Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing one or more olefins and one or more carboxylic acids, in which one or more paraffins is or are subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation. For the oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor (10) having a plurality of reaction zones (11, 12, 13) is used, a gas mixture comprising the one or more paraffins is successively passed through the reaction zones (11, 12, 13), and at least two of the reaction zones (11, 12, 13) are subject to varying temperature influences. The invention also relates to a corresponding system (100).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing olefins having a carbon number of two to eight, in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are fed to a hydrogenation step, and, wherein portions of carbon dioxide and hydrogen are then converted with one another on a bifunctional catalyst via an oxygenate as an intermediate into the one or more olefins. It is provided that the hydrogen fed to the hydrogenation step is provided by a reforming step, in which methane and water are converted into hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, and that the carbon dioxide that is fed to the hydrogenation step is provided in part using the reforming step and in part independently of the reforming step. Providing the portions of hydrogen and carbon dioxide comprises providing, using the reforming step, a gas mixture containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and feeding at least a portion of the gas mixture to the hydrogenation step without separating hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A method for producing one or more hydrocarbons includes feeding a process gas stream into a reactor arrangement. The process gas stream includes carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide with hydrogen, which are converted at least in part in a first reaction step into one or more oxygenates, which are converted at least in part in a second reaction step into the one or more hydrocarbons. The reactor arrangement has one or more reactors, which comprise a first reaction zone and a second reaction zone arranged downstream of the first reaction zone. The first reaction zone and the second reaction zone are equipped with catalysts in such a way that the first and second reaction steps are catalyzed in the first reaction zone and that the second reaction step is catalyzed in the second reaction zone. In the second reaction zone, the first reaction step is generally not catalyzed.

Abstract: A process for producing propylene in which a first material stream is provided using a steam cracking method and one or more fractionations and is rich in ethylene, in which a second material stream containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen is provided using a synthesis gas production method, and in which at least a part of the ethylene from the first material stream is reacted with at least a part of the carbon monoxide and the hydrogen from the second material stream to form an aldehyde using a hydroformylation to obtain a third material stream, and in which at least a part of the aldehyde in the third material stream is converted to the propylene, wherein the ethylene is provided by means of the steam cracking method in a first component mixture, wherein the propylene is provided in a second component mixture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the producingtiona target compoundby oxidative coupling of methane. A starting gas mixture is provided which contains an olefin, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and optionally hydrogen, wherein the olefin is subjected to hydroformylation with the carbon monoxide and the hydrogen of the starting mixture to obtain an aldehyde, wherein the paraffin and the olefin have a carbon chain with a first carbon number and the aldehyde has a carbon chain with a second carbon number which is greater by one than the first carbon number. The carbon dioxide present in the starting mixture is removed upstream and/or downstream of the hydroformylation. The carbon dioxide is subjected to dry reforming with methane to obtain carbon monoxide, and that the carbon monoxide subjected to hydroformylation comprises at least part of the carbon monoxide obtained in the dry reforming .

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a target compound, in which a first gas mixture includes an olefin having a first carbon number and carbon monoxide, a second gas mixture formed using the first gas mixture and containing the olefin, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is subjected to conversion steps to obtain a third gas mixture containing a compound with a second carbon number and at least carbon monoxide The conversion includes hydroformylation. The second carbon number is one greater than the first carbon number. Using at least a portion of the third gas mixture, a fourth gas mixture which is depleted in the compound has three carbon atoms, is enriched in carbon monoxide, and is formed using at least a portion of the third gas mixture The carbon monoxide in at least a portion of the fourth gas mixture is subjected to a water gas shift to form hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and that the hydrogen formed in the water gas shift is used in the formation of the second gas mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for producing a target compound, wherein a paraffin is subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation (1) with oxygen to obtain an olefin, and wherein the olefin is subjected to a hydroformylation (2) with carbon monoxide to obtain an aldehyde, wherein the paraffin and the olefin have a carbon chain having a first carbon number and the aldehyde has a carbon chain having a second carbon number which is one greater than the first carbon number. It is provided that carbon dioxide is formed as a by-product in the oxidative dehydrogenation (1), that the carbon dioxide is subjected to dry reforming (3) at least in part with methane to obtain carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and that the carbon monoxide obtained in the dry reforming (3) and/or the hydrogen obtained in the dry reforming (3) is supplied to the hydroformylation (2). A corresponding installation is also the subject matter of the invention.

Abstract: A reactor for carrying out an endothermic reaction, in particular a high-temperature reaction, in which a product gas is obtained from a feed gas, wherein: the reactor surrounds a reactor interior; the reactor is configured to provide a reactor bed in a reaction zone of the reactor interior, which reactor bed comprises a large number of solid material particles; the reactor is also configured to guide the feed gas into the reaction zone; in order to heat the feed gas, the reactor is designed to heat the solid material particles in the reaction zone such that, by transferring heat from the solid material particles to the feed gas, the feed gas in the reaction zone can be heated to a reaction temperature in order to participate as a starting product in the endothermic reaction for producing the product gas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing one or more olefins and one or more carboxylic acids, in which one or more paraffins is or are subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation. For the oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor (10) having a plurality of reaction zones (11, 12, 13) is used, a gas mixture comprising the one or more paraffins is successively passed through the reaction zones (11, 12, 13), and at least two of the reaction zones (11, 12, 13) are subject to varying temperature influences. The invention also relates to a corresponding system (100).

Abstract: A method of temperature control includes: passing a feed stream comprising ethylene through a reactor at a feed location; withdrawing an outlet steam comprising linear alpha olefins from the reactor; passing the outlet stream through a condensate vessel, wherein the outlet stream is split into a vapor fraction and a liquid fraction within the condensate vessel; withdrawing the vapor fraction from the condensate vessel and recycling it back to the feed stream; and withdrawing the liquid fraction from the condensate vessel and injecting it into the reactor at an injection location.

Abstract: A method of producing linear alpha olefins includes: introducing a catalyst stream and a first solvent stream to a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises a distributor; introducing a second solvent stream above the distributor, wherein the catalyst stream, the first solvent stream, and the second solvent stream form a reaction solution; introducing a feed stream to the reactor; passing the feed stream through the distributor; and passing the feed stream through the reaction solution, producing an oligomerization reaction forming the linear alpha olefins.

Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst provided in the form of a metal oxide catalyst having at least one element selected from Mo, Te, Nb, V, Cr, Dy, Ga, Sb, Ni, Co, Pt and Ce. The catalyst is subjected to an aftertreatment to increase the proportion of the M1 phase, by contacting the catalyst with steam at a pressure below 100 bar or by contacting the catalyst with oxygen to obtain an aftertreated catalyst. The aftertreated catalyst may be used for oxidative dehydrogenation processes.

Abstract: A method (100) is proposed for the preparation of a polyolefin from olefin monomers, wherein the olefin monomers are subjected to one or more polymerisation steps (13), in which a proportion of the olefin monomers are catalytically reacted to form the polyolefin, while the olefin monomers that are not reacted in the polymerisation step or steps (13) are at least partly transferred into one or more gaseous, monomer-containing purge streams (g, h), which additionally contain(s) one or more aluminium organic compounds, which comprise one or more co-catalysts used in the polymerisation step or steps (13) and/or one or more compounds formed from the co-catalyst(s).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing linear ?-olefins, wherein ethylene 1a is conducted into the oligomerization reactor 2 in the liquid phase. The oligomerization reactor 2 has a mechanical stirrer 2a in order to ensure optimal mixing of the liquid ethylene and of the catalyst in the liquid phase. From the top of the oligomerization reactor 2, vaporized ethylene is drawn off together with light ?-olefins and a small proportion of the organic solvent. The gas mixture drawn off from the top of the reactor 2 is condensed together with gaseous fresh ethylene 7 by means of heat exchanger 3 and separator 4. The liquid phase drawn off from the separator 4 is conducted by means of circulation pump 5a as liquid ethylene input 1a back into the oligomerization reactor 2. The liquid products of the oligomerization reaction are drawn off 8 laterally from the base of the reactor 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising the steps: a) feeding ethylene, solvent and a catalyst composition comprising catalyst and cocatalyst into a reactor, b) oligomerizing ethylene in the reactor, c) discharging a reactor effluent comprising linear alpha-olefins including 1-butene, solvent, unconsumed ethylene dissolved in the reactor effluent, and catalyst composition from the reactor, d) separating ethylene and 1-butene collectively from the remaining reactor effluent, and e) recycling at least a part of the ethylene and the 1-butene separated in step d) into the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing linear alpha-olefins (LAO) by oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of solvent and homogenous catalyst, comprising the steps of: (i) feeding ethylene, solvent and catalyst into an oligomerization reactor, (ii) oligomerizing the ethylene in the reactor, (iii) removing a reactor outlet stream comprising solvent, linear alpha-olefins, ethylene, and catalyst from the reactor via a reactor outlet piping system, (iv) transferring the reactor outlet stream to a catalyst deactivation and removal step, and (v) deactivating and removing the catalyst from the reactor outlet stream, characterized in that at least one organic amine is added into the oligomerization reactor and/or into the reactor outlet piping system.

Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst provided in the form of a metal oxide catalyst having at least one element selected from Mo, Te, Nb, V, Cr, Dy, Ga, Sb, Ni, Co, Pt and Ce. The catalyst is subjected to an aftertreatment to increase the proportion of the M1 phase, by contacting the catalyst with steam at a pressure below 100 bar or by contacting the catalyst with oxygen to obtain an aftertreated catalyst. The aftertreated catalyst may be used for oxidative dehydrogenation processes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising the steps: a) feeding ethylene, solvent and a catalyst composition comprising catalyst and cocatalyst into a reactor, b) oligomerizing ethylene in the reactor, c) discharging a reactor effluent comprising linear alpha-olefins including 1-butene, solvent, unconsumed ethylene dissolved in the reactor effluent, and catalyst composition from the reactor, d) separating ethylene and 1-butene collectively from the remaining reactor effluent, and e) recycling at least a part of the ethylene and the 1-butene separated in step d) into the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing linear alpha-olefins by oligomerizing of ethylene in the presence of a first organic solvent and a homogenous catalyst in a reactor, characterized in that the reactor overhead is cooled by means of a refrigerant.

Abstract: A process for removing impurities, in particular oxides of sulphur (SOx) and/or oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from oxygen-containing gas streams by scrubbing with at least one washing agent is described. In order to achieve effective gas purification in an economical manner even in the case of so-called large “oxyfuel” furnaces which operate with oxygen as fuel gas, it is proposed to convert the impurities at an elevated pressure of at least 2 bar with at least one basic constituent of the washing agent into salts and to wash out said impurities as dissolved salts.