Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing pure (meth)acrylic acid from a crude (meth)acrylic acid, comprising the following steps: A. treating the crude (meth)acrylic acid with at least one compound which is capable of removing aldehyde in order to obtain an aldehyde-free crude (meth)acrylic acid; B. subjecting the aldehyde-free crude (meth)acrylic acid to an imprecise distillation process, which produces a light-boiling fraction containing (meth)acrylic acid and acetic acid and a heavy-boiling fraction containing high boilers; C. separating off a pure (meth)acrylic acid from the heavy-boiling fractions and optionally, D. esterifying the light-boiling fraction containing (meth)acrylic acid and acetic acid obtained in B with one or more alkanols to produce an esterification mixture containing one or more (meth)acrylic acid esters, one or more acetic acid esters and one or more alkanols.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing at least one partial propylene oxidation and/or ammoxidation product, according to which the propylene is produced from raw propane by means of dehydration and is subjected to a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation and/or partial gas phase ammoxidation in the presence of unreacted propane as a component of a gas mixture 2 containing
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for the heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene into acrylic acid, according to which a specifically composed initial reaction gas mixture containing propene and oxygen is oxidized on a first fixed catalyst bed having a constant or increasing volume-specific activity in the direction of flow in a first reaction stage. The resulting gas mixture of the first reaction stage, which contains acrolein, is then oxidized on a second fixed catalyst bed having an increasing volume-specific activity in the direction of flow in a second reaction stage. The molded catalyst bodies of both fixed catalyst beds have an annular shape and are respectively provided with a specific multimetal oxide composition.
Abstract:
A thermal separating process for removing a stream containing enriched (meth)acrylic monomers from a mixture containing (meth)acrylic monomers, in which the liquid phases retained in the separating space at high temperature and high (meth)acrylic monomer content are minimized.
Abstract:
A process for the heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrylic acid by passage of a gas phase mixture comprising 6-15 vol.% propene, 4-20 vol. % water and no greater than 10 vol. % of other components as well as molecular oxygen such that the molar ratio of oxygen to propene is 1.5-2.5 and the residual amount to 100 vol.% comprises molecular nitrogen though a first reaction stage. A process for the heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrylic acid by passage of a gas phase mixture (I) comprising propene, molecular oxygen and at least one inert gas having a molar ratio of oxygen to propene of at least 1. The process involves a first reaction stage at elevated temperature having a fixed catalyst bed of ring shaped catalyst having a multimetal oxide active material of formula (1). The catalyst has a volume specific activity in the flow direction of the mixture (I) which is either constant or at least increases once and the active mass composition does not change over the bed packing such that the conversion of propene is at last 90 mol.% in a single pass with a selectivity to acrolein and acrylic acid of at least 90 mol.% with direct or indirect cooling of the product mixture leaving the first reaction stage. Optional addition of molecular oxygen and/or inert gas and the product mixture comprising acrolein, molecular oxygen and at least one inert gas having a molar ratio of oxygen to acrolein of at least 0.5 is passed through a second reaction stage comprising a second fixed bed catalyst packing comprising ring shaped packing whose active mass comprises a multimetal oxide of formula (2). Multimetal oxide (2) whose volume specific activity in the direction of flow at least increases once and whose composition does not alter over the second reaction stage such that the single-pass conversion of acrolein is at least 90 mol.% and the selectivity of both reaction stages to the formation of acrylic acid (with respect to reacted propene) is at least 80 mol.% is characterized in that the reaction mixture (I) comprises 6-15 vol.% propene, 4-20 vol.% water and no greater than 10 vol. % of other components that are not propene, water, oxygen or nitrogen, as well as molecular oxygen such that the molar ratio of oxygen to propene is 1.5-2.5 and the residual amount to 100 vol.% comprises molecular nitrogen. Mo12X1aX2bX3cX4dX5eOn (1) Mo12VfX6gX7hOm (2) X1 = Bi, Co or Ni; X2 = W or Nb; X3 = Fe or Cr; X4 = K, Cs or Sr; X5 = Si, Al or Zr; X6 = W or Nb; X7 = Sb, Cu, Ni or Fe; a = 5-10; b = 0-4; c = 2-5; d = 0.02-0.15; e = 0.5-4; f = 1-5; g = 1-2; h = 1-4; m, n = number of O atoms dependent upon the valency and number of elements.
Abstract:
In the production of (meth)acrylic acid ((M)AA) by passing a gaseous mixture of saturated hydrocarbon precursor(s) (SHP's), oxygen and inert gas through a reactor charged with a mixed metal oxide catalyst (M) containing molybdenum and vanadium, (M) is contained in two beds (I) and (II) of different composition, spaced in the flow direction, having specific selectivity properties on increasing the temperature. Production of (meth)acrylic acid ((M)AA) by heterogeneous gas-phase oxidation at elevated temperature involves passing a gaseous mixture of saturated hydrocarbon precursor(s) (SHP's), oxygen and inert gas(es) at initial pressure P through a reactor charged with a catalyst comprising (as active mass) a mixed metal oxide (M) containing molybdenum and vanadium, at least one of tellurium, antimony and bismuth and at least one of niobium, tantalum, tungsten, cerium and titanium and having an X-ray diffractogram peaks at 2tau values of 22.2 +- 0.5[deg] (h) (strongest peak; half-value breadth at most 0.5[deg]), 27.3 +- 0.5[deg] (i) (half-value breadth 1.0[deg] or less) and 28.2 +- 0.5[deg] (k) (half-value breadth 1.0[deg] or less). The novel feature is that the whole of (M) is contained in two beds (I) and (II) of different composition, spaced in the flow direction. Beds (I) and (II) are such that if the particular bed was the only catalyst present in the same reactor the respective selectivities S1> and S2> for (M)AA would have maximum values (on increasing the conversion of SHP's by increasing the temperature under otherwise identical conditions on a single pass of gas through the reactor) of S1>max and S2>max respectively, where S1>max occurs at lower SHP conversion than S2>max and at an increasing SHP conversion S1> is less than S2>, whereas S1>max is more than S2>max.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing pure (meth)acrylic acid from a crude (meth)acrylic acid, comprising the following steps: A. treating the crude (meth)acrylic acid with at least one compound which is capable of removing aldehyde in order to obtain an aldehyde-free crude (meth)acrylic acid; B. subjecting the aldehyde-free crude (meth)acrylic acid to an imprecise distillation process, which produces a light-boiling fraction containing (meth)acrylic acid and acetic acid and a heavy-boiling fraction containing high boilers; C. separating off a pure (meth)acrylic acid from the heavy-boiling fractions and optionally, D. esterifying the light-boiling fraction containing (meth)acrylic acid and acetic acid obtained in B with one or more alkanols to produce an esterification mixture containing one or more (meth)acrylic acid esters, one or more acetic acid esters and one or more alkanols.
Abstract:
Catalyst particles of an active material of the general formula ¢Mo,V,W!12Bia¢Fe,Ce!b¢Ni,Co,Zn!c¢Alkali!d¢P,As,Sb,B!e¢Si,Al,Ti)fOx where a is from 0.1 to 5, b is from 0.1 to 10, c is from 1 to 15, d is from 0.01 to 2, e is from 0 to 2, f is from 0 to 30 and x is the number of oxygen atoms required to saturate the valences of the other components, have the shape of a 3-spoked to 5-spoked wheel or of a rosette which have wall thicknesses of from 0.5 to 4 mm and a diameter of from 3 to 20 mm.
Abstract:
In a process for preparing at least one partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation product of propylene, the propylene is obtained from crude propane by dehydrogenating and subjected in the presence of unconverted propane as a constituent of a gas mixture 2 which comprises a total C 4 -hydrocarbon content of