Basic Engineering of a Two-Stage Process for Co-Upgrading Natural Gas and Petroleum Coke

Autor:	Jorge Laine, Maria Tosta
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Coker unit Waste management business.industry Chemistry Petroleum coke SNOX process Coke Methane chemistry.chemical_compound Petroleum product Natural gas General Earth and Planetary Sciences business Benzene General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science. :129-133
ISSN:	2160-0406 2160-0392
DOI:	10.4236/aces.2015.52014
Popis:	This communication highlights the possibility of using a novel two-stage process for the co-upgrading of natural gas and petroleum coke into liquid hydrocarbons. The first stage consists of the catalytic dehydroaromatization of methane characterized by producing hydrogen and aromatics: benzene, naphtalene, toluene, etc. The non-reacted methane plus hydrogen and aromatics produced in the first stage are directed to the second stage to react with the petroleum coke. Basic engineering analysis of proposed two-stage process suggests light petroleum production of 160,000 bbl/day from 20,000 ton/day of petroleum coke actually by-produced from Venezuelan Orinoco’s heavy oil belt. Residual coke should be volatiles free therefore useful as a calcined coke.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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