Selective Olefin Production from Complex Hydrocarbons via Pulsed Joule Heating
- 1State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Petroleum Molecular Engineering Center (PMEC
- 2China University of Petroleum
- 3College of Energy Innovation
Abstract
Keywords: Joule heating; Complex hydrocarbon mixtures; Light olefins; Spatiotemporal reactor; Reaction-separation mechanism Introduction Light olefins are essential building blocks for the chemical industry, and expanding their production from diverse hydrocarbon mixtures is important for improving resource utilization and securing olefin supply. Complex carbonaceous resources, including waste plastics, petroleum, and coal liquefaction products, represent abundant feedstocks for light olefin production. Industrially, light olefins are produced mainly through steam cracking and catalytic pyrolysis.1, 2, 3 These processes rely heavily on fossil fuel combustion for heat supply, resulting in high energy consumption and carbon emissions.4 It poses a major challenge to the low-carbon transition of olefin production technology. Thus, developing low-carbon heat supply strategies while maintaining high olefin selectivity is critical for next-generation olefin production technologies.
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BibTeX
@misc{wang2026selective,
title = {{Selective Olefin Production from Complex Hydrocarbons via Pulsed Joule Heating}},
author = {Yaqi Wang and Zhengyu Chen and Ting Zheng and Yanfei Su and Shuofan Li and Yehua Han and Quan Shi and Chunming Xu and Linzhou Zhang and zhengyu chen},
howpublished = {ChemRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.26434/chemrxiv.15009696/v1},
url = {https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009696/v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Selective Olefin Production from Complex Hydrocarbons via Pulsed Joule Heating
AU - Yaqi Wang
AU - Zhengyu Chen
AU - Ting Zheng
AU - Yanfei Su
AU - Shuofan Li
AU - Yehua Han
AU - Quan Shi
AU - Chunming Xu
AU - Linzhou Zhang
AU - zhengyu chen
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
PB - ChemRxiv
DO - 10.26434/chemrxiv.15009696/v1
UR - https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009696/v1
AB - Keywords: Joule heating; Complex hydrocarbon mixtures; Light olefins; Spatiotemporal reactor; Reaction-separation mechanism Introduction Light olefins are essential building blocks for the chemical industry, and expanding their production from diverse hydrocarbon mixtures is important for improving resource utilization and securing olefin supply. Complex carbonaceous resources, including waste plastics, petroleum, and coal liquefaction products, represent abundant feedstocks for light olefin production. Industrially, light olefins are produced mainly through steam cracking and catalytic pyrolysis.1, 2, 3 These processes rely heavily on fossil fuel combustion for heat supply, resulting in high energy consumption and carbon emissions.4 It poses a major challenge to the low-carbon transition of olefin production technology. Thus, developing low-carbon heat supply strategies while maintaining high olefin selectivity is critical for next-generation olefin production technologies.
ER -