CONVERSION OF CO-FED METHANE AND HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS INTO HIGHER VALUE HYDROCARBONS

摘要

In one aspect, the inventive process comprises a process for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbonfeedstock containing nonvolatiles in a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system.The process comprises: (a) heating the nonvolatile-containing hydrocarbonfeedstock upstream of a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system to a temperaturesufficient to form a vapor phase that is essentially free of nonvolatiles anda liquid phase containing the nonvolatiles; (b) separating said vapor phasefrom said liquid phase; (c) feeding the separated vapor phase and methane to thepyrolysis reactor system; and (d) converting the methane and separated vaporphase in said pyrolysis reactor system to form a pyrolysis product. In anotheraspect, the invention includes a separation process that feeds multiple pyrolysisreactors.