US 12,186,726 B2
Use of renewable energy in the production of chemicals
Scott Stevenson, Sugar Land, TX (US); Andrew Mark Ward, Redcar (GB); Tim Abbott, Redcar (GB); Kenneth Francis Lawson, Redcar (GB); Joseph William Schroer, Sugar Land, TX (US); Michael Edward Huckman, Sugar Land, TX (US); Arno Oprins, Geleen (NL); and Zhun Zhao, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/310,076
Filed by SABIC Global Technologies B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/013525
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/150248, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,633, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,627, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,617, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,637, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,634, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,612, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,615, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,635, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,636, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,619, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,622, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,631, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,632, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126251 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/047 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C01B 3/12 (2006.01); C01B 3/34 (2006.01); C01B 3/48 (2006.01); C01B 3/56 (2006.01); C01C 1/02 (2006.01); C01C 1/04 (2006.01); C07C 4/02 (2006.01); C07C 4/04 (2006.01); C07C 29/132 (2006.01); C07C 29/152 (2006.01); F25J 3/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0606 (2016.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H02J 15/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.01)
CPC B01J 19/0053 (2013.01) [B01D 53/047 (2013.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); B01J 4/008 (2013.01); B01J 6/008 (2013.01); B01J 19/0033 (2013.01); B01J 19/2465 (2013.01); C01B 3/12 (2013.01); C01B 3/342 (2013.01); C01B 3/48 (2013.01); C01B 3/56 (2013.01); C01C 1/02 (2013.01); C01C 1/0417 (2013.01); C01C 1/0488 (2013.01); C07C 4/02 (2013.01); C07C 4/04 (2013.01); C07C 29/132 (2013.01); C07C 29/152 (2013.01); F25J 3/0233 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/0606 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H02J 15/006 (2013.01); H02J 15/008 (2020.01); B01D 2256/16 (2013.01); B01D 2256/245 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00051 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00132 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00761 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0871 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0216 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0238 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0244 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0261 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0294 (2013.01); C01B 2203/04 (2013.01); C01B 2203/061 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/068 (2013.01); C01B 2203/085 (2013.01); C01B 2203/148 (2013.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chemical synthesis plant comprising:
one or more electrified reactors each configured for producing, from one or more reactants, a process stream comprising at least one chemical product;
an electrified feed preparation system configured to prepare one or more feed streams comprising one or more of the one or more reactants for introduction into the one or more electrified reactors; and
a product purification system configured to separate the at least one chemical product from reaction byproducts, unreacted reactants, or a combination thereof within the process stream,
wherein the chemical synthesis plant is configured:
(a) such that any steam utilized as a diluent and/or reactant within the chemical synthesis plant is generated with electricity;
(b) such that any steam utilized as a diluent and/or a reactant is superheated electrically to provide heat/raise the temperature of a process stream;
(c) such that heat obtained from cooling process streams is utilized solely to preheat other process streams; or
(d) any combination of (a)-(c);
wherein the electrified feed preparation system and the one or more electrified reactors are configured such that greater than 90% of the net energy needed for heating, cooling, compressing, or a combination thereof is provided by electricity; and
wherein the at least one chemical product comprises a chemical product produced by a method selected from the list of chemical products and corresponding production methods consisting of:
propylene by cracking;
ethylene oxide by oxidation of ethylene;
monoethylene glycol by hydration of ethylene oxide;
ethylene dichloride by chlorination of ethylene;
vinyl chloride from ethylene dichloride;
alpha-olefins by oligomerization;
olefins and/or diolefins by dehydrogenation of paraffins;
isoparaffins by isomerization of normal paraffins;
aromatics (BTX) from paraffins and/or naphthenes by cyclization and/or dehydrogenation;
aromatics from naphtha by cyclization and/or dehydrogenation;
ethylbenzene by alkylation of benzene with ethylene;
styrene by dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene;
cumene by alkylation of benzene with propylene;
phenol by oxidation of cumene;
terephthalic acid by the oxidation of paraxylene;
oxygen by separation from air;
nitrogen by separation from air;
MTBE by etherification of isobutylene; or
polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride, polystyrene, polycarbonate, and
polyethylene terephthalate (PE, PP, PVC, PS, PC, PET) by polymerization.