| abstract |
The present invention provides that a substantial amount of both ethane and ethylene is present in the input stream to the relevant reactors, and from the reactor effluent in the first unit operation after the reaction step or stage of producing hydrogen chloride in the effluent from the ethane / ethylene It relates to a method for producing a vinyl chloride monomer to be recovered completely. The steps of the process of the present invention include oxidative dehydrochlorination in the presence of catalysts of ethane, ethylene, hydrogen chloride, oxygen and chlorine; Quenching the reactor effluent stream to provide a crude product stream essentially free of hydrogen chloride; Separating the crude product stream into a vinyl chloride monomer product stream and a lightweight stream; And recycling the lightweight stream to the reactor. |