Process for producing hydrocarbon partial oxidation products

摘要

Hydrocarbon partial oxidation products are produced by contacting a hydrocarbon with oxygen obtained from an air separation unit A in a reactor B in the presence of a partial oxidation reaction catalyst. After separation of the partial oxidation product from the reactor effluent in unit C, unreacted hydrocarbon is recovered from the effluent in a separator D by adsorbing the unreacted hydrocarbon onto an adsorbent at superatmospheric pressure and removing the adsorbed hydrocarbon from the adsorbent by depressurising said adsorbent and purging the adsorbent with nitrogen obtained from the air separation unit A. The recovered unreacted hydrocarbon is recycled to the partial oxidation reactor B.