Global Patent Index - EP 0960087 A1

EP 0960087 A1 19991201 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING OLEFINS FROM AN OLEFINS-RICH PRODUCT STREAM

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING OLEFINS FROM AN OLEFINS-RICH PRODUCT STREAM

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ABTRENNUNG VON OLEFINEN VON OLEFIN-REICHE PRODUKTSTROMEN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE POUR SEPARER LES OLEFINES DANS UN FLUX DE PRODUIT RICHE EN OLEFINES

Publication

EP 0960087 A1 19991201 (EN)

Application

EP 97953444 A 19971231

Priority

  • US 9723876 W 19971231
  • US 3394996 P 19961231

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9829367A1] The present invention provides a method and apparatus for separating olefins from an olefins-rich product stream comprising producing a product stream comprising at least about 60 % olefins passing said product stream through an olefin selective facilitated transfer membrane, and immediately thereafter collecting a permeate stream comprising about 0.2 wt.% saturates or less. A key advantage of the invention is that a demethanizer or a deethanizer is not required to recover the second olefins-rich product stream.

IPC 1-7

C07C 7/144

IPC 8 full level

C07C 7/144 (2006.01); C07C 11/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C07C 7/144 (2013.01); C07C 11/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9829367A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9829367 A1 19980709; AR 015106 A1 20010418; AU 5718998 A 19980731; EP 0960087 A1 19991201; NO 993148 D0 19990624; NO 993148 L 19990624; ZA 9711644 B 19981207

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9723876 W 19971231; AR P970106217 A 19971229; AU 5718998 A 19971231; EP 97953444 A 19971231; NO 993148 A 19990624; ZA 9711644 A 19971229