (C02).
- the reactor effluent treating unit can remove other contaminants, such as CO to a level below at least 1 vol-%, and preferable to below a level of 100 vol-ppm.
- the treating unit can comprise an adsorber. Adsorbers are known to those skilled in the art, and can be designed to adsorb polar compounds from a mixture comprising polar and non-polar compounds.
- the hydroprocessing reactor is a hydrogenation reactor for converting acetylene to ethylene in the presence of hydrogen.
- the hydroprocessing reactor effluent stream can be passed to a light olefins recovery unit to separate ethylene and other olefins from the hydroprocessing reactor effluent stream.
- Hydrogenation reactors comprise a hydrogenation catalyst, and are operated at hydrogenation conditions to hydrogenate unsaturated hydrocarbons.
- Hydrogenation catalysts typically comprise a hydrogenation metal on a support, wherein the hydrogenation metal is preferably selected from a Group VIII metal in an amount between 0.01 and 2 wt. % of the catalyst.
- the metal is platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), or a mixture thereof.
- the support is preferably a molecular sieve, and can include zeolites such as zeolite beta, MCM- 22, MCM-36, mordenite, faujasites such as X-zeolites and Y-zeolites, including B-Y-zeolites and USY-zeolites; non-zeolitic solids such as silica-alumina, sulfated oxides such as sulfated oxides of zirconium, titanium, or tin, mixed oxides of zirconium, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphorus and chlorinated aluminium oxides or clays.
- zeolites such as zeolite beta, MCM- 22, MCM-36, mordenite, faujasites such as X-zeolites and Y-zeolites, including B-Y-zeolites and USY-zeolites
- non-zeolitic solids such as silica-alumina, sulfated oxides such as sulfated
- Preferred supports are zeolites, including mordenite, zeolite beta, faujasites such as X-zeolites and Y-zeolites, including BY- zeolites and USY-zeolites. Mixtures of solid supports can also be employed.
- the invention includes the production of vinyl chloride, also called vinyl chloride monomer, which can be used in the production of PVC, or polyvinylchloride.
- One method of producing vinyl chloride comprises passing the ethylene process stream generated by the hydrogenation of acetylene to a vinyl chloride reactor.
- the vinyl chloride reactor includes a chlorination zone and a heating zone, wherein the zones are separate, and can be disposed in separate units.
- the process of producing vinyl chloride includes reacting ethylene (C2H4) with chlorine (C12) to form dichloroethane (CH2C1-CH2C1). The dichloroethane is then heated to decompose into vinyl chloride and hydrochloric acid (HC1).
- the process can further include a separation unit to separate the chlorination zone effluent stream into a vinyl chloride process stream and a hydrochloric acid process stream.
- An aspect of this invention includes a process where the ethylene is passed to a vinyl chloride reactor. A hydrochloric acid stream and an oxidizing stream comprising oxygen are passed to the vinyl chloride reactor, where the ethylene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen in the chlorination zone to generate a chlorinated hydrocarbon stream comprising dichloroethane. The chlorinated hydrocarbon stream to the heating zone to generate an effluent stream comprising vinyl chloride. The effluent stream is passed to a product recovery unit.
- the process comprises introducing a methane feed stream to a supersonic reactor for the pyrolytic conversion of methane to a process stream comprising acetylene.
- the process stream is passed to a purification zone for the removal of carbon monoxide and other contaminants to generate an enriched acetylene stream.
- the enriched acetylene stream is passed to a hydrochlorination reactor, along with a hydrochloric acid stream to generate a vinyl chloride effluent stream.
- the vinyl chloride effluent stream is passed to a product recovery unit for the generation of a vinyl chloride product stream.
- the process for forming acetylene from the methane feed stream described herein utilizes a supersonic flow reactor for pyrolyzing methane in the feed stream to form acetylene.
- the supersonic flow reactor may include one or more reactors capable of creating a supersonic flow of a carrier fluid and the methane feed stream and expanding the carrier fluid to initiate the pyrolysis reaction.
- the process may include a supersonic reactor as generally described in U.S. Patent No. 4,724,272, which is incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety.
- the process and system may include a supersonic reactor such as described as a "shock wave" reactor in U.S. Patent Nos.
- the supersonic reactor described as a "shock wave” reactor may include a reactor such as described in "Supersonic Injection and Mixing in the Shock Wave Reactor” Robert G. Cerff, University of Washington graduate School, 2010.
- the supersonic reactor 5 includes a reactor vessel 10 generally defining a reactor chamber 15. While the reactor 5 is illustrated as a single reactor, it should be understood that it may be formed modularly or as separate vessels.
- a combustion zone or chamber 25 is provided for combusting a fuel to produce a carrier fluid with the desired temperature and flowrate.
- the reactor 5 may optionally include a carrier fluid inlet 20 for introducing a supplemental carrier fluid into the reactor.
- One or more fuel injectors 30 are provided for injecting a combustible fuel, for example hydrogen, into the combustion chamber 25.
- the same or other injectors may be provided for injecting an oxygen source into the combustion chamber 25 to facilitate combustion of the fuel.
- the fuel and oxygen are combusted to produce a hot carrier fluid stream typically having a temperature of from 1200°C to 3500°C in one example, between 2000°C and 3500°C in another example, and between 2500°C and 3200°C in yet another example.
- the carrier fluid stream has a pressure of 100 kPa or higher, greater than 200 kPa in another example, and greater than 400 kPa in another example.
- the hot carrier fluid stream from the combustion zone 25 is passed through a converging-diverging nozzle 50 to accelerate the flowrate of the carrier fluid to above mach 1.0 in one example, between mach 1.0 and mach 4.0 in another example, and between mach 1.5 and 3.5 in another example.
- the residence time of the fluid in the reactor portion of the supersonic flow reactor is between 0.5 to 100 ms (milliseconds) in one example, 1 to 50 ms in another example, and 1.5 to 20 ms in another example.
- a feedstock inlet 40 is provided for injecting the methane feed stream into the reactor 5 to mix with the carrier fluid.
- the feedstock inlet 40 may include one or more injectors 45 for injecting the feedstock into the nozzle 50, a mixing zone 55, an expansion zone 60, or a reaction zone or chamber 65.
- the injector 45 may include a manifold, including for example a plurality of injection ports.
- the reactor 5 may include a mixing zone 55 for mixing of the carrier fluid and the feed stream.
- no mixing zone is provided, and mixing may occur in the nozzle 50, expansion zone 60, or reaction zone 65 of the reactor 5.
- An expansion zone 60 includes a diverging wall 70 to produce a rapid reduction in the velocity of the gases flowing therethrough, to convert the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid to thermal energy to further heat the stream to cause pyrolysis of the methane in the feed, which may occur in the expansion section 60 and/or a downstream reaction section 65 of the reactor.
- the fluid is quickly quenched in a quench zone 72 to stop the pyrolysis reaction from further conversion of the desired acetylene product to other compounds.
- Spray bars 75 may be used to introduce a quenching fluid, for example water or steam into the quench zone 72.
- the reactor effluent exits the reactor via outlet 80 and as mentioned above forms a portion of the hydrocarbon stream.
- the effluent will include a larger concentration of acetylene than the feed stream and a reduced concentration of methane relative to the feed stream.
- the reactor effluent stream may also be referred to herein as an acetylene stream as it includes an increased concentration of acetylene.
- the acetylene may be an intermediate stream in a process to form another hydrocarbon product or it may be further processed and captured as an acetylene product stream.
- the reactor effluent stream has an acetylene concentration prior to the addition of quenching fluids ranging from 2 mol-% to 30 mol-%. In another example, the concentration of acetylene ranges from 5 mol-% to 25 mol-% and from 8 mol-% to 23 mol-% in another example.
- the reactor effluent stream has a reduced methane content relative to the methane feed stream ranging from 15 mol-% to 95 mol-%.
- the concentration of methane ranges from 40 mol-% to 90 mol-% and from 45 mol-% to 85 mol- % in another example.
- the invention can include an acetylene enrichment unit having an inlet in fluid communication with the reactor outlet, and an outlet for a acetylene enriched effluent.
- One aspect of the system can further include a contaminant removal zone having an inlet in fluid communication with the acetylene enrichment zone outlet, and an outlet in fluid
- One contaminant to be removed is CO to a level of less than 0.1 mole%, and preferably to a level of less than 100 ppm by vol.
- An additional aspect of the invention is where the system can include a second contaminant removal zone having an inlet in fluid communication with the methane feed stream and an outlet in fluid communication with the supersonic reactor inlet.
- the yield of acetylene produced from methane in the feed in the supersonic reactor is between 40 % and 95 %. In another example, the yield of acetylene produced from methane in the feed stream is between 50 % and 90 %.
- this provides a better yield than the estimated 40% yield achieved from previous, more traditional, pyrolysis approaches.
- the reactor effluent stream is reacted to form another
- the reactor effluent portion of the hydrocarbon stream may be passed from the reactor outlet to a downstream hydrocarbon conversion process for further processing of the stream. While it should be understood that the reactor effluent stream may undergo several intermediate process steps, such as, for example, water removal, adsorption, and/or absorption to provide a concentrated acetylene stream, these intermediate steps will not be described in detail herein.
- the reactor effluent stream having a higher concentration of acetylene may be passed to a downstream hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 where the acetylene may be converted to form another hydrocarbon product.
- the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 may include a hydrocarbon conversion reactor 105 for converting the acetylene to another hydrocarbon product. While FIG. 2 illustrates a process flow diagram for converting at least a portion of the acetylene in the effluent stream to ethylene through hydrogenation in hydrogenation reactor 110, it should be understood that the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 may include a variety of other hydrocarbon conversion processes instead of or in addition to a hydrogenation reactor 110, or a combination of hydrocarbon conversion processes. Similarly, it illustrated in FIG.
- hydrocarbon conversion processes may be positioned downstream of the supersonic reactor 5, including processes to convert the acetylene into other hydrocarbons, including, but not limited to: alkenes, alkanes, methane, acrolein, acrylic acid, acrylates, acrylamide, aldehydes, polyacetylides, benzene, toluene, xylenes, styrene, aniline, cyclohexanone, caprolactam, propylene, butadiene, butyne diol, butandiol, C2-C4 hydrocarbon compounds, ethylene glycol, diesel fuel, diacids, diols, pyrrolidines, and pyrrolidones.
- a contaminant removal zone 120 for removing one or more contaminants from the hydrocarbon or process stream may be located at various positions along the hydrocarbon or process stream depending on the impact of the particular contaminant on the product or process and the reason for the contaminants removal, as described further below. For example, particular contaminants have been identified to interfere with the operation of the supersonic flow reactor 5 and/or to foul components in the supersonic flow reactor 5. Thus, according to one approach, a contaminant removal zone is positioned upstream of the supersonic flow reactor in order to remove these contaminants from the methane feed stream prior to introducing the stream into the supersonic reactor.
- contaminant removal zone may be positioned upstream of the supersonic reactor or between the supersonic reactor and the particular downstream processing step at issue. Still other contaminants have been identified that should be removed to meet particular product specifications. Where it is desired to remove multiple contaminants from the hydrocarbon or process stream, various contaminant removal zones may be positioned at different locations along the hydrocarbon or process stream. In still other approaches, a contaminant removal zone may overlap or be integrated with another process within the system, in which case the contaminant may be removed during another portion of the process, including, but not limited to the supersonic reactor 5 or the downstream hydrocarbon conversion zone 100. This may be accomplished with or without modification to these particular zones, reactors or processes.
- the contaminant removal zone 120 illustrated in FIG. 2 is shown positioned downstream of the hydrocarbon conversion reactor 105, it should be understood that the contaminant removal zone 120 in accordance herewith may be positioned upstream of the supersonic flow reactor 5, between the supersonic flow reactor 5 and the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100, or downstream of the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 as illustrated in FIG. 2 or along other streams within the process stream, such as, for example, a carrier fluid stream, a fuel stream, an oxygen source stream, or any streams used in the systems and the processes described herein.
- the present invention can be shown in FIG. 3, wherein a methane stream 204 is passed to a supersonic reactor unit 200.
- the unit 200 includes a feed of fuel 206, usually hydrogen and oxygen, for generating the supersonic flow.
- the reactor unit 200 pyrolyzes the methane to generate a reactor effluent stream 208 comprising acetylene, CO and H2.
- the effluent stream 208 is processed in an acetylene enrichment zone 220 to remove non- acetylene components to a waste stream 222, and to generate an enriched acetylene stream
- the acetylene stream 224 is passed to a hydrogenation unit 230, with a hydrogen stream 226 to generate an ethylene stream 232.
- the ethylene stream 232 is passed to a chlorination reactor 240 where a chlorine stream 234 is added to generate a vinyl chloride process stream 242.
- FIG. 4 Another embodiment is shown in FIG. 4, wherein a methane stream 304 is passed to a supersonic reactor unit 300.
- the unit 300 includes a feed of fuel 306 for generating the supersonic flow.
- the reactor generates an acetylene stream 308, which is passed to an enrichment unit 310 for removing components such as carbon monoxide to be passed out of the unit 312, to generate an enriched acetylene stream 314.
- the acetylene 314 is passed to a hydrochlorination unit 320 along with a hydrochloric acid stream 316 to generate a stream comprising vinyl chloride 322.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The method includes processing the acetylene to form a hydrocarbon stream having vinyl chloride. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is be treated to convert acetylene to other hydrocarbon processes. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of carbon monoxide in the hydrocarbon stream to limit downstream side reactions in the downstream processing units.
Description
THE PRODUCTION OF VINYL CHLORIDE FROM A METHANE CONVERSION PROCESS
STATEMENT OF PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Application No. 61/691,349 which was filed on August 21, 2012, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A process is disclosed for producing chemicals useful for the production of polymers from the conversion of methane to acetylene using a supersonic flow reactor. More particularly, the process is for the production of vinyl chloride.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The use of plastics and rubbers are widespread in today's world. The production of these plastics and rubbers are from the polymerization of monomers which are generally produced from petroleum. The monomers are generated by the breakdown of larger molecules to smaller molecules which can be modified. The monomers are then reacted to generate larger molecules comprising chains of the monomers. An important example of these monomers are light olefins, including ethylene and propylene, which represent a large portion of the worldwide demand in the petrochemical industry. Light olefins, and other monomers, are used in the production of numerous chemical products via polymerization, oligomerization, alkylation and other well-known chemical reactions. Producing large quantities of light olefin material in an economical manner, therefore, is a focus in the petrochemical industry. These monomers are essential building blocks for the modern petrochemical and chemical industries. The main source for these materials in present day refining is the steam cracking of petroleum feeds.
[0004] A principal means of production is the cracking of hydrocarbons brought about by heating a feedstock material in a furnace has long been used to produce useful products,
including for example, olefin products. For example, ethylene, which is among the more important products in the chemical industry, can be produced by the pyrolysis of feedstocks ranging from light paraffins, such as ethane and propane, to heavier fractions such as naphtha. Typically, the lighter feedstocks produce higher ethylene yields (50-55% for ethane compared to 25-30% for naphtha); however, the cost of the feedstock is more likely to determine which is used. Historically, naphtha cracking has provided the largest source of ethylene, followed by ethane and propane pyrolysis, cracking, or dehydrogenation. Due to the large demand for ethylene and other light olefmic materials, however, the cost of these traditional feeds has steadily increased.
[0005] Energy consumption is another cost factor impacting the pyro lytic production of chemical products from various feedstocks. Over the past several decades, there have been significant improvements in the efficiency of the pyrolysis process that have reduced the costs of production. In a typical or conventional pyrolysis plant, a feedstock passes through a plurality of heat exchanger tubes where it is heated externally to a pyrolysis temperature by the combustion products of fuel oil or natural gas and air. One of the more important steps taken to minimize production costs has been the reduction of the residence time for a feedstock in the heat exchanger tubes of a pyrolysis furnace. Reduction of the residence time increases the yield of the desired product while reducing the production of heavier byproducts that tend to foul the pyrolysis tube walls. However, there is little room left to improve the residence times or overall energy consumption in traditional pyrolysis processes.
[0006] More recent attempts to decrease light olefin production costs include utilizing alternative processes and/or feedstreams. In one approach, hydrocarbon oxygenates and more specifically methanol or dimethylether (DME) are used as an alternative feedstock for producing light olefin products. Oxygenates can be produced from available materials such as coal, natural gas, recycled plastics, various carbon waste streams from industry and various products and by-products from the agricultural industry. Making methanol and other oxygenates from these types of raw materials is well established and typically includes one or more generally known processes such as the manufacture of synthesis gas using a nickel or cobalt catalyst in a steam reforming step followed by a methanol synthesis step at relatively high pressure using a copper-based catalyst.
[0007] Once the oxygenates are formed, the process includes catalytically converting the oxygenates, such as methanol, into the desired light olefin products in an oxygenate to olefin
(OTO) process. Techniques for converting oxygenates, such as methanol to light olefins (MTO), are described in United States Patent No. 4,387,263, which discloses a process that utilizes a catalytic conversion zone containing a zeolitic type catalyst. United States Patent No. 4,587,373 discloses using a zeolitic catalyst like ZSM-5 for purposes of making light olefins. United States Patent Nos. 5,095,163; 5,126,308 and 5,191,141 on the other hand, disclose an MTO conversion technology utilizing a non-zeolitic molecular sieve catalytic material, such as a metal aluminophosphate (ELAPO) molecular sieve. OTO and MTO processes, while useful, utilize an indirect process for forming a desired hydrocarbon product by first converting a feed to an oxygenate and subsequently converting the oxygenate to the hydrocarbon product. This indirect route of production is often associated with energy and cost penalties, often reducing the advantage gained by using a less expensive feed material. In addition, some oxygenates, such as vinyl acetate or acrylic acid, are also useful chemicals and can be used as polymer building blocks.
[0008] Recently, attempts have been made to use pyrolysis to convert natural gas to ethylene. US Patent No. 7,183,451 discloses heating natural gas to a temperature at which a fraction is converted to hydrogen and a hydrocarbon product such as acetylene or ethylene. The product stream is then quenched to stop further reaction and subsequently reacted in the presence of a catalyst to form liquids to be transported. The liquids ultimately produced include naphtha, gasoline, or diesel. While this method may be effective for converting a portion of natural gas to acetylene or ethylene, it is estimated that this approach will provide only a 40% yield of acetylene from a methane feed stream. While it has been identified that higher temperatures in conjunction with short residence times can increase the yield, technical limitations prevent further improvement to this process in this regard.
[0009] While the foregoing traditional pyrolysis systems provide solutions for converting ethane and propane into other useful hydrocarbon products, they have proven either ineffective or uneconomical for converting methane into these other products, such as, for example ethylene. While MTO technology is promising, these processes can be expensive due to the indirect approach of forming the desired product. Due to continued increases in the price of feeds for traditional processes, such as ethane and naphtha, and the abundant supply and corresponding low cost of natural gas and other methane sources available, for example the more recent accessibility of shale gas, it is desirable to provide commercially
feasible and cost effective ways to use methane as a feed for producing ethylene and other useful hydrocarbons.
SUMMARY
[0010] A method for producing acetylene according to one aspect is provided. The method generally includes introducing a feed stream portion of a hydrocarbon stream including methane into a supersonic reactor. The method also includes pyrolyzing the methane in the supersonic reactor to form a reactor effluent stream portion of the
hydrocarbon stream including acetylene. The method further includes treating at least a portion of the hydrocarbon stream in a process for producing higher value products. The method further includes processing the reactor effluent to generate a process stream comprising vinyl chloride.
[0011] According to another aspect, a method for controlling a contaminant level in a hydrocarbon stream in the production of acetylene from a methane feed stream is provided. The method includes introducing a feed stream portion of a hydrocarbon stream including methane into a supersonic reactor. The method also includes pyrolyzing the methane in the supersonic reactor to form a reactor effluent stream portion of the hydrocarbon stream including acetylene. The method further includes maintaining the concentration of carbon monoxide in at least a portion of the process stream to below 1000 ppm by vol.
[0012] According to another aspect, a system is provided for producing acetylene from a methane feed stream. The system includes a supersonic reactor for receiving a methane feed stream and configured to convert at least a portion of methane in the methane feed stream to acetylene through pyrolysis and to emit an effluent stream including the acetylene. The system also includes a hydrocarbon conversion zone in communication with the supersonic reactor and configured to receive the effluent stream and convert at least a portion of the acetylene therein to vinyl chloride in a product stream. The acetylene stream is passed to a hydrochlorination reactor to convert the acetylene to vinyl chloride. The system further includes a contaminant removal zone in communication with the hydrocarbon stream line for removing carbon monoxide from the supersonic reactor effluent stream.
[0013] In another aspect, the present invention includes a process for converting the acetylene to ethylene by passing the acetylene to a hydrogenation reactor. The ethylene is passed to a chlorination reactor for converting the ethylene to a process stream having vinyl
chloride. The process can include an acetylene enrichment zone for the removal of non- acetylene components in the reactor effluent stream, and in particular the removal of carbon monoxide.
[0014] Other objects, advantages and applications of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a supersonic reactor in accordance with various embodiments described herein;
[0016] FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system for converting methane into acetylene and other hydrocarbon products in accordance with various embodiments described herein;
[0017] FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of the invention; and
[0018] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a second embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] One proposed alternative to the previous methods of producing hydrocarbon products that has not gained much commercial traction includes passing a hydrocarbon feedstock into a supersonic reactor and accelerating it to supersonic speed to provide kinetic energy that can be transformed into heat to enable an endothermic pyrolysis reaction to occur, Variations of this process are set out in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,136,015 and 4,724,272, and Russian Patent No. SU 392723 A. These processes include combusting a feedstock or carrier fluid in an oxygen-rich environment to increase the temperature of the feed and accelerate the feed to supersonic speeds. A shock wave is created within the reactor to initiate pyrolysis or cracking of the feed. In particular, the hydrocarbon feed to the reactor comprises a methane feed. The methane feed is reacted to generate an intermediate process stream which is then further processed to generate a hydrocarbon product stream. A particular hydrocarbon product stream of interest is vinyl chloride, also known as vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a precursor molecule to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
[0020] More recently, US Patent Nos. 5,219,530 and 5,300,216 have suggested a similar process that utilizes a shock wave reactor to provide kinetic energy for initiating pyrolysis of natural gas to produce acetylene. More particularly, this process includes passing steam through a heater section to become superheated and accelerated to a nearly supersonic speed.
The heated fluid is conveyed to a nozzle which acts to expand the carrier fluid to a supersonic speed and lower temperature. An ethane feedstock is passed through a compressor and heater and injected by nozzles to mix with the supersonic carrier fluid to turbulently mix together at a Mach 2.8 speed and a temperature of 427°C. The temperature in the mixing section remains low enough to restrict premature pyrolysis. The Shockwave reactor includes a pyrolysis section with a gradually increasing cross-sectional area where a standing shock wave is formed by back pressure in the reactor due to flow restriction at the outlet. The shock wave rapidly decreases the speed of the fluid, correspondingly rapidly increasing the temperature of the mixture by converting the kinetic energy into heat. This immediately initiates pyrolysis of the ethane feedstock to convert it to other products. A quench heat exchanger then receives the pyrolized mixture to quench the pyrolysis reaction.
[0021] Methods and systems for converting hydrocarbon components in methane feed streams using a supersonic reactor are generally disclosed. As used herein, the term
"methane feed stream" includes any feed stream comprising methane. The methane feed streams provided for processing in the supersonic reactor generally include methane and form at least a portion of a process stream that includes at least one contaminant. The methods and systems presented herein remove or convert the contaminant in the process stream and convert at least a portion of the methane to a desired product hydrocarbon compound to produce a product stream having a reduced contaminant level and a higher concentration of the product hydrocarbon compound relative to the feed stream. By one approach, a hydrocarbon stream portion of the process stream includes the contaminant and methods and systems presented herein remove or convert the contaminant in the hydrocarbon stream.
[0022] The term "hydrocarbon stream" as used herein refers to one or more streams that provide at least a portion of the methane feed stream entering the supersonic reactor as described herein or are produced from the supersonic reactor from the methane feed stream, regardless of whether further treatment or processing is conducted on such hydrocarbon stream. The "hydrocarbon stream" may include the methane feed stream, a supersonic reactor effluent stream, a desired product stream exiting a downstream hydrocarbon conversion process or any intermediate or by-product streams formed during the processes described herein. The hydrocarbon stream may be carried via a process stream line 115, which includes lines for carrying each of the portions of the process stream described above. The term "process stream" as used herein includes the "hydrocarbon stream" as described
above, as well as it may include a carrier fluid stream, a fuel stream, an oxygen source stream, or any streams used in the systems and the processes described herein. The process stream may be carried via a process stream line 115, which includes lines for carrying each of the portions of the process stream described above.
[0023] Prior attempts to convert light paraffin or alkane feed streams, including ethane and propane feed streams, to other hydrocarbons using supersonic flow reactors have shown promise in providing higher yields of desired products from a particular feed stream than other more traditional pyrolysis systems. Specifically, the ability of these types of processes to provide very high reaction temperatures with very short associated residence times offers significant improvement over traditional pyrolysis processes. It has more recently been realized that these processes may also be able to convert methane to acetylene and other useful hydrocarbons, whereas more traditional pyrolysis processes were incapable or inefficient for such conversions.
[0024] The majority of previous work with supersonic reactor systems, however, has been theoretical or research based, and thus has not addressed problems associated with practicing the process on a commercial scale. In addition, many of these prior disclosures do not contemplate using supersonic reactors to effectuate pyrolysis of a methane feed stream, and tend to focus primarily on the pyrolysis of ethane and propane. One problem that has recently been identified with adopting the use of a supersonic flow reactor for light alkane pyrolysis, and more specifically the pyrolysis of methane feeds to form acetylene and other useful products therefrom, includes negative effects that particular contaminants in commercial feed streams can create on these processes and/or the products produced therefrom. Previous work has not considered the need for product purity, especially in light of potential downstream processing of the reactor effluent stream. Product purity can include the separation of several products into separate process streams, and can also include treatments for removal of contaminants that can affect a downstream reaction, and downstream equipment.
[0025] In accordance with various embodiments disclosed herein, therefore, processes and systems for converting the methane to a product stream are presented. The methane is converted to an intermediate process stream comprising acetylene. The intermediate process stream is converted to a second process stream comprising either a hydrocarbon product, or a
second intermediate hydrocarbon compound. The processing of the intermediate acetylene stream can include purification or separation of acetylene from by-products.
[0026] The removal of particular contaminants and/or the conversion of contaminants into less deleterious compounds has been identified to improve the overall process for the pyrolysis of light alkane feeds, including methane feeds, to acetylene and other useful products. In some instances, removing these compounds from the hydrocarbon or process stream has been identified to improve the performance and functioning of the supersonic flow reactor and other equipment and processes within the system. Removing these contaminants from hydrocarbon or process streams has also been found to reduce poisoning of downstream catalysts and adsorbents used in the process to convert acetylene produced by the supersonic reactor into other useful hydrocarbons, for example hydrogenation catalysts that may be used to convert acetylene into ethylene. Still further, removing certain contaminants from a hydrocarbon or process stream as set forth herein may facilitate meeting product
specifications.
[0027] In accordance with one approach, the processes and systems disclosed herein are used to treat a hydrocarbon process stream, to remove a contaminant therefrom and convert at least a portion of methane to acetylene. The hydrocarbon process stream described herein includes the methane feed stream provided to the system, which includes methane and may also include ethane or propane. The methane feed stream may also include combinations of methane, ethane, and propane at various concentrations and may also include other hydrocarbon compounds. In one approach, the hydrocarbon feed stream includes natural gas. The natural gas may be provided from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, gas fields, oil fields, coal fields, fracking of shale fields, biomass, and landfill gas. In another approach, the methane feed stream can include a stream from another portion of a refinery or processing plant. For example, light alkanes, including methane, are often separated during processing of crude oil into various products and a methane feed stream may be provided from one of these sources. These streams may be provided from the same refinery or different refinery or from a refinery off gas. The methane feed stream may include a stream from combinations of different sources as well.
[0028] In accordance with the processes and systems described herein, a methane feed stream may be provided from a remote location or at the location or locations of the systems and methods described herein. For example, while the methane feed stream source may be
located at the same refinery or processing plant where the processes and systems are carried out, such as from production from another on-site hydrocarbon conversion process or a local natural gas field, the methane feed stream may be provided from a remote source via pipelines or other transportation methods. For example a feed stream may be provided from a remote hydrocarbon processing plant or refinery or a remote natural gas field, and provided as a feed to the systems and processes described herein. Initial processing of a methane stream may occur at the remote source to remove certain contaminants from the methane feed stream. Where such initial processing occurs, it may be considered part of the systems and processes described herein, or it may occur upstream of the systems and processes described herein. Thus, the methane feed stream provided for the systems and processes described herein may have varying levels of contaminants depending on whether initial processing occurs upstream thereof.
[0029] In one example, the methane feed stream has a methane content ranging from 65 mol-% to 100 mol-%. In another example, the concentration of methane in the hydrocarbon feed ranges from 80 mol-% to 100 mol-% of the hydrocarbon feed. In yet another example, the concentration of methane ranges from 90 mol-% to 100 mol-% of the hydrocarbon feed.
[0030] In one example, the concentration of ethane in the methane feed ranges from 0 mol-% to 35 mol-% and in another example from 0 mol-% to 10 mol-% In one example, the concentration of propane in the methane feed ranges from 0 mol-% to 5 mol-% and in another example from 0 mol-% to 1 mol-%.
[0031] The methane feed stream may also include heavy hydrocarbons, such as aromatics, paraffmic, olefmic, and naphthenic hydrocarbons. These heavy hydrocarbons if present will likely be present at concentrations of between 0 mol-% and 100 mol-%. In another example, they may be present at concentrations of between 0 mol-% and 10 mol-% and may be present at between 0 mol-% and 2 mol-%.
[0032] An aspect of this invention is the production of olefins from the acetylene generated by the supersonic reactor. The reactor converts a methane stream through pyrolysis to generate a reactor effluent stream comprising acetylene. The reactor effluent stream is passed to a hydroprocessing reactor to form a second process stream comprising olefins. In one embodiment, the reactor effluent stream is passed to a reactor effluent treating unit to remove carbon oxides in the reactor effluent stream. Carbon oxides include carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (C02). The reactor effluent treating unit can remove
other contaminants, such as CO to a level below at least 1 vol-%, and preferable to below a level of 100 vol-ppm. The treating unit can comprise an adsorber. Adsorbers are known to those skilled in the art, and can be designed to adsorb polar compounds from a mixture comprising polar and non-polar compounds. In one embodiment, the hydroprocessing reactor is a hydrogenation reactor for converting acetylene to ethylene in the presence of hydrogen. The hydroprocessing reactor effluent stream can be passed to a light olefins recovery unit to separate ethylene and other olefins from the hydroprocessing reactor effluent stream.
[0033] Hydrogenation reactors comprise a hydrogenation catalyst, and are operated at hydrogenation conditions to hydrogenate unsaturated hydrocarbons. Hydrogenation catalysts typically comprise a hydrogenation metal on a support, wherein the hydrogenation metal is preferably selected from a Group VIII metal in an amount between 0.01 and 2 wt. % of the catalyst. Preferably the metal is platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), or a mixture thereof. The support is preferably a molecular sieve, and can include zeolites such as zeolite beta, MCM- 22, MCM-36, mordenite, faujasites such as X-zeolites and Y-zeolites, including B-Y-zeolites and USY-zeolites; non-zeolitic solids such as silica-alumina, sulfated oxides such as sulfated oxides of zirconium, titanium, or tin, mixed oxides of zirconium, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphorus and chlorinated aluminium oxides or clays. Preferred supports are zeolites, including mordenite, zeolite beta, faujasites such as X-zeolites and Y-zeolites, including BY- zeolites and USY-zeolites. Mixtures of solid supports can also be employed.
[0034] In accordance with the present invention, the invention includes the production of vinyl chloride, also called vinyl chloride monomer, which can be used in the production of PVC, or polyvinylchloride. One method of producing vinyl chloride comprises passing the ethylene process stream generated by the hydrogenation of acetylene to a vinyl chloride reactor. The vinyl chloride reactor includes a chlorination zone and a heating zone, wherein the zones are separate, and can be disposed in separate units. The process of producing vinyl chloride includes reacting ethylene (C2H4) with chlorine (C12) to form dichloroethane (CH2C1-CH2C1). The dichloroethane is then heated to decompose into vinyl chloride and hydrochloric acid (HC1). The process can further include a separation unit to separate the chlorination zone effluent stream into a vinyl chloride process stream and a hydrochloric acid process stream.
[0035] An aspect of this invention includes a process where the ethylene is passed to a vinyl chloride reactor. A hydrochloric acid stream and an oxidizing stream comprising oxygen are passed to the vinyl chloride reactor, where the ethylene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen in the chlorination zone to generate a chlorinated hydrocarbon stream comprising dichloroethane. The chlorinated hydrocarbon stream to the heating zone to generate an effluent stream comprising vinyl chloride. The effluent stream is passed to a product recovery unit.
[0036] In one embodiment, the process comprises introducing a methane feed stream to a supersonic reactor for the pyrolytic conversion of methane to a process stream comprising acetylene. The process stream is passed to a purification zone for the removal of carbon monoxide and other contaminants to generate an enriched acetylene stream. The enriched acetylene stream is passed to a hydrochlorination reactor, along with a hydrochloric acid stream to generate a vinyl chloride effluent stream. The vinyl chloride effluent stream is passed to a product recovery unit for the generation of a vinyl chloride product stream.
[0037] The process for forming acetylene from the methane feed stream described herein utilizes a supersonic flow reactor for pyrolyzing methane in the feed stream to form acetylene. The supersonic flow reactor may include one or more reactors capable of creating a supersonic flow of a carrier fluid and the methane feed stream and expanding the carrier fluid to initiate the pyrolysis reaction. In one approach, the process may include a supersonic reactor as generally described in U.S. Patent No. 4,724,272, which is incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. In another approach, the process and system may include a supersonic reactor such as described as a "shock wave" reactor in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,219,530 and 5,300,216, which are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. In yet another approach, the supersonic reactor described as a "shock wave" reactor may include a reactor such as described in "Supersonic Injection and Mixing in the Shock Wave Reactor" Robert G. Cerff, University of Washington Graduate School, 2010.
[0038] While a variety of supersonic reactors may be used in the present process, an exemplary reactor 5 is illustrated in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1, the supersonic reactor 5 includes a reactor vessel 10 generally defining a reactor chamber 15. While the reactor 5 is illustrated as a single reactor, it should be understood that it may be formed modularly or as separate vessels. A combustion zone or chamber 25 is provided for combusting a fuel to produce a carrier fluid with the desired temperature and flowrate. The reactor 5 may
optionally include a carrier fluid inlet 20 for introducing a supplemental carrier fluid into the reactor. One or more fuel injectors 30 are provided for injecting a combustible fuel, for example hydrogen, into the combustion chamber 25. The same or other injectors may be provided for injecting an oxygen source into the combustion chamber 25 to facilitate combustion of the fuel. The fuel and oxygen are combusted to produce a hot carrier fluid stream typically having a temperature of from 1200°C to 3500°C in one example, between 2000°C and 3500°C in another example, and between 2500°C and 3200°C in yet another example. According to one example the carrier fluid stream has a pressure of 100 kPa or higher, greater than 200 kPa in another example, and greater than 400 kPa in another example.
[0039] The hot carrier fluid stream from the combustion zone 25 is passed through a converging-diverging nozzle 50 to accelerate the flowrate of the carrier fluid to above mach 1.0 in one example, between mach 1.0 and mach 4.0 in another example, and between mach 1.5 and 3.5 in another example. In this regard, the residence time of the fluid in the reactor portion of the supersonic flow reactor is between 0.5 to 100 ms (milliseconds) in one example, 1 to 50 ms in another example, and 1.5 to 20 ms in another example.
[0040] A feedstock inlet 40 is provided for injecting the methane feed stream into the reactor 5 to mix with the carrier fluid. The feedstock inlet 40 may include one or more injectors 45 for injecting the feedstock into the nozzle 50, a mixing zone 55, an expansion zone 60, or a reaction zone or chamber 65. The injector 45 may include a manifold, including for example a plurality of injection ports.
[0041] In one approach, the reactor 5 may include a mixing zone 55 for mixing of the carrier fluid and the feed stream. In another approach, no mixing zone is provided, and mixing may occur in the nozzle 50, expansion zone 60, or reaction zone 65 of the reactor 5. An expansion zone 60 includes a diverging wall 70 to produce a rapid reduction in the velocity of the gases flowing therethrough, to convert the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid to thermal energy to further heat the stream to cause pyrolysis of the methane in the feed, which may occur in the expansion section 60 and/or a downstream reaction section 65 of the reactor. The fluid is quickly quenched in a quench zone 72 to stop the pyrolysis reaction from further conversion of the desired acetylene product to other compounds. Spray bars 75 may be used to introduce a quenching fluid, for example water or steam into the quench zone 72.
[0042] The reactor effluent exits the reactor via outlet 80 and as mentioned above forms a portion of the hydrocarbon stream. The effluent will include a larger concentration of acetylene than the feed stream and a reduced concentration of methane relative to the feed stream. The reactor effluent stream may also be referred to herein as an acetylene stream as it includes an increased concentration of acetylene. The acetylene may be an intermediate stream in a process to form another hydrocarbon product or it may be further processed and captured as an acetylene product stream. In one example, the reactor effluent stream has an acetylene concentration prior to the addition of quenching fluids ranging from 2 mol-% to 30 mol-%. In another example, the concentration of acetylene ranges from 5 mol-% to 25 mol-% and from 8 mol-% to 23 mol-% in another example.
[0043] In one example, the reactor effluent stream has a reduced methane content relative to the methane feed stream ranging from 15 mol-% to 95 mol-%. In another example, the concentration of methane ranges from 40 mol-% to 90 mol-% and from 45 mol-% to 85 mol- % in another example.
[0044] The invention can include an acetylene enrichment unit having an inlet in fluid communication with the reactor outlet, and an outlet for a acetylene enriched effluent. One aspect of the system can further include a contaminant removal zone having an inlet in fluid communication with the acetylene enrichment zone outlet, and an outlet in fluid
communication with the hydrocarbon conversion zone inlet, for removing contaminants that can adversely affect downstream catalysts and processes. One contaminant to be removed is CO to a level of less than 0.1 mole%, and preferably to a level of less than 100 ppm by vol. An additional aspect of the invention is where the system can include a second contaminant removal zone having an inlet in fluid communication with the methane feed stream and an outlet in fluid communication with the supersonic reactor inlet.
[0045] In one example the yield of acetylene produced from methane in the feed in the supersonic reactor is between 40 % and 95 %. In another example, the yield of acetylene produced from methane in the feed stream is between 50 % and 90 %. Advantageously, this provides a better yield than the estimated 40% yield achieved from previous, more traditional, pyrolysis approaches.
[0046] By one approach, the reactor effluent stream is reacted to form another
hydrocarbon compound. In this regard, the reactor effluent portion of the hydrocarbon stream may be passed from the reactor outlet to a downstream hydrocarbon conversion
process for further processing of the stream. While it should be understood that the reactor effluent stream may undergo several intermediate process steps, such as, for example, water removal, adsorption, and/or absorption to provide a concentrated acetylene stream, these intermediate steps will not be described in detail herein.
[0047] Referring to FIG. 2, the reactor effluent stream having a higher concentration of acetylene may be passed to a downstream hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 where the acetylene may be converted to form another hydrocarbon product. The hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 may include a hydrocarbon conversion reactor 105 for converting the acetylene to another hydrocarbon product. While FIG. 2 illustrates a process flow diagram for converting at least a portion of the acetylene in the effluent stream to ethylene through hydrogenation in hydrogenation reactor 110, it should be understood that the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 may include a variety of other hydrocarbon conversion processes instead of or in addition to a hydrogenation reactor 110, or a combination of hydrocarbon conversion processes. Similarly, it illustrated in FIG. 2 may be modified or removed and are shown for illustrative purposes and not intended to be limiting of the processes and systems described herein. Specifically, it has been identified that several other hydrocarbon conversion processes, other than those disclosed in previous approaches, may be positioned downstream of the supersonic reactor 5, including processes to convert the acetylene into other hydrocarbons, including, but not limited to: alkenes, alkanes, methane, acrolein, acrylic acid, acrylates, acrylamide, aldehydes, polyacetylides, benzene, toluene, xylenes, styrene, aniline, cyclohexanone, caprolactam, propylene, butadiene, butyne diol, butandiol, C2-C4 hydrocarbon compounds, ethylene glycol, diesel fuel, diacids, diols, pyrrolidines, and pyrrolidones.
[0048] A contaminant removal zone 120 for removing one or more contaminants from the hydrocarbon or process stream may be located at various positions along the hydrocarbon or process stream depending on the impact of the particular contaminant on the product or process and the reason for the contaminants removal, as described further below. For example, particular contaminants have been identified to interfere with the operation of the supersonic flow reactor 5 and/or to foul components in the supersonic flow reactor 5. Thus, according to one approach, a contaminant removal zone is positioned upstream of the supersonic flow reactor in order to remove these contaminants from the methane feed stream prior to introducing the stream into the supersonic reactor. Other contaminants have been
identified to interfere with a downstream processing step or hydrocarbon conversion process, in which case the contaminant removal zone may be positioned upstream of the supersonic reactor or between the supersonic reactor and the particular downstream processing step at issue. Still other contaminants have been identified that should be removed to meet particular product specifications. Where it is desired to remove multiple contaminants from the hydrocarbon or process stream, various contaminant removal zones may be positioned at different locations along the hydrocarbon or process stream. In still other approaches, a contaminant removal zone may overlap or be integrated with another process within the system, in which case the contaminant may be removed during another portion of the process, including, but not limited to the supersonic reactor 5 or the downstream hydrocarbon conversion zone 100. This may be accomplished with or without modification to these particular zones, reactors or processes. While the contaminant removal zone 120 illustrated in FIG. 2 is shown positioned downstream of the hydrocarbon conversion reactor 105, it should be understood that the contaminant removal zone 120 in accordance herewith may be positioned upstream of the supersonic flow reactor 5, between the supersonic flow reactor 5 and the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100, or downstream of the hydrocarbon conversion zone 100 as illustrated in FIG. 2 or along other streams within the process stream, such as, for example, a carrier fluid stream, a fuel stream, an oxygen source stream, or any streams used in the systems and the processes described herein.
[0049] The present invention can be shown in FIG. 3, wherein a methane stream 204 is passed to a supersonic reactor unit 200. The unit 200 includes a feed of fuel 206, usually hydrogen and oxygen, for generating the supersonic flow. The reactor unit 200 pyrolyzes the methane to generate a reactor effluent stream 208 comprising acetylene, CO and H2. The effluent stream 208 is processed in an acetylene enrichment zone 220 to remove non- acetylene components to a waste stream 222, and to generate an enriched acetylene stream
224. The acetylene stream 224 is passed to a hydrogenation unit 230, with a hydrogen stream 226 to generate an ethylene stream 232. The ethylene stream 232 is passed to a chlorination reactor 240 where a chlorine stream 234 is added to generate a vinyl chloride process stream 242.
[0050] Another embodiment is shown in FIG. 4, wherein a methane stream 304 is passed to a supersonic reactor unit 300. The unit 300 includes a feed of fuel 306 for generating the supersonic flow. The reactor generates an acetylene stream 308, which is passed to an
enrichment unit 310 for removing components such as carbon monoxide to be passed out of the unit 312, to generate an enriched acetylene stream 314. The acetylene 314 is passed to a hydrochlorination unit 320 along with a hydrochloric acid stream 316 to generate a stream comprising vinyl chloride 322.
[0051] While there have been illustrated and described particular embodiments and aspects, it will be appreciated that numerous changes and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art, and it is intended in the appended claims to cover all those changes and modifications which fall within the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure and appended claims.
Claims
1. A method for producing vinyl chloride comprising:
introducing a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising methane into a supersonic reactor; pyrolyzing the methane in the supersonic reactor to form a reactor effluent stream comprising acetylene;
passing the reactor effluent stream to a hydrogenation reactor to form a second effluent stream comprising ethylene; and
passing the second effluent stream to a vinyl chloride reactor to generate a vinyl chloride effluent stream.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein pyrolyzing the methane includes accelerating the hydrocarbon stream to a velocity of between mach 1.0 and mach 4.0 and slowing down the hydrocarbon stream to increase the temperature of the hydrocarbon process stream.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein pyrolyzing the methane includes heating the methane to a temperature of between 1200°C and 3500°C for a residence time of between 0.5 ms and 100 ms.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising treating the reactor effluent stream to remove CO to a level below 100 wt-ppm of the reactor effluent stream.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon stream includes a methane feed stream portion upstream of the supersonic reactor comprising natural gas.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising passing the hydrogenation reactor effluent stream through a light olefins recovery unit to generate an enriched ethylene stream; and passing the enriched ethylene stream to a vinyl chloride reactor to generate a vinyl chloride effluent stream.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein the vinyl chloride reactor comprises a chlorination zone and a heating zone, further comprising:
passing the enriched ethylene stream and a chlorine stream to the chlorination zone to generate a chlorinated hydrocarbon stream comprising dichloroethane; and
passing the chlorinated hydrocarbon stream to the heating zone to decompose the dichloroethane to an effluent stream comprising vinyl chloride and hydrochloric acid.
8. The process of claim 7 further comprising passing the effluent stream to a separation unit to generate a vinyl chloride product stream and a hydrochloric acid stream.
9. The process of claim 1 wherein the vinyl chloride reactor comprises a chlorination zone and a heating zone, further comprising:
passing the enriched ethylene stream to the vinyl chloride reactor;
passing hydrochloric acid to the vinyl chloride reactor;
passing an oxidizing stream comprising oxygen to the vinyl chloride reactor;
reacting the ethylene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen in the chlorination zone to generate a chlorinated hydrocarbon stream comprising dichloroethane; and
passing the chlorinated hydrocarbon stream to the heating zone to generate an effluent stream comprising vinyl chloride.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising a methane enrichment zone positioned upstream of the supersonic reactor to remove at least some of the non-methane compounds from the feed stream prior to introducing the feed stream into the supersonic reactor.
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