PROCESS OF PRODUCING LIQUID OXYGENATES VIA CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS AND INSTALLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE SAME Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC C07C27/12 C07C29/48 C07C31/04 C07C31/08 C07C31/10 C07C31/12 C07C47/04 C07C53/00 B01J19/24 

FIELD: industrial organic synthesis and chemical engineering .

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a process of producing liquid oxygenates, including methanol, C₂-C₄-alcohols, formaldehyde, lower organic acids, or mixtures thereof, and to installation for implementation the process. Process comprises successively supplying natural gas from complex gas preparation plant to a series of "gas-gas" heat exchangers and into annular space of at least one tubular reaction zone of reactor, wherein natural gas is heated to temperature of the beginning of reaction, whereupon heated gas is passed to the entry of the tubular reaction zone mixer, into which compressed air or oxygen is also injected to provide gas-phase oxidation in reaction zone of reactor. Resulting reaction mixture is discharged from reactor into a series of "gas-liquid" and "gas-gas" heat exchangers, wherein reaction mixture is cooled to ambient temperature and sent to separator, wherefrom liquid phase is passed through lower carboxylic acid recovery vessel to the system of rectification columns to isolate the rest of mixture components, whereas leaving gas is recycled to complex gas preparation plant. More specifically, oxidation is carried out within temperature range 240 to 450^°C and pressure from 2 to 10 MPa at residence time of reaction mixture in reactor 2-6 sec and oxidant concentration 2 to 15 wt %. In reactor having mixers hollow and at least one tubular reaction zones, required temperature is maintained constant throughout all length of tubular reaction zone and at entries for compressed air or oxygen in mixers of each of tubular reaction zones and hollow reaction zone. Liquid oxygenate production plant is composed of aforesaid complex gas preparation plant, a series of "gas-gas" heat exchanger to heat natural gas, reactor, a series of "gas-liquid" and "gas-gas" heat exchangers to cool reaction mixture obtained in reactor, gas-liquid separator, lower carboxylic acid recovery vessel, and system of rectification columns to isolate the rest of products.

EFFECT: enabled implementation of the process directly near gas and gas condensate deposits, increased conversion of methane per one passage through reactor, and increased yield of oxygenates due to improved design of plant.

6 cl, 1 dwg, 1 tbl