Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the production of an alkenylaromatic compound comprising the step of:
contacting a hydrocarbon stream including an alkylaromatic compound with water vapor in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst, suitable for the dehydrogenation of the alkylaromatic compound, in one or more consecutive reactors,
wherein the weight ratio between the water vapor and the hydrocarbon (water/hydrocarbon ratio) is from 0.4 to 1.5, wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises three or more of teeth and a body, such that the cross-section of the dehydrogenation catalyst is a toothed-wheel shape, and wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises, based on the total weight of the dehydrogenation catalyst components as oxides,
from 30 to 90 weight percent (wt. %) of iron calculated as Fe2O3, from 1 to 50 wt. % of potassium calculated as K2O, from 1 to 50 wt. % of cerium calculated as CeO2, and from 0.01 to 1 wt. % of yttrium calculated as Y2O3. Further the invention relates to a dehydrogenation catalyst comprising:
from 30 to 90 weight percent (wt. %) of iron calculated as Fe2O3, from 1 to 50 wt. % of potassium calculated as K2O, from 1 to 50 wt. % of cerium calculated as CeO2, and from 0.01 to 1 wt. % of yttrium calculated as Y2O3,
wherein the wt. % is based on the total weight of the dehydrogenation catalyst components as oxides, wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises at least three teeth and a body, such that the cross-section of the dehydrogenation catalyst is a toothed-wheel shape, and a process of synthesizing such a catalyst.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst arrangement for preparing phthalic anhydride by gas-phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons, which comprises a reactor having a gas inlet end for a feed gas and a gas outlet end for a product gas and also a first catalyst zone made up of catalyst bodies and at least one second catalyst zone made up of catalyst bodies, where the first catalyst zone is arranged at the gas inlet end and the second catalyst zone is arranged downstream of the first catalyst zone in the gas flow direction and the length of the first catalyst zone in the gas flow direction is less than the length of the second catalyst zone in the gas flow direction, characterized in that the first catalyst zone has a higher gap content compared to the second catalyst zone.
Abstract:
A catalytic converter arrangement for producing phthalic anhydride by means of a gas phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons, comprising a reactor with a gas inlet side for a reactant gas, a gas outlet side for a product gas, a first catalytic converter layer made of catalytic converter elements, and at least one second catalytic converter layer made of catalytic converter elements. The first catalytic converter layer is arranged on the gas inlet side, and the second catalytic converter layer is arranged downstream of the first catalytic converter layer in the gas flow direction. The catalytic converter elements have an outer layer of an active compound. The invention is characterized in that the active compound content in the first catalytic converter layer and/or in the second catalytic converter layer is below 7 wt. %, based on the total weight of the catalytic converter elements, and the ratio of the total surface of the active compound to the volume of the catalytic converter layer is preferably 10000 cm−1 to 20000 cm−1, in each catalytic converter layer.