Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for converting a precatalyst which comprises a inert carrier, an organic carbon source and a silver and vanadium containing multimetal oxide to a gas phase oxidation catalyst comprising the inert carrier and a catalytically active silver-vanadium oxide bronze. According to said method, the precatalyst is thermally treated at a temperature of at least 350 °C in a gas atmosphere containing less than 10 % by volume of oxygen. Before the treatment, the carbon source quantity in the precatalyst is adjusted to a value below the critical quantity. The carbon quantity is reduced by separation at a temperature of 80 to 200 °C in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and concurrent decomposition of a portion of the carbon source. The catalysts so obtained are used for partial gas phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons to aldehydes, carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic acid anhydrides.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for starting a gas phase oxide reactor that contains a bed of a first catalyst, the active mass thereof containing a catalytically active silver vanadium oxide bronze, and at least one bed of a second catalyst, the catalytically active mass thereof containing vanadium pentoxide and titanium dioxide, and said reactor can be tempered by means of a heat transfer medium. In the operational mode, a gas flow that contains a charge C op of a hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen passes through the reactor via the bed of the first and the second catalyst, the heat transfer medium being at a temperature T op . In order to start, a) a gas flow containing an initial charge C o that is lower than C op is guided through the reactor at an initial temperature T o of the heat transfer medium that is lower than T op and b) the temperature of the heat transfer medium is brought to T op and the charge of the gas flow is brought to C op . Said method combines a short starting time without exceeding emission or quality specifications, with a long catalyst service life, a high yield and a low formation of axillary products.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for converting a precatalyst which comprises a inert carrier, an organic carbon source and a silver and vanadium containing multimetal oxide to a gas phase oxidation catalyst comprising the inert carrier and a catalytically active silver-vanadium oxide bronze. According to said method, the precatalyst is thermally treated at a temperature of at least 350 °C in a gas atmosphere containing less than 10 % by volume of oxygen. Before the treatment, the carbon source quantity in the precatalyst is adjusted to a value below the critical quantity. The carbon quantity is reduced by separation at a temperature of 80 to 200 °C in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and concurrent decomposition of a portion of the carbon source. The catalysts so obtained are used for partial gas phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons to aldehydes, carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic acid anhydrides.