Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for producing propylene oxide comprising (I) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (Gl) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; (II) separating propylene oxide from mixture (Gl) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; (III) reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising Sn and at least one noble metal.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing styrene by the dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene, comprising steps (i) to (iii): (i) in a first dehydrogenation step, a gas mixture containing ethyl benzene and optionally water vapour is brought into contact with a first dehydrogenation catalyst A, producing a reaction gas containing ethyl benzene, styrene and hydrogen, (ii) in an oxidation step, the reaction gas obtained in the first dehydrogenation step is brought into contact with oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, whereby the hydrogen is at least partially burnt, (iii) in a second dehydrogenation step, the reaction gas obtained in the oxidation step is brought into contact with a second dehydrogenation catalyst B, which is characterised in that the molar ratio of hydrogen to ethyl benzene in the reaction gas obtained according to the first dehydrogenation step is greater than 0.4.
Abstract:
The invention relates to catalytic bulk material that contains a physical mixture of catalytically active and catalytically inactive shaped bodies, wherein the catalytically inactive shaped bodies have rounded off edges on the external friction surfaces.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for producing propylene oxide comprising (I) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (Gl) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; (II) separating propylene oxide from mixture (Gl) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; (III) reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising Sn and at least one noble metal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a process for the oxidation of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide, wherein a feed gas mixture comprising oxygen and sulfur dioxide is passed at a temperature in the range of from 280°C to 650°C through one or more catalyst beds of shaped catalyst bodies made of a catalyst material comprising vanadium on a support material, wherein at least one catalyst bed comprises at least two different layers of randomly packed shaped catalyst bodies of the catalyst material, a first layer having a higher geometric surface area per reactor volume than a second layer, the first layer being placed upstream to the second layer with respect to the direction of the gas flow.
Abstract:
A shaped catalyst body for producing ethylene oxide by gas-phase oxidation of ethylene, comprising silver deposited on a porous refractory support, the shaped catalyst body having a first face side surface, a second face side surface and a circumferential surface, characterized by a content of at least 20 wt.-% of silver, relative to the total weight of the shaped catalyst body; a cylinder structure with a plurality of void spaces running in the cylinder periphery along the cylinder height to form a multilobe structure; a plurality of passageways extending from the first face side surface to the second face side surface, outer passageways being arranged around a central passageway with one outer passageway being assigned to each lobe, wherein neighboring outer passageways are arranged essentially equidistantly to each other and the outer passageways are arranged essentially equidistantly to the central passageway; a shortest distance A between two neighboring passageways in the range of 0.6 to 1.3 mm; a shortest distance B between each outer passageway and the circumferential surface in the range of 1.1 to 1.8 mm; and a BET surface area in the range of 1.6 to 3.0 m 2 /g. The shaped catalyst bodies allow for a favorable balance between mechanical stability, pressure drop and selectivity. The invention also relates to a process for producing ethylene oxide by gas-phase oxidation of ethylene, comprising reacting ethylene and oxygen in the presence of a shaped catalyst body as defined above. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a shaped catalyst body as above, comprising i) impregnating a refractory support having a BET surface area in the range of 1.4 to 2.5 m 2 /g with a silver impregnation solution; and ii) subjecting the impregnated refractory support to a calcination process; wherein steps i) and ii) are optionally repeated.