https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2013.038
Published: Kem. Ind. 64 (1-2) (2015) 27−37
Paper reference number: KUI-38/2013
Paper type: Review
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New Petrochemical Processes Based on Direct Conversion of Methane

F. Faraguna and A. Jukić

Abstract

Petrochemistry is a branch of chemistry and chemical engineering that studies reactions and processes of the transformation of petroleum derivatives and natural gas into useful petrochemicals. In its beginning, petrochemistry, or rather the organic chemical industry, was based on the acetylene and Reppe chemistry. The main raw materials of the petrochemical industry nowadays are olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons, with a pronounced tendency toward development of new processes and higher usage of syngas, methane and other alkanes. Here, the reactions and new processes of direct conversion of methane into more valuable petrochemicals are reviewed. Reactions of partial oxidation of methane, dehydroaromatization of methane, oxidative and non-oxidative coupling of methane to higher hydrocarbons are also described and discussed.

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Keywords

direct conversion, methane, new petrochemical processes