Abstract:
A partially deactivated metal ferrite oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst can be reactivated by contacting the catalyst with a relatively large amount of halogen. For example the yield from a Mg ferrite used in the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene had declined from 55.1 to 52.4 percent after 1,350 hours on stream. The catalyst was treated with up to 6,800 ppm of chlorine and after termination of the halogen and removal of residual halogen the yield was 55.9 percent. It was not necessary to remove the catalyst for activation or to stop the oxidative dehydrogenation.
Abstract:
A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS IN WHICH A HYDROCARBON IS CONTACTED AT CONVERSION CONDITIONS WITH A CATALYST COMPRISING ALUMINA AND CHLORINE WHEREIN AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CHLORINE IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID CATALYST BY CONTACTING SAID ALUMINA AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH A SELECTED ORGANIC CHLORINE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN AMOUNT OF OXYGEN SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT ALL OF THE CARBON IN SAID ORGANIC CHLORIDE TO CARBON DIOXIDE. IN ADDITION, THE CATALYST MAY CONTAIN A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF RUTHENIUM, RHODIUM, PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM. THE CATALYST SO PREPARED IS USEFUL IN HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESSES AS ISOMERIZATION, HYDROCRACKING, ALKYLATION, HYDROGENATION, AND POLYMERIZATION.