Abstract: The present invention provides a process for increasing ethylene and/or propylene yield during conversion of oxygenates using a system comprising a reactor and a regenerator, wherein the reactor comprises a fluidized bed reactor and a riser reactor, which process increases ethylene and/or propylene yield by using a mixture of the deactivated catalyst from the fluidized bed reactor and the regenerated catalyst from the regenerator in the riser reactor for further cracking the C4+ hydrocarbon stream separated from the product stream.

Abstract: Provided are processes for producing ethylene glycol from oxalate(s), wherein two or more reaction zones in series are used, and oxalate feedstock is fed stagewise, or hydrogen feedstock and optionally a solvent are fed stagewise. The present processes achieve higher selectivity for the product and improved stability of catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process of producing light olefins through the conversion of methanol and ethanol. The process comprises: feeding a first portion of a feed via a distributor at the bottom of a fluidized-bed reactor to a reaction zone containing a catalyst; feeding a second portion of the feed from at least one location above the distributor to the reaction zone; contacting the feed with the catalyst and allowing it to react, to give a stream containing ethylene and propylene; and withdrawing the stream containing ethylene and propylene from the top of the reactor, and passing it to a separation system to separate ethylene and propylene, wherein the first portion of the feed and the second portion of the feed comprises each independently methanol or ethanol or the both, with a proviso that the total feed comprises both methanol and ethanol, and a weight ratio of methanol to ethanol in the total feed is in a range of from 99:1 to 0.1:1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing lower olefins from methanol or dimethyl ether. The technical problem mainly addressed in the present invention is to overcome the defects presented in the prior art including high operation temperature, low yield and selectivity of lower olefins as the target products, and poor stability and short regeneration period of catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing lower olefins by catalytic cracking a feedstock comprising an olefins-enriched mixture containing C4 or higher olefins and optionally an organic oxygenate compound. The technical problem mainly addressed in the present invention is to overcome the defects presented in the prior art including low yield and selectivity of lower olefins as the target products, and short regeneration period of catalyst.

Abstract: A process for producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a feed comprising methanol and/or dimethyl ether into a fluidized-bed reactor from its bottom, and reacting the feed in a dense phase zone and a transition zone of the fluidized-bed reactor by contacting it with a catalyst, to form an effluent I comprising unreacted feed, reaction products and entrained solid particulate catalyst; (b) introducing a terminating agent at upper portion of the transition zone and/or lower portion of a gas-solid separating zone of the fluidized-bed reactor into the effluent I, to give an effluent II, wherein the terminating agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of water, C2 to C5 alcohols, C2 to C10 ethers, hydrocarbons having 4 or more carbon atoms, and C6 to C12 aromatic hydrocarbons; and (c) passing the effluent II into the gas-solid separating zone in upper portion of the fluidized-bed reactor, where gas-solid separation is accomplished to give

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the co-production of ethylene and dimethyl ether, comprising (i) providing a feedstock comprising ethanol and methanol, with a weight ratio of methanol to ethanol being in a range of from 1:10 to 10:1; (ii) feeding the feedstock into a reaction zone containing a solid catalyst to give an effluent, wherein a reaction temperature is in a range of from 200 to 480° C., a reaction pressure is in a range of from 0 to 2 MPa (gauge), and a weight hourly space velocity of the feedstock is in a range of from 0.1 to 10 h?1, and wherein the solid catalyst is selected from the group consisting of alumina catalysts and crystalline aluminosilicate catalysts; and (iii) isolating ethylene and dimethyl ether from the effluent from step (ii).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for enhancing yields of ethylene and propylene in MTO process, comprising: i) feeding a feedstock comprising C4 hydrocarbon and at least one of methanol and dimethyl ether from a distributor at the bottom of a reactor and optionally from at least one location above the distributor into a reaction zone containing a molecular sieve catalyst; ii) allowing the feedstock to react in the presence of the molecular sieve catalyst, to form a product stream comprising ethylene, propylene and C4 hydrocarbon; iii) withdrawing the product stream from the top of the reactor, and passing it to a separation system, to separate ethylene, propylene and C4 hydrocarbon; and iv) circulating the C4 hydrocarbon separated in step iii) back to step i).

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing lower olefins. The technical problem mainly addressed in the present invention is to overcome the defects presented in the prior art including high reaction pressure, high reaction temperature, low yield and selectivity of lower olefins as the target products, poor stability and short life of catalyst, and limited suitable feedstocks. The present process, which is carried out under the conditions of catalytic cracking olefins and adopts as a feedstock an olefins-enriched mixture containing one or more C4 or higher olefins and optionally an organic oxygenate compound, comprises the steps of: a) letting the feedstock contact with a crystalline aluminosilicate catalyst having a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of at least 10, to thereby produce a reaction effluent containing lower olefins; and b) separating lower olefins from the reaction effluent; wherein, the reaction pressure is from ?0.1 MPa to <0 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for producing light olefins, comprising the steps of: i) contacting a feed comprising a monohalo-methane with a molecular sieve catalyst under the conditions: a reaction temperature in the range of from 350° C. to 600° C., a reaction pressure in the range of from 0.05 to 1.1 MPa (absolute), and a weight hourly space velocity of the monohalo-methane in the range of from 0.1 to 100 hour?1, to give an effluent comprising ethylene, propylene, and hydrogen halide; and ii) isolating ethylene, propylene and hydrogen halide from the effluent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing lower olefins from methanol or dimethyl ether. The technical problem mainly addressed in the present invention is to overcome the defects presented in the prior art including high operation temperature, low yield and selectivity of lower olefins as the target products, and poor stability and short regeneration period of catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing lower olefins by catalytic cracking a feedstock comprising an olefins-enriched mixture containing C4 or higher olefins and optionally an organic oxygenate compound. The technical problem mainly addressed in the present invention is to overcome the defects presented in the prior art including low yield and selectivity of lower olefins as the target products, and short regeneration period of catalyst.