Review article
https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2013.038
New Petrochemical Processes Based on Direct Conversion of Methane
F. Faraguna
; Department of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
A. Jukić
; Department of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Petrochemistry is a branch of chemistry and chemical engineering that studies reactions and processes of the transformation of petroleum derivatives and natural gas into useful petrochemicals. In its beginning, petrochemistry, or rather the organic chemical industry, was based on the acetylene and Reppe chemistry. The main raw materials of the petrochemical industry nowadays are olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons, with a pronounced tendency toward development of new processes and higher usage of syngas, methane and other alkanes. Here, the reactions and new processes of direct conversion of methane into more valuable petrochemicals are reviewed. Reactions of partial oxidation of methane, dehydroaromatization of methane, oxidative and non-oxidative coupling of methane to higher hydrocarbons are also described and discussed.
Keywords
Direct conversion; methane; new petrochemical processes
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133081
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Publication date:
16.1.2015.
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