Methanol process for natural gas conversion

Details Methanol process for natural gas conversion Methanol process for natural gas conversion

1999-07-27

2000-10-24

Shippen, Michael L.

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Oxygen containing

C07L 2700

Patent

active

061370177

ABSTRACT:
A process is provided for producing methyl alcohol from natural gas using chlorination technology. The process includes reacting methyl chloride, hydrogen chloride, oxygen and perchloroethylene in a catalytic reactor to give methanol product and hexachloroethane and using the C.sub.2 Cl.sub.6 to chlorinate methane of natural gas feedstock in multiple thermal chlorination reactors, each with a natural gas recycle loop. These reactors are arranged in a cross-flow reactor system whereby a gas purge from the first reactor is fed to the second, and so on if necessary until a last reactor, which is vented to the atmosphere by feeding a purge steam to the catalytic reactor.

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