METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING HYDROCARBONS INTO OLEFINS

摘要

An apparatus and method are provided for processing hydrocarbon feeds. The method enhances the conversion of hydrocarbon feeds into conversion products, such as ethylene. In particular, the present techniques utilize a high-severity thermal pyrolysis reactor that exposes a feed at a peak pyrolysis gas temperature = 1540 °C to produce a reactor product comprising ethylene and acetylene and has a C3 + to acetylene weight ratio = 0.5. Then, the method separates a product comprising tars and/or solids from at least a portion of the reactor product and converts at least a portion of the remaining reactor product into a conversion product, such as ethylene.