Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a monolith composed of a catalytically inert material with low BET surface area and a catalyst layer which has been applied to the monolith and comprises, on an oxidic support material, at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of the noble metals of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, optionally tin and/or rhenium, and optionally further metals, wherein the thickness of the catalyst layer is 5 to 500 micrometers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing butadiene from n-butane with the steps A) providing a stream of feed gas a containing an n-butane; B) feeding the stream of feed gas a containing the n-butane into at least one first dehydrogenation zone, and non-oxidative, catalytic dehydrogenation of n-butane, wherein a stream of gas b is obtained containing n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butenes, butadiene, hydrogen, optionally water vapour, optionally oxides of carbon and optionally inert gases; G) feeding a stream of material f containing the butane, butenes and butadiene obtained from the stream of gas b and an oxygen-containing gas into at least a second dehydrogenation zone and oxidative dehydrogenation of 1-butene and 2-butenes, wherein a stream of gas g containing n-butane, unreacted 1-butene and 2-butenes, butadiene, water vapour, optionally oxides of carbon, optionally hydrogen and optionally inert gases is obtained, and H) removal of the residual oxygen contained in the stream of gas g by means of a catalytic combustion stages in which the oxygen is reacted with a part or all of the hydrogen d2 previously separated off and/or additionally fed-in hydrogen is reacted, obtaining an oxygen-depleted stream of material h, characterised in that stage H) is carried out in the presence of a catalyst which comprises a monolith that has a catalytically inert material with a low BET surface area and a catalyst layer which has been applied to the monolith and an oxidic carrier material, and at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of noble metals of group VIII of the periodic table of the elements, optionally tin and/or rhenium, and optionally contains further metals, wherein the thickness of the catalyst layer is 5 to 500 μm.
Abstract:
A method for producing o-xylene comprises the steps of a) the dimerizing of 2-butenes into 3,4- and/or 2,3-dimethylhexenes and b) the dehydrogenating aromatizing of 3,4- and/or 2,3 dimethylhexenes to xylenes, and is suitable for the selective production of o-xylene.