Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst containing vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen, which is used for oxidizing the gas phase of a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms to maleic anhydride. According to the inventive method, a corresponding catalyst precursor which contains vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen and is provided with particles having an average diameter of at least 2 mm is converted into a catalytically active form by means of calcination, and a flow of the catalyst precursor is transported on a conveyor belt across at least one calcination area over a distance ln at an essentially steady speed in order to be calcinated. The variation over time of the gas temperature in relation to the set point value amounts to
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing maleic anhydride by the heterogeneous catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrocarbons comprising at least four carbon atoms with gases containing oxygen, in the presence of a volatile phosphorus compound, on a catalyst containing vanadium, phosphor and oxygen in a multitube flow reactor unit with at least one reaction zone that is cooled by a heat-transfer medium, at a temperature ranging between 350 and 500 °C. In the first reaction zone, in relation to the educt supply, the supply temperature and/or the supply quantity is set in such a way that the average temperature of the heat transfer medium in the first reaction zone TSB(1st zone), said temperature being produced by the average value formation of the supply temperature and the drainage temperature of the heat-transfer medium, fulfils the formulas (I) and (II): (I) TSB(1st zone)
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst containing vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen, which is used for oxidizing the gas phase of a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms to maleic anhydride. According to the inventive method, a corresponding catalyst precursor which contains vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen and is provided with particles having an average diameter of at least 2 mm is converted into a catalytically active form by means of calcination, and a flow of the catalyst precursor is transported on a conveyor belt across at least one calcination area over a distance ln at an essentially steady speed in order to be calcinated. The variation over time of the gas temperature in relation to the set point value amounts to
Abstract:
The invention relates to a vanadium-, phosphorus- and oxygen-containing catalyst that is used for producing maleic anhydride by heterogeneous catalytic gas phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon carrying at least four carbon atoms in which the ratio of phosphorus/vanadium is 0.9 to 1.5. Said catalyst comprises particles with an average diameter of at least 2 mm and the composition has a x-ray powder diffraction pattern, obtained by irradiation with CuK alpha radiation ( lambda = 1.54 10 m), that produces in the 2 theta range of 10 DEG to 70 DEG a signal/noise ratio of
Abstract:
Processes for producing butadiene from n-butane comprising: (a) providing a feed gas stream comprising n-butane; (b) non-oxidatively dehydrogenating the feed gas stream in the presence of a catalyst in a first dehydrogenation zone to form a first intermediate gas stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, butadiene and hydrogen; (c) oxidatively dehydrogenating the first intermediate gas stream in the presence of an oxygenous gas having an oxygen content of at least 75% by volume in a second dehydrogenation zone to form a second intermediate gas stream comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam; (d) compressing and cooling the second intermediate gas to form a first condensate stream comprising water and a third intermediate gas stream comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam; (e) compressing and cooling the third intermediate gas to form a second condensate stream comprising n-butane, butadiene and water and a fourth intermediate gas stream comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen and carbon dioxide; (1) cooling the fourth intermediate gas stream to form a third condensate stream comprising n-butane and butadiene, and an offgas stream comprising carbon dioxide and hydrogen; (g) removing water from the second condensate stream and combining the second condensate stream and third condensate stream to form a C 4 hydrocarbon stream comprising n-butane and butadiene; and (h) separating the C 4 hydrocarbon stream to form a recylce stream comprising n-butane and a product stream comprising butadiene; wherein at least a portion of the recycle stream is fed to the first dehydrogenation zone.
Abstract:
Catalysts comprising a catalytically active composition, the catalytically active composition comprising vanadium, phosphorus, iron and oxygen, wherein the catalytically active composition has an iron:vanadium atomic ratio of 0.005 to
Abstract:
Maleic anhydride production by gas-phase oxidation of n-butane with oxygen-containing gases on a heterogeneous vanadium-, phosphorus- and oxygen-containing (VPO) catalyst at 350-500[deg]C with recycling of unconverted n-butane is such that (a) the stream entering the reactor has n-butane and O 2 concentrations of 0.5-1.5 and 5-21 volume % respectively; (b) pressure at the inlet is 0.4-2 MPa abs.; and (c) 40-100% of the n-butane is converted. Maleic anhydride (MA) production by gas- phase oxidation of n-butane with oxygen-containing gases on a heterogeneous vanadium-, phosphorus- and oxygen-containing (VPO) catalyst at 350-500[deg]C with MA separation by forming a gas stream containing unconverted n-butane and water and recycling part of the n-butane to the reactor unit is such that (a) the stream entering the reactor has n-butane and oxygen concentrations of 0.5-1.5 and 5-21 volume % respectively; (b) the pressure at the inlet is 0.4-2 MPa abs.; and (c) 40-100% of the n-butane is converted.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing maleic anhydride by means of heterogeneo us catalytic gas phase oxidation of n-butane with gases containing oxygen on a catalyst comprising vanadium, phosphorus, and oxygen in a reactor unit at a temperature ranging between 350 and 500 ~C, whereupon the obtained maleic anhydride is isolated while a gas flow is formed that contains unreacted n- butane and water, and at least some of the unreacted n-butane is recirculate d to the reactor unit. According to the inventive method, an input flow having an n-butane concentration of 0.5 to 1.5 percent by volume and an oxygen concentration of 5 to 21 percent by volume is fed to the reactor unit while a pressure of 0.4 to 2 MPa abs is adjusted at the inlet of the reactor unit an d 40 to 100 percent of the n-butane from the input flow are reacted per reacto r cycle.
Abstract:
A process for the production of maleic acid anhydride by heterogeneous catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrocarbons having at least four carbon atoms with oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a volatile phosphorus compound at a vanadium, phosphorus and oxygen-containing catalyst in a tubular reactor unit having at least one reaction zone cooled by a heat exchange medium at 350-500 degreesC. A process for the production of maleic acid anhydride by heterogeneous catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrocarbons having at least four carbon atoms with oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a volatile phosphorus compound at a vanadium, phosphorus and oxygen-containing catalyst in a tubular reactor unit having at least one reaction zone cooled by a heat exchange medium at 350-500 degreesC. With respect to the addition of reactants to the first reaction zone, the addition temperature and/or addition amount of the heat exchange medium are such that the average temperature of the heat exchange medium in the first reaction zone (TSB(1. zone)) is described by formula (1) and (2). TSB(1.zone) at most TD(1.zone)-TSafety(1.zone) (1) TSB,Amax(1.zone)-TA(1.zone) at most TSB(1.zone) at most TSB,Amax(1.zone)+TB(1.zone) (2) TD(1.zone) = through temperature in the first reaction zone corresponding to the average temperature of the heat exchange medium at which a 1 degreesC increase in the average temperature of the heat exchange medium results in a 5 degreesC increase of the hot spot temperature of the first reaction zone THS(1.zone); TSB(1.zone) = average temperature of the heat exchange medium; TSafety(1.zone) = safety temperature of the first reaction zone and is 1 degreesC; TSB,Amax(1.zone) = average temperature of the heat exchange medium in the first reaction zone in the region TSB(1.zone) of no greater than T (1.zone) corresponding to the maximum yield of maleic acid anhydride; T (1.zone) = 20 degreesC; T (1.zone) = 10 degreesC
Abstract:
A vanadium-, phosphorus- and oxygen-containing catalyst for the preparation of maleic anhydride by heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon of at least four carbon atoms has a phosphorus/vanadium ratio of from 0.9 to 1.5, comprises particles having a mean diameter of at least 2 mm and has a composition which, using CuKalpha radiation (lambda=1.54.10- m), gives a powder X-ray diffraction pattern which, in the 2theta range from 10° to 70°, has a signal/background ratio of