A method for selectively hydrogenating acetylene in a cracked gas from a steam cracking unit for producing olefins may include separating a hydrogenation feed from the cracked gas. The hydrogenation feed may include acetylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and at least one product. The method may further include contacting the hydrogenation feed with an acetylene hydrogenation catalyst, the contacting causing hydrogenation of at least a portion of the acetylene of the hydrogenation feed to produce a hydrogenation effluent. In response to a change in a composition of a feedstock to the steam cracking unit that results in a change in a hydrogen concentration in the hydrogenation feed, the method may further include determining the hydrogen concentration in the hydrogenation feed and increasing or decreasing a temperature of the hydrogenation feed based on the determined hydrogen concentration of the hydrogenation feed.

Methods of simultaneously converting butanes and methanol to olefins over Ti-containing zeolite catalysts are described. The exothermicity of the alcohols to olefins reaction is matched by endothermicity of dehydrogenation reaction of butane(s) to light olefins resulting in a thermo-neutral process. The Ti-containing zeolites provide excellent selectivity to light olefins as well as exceptionally high hydrothermal stability. The coupled reaction may advantageously be conducted in a staged reactor with methanol/DME conversion zones alternating with zones for butane(s) dehydrogenation. The resulting light olefins can then be reacted with iso-butane to produce high-octane alkylate. The net result is a highly efficient and low cost method for converting methanol and butanes to alkylate.

A processing facility is provided that includes a feedstock separation system configured to separate a feed stream into a lights stream and a heavies stream, a hydrogen production system configured to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the lights stream, and a carbon dioxide conversion system configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons or the carbon dioxide. The processing facility also includes a hydroprocessing system configured to process the heavies stream, and a hydroprocessor separation system configured to separate a hydroprocessing system effluent into a separator tops stream and a separator bottoms stream, wherein the separator bottoms stream is fed to the hydrogen production system.

A system and method for treating flue gas of a boiler based on solar energy are provided, wherein a heat pump is connected with a heat collector via first and second valves, a carbon dioxide electrolysis chamber is connected with a flue gas pretreatment chamber and a power distribution control module for electrolyzing and reducing carbon dioxide, a gas phase separation chamber is connected with a gas phase outlet to separate a mixture, and discharge the separated gas phase products; a Fischer-Tropsch reaction chamber is connected with the gas phase separation chamber to pass the separated carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a flowing reaction cell, a liquid phase product separation chamber is connected with a liquid phase outlet to separate the liquid phase hydrocarbon fuel products, and separate and supplement electrolyte; an electrolyte cooling circulation chamber is connected with the liquid phase product separation chamber.

An abrupt interface electroreduction catalyst includes a porous gas diffusion layer and a catalyst layer providing a sharp reaction interface. The electroreduction catalyst can be used for converting CO.sub.2 into a target product such as ethylene. The porous gas diffusion layer can be hydrophobic and configured for contacting gas-phase CO.sub.2 while the catalyst layer is disposed on and covers a reaction interface side of the porous gas diffusion layer. The catalyst layer has another side contacting an electrolyte and can be hydrophilic, composed a metal such as Cu and is sufficiently thin to prevent diffusion limitations of the reactant in the electrolyte and enhance selectivity for the target product. The electroreduction catalyst can be made by vapor deposition methods and can be used for electrochemical production of ethylene in reaction system.

A coke control reactor, a device for preparing low-carbon olefins from an oxygen-containing compound, and a use thereof are provided. The coke control reactor includes a riser reactor and a bed reactor; the bed reactor includes a bed reactor shell, and the bed reactor shell encloses a reaction zone I, a transition zone, and a gas-solid separation zone I from bottom to top; a bed reactor distributor is arranged in the reaction zone I; a coke controlled catalyst delivery pipe is arranged outside the reaction zone I; an upper section of the riser reactor penetrates through a bottom of the bed reactor and is axially inserted in the bed reactor; and an outlet end of the riser reactor is located in the transition zone. The coke control reactor can control the conversion and generation of coke species in a catalyst.

Processes, systems, and apparatus are provided for using a common working fluid for one or more turbines for processing a process gas and for the furnace for the pyrolysis process used to produce the process gas. The turbine(s) are operated based on a modified Allam cycle to produce power for operating one or more compressors and/or refrigerators involved in processing of the process gas while producing a reduced or minimized amount of CO.sub.2 that is released as a low-pressure gas phase product. Integrating the pyrolysis furnace with the working fluid loop can provide further benefits.

According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, chemical streams may be processed by a method which may comprise operating a first chemical process, stopping the first chemical process and removing the first catalyst from the reactor, and operating a second chemical process. The reaction of the first chemical process may be a dehydrogenation reaction, a cracking reaction, a dehydration reaction, or a methanol-to-olefin reaction. The reaction of the second chemical process may be a dehydrogenation reaction, a cracking reaction, a dehydration reaction, or a methanol-to-olefin reaction. The first reaction and the second reaction may be different types of reactions.

A regeneration device, a device for preparing low-carbon olefins, and a use thereof are provided. The regeneration device includes a first regenerator and a second regenerator; a first activation zone of the first regenerator is connected to the second regenerator through a pipeline, such that a catalyst in the first activation zone is able to be delivered to the second regenerator; and the second regenerator is connected to a gas-solid separation zone of the first regenerator through a pipeline, such that a catalyst in the second regenerator is able to be delivered to the gas-solid separation zone. The regeneration device can adjust the coke content, coke content distribution, and coke species in a dimethyl ether/methanol to olefins (DMTO) catalyst to control an operation window of the DMTO catalyst, which improves the selectivity for low-carbon olefins and the atomic economy of a methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology.

Provided are a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor including dielectric particles in a packed-bed in a discharge zone, e.g., a DBD plasma reactor for non-oxidative coupling of methane in which an average gap distance between dielectric particles in the packed-bed is adjusted to improve methane conversion and/or product selectivity; a method of regenerating dielectric particles including removing coke, which sis produced by side reactions, from the dielectric particles deactivated by the coke by using a low temperature plasma in an oxidizing atmosphere in the reactor; a method of manufacturing C.sub.2+ hydrocarbons, the method including converting methane into C.sub.2+ hydrocarbons including ethylene and/or ethane by non-oxidative coupling of methane in the reactor; and a method of manufacturing hydrogen, the method including generating hydrogen from methane by non-oxidative coupling of methane in the reactor.