Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, comprising the steps of (1) providing a gas stream that contains one or more ethers; and (2) contacting the gas stream provided in (1) with a catalyst; the catalyst comprising a carrier substrate and a layer applied to the substrate, wherein the layer contains one or more zeolites of an MFI-, MEL- and/or MWW-type structure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for workup of a stream (1) comprising butene and/or butadiene, butane, hydrogen and/or nitrogen and carbon dioxide, comprising the following steps: (a) absorption of the stream (1) comprising butene and/or butadiene, butane, hydrogen and/or nitrogen, with or without carbon dioxide, with a mixture (5) comprising 80 to 97% by weight of N-methylpyrrolidone and 3 to 20% by weight of water to obtain a stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, and a stream (7) comprising hydrogen and/or nitrogen and butane, (b) extractive distillation of the stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, with a stream (13) comprising 80 to 97% by weight of N-methylpyrrolidone and 3 to 20% by weight of water to separate the stream (9) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and butane, with or without carbon dioxide, into a stream (17) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene, and a stream (15) comprising essentially butane, with or without carbon dioxide, (c) distillation of the stream (17) comprising N-methylpyrrolidone, water, butene and/or butadiene into a stream (23) comprising essentially N-methylpyrrolidone and water, and a stream (21) comprising butene and/or butadiene.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing maleic anhydride by means of heterogeneous 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 recirculated 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 and 40 to 100 percent of the n-butane from the input flow are reacted per reactor cycle.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, comprising a carrier substrate and a layer applied to the substrate, the layer containing one or more zeolites of an MFI-, MEL- and/or MWW-type structure, wherein the one or more zeolites contain one or more alkaline earth metals. The invention also relates to the production and use of said catalyst and to a method for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins using the catalyst.
Abstract:
Procedure for manufacturing oligomers by continuous oligomerization of butenes, characterized in that a) an initial stream is used which contains 1-butene and 2-butene at a total concentration of 10 to 70 wt% and 10 to 60 wt% of iso-butane (called initial stream 1 hereafter), b) said initial stream 1 is converted until more than 60 wt% of the 1-butene contained in initial stream 1, but less than 50 wt% of the 2-butene contained in initial stream 1, are converted into oligomers, c) the oligomers obtained in b) are separated and optionally fed to further processing, and the remaining stream is fed to a distillation processing step, d) iso-butane is separated by distillation from the remaining steam, e) the iso-butane-depleted stream (called initial stream 2 hereafter) obtained after the distillation processing step d) is converted into oligomers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling hydrogenation of an educt in a hydrogenation reactor. According to said method, the amount of hydrogen reacted during hydrogenation is determined first, whereupon the ratio between the amount of hydrogen reacted and the amount of educt delivered is calculated, said ratio is compared to a predefined setpoint value, and finally at least one process parameter is modified if the ratio between the amount of hydrogen reacted and the amount of educt delivered deviates from the predefined setpoint value by a given value.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing optionally alkyl-substituted 1,4-butanediol by means of two-stage catalytic hydration in the gas phase, comprising the following steps: a) a gas stream of C4-dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof is fed into a first reactor and the gas phase is catalytically hydrated so as to obtain a product mainly containing optionally alkyl-substituted y-butyrolactone; b) the obtained product stream is fed into a second reactor and the gas phase is catalytically hydrated so as to obtain optionally alkyl-substituted 1,4-butanediol; c) the desired product is separated from intermediate products, by-products, and an optionally unreacted starting material. A catalyst comprising = 95 percent by weight of CuO and = 5 percent by weight of an oxidic carrier is used in each hydration stage. The product mixture obtained in the first hydration step is introduced into the second hydration stage without further cleaning said product mixture.