PLANT AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING ETHYLENE

摘要

The invention relates to a plant for producing ethylene with: a reactor (2) which is designed and provided for oxidative coupling of methane; a processing unit (3) connected to the reactor (2), which unit is designed for separating a first material stream (S) produced during the oxidative coupling of methane into at least one C1 material stream and an ethylene product stream (P); and a separating unit (4) which is connected to the processing unit (3) and is designed to separate the material stream at least into a hydrogen-rich product stream (W) and an low-hydrogen residual gas stream (S'). According to the invention a steam cracking device (5) connected to the processing unit (3) is provided for producing an olefin- and hydrogen-containing crude gas stream (R), wherein the processing unit (3) is designed to separate the crude gas (R) together with the first material stream (S) into at least the C1 material stream and the ethylene product stream (P), wherein the plant (1) is designed to feed at least one part of the residual gas stream (S') back into the reactor (2) as feedstock. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing ethylene.