Process for recovering methane from a gas stream comprising methane and ethylene

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10239013
APP PUB NO 20170087501A1
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15305523

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The invention relates to a process for recovering methane from a gas stream comprising methane and ethylene, comprising a sorption step which comprises contacting the gas stream comprising methane and ethylene with a sorption agent which has a lower affinity for methane than for ethylene, resulting in sorption of ethylene and 0 to 90% of the methane by the sorption agent and in a gas stream comprising methane in an amount of 10 to 100% based on the amount of methane in the gas stream that is subjected to the sorption step; and a desorption step which comprises desorbing sorbed ethylene and optionally sorbed methane resulting in a gas stream comprising ethylene and optionally methane.

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SHELL OIL COMPANYP O BOX 2463 ONE SHELL PLAZA HOUSTON TX 772522463

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Sadasivan, Vijayakumari Sivakumar Gonzales, US 32 98
Sanders, Charles-Edouard Gyeongsangnam-do, KR 4 33
Shah, Vatsal Mukundlal Sugar Land, US 7 17

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