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The autothermic cracking of light hydrocarbons

โœ Scribed by Calderbank, P. H. ;Hovnanian, V. P. ;Talbot, F. D. F.

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2007
Weight
464 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-8871

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โœฆ Synopsis

Abstract

Experimental work is described in which ethane and propane have been autothermally cracked by admixture with air in a reactor packed with alundum spheres. The results obtained confirm those of Deanesly & Watkins^3^ in which high thermochemical efficiencies were reported. It has proved possible to predict the performance of such a reactor operating under varying air to gas ratios and feed rates. These predictions are in agreement with experimental findings and with established rates of combustion. Such calculations should be of value in assessing the economics of largeโ€scale operations of the autothermic process.

Analysis of product distributions shows that little selective combustion of hydrogen occurs.

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