Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a cylinder with a vertical longitudinal axis, for performing an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (2) with an oxygen-containing gas stream (3), obtaining a reaction gas mixture, on a heterogeneous catalyst, which is designed as monolith (4), wherein one or more catalytically active zones (5) are arranged in the interior of the reactor (1), each zone comprising a packing of monoliths (4) stacked one next to another and/or one on top of another and wherein a mixing zone (6) with fixed installations is provided upstream of each catalytically active zone (5). The reactor has: - one or more feeder lines (7) at the lower end thereof for the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (2) to be dehydrogenated; - one or more feeder lines (9) that can be regulated independently of one another for the oxygen-containing gas stream (3) flowing into each of the mixing zones (6), each feeder line (9) feeding one or more distributors (10); - and one or more discharge lines (11) at the upper end of the reactor (1) for the reaction gas mixture from the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation, wherein the interior wall of the reactor (1) is furnished with a continuous insulation layer (13, 14, 15) and wherein the accessibility of one or each of the plurality of catalytically active zones (5) from outside the reactor is guaranteed via - one or more manholes (12), or wherein one or each of the plurality of catalytically active zones (5), each comprising a respective packing of monoliths stacked one next to another and/or one on top of an other including - the mixing zone (6) with fixed installations provided upstream of each catalytically active zone (5) - the one or more feeder lines (9) controllable independently of one another - and the one or more distributors (10) that are each fed via a respective feeder line (9), are constructed as a structural element (24) that can be individually installed or uninstalled.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) in the form of a horizontal cylinder (3) for carrying out autothermal gas phase dehydration of a hydrocarbon-containing gas flow (2) with an oxygen-containing gas flow (3), yielding a reaction gas mixture, at a heterogeneous catalyst designed as a monolith (4), wherein the inner chamber of the reactor (1) is divided by a removable, circular cylindrical or prismatic housing G, which is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and is gas-tight in the circumferential direction, into an inner area A having one or more catalytically active zones (5), in each of which a package of monoliths (4) stacked on each other, adjacent to each other, and arranged one behind the other is provided, a mixing zone (6) having fixed installed fixtures being provided in front of each active zone (5), and into an outer area B disposed coaxially to the inner area A, and wherein a heat exchanger (12) connected to the housing G is provided at an end of the reactor, characterized in that an inert gas is supplied to the outer area B.
Abstract:
Process for decreasing fumaric acid deposits during the production of maleic anhydride by heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of a hydrocarbon with molecular oxygen in which the maleic anhydride is absorbed from the crude product mixture in an absorbent in an absorption column and desorbed again in a desorption column, wherein the total amount or a subquantity of the maleic anhydride-depleted absorbent, for targeted precipitation of the fumaric acid, is cooled and/or concentrated by vaporizing a part of the absorbent until the difference between the concentration of fumaric acid in the recycle stream at the outlet of the desorption column, under the conditions prevailing there and the equilibrium concentration of fumaric acid according to the solubility curve after the cooling and/or evaporation of a part of the absorbent is greater than or equal to 250 ppm by weight and the fumaric acid which is precipitated out as solid is removed in whole or in part from the absorbent recycle and the fumaric acid-depleted absorbent is recycled in whole or in part to the absorption column.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst provided in the form of an extrudate, which contains 5 to 85 % by weight of copper oxide and comprises, in the active material and as binders, the same oxidic carrier material. The invention also relates to the use of the catalyst for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds.