Abstract: A method for preparing methacrolein from t-butanol, specifically a method for preparing methacrolein by using t-butanol as a starting material, is disclosed, comprising passing the starting material through a fixed bed reactor filled with catalyst, wherein the fixed bed reactor is divided to n reaction zones from the inlet of the starting material to the outlet of the starting material and each zone is filled with catalysts of different catalytic activities; wherein the catalytic activity of the catalyst in the first reaction zone is higher than the catalytic activity of the catalyst in the second reaction zone, and the catalytic activity of the catalyst is gradually increased from the second reaction zone to the last reaction zone; and n is an integer between 3 to 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating acrolein from the process gas of a heterogeneously catalyzed oxidation of propene by means of atmospheric oxygen, wherein high boilers (including acrylic acid) are firstly separated off from the process gas by means of quenching and technical-grade acrolein having small proportions of low boilers is then obtained by means of absorption and subsequent distillation. Small amounts of a solvent by means of which, in particular, oligomers formed are separated off and the tendency for foam to be formed in the apparatuses or columns is reduced is added in the columns and heat exchangers in the work-up process. The solvent is, according to the invention, separated off and recycled in the form of an organic phase in-situ within the existing process.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a method for manufacturing an oxidized organic compound which includes a step of forming an oxidized organic compound, in use of a fixed-bed reactor having a reaction tube packed with an oxide catalyst, by supplying at least one type of organic compound as a reaction feedstock gas and using a molecular oxygen-containing gas to carry out a catalytic gas-phase oxidation reaction; and a step of stopping the catalytic gas-phase oxidation reaction. In the manufacturing method, when stopping the catalytic gas-phase oxidation reaction, the supply of the reaction feedstock gas is stopped, after which an inert gas is supplied to the reactor, then a molecular oxygen-containing gas is supplied, subsequent to which the supply of the molecular oxygen-containing gas to the reactor is stopped.

Abstract: A catalyst for the oxidation of an olefin to an unsaturated aldehyde comprising a mixed metal oxide having the formula (I): MoaWbMcM?dM?eZfOg??(I) where M represents trivalent metals, M? represents divalent metals, M? represents monovalent metals, Z represents elements in the form of an oxide, a, b, c, d, e, f and g are numbers, and where the catalyst has an anion to cation molar (ACM) ratio greater than 1.00 and less than 2.00 and an M? to M molar ratio between 1.95 and 2.15.

Abstract: A process for long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein, in which the propene present in the reaction gas input mixture is partially oxidized as this gas mixture passes through the fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two spatially successive temperature zones A, B, and, in long-term operation, as a measure to counteract the reduction in the quality of the fixed catalyst bed, the temperature of at least one of the two temperature zones is increased such that the difference TB?TA becomes increasingly greater, where TB is the temperature of temperature zone B, and TA the temperature of temperature zone A.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaped catalyst body for the catalytic conversion of organic and inorganic components in fixed-bed reactors, wherein the shaped catalyst body is formed as cylinder with a base, a cylinder surface, a cylinder axis and at least one continuous opening running parallel to the cylinder axis, and the base of the cylinder has at least four corners.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing aerolein, acrylic acid, methacrolein, methacrylic acid in a safe and steady manner and in high yields, which avoids a phenomenon of occurrence of an abnormal reaction attributable to the fact that the temperature at a raw material gas outlet side becomes considerably higher than the temperature at a raw material gas inlet side, with regard to the temperature of a catalyst packed in a reaction tube at vapor-phase catalytic oxidation of propylene, isobutylene, or the like.

Abstract: A process for producing a ringlike oxidic shaped body by mechanically compacting a pulverulent aggregate introduced into the fill chamber of a die, wherein the outer face of the resulting compact corresponds to that of a frustocone.

Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrolein by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of a precursor compound, in which the reaction gas mixture which comprises at least 3% by volume of precursor compound is passed through a fresh fixed catalyst bed whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the elements Mo, Fe and Bi and at least one of the elements Ni and Co, and the fixed catalyst bed is loaded with at least 40 l (STP)/l·h of precursor compound, and the precursor compound is converted to an extent of at least 90 mol %, wherein, over the first 8000 operating hours, during X=10 to 500 operating hours, the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture in the fixed catalyst bed is 400 to 450° C. and, during the remaining 8000?X operating hours, is 300 to <400° C., and the loading of the fixed catalyst bed with organic precursor compound, averaged over the time, for the X=10 to 500 operating hours is greater than for the 8000?X operating hours.

Abstract: A system and process for separating methacrolein (MA) from methacrylic acid (MAA) and acetic acid in the gas phase product from partial oxidation of isobutylene (IB) in two oxidation steps is disclosed. The process and system maximize recovery of all three components at minimum capital and energy cost, under conditions that minimize polymerization conditions and plugging by solids deposition in compressors, columns, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an alcohol in a liquid phase through a simple process. Namely, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase at 110 to 250° C. in the presence of molecular oxygen and a noble metal-containing catalyst. Alternatively, at least one of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by dehydrating and oxidizing an alcohol in a liquid phase in the presence of molecular oxygen, a noble metal-containing catalyst, and an acidic substance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing unsaturated aldehydes or unsaturated carboxylic acids by heterogeneous catalytic gas phase oxidation of unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbons, comprising the process steps of: i) providing a gas mixture comprising a saturated hydrocarbon and catalytically dehydrogenating the saturated hydrocarbon in the gas phase to obtain a gas mixture comprising an unsaturated hydrocarbon in a dehydrogenation reactor having a dehydrogenation catalyst material; or ii) providing a gas mixture comprising oxygen and an unsaturated hydrocarbon; iii) catalytically oxidizing the unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained in process step i) or provided in process step ii) in the gas phase to obtain a gas mixture comprising an unsaturated aldehyde in a first oxidation reactor having a first oxidation catalyst material; wherein at least one of the reactors selected from the dehydrogenation reactor, the first oxidation reactor and the second oxidation reactor comprises at least one foam b

Abstract: A process for the long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic starting compound, in which the reaction gas input mixture is partially oxidized over a fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two successive temperature zones A, B whose temperature is changed with increasing operating time such that the initially lower temperature increases and the difference between the two temperatures decreases.

Abstract: A method of use for a high shear device incorporated into a process or system for the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene as a reactor device is shown to be capable of decreasing mass transfer limitations, by forming a feed stream emulsion, and thereby enhancing the acetaldehyde production process in the system.

Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.

Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon, in which a reaction gas mixture input stream comprising the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a shaft and the reaction gas mixture input stream is obtained in the shaft by metering an input gas II comprising molecular oxygen upstream of the fixed catalyst bed into an input gas stream I which comprises molecular hydrogen and the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated and is flowing within the shaft toward the fixed catalyst bed.

Abstract: The invention offers an improvement in a process for start-up in the occasion of producing acrolein and acrylic acid by catalytically oxidizing propylene at vapor phase under high load conditions, the start-up meaning the step of increasing the propylene supply rate (loading) from the non-reacting condition to the prescribed reaction conditions. This process is characterized in that the propylene supply rate is increased in the start-up stage of the reaction until the prescribed composition of starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas are obtained, while adjusting at least one of the reaction temperature, the composition of the starting reactant gas and flow rate of the starting reactant gas, so as to maintain the propylene conversion at not lower than 90 mol %, the maximum peak temperature of the catalyst layer in each reaction zone at no higher than 450° C.

Abstract: A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a steel with specific elemental composition on its side in contact with the reaction gas, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for continuously separating aromatic dialdehyde from a reaction mixture obtained by gas-phase oxidation of dimethylbenzene. The method for continuously separating aromatic dialdehyde includes the steps of congealing aromatic dialdehyde by cooling the gas-phase reaction mixture including the aromatic dialdehyde, which is obtained by gas-phase oxidation of dimethylbenzene, to 5-70° C. and separating the congealed aromatic dialdehyde from the remaining reaction mixture. Using the method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention, aromatic dialdehyde can be effectively and selectively separated from a reaction mixture obtained by gas-phase oxidation of dimethylbenzene in high yield.

Abstract: A process for preparing at least one target product by partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation of propylene, in which the propylene source used is a propane dehydrogenation, the propane used therein being obtained by a rectificative prepurification of crude propane.

Abstract: A shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger comprises first tubes, through the inside of which a first object for heat transfer with a heat transfer medium is passed, some of the first tubes being provided in a zone in which a flow of the heat transfer medium (parallel flow) parallel to the axis of the tubes is present; and a second tube, through the inside of which the first object is not passed, the second tube being provided in said zone such that it is parallel to the axis of the first tubes. A method for producing an oxide comprises using said shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger, and causing a catalytic vapor-phase oxidation reaction in first tubes, through the inside of which the first object for heat transfer with the heat transfer medium is passed.

Abstract: A method of use for a high shear device incorporated into a process or system for the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene as a reactor device is shown to be capable of decreasing mass transfer limitations, by forming a feed stream emulsion, and thereby enhancing the acetaldehyde production process in the system.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly active catalyst for producing an unsaturated oxygen-containing compound from an alkane and the catalyst comprising Mo, V, Ti and Sb or Te as the indispensable active components. The preferable catalyst is represented by formula (1) or (2) as shown below, Mo1.0VaTibXcYdOe??(1) Mo1.0VaTibXcYdZfOe??(2) wherein X represents Sb or Te; Y represents Nb, W or Zr; Z represents Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca or Sr; a, b, c, d, e and f represent atomic ratios of their respective elements, with 0<a<0.7, 0<b<0.3, 0<c<0.7, 0?d<0.3, 0<f<0.1; e is a number determined by oxidation states of the other elements than oxygen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing unsaturated aldehydes and/or unsaturated acids from olefins or alkanes in a fixed bed shell-and-tube heat exchanger-type reactor by catalytic vapor phase oxidation. A heat exchanger-type reactor for use in such a process is also disclosed. The process utilizes at least one first-step reaction zone and a second-step reaction zone that is divided into two or more shell spaces by at least one partition. The process may be applied to a single-step process for producing unsaturated acids from alkanes or alkenes.

Abstract: A composite oxide catalyst for the oxidation of an olefin containing Mo and Bi as essential components, characterized in that it has a specific surface area of 5 to 25 m2/g and a pore volume of 0.2 to 0.7 cc/g, and has a pore diameter distribution wherein the volume of the pores having a pore diameter of 0.03 to 0.1 ?m accounts for 30% or more of the total pore volume, the volume of the pores having a pore diameter of 0.1 to 1 ?m accounts for 20% or more of the total pore volume, and the volume of the pores having a pore diameter of less than 0.

Abstract: A catalyst suitable for the gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds to ?,?-unsaturated aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids and having an active phase comprising a multimetal oxide material is prepared by a process in which a particulate catalyst precursor which contains oxides and/or compounds of the elements other than oxygen which constitute the multimetal oxide material, which compounds can be converted into oxides, is prepared and said catalyst precursor is converted by calcination into a catalytically active form, wherein a stream of the particulate catalyst precursor is passed at substantially constant speed through at least one calcination zone at constant temperature for calcination.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst which can produce an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid through liquid-phase oxidation of an olefin or an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde in good reaction performance, a method for producing the catalyst, and a method for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by using the catalyst. The present invention resides in a catalyst for producing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein a metal is supported on a carrier with a total pore volume of 0.40 to 1.50 cc/g as measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method, or wherein palladium with an average particle diameter in the range of 1 to 8 nm is supported on the carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing acrolein from propylene, consisting of a first glycerol dehydration step preformed in the presence of a gas containing propylene and, more specifically, in the presence of the reaction gas originating from the propylene to acrolein oxidation step. The inventive method enables the use, in part, of renewable raw material, while increasing acrolein production.

Abstract: A method of use for a high shear device incorporated into a process or system for the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene as a reactor device is shown to be capable of decreasing mass transfer limitations, by forming a feed stream emulsion, and thereby enhancing the acetaldehyde production process in the system.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation which is almost free of variations in reaction states in respective reaction tubes of the fixed bed multi-tube heat-exchanger type reactor.

Abstract: A catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, contains oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has a certain relative amount ratio of cesium to bismuth, a certain relative amount ratio of iron to bismuth and a certain relative amount ratio of bismuth, iron, cesium and certain other metals to molybdenum and, optionally, tungsten. For a catalyst of the formula: Mo12BiaWbFecCodNieSbfCsgMghZniPjOx wherein a is 0.1 to 1.5, b is 0 to 4, c is 0.2 to 5.0, d is 0 to 9, e is 0 to 9, f is 0 to 2.0, g is from 0.4 to 1.5, h is 0 to 1.5, i is 0 to 2.0, j is 0 to 0.5 and x is determined by the valences of the other components, c:g=3.3-5.0, c:a=2.0-6.0 and (3a+3c+2d+2e+g+2h+2i)/(2×12+2b)=0.95-1.10.

Abstract: Reactions between at least two fluid reactants are performed in a reactor comprising wall elements (1), slot-shaped reaction spaces (3) and cavities (5) for conducting a fluid heat-carrier through. Depending on the process and throughput, a modular structural design is chosen wherein an arbitrary number of wall elements (1) are assembled to a right-parallelepipedal block (24), the reaction spaces (3) are formed between lateral surfaces (2) of right-parallelepipedal wall elements (1), the reactants are introduced into the reaction spaces (3) from edge regions of one side of the block (24) and are conducted through the reaction spaces (3) in parallel flows and the fluid heat-carrier is conducted through the tubular cavities (5) extending in the interior of the wall elements (1).

Abstract: A process for preparing acrolein or acrylic acid or a mixture thereof as the target product from propane, in which propane is partially dehydrogenated under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone A, molecular hydrogen formed is at least partly combusted to water, any water present in the product gas A formed in reaction zone A is removed therefrom and product gas A is otherwise used to charge a reaction zone B in which propylene formed in reaction zone A is partially oxidized in the presence of remaining propane to give the target product. The target product is removed from the product gas B formed in reaction zone B and propane present in the remaining residual gas is absorbed therefrom into a solvent and, after release from the absorbate, recycled into reaction zone A.

Abstract: A multitube reactor, wherein tubes having smaller tolerance between a nominal size and actual sizes are used as reaction tubes to stably perform a high yield reaction for a long period, a catalyst is filled into the reaction tubes so that the catalyst layer peak temperature portions of the reaction tubes are not overlapped with the connection sites thereof with baffles to effectively prevent hot spots from occurring and stably perform a reaction for a long period without the clogging of the reaction tubes, a heat medium and raw material gas are allowed to flow in the direction of a countercurrent and a specified type of catalyst is filled into the reaction tubes so that activity is increased from the inlet of the raw material gas to the outlet thereof to prevent the autooxidation of products so as to prevent equipment from being damaged due to the reaction, and, at the time of starting, gas with a temperature of 100 to 400° C.

Abstract: A process is proposed for partial oxidation oxidation in the gas phase of C3 and/or C4 precursor compounds to (meth)acrolein and/or (meth)acrylic acid in the presence of a heterogeneous particulate catalyst in a reactor having one or more cuboidal thermoplate modules (1) which are each formed from two or more rectangular thermoplates (2) arranged parallel to each other while in each case leaving a gap (3) which can be filled with the heterogeneous particulate catalyst and is flowed through by the fluid reaction mixture; the heat of reaction being absorbed by a heat carrier which flows through the thermoplates (2) and thus at least partly evaporating, and also having a predominantly cylindrical shell (4, 15, 16) which releases the pressure at the thermoplate modules, completely surrounds them and comprises a cylinder jacket (4) and hoods (15, 16) which seal it at both ends and whose longitudinal axis is aligned parallel to the plane of the thermoplates (2), and also having one or more sealing elements (7, 2

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing unsaturated aldehydes and unsaturated acids from olefins by fixed-bed catalytic partial oxidation in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger-type reactor. In this process, the reactor comprises a first-step reaction zone of mainly producing the unsaturated aldehydes, a second-step reaction zone of mainly producing the unsaturated acids, or both the two zones. The first-step reaction zone is divided into two or more zones by a partition. Each of the divided shell spaces is filled with a heat transfer medium, and the heat transfer medium in each shell space is maintained at isothermal temperature or a temperature difference of 0-5° C. The temperatures of the heat transfer media in each of the divided shell spaces are set to increase in the moving direction of reactants. In order to facilitate the removal of heat generation at a location where the partition is placed, a reaction inhibition layer is disposed in the first-step reaction zone.

Abstract: Acrolein is prepared by a process of heterogeneous catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation, by passing a starting reaction gas mixture which comprises propene, molecular oxygen and at least one inert gas, in which the molecular oxygen to propene (O2:C3H6) mole ratio is ?1, and carbon dioxide and saturated hydrocarbons together in a total amount of at most 15 mol %, at elevated temperature and at an hourly space velocity on the fixed catalyst bed of propene present in the starting reaction gas mixture of ?120 l (STP)/l·h through a fixed catalyst bed whose catalysts are comprised of annular unsupported catalysts whose active component is at least one multimetal oxide of formula I, Mo12WaCobFecBidSieKfOn??(I) wherein a ranges from ?1 to ?3, b ranges from ?3 to ?8, c ranges from ?1 to ?4, d ranges from ?0.5 to ?1.5, e ranges from ?0 to ?10, and f ranges from ?0 to ?0.

Abstract: A process prepares methacrolein from isobutane by subjecting isobutane to a partial catalytic dehydrogenation in the gas phase and using the isobutenic product gas mixture to charge an oxidation zone in which the isobutene is oxidized to methacrolein in the gas phase with heterogeneous catalysis using molecular oxygen accompanied by molecular nitrogen as the oxygen source.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction in which: even under reaction conditions of a higher gas pressure, a higher concentration of the raw material gas and a larger space velocity of a reaction gas, the thermal accumulation at the hot spot portion can be sufficiently suppressed with ease and at low costs, so that the reaction can be continued for a long time while a high yield is maintained.

Abstract: A process for the long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrolein, in which the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed is increased over the time and the gas phase partial oxidation is interrupted at least once per calendar year and the gas mixture G consisting of molecular oxygen, inert gas and optionally steam is conducted through the fixed catalyst bed at a temperature of the fixed catalyst bed of from 250 to 550° C.

Abstract: A multitube reactor, wherein tubes having smaller tolerance between a nominal size and actual sizes are used as reaction tubes to stably perform a high yield reaction for a long period, a catalyst is filled into the reaction tubes so that the catalyst layer peak temperature portions of the reaction tubes are not overlapped with the connection sites thereof with baffles to effectively prevent hot spots from occurring and stably perform a reaction for a long period without the clogging of the reaction tubes, a heat medium and raw material gas are allowed to flow in the direction of a countercurrent and a specified type of catalyst is filled into the reaction tubes so that activity is increased from the inlet of the raw material gas to the outlet thereof to prevent the autooxidation of products so as to prevent equipment from being damaged due to the reaction, and, at the time of starting, gas with a temperature of 100 to 400° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel structured catalyst bed which optionally comprises at least one part bed comprising at least one catalytically active mixture of oxides of the main group metals and transition metals and additionally comprises at least one catalytically active part bed comprising at least silver, at least one alkali metal and a porous support material and finally and necessarily at least one catalytically active part bed comprising at least one alkali metal phosphate and at least one sheet silicate.

Abstract: In a process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein, the starting reaction gas mixture is oxidized at a propene loading of <160 l (STP) of propene/l of fixed catalyst bed·h over a fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two successive reaction zones A, B, the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone A being above the temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone B.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more precisely to a process for the synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde or ketone by oxidation of the corresponding alcohol. The oxidation is performed by a hypochlorite salt and a catalytic amount of a N-(2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl-4-piperidinyl-N-oxyl)-2-amino-1,3,5-triazine compound, preferably a N-oxyl derivative of one of the polymers known under the trademark Chimassorb® 944 or 2020.

Abstract: A method for carrying out a reaction of one substance capable of being activated by a catalyst with another substance capable of reacting with said one substance activated, characterized in that the substance capable of being activated is activated by passing the substance through a diaphragm type catalyst and the reaction is thus performed in one reaction step; a method for producing an aromatic alcohol utilizing the above method; and a reaction apparatus suitable for these reactions. In the method, one substance is activated by passing through a diaphragm type catalyst and an objective reaction is carried out by using the activated substance, and the reaction can be performed in one reaction step and with safety. Moreover, the contact of the above activated substance with a compound to be reacted therewith can be freely controlled, and therefore, over-reaction can be prevented and an objective product can be produced in high yield.

Abstract: A process for preparing hydroformylation products of propylene and for preparing acrylic acid and/or acrolein comprises a) feeding a propylene-containing feed in which from 2 to 40% by weight of propane is present and also carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a reaction zone and reacting this mixture in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst to form hydroformylation products of propane, b) separating a stream consisting essentially of unreacted propylene and propane from the output from the reaction zone, and c) subjecting the stream consisting essentially of propylene and propane to a catalytic gas-phase oxidation in the presence of molecular oxygen to form acrylic acid and/or acrolein.

Abstract: In a process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein, the starting reaction gas mixture is oxidized at a propene loading of <160 l (STP) of propene/l of fixed catalyst bed·h over a fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two successive reaction zones A, B, the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone A being above the temperature of the reaction gas mixture within reaction zone B.

Abstract: A catalyst useful for oxidation reactions is disclosed. The catalyst is useful for the gas phase oxidation of alkanes, propylene, acrolein, or isopropanol to unsaturated aldehydes or carboxylic acids.

Abstract: A method for producing (meth)acrolein and/or (meth)acrylic acid by subjecting isobutylene and the like or propylene to a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation with molecular oxygen in the presence of a solid oxidation catalyst in a tubular type of fixed bed reactor, wherein a temperature of a hot-spot zone is sufficiently controlled and (meth)acrolein and (meth)acrylic acid are produced with a high yield.

Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon, in which a reaction gas mixture input stream comprising the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a shaft and the reaction gas mixture input stream is obtained in the shaft by metering an input gas II comprising molecular oxygen upstream of the fixed catalyst bed into an input gas stream I which comprises molecular hydrogen and the hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated and is flowing within the shaft toward the fixed catalyst bed.