Abstract:
A catalyst for the oxidation of aromatic or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons which contains in the active material from 60 to 99 percent by weight of titanium dioxide and/or zirconium dioxide, from 1 to 40 percent by weight of vanadium pentoxide and up to 6 percent by weight of combined phosphorus, and which contains from 0 to 0.3 percent by weight of phosphorus in the outer layer and more than 0.3 percent up to 6 percent by weight of phosphorus in the remaining catalytic material.
Abstract:
The manufacture of carboxylic acids or their anhydrides by catalytic oxidation of aromatic or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons in tube reactors with fixed-bed catalysts containing vanadium pentoxide, the internal surface of the tubes of the reactor being completely or partially coated with a catalytic composition containing titanium dioxide and/or zirconium dioxide.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a multi-tube fixed-bed reactor and to the use of a reactor of this type for carrying out catalytic gas phase reactions, especially for carrying out exothermic or endothermic catalytic gas phase reactions such as producing phthalic anhydride (PSA), acrylic acid (AA), methacrylic acid (MAA), acrolein, maleic anhydride (MSA), glyoxal, phosgene, hydrogen cyanide or vinyl formamide (VFA). According to the invention, in the case of larger reactors where a considerable reaction heat is produced or required and must be dissipated as a result of the numerous reaction tubes (17), the ratio of tube distribution t to tube outer diameter d?a? is made dependant on the reactor diameter or the tube bundle diameter d?RBa?. If the outer diameter of the reaction tube bundle (18) is more than 4 metres, a ratio of tube distribution t to tube outer diameter d?a? of at least 1.3 is preferred.
Abstract:
Procedimiento para la obtención de anhídrido de ácido ftálico correspondiente a especificación mediante purificación por destilación de anhídrido de ácido ftálico crudo, caracterizado porque se alimenta anhídrido de ácido ftálico crudo a una columna de destilación, que se acciona a presión reducida, se extrae los productos de bajo punto de ebullición en la cabeza o en la proximidad de la cabeza de la columna de destilación, y se extrae el anhídrido de ácido ftálico correspondiente a especificación a través de una descarga lateral de la columna.
Abstract:
On-spec phthalic anhydride is prepared by distillative purification of crude phthalic anhydride by a process in which crude phthalic anhydride is fed to a distillation column which is operated at reduced pressure, the low boilers are removed at the top or in the vicinity of the top of the distillation column and the on-spec phthalic anhydride is removed from the column via a side take-off.
Abstract:
The inner wall of tubular reactor is coated, at least in pt. with a catalytic compsn. contg. TiO2 (instead of ZrO2 as used previously) advantageously mixed with 50 wt.% V2O5 (w.r.t. mixt) for the oxidn. (using an O-contg. gas) of aromatic or unsatd. aliphatic hydrocarbons.
Abstract:
A multitube fixed bed reactor and the use of such a reactor for carrying out catalytic gas-phase reactions, in particular for carrying out exothermic and endothermic catalytic gas-phase reactions such as the preparation of phthalic anhydride (PA), acrylic acid, methacrylic acid (MAA), acrolein, maleic anhydride (MA), glyoxal, phosgene, hydrocyanic acid or vinyl formamide (VFA). In a relatively large multitube reactor in which a large amount of heat of reaction is generated owing to the numerous catalyst tubes ( 17 ) and has to be removed, it is proposed that the ratio of tube spacing t to external tube diameter d a be made dependent on the reactor diameter or on the external tube bundle diameter d RBa . At an external diameter of the catalyst tube bundle ( 18 ) of more than 4 meters, a ratio of tube spacing d to external tube diameter d a of at least 1.3 is preferred.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the catalytic vapour-phase partial oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons to form carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid anhydrides at an increased temperature. According to said method, a vapour stream charged with the educt is guided through a multi-tube flow reactor, said reactor being maintained at the correct temperature by means of one or more separate thermostatic baths, which have a counter-current circulation in relation to the educt vapour stream. The difference between the temperature of the thermostatic bath in the vicinity of the reactor outlet and the temperature of the product vapour stream that leaves the reactor is used to control the selectivity of the vapour-phase oxidation.