Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for the heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene into acrolein, according to which the initial reaction gas mixture is oxidized on a fixed catalyst bed that comprises at least two fixed catalyst bed zones and is accommodated in two successive temperature zones A, B, the transition of temperature zone A to temperature zone B not coinciding with a transition from one fixed catalyst bed zone to another.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for starting a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of acrolein into acrylic acid or of methacrolein into methacrylic acid at a fixed catalyst bed that is located in a shell-and-tube reactor cooled with a heat exchanger means, wherein the temperature of the heat exchanger means is ≥ 290°C, and wherein the temperature of the reactor bottom surface facing the reactor gas inlet mixture and the temperature of the reaction gas inlet mixture are ≤ 285°C.
Abstract:
A process for conducting an exothermic heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic starting compound in a tube bundle reactor cooled with a fluid heat carrier, in which an increase in the loading of the fixed catalyst bed disposed in the reaction tubes with the organic starting compound is preceded by an increase in the entrance temperature of the fluid heat carrier into the space surrounding the reaction tubes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the heterogeneously catalysed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to form acrylic acid. According to said method, the initial mixture of reaction gas containing propene is oxidised, in a first reaction step, on a fixed-bed catalyst bed (1) consisting of a plurality of fixed-bed catalyst bed zones and arranged in two successive temperature zones A and B. The acrolein-containing product gas mixture of the first reaction step is then oxidised, in a second reaction step, on a fixed-bed catalyst bed (2) consisting of a plurality of fixed-bed catalyst bed zones and arranged in two successive temperature zones C and D. The transition from one temperature zone to another temperature zone does not spatially coincide with a transition from a fixed-bed catalyst bed zone to another fixed-bed catalyst bed zone within a reaction step.