Process for cracking hydrocarbons utilizing a mist of molten salt in the reaction zone

Patent · Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:7048541

Kawazoe, T; Machida, Y; Sakai, A; Yamaguchi, F; Yonemori, H

Hydrocarbons are cracked in the presence of a mist of molten salt containing of basic compounds of alkali and alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof, the amount of the molten salt to hydrocarbon being, by weight, from 0.01:1 to 10:1 followed by quenching at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the molten salt, and separating the cracked gas from the molten salt.

• Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd Japan; Mitsui Shipbuilding and Eng Co Ltd (Japan)
• Patent Number(s): US 4217204
• OSTI ID: 7048541
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS
THERMAL CRACKING
PETROLEUM
CRACKING
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
MOLTEN SALTS
QUENCHING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PYROLYSIS
SALTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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