Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethane: A Mini Review of Recent Advances and Perspective of Chemical Looping Technology

Dehydrogenation processes play an important role in the petrochemical industry. High selectivity towards olefins is usually hindered by numerous side reactions a conventional cracking/pyrolysis technology. Herein, we show recent studies devoted to selective ethylene production via oxidative and non-oxidative reactions. This review summarizes progress that has been achieved with ethane conversion terms of process effectivity. Briefly, steam cracking, catalytic dehydrogenation, dehydrogenation (with CO2/O2), membrane technology, chemical looping are reviewed.