Dow化学公司开发了以甲烷为原料、经中间体氯甲烷生产烯烃的新工艺。Dow化学称此项开发可使甲烷更广泛地用作生产乙烯和丙烯等烃类的原料。目前该工艺正处于开发的最初阶段,研究进展已在美国化学学会期刊上报道。由甲烷生产烯烃最常用的方法是采用甲醇制烯烃(MTO)工艺或费托反应过程。这 Dow Chemical has developed a new process for the production of olefins from methyl chloride using intermediate methyl chloride as raw material. Dow Chemical claims that this development will make methane more widely available as a feedstock for the production of hydrocarbons such as ethylene and propylene. The process is currently in its infancy, and progress has been reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The most common method for producing olefins from methane is the Methanol to Olefins (MTO) process or the Fischer-Tropsch reaction process. This