Process boasts 95% selectivity for LPG
This article describes a new Phillips catalytic process for the dehydrogenation and/or the dehydrocyclization of paraffinic feedstocks, steam active reforming (STAR), which produces no structural isomerization. Light paraffins such as propane, isobutane, and normal butane can be dehydrogenated to their respective mono-olefins with selectivities as high as 95%. The process offers such advantages as: it will accept a wide range of feedstocks; selectivity to desired products is high; there is a minimum of structural isomerization which permits the production of specific products from particular feedstocks with high purity; it works well with paraffinic and olefinic materials which make poor feeds in conventional reforming processes; and the catalyst has moderate tolerance for sulfur and nitrogen compounds.
- Research Organization:
- Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK
- OSTI ID:
- 5464322
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 81:13
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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