MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517098726 A) filed by Technip Energies France, Nanterre, France, on Oct. 13, for 'ethylene plant with generation of electric power with renewable source.'
Inventor(s) include Oud, Peter.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Ethylene plant comprising : - A cracking furnace for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into a cracked gas stream; - A separation section configured to provide at least an ethylene-enriched product stream, and a methane-enriched fuel stream from the cracked gas stream; - Means for producing liquefied methane from the methane enriched fuel stream; - Means for storing the liquefied methane; - Evaporator for gasifying liquefied methane; - A first passageway for feeding evaporator with liquefied methane provided by means for storing; - A second passageway for feeding the gas turbine with methane provided by the evaporator - A gas turbine configured to be fed by the methane provided by the evaporator and to generate intermittently electric power used in the ethylene plant; - A renewable source configured to generate intermittently electric power used in the ethylene plant; - Means for closing the first and/or the second passageways when the renewable source generates electric power greater than a threshold value; - Means for opening the first and/or the second passageways when the renewable source does not generate electric power or generates electric power less than a threshold value; With means for producing liquefied methane comprising heat exchangers organized in cascade cycles."
The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 10, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/059757.
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