Nov 18,2016 Oxford University Innovation Limited
WO2017085504 A3
The invention provides a process for separating one or more hydrocarbons from a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons, which gaseous mixture comprises: (a) one or more first hydrocarbons selected from alkanes and alkenes, and (b) one or more further hydrocarbons which are selected from alkanes and alkenes and are other than the one or more first hydrocarbons, which process comprises: contacting the gaseous mixture with an extractant suitable for extracting the one or more first hydrocarbons, which extractant comprises a polar solvent; and thereby forming: (i) a first phase comprising the extractant and the one or more first hydrocarbons; and (ii) a second phase comprising said gaseous mixture having a reduced content of the one or more first hydrocarbons.
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Tiancun Xiao, |
KACST-Oxford Petrochemical Research Centre (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
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Zhaoxi ZHANG |
KACST-Oxford Petrochemical Research Centre (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
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Edwards, P. P. |
KACST-Oxford Petrochemical Research Centre (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
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Almegren, Hamid |
Petrochemical Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia |