Anthony E Simpson

US Patent:

20160368835, Dec 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 15, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/182864

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Peter Tanev TANEV - Katy TX, US
Shaojun MIAO - Katy TX, US
Anthony Tyler SIMPSON - Katy TX, US
Daniel Edward GERWIEN - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

C07C 2/76
B01J 29/48

Abstract:

Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a process for the aromatization of a methane-containing gas stream that includes contacting the methane-containing gas stream in a reaction zone of an aromatization reactor comprising an aromatization catalyst and a titanium hydrogen acceptor under methane-containing gas aromatization conditions to produce a product stream comprising aromatics and hydrogen, wherein at least a portion of the produced hydrogen is bound by the titanium hydrogen acceptor in the reaction zone and removed from the product and the reaction zone as titanium hydride, and wherein the weight ratio of titanium hydrogen acceptor to the aromatization catalyst is at least 1:1.

US Patent:

20160368836, Dec 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 15, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/182954

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Daniel Edward GERWIEN - Sugar Land TX, US
Shaojun MIAO - Katy TX, US
Anthony Tyler SIMPSON - Katy TX, US
Elizabeth Colquhoun HOWLAND - Houston TX, US
Steven Sangyun LIM - Kingwood TX, US

International Classification:

C07C 2/76
B01J 29/90
B01J 38/10
B01J 29/48

Abstract:

Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a process for the aromatization of a methane-containing gas stream that includes contacting the methane-containing gas stream in a reaction zone of an aromatization reactor comprising an aromatization catalyst and a zirconium hydrogen acceptor under methane-containing gas aromatization conditions to produce a product stream comprising aromatics and hydrogen, wherein at least a portion of the produced hydrogen is bound by the zirconium hydrogen acceptor in the reaction zone and removed from the product and the reaction zone as zirconium hydride, and wherein the weight ratio of zirconium hydrogen acceptor to the aromatization catalyst is at least 1:1.