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: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing acrolein by gas-phase dehydration of glycerol in the presence of strongly acidic solid catalysts with a Hammett acidity H0 of between ?9 and ?18 and preferably between ?10 and ?16.

Abstract: The invention concerns the selective oxidation of propane into acrylic acid using highly selective catalysts and relates more particularly to a process for preparing these improved catalysts and their use for the production of acrylic acid from propane. The improved catalysts having the formula: Mo1Va(Te and/or Sb)b(Nb and/or Ta)cSidOx wherein a is between 0.006 and 1, b is between 0.006 and 1, c is between 0.001 and 0.5, d is between 0 and 3.5, and x is dependant on the oxidation state of the other elements, are obtained by adding a doping agent constituted by at least one component selected from Nb and Ta to a mainly orthorhombic phase prepared by hydrothermal method of a Mo—V—(Te and/or Sb)—O mixed metal oxide, optionally containing Nb and/or Ta and/or Si.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylic acid in one step by an oxydehydration reaction of glycerol in the presence of molecular oxygen. The reaction is preferably carried out in gaseous phase in the presence of a suitable catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one compound of formula (I) R—(OCH2)n—OR? in which R and R?, identical or different, represent a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 1 to 5 carbon atoms and n is an index with a value comprised between 1 and 8, and/or at least one dialdehyde acetal type compound for the preservation of the human or animal body and/or the embalming of dead bodies. It also relates to a composition comprising same and a process for preserving a human or animal body and/or embalming a dead body comprising the administration of the composition to the dead body in particular by injection, perfusion, immersion or topical application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing acrolein by dehydration of glycerol in the presence of molecular oxygen. The reaction is performed in the liquid phase or in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst. The addition of oxygen makes it possible to obtain good glycerol conversion by inhibiting the deactivation of the catalyst and the formation of by-products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing acrolein by dehydration of glycerol in the presence of molecular oxygen. The reaction is performed in the liquid phase or in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst. The addition of oxygen makes it possible to obtain good glycerol conversion by inhibiting the deactivation of the catalyst and the formation of by-products.

Abstract: Fuel cell comprising a leaktight container (A) containing a catalytic anode (1) and a catalytic cathode (2) in contact with an electrolysable liquid medium (5), current collectors (9) connected, respectively, on the one hand to the anode and to the cathode, and on the other hand to an electrical circuit (4), characterized in that the liquid medium is an aqueous medium containing a fuel that is at least partially soluble in the aqueous medium, at the temperature of use of the cell, the said fuel having a boiling point of greater than 65° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing acrylic acid by selective oxidation of propane in a circulating fluidised bed or in a fluidised bed in the presence of a catalyst having structure Mo1VaXbZcSidOx(I), wherein X represents tellurium or antimony and Z represents niobium or tantalum, and in which: —a is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; —b is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; —c is between 0.006 and 1, inclusive; d is between 0 and 3.5, inclusive; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on the oxidation states thereof, which is performed under partial propane conversion conditions and without the introduction of water vapour into the initial gas mixture used to supply the reaction.

Abstract: The invention concerns the production of acrylic acid from propane in the presence of molecular oxygen. Said method consists in passing a gas mixture comprising propane, molecular oxygen, water vapour and, optionally, an inert gas, on a catalyst of formula (I) MolVaTebNbcSidOx to oxidize propane into acrylic acid, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture being not less than 0.5.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, which consists in passing a gas mixture including propane, water, vapor, and optionally an inert gas and/or molecular oxygen, on a catalyst of formula (I): Mo1VaSbbNbcSidOx, wherein: a ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; b ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; c ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; d ranges between 0 and 3.5, inclusively; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on their state of oxidation, for oxidizing propane into acrylic acid, and which is carried out in the presence of molecular oxygen, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture is not less than 0.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing acrylic acid by oxidizing propylene and then acrolein, involving the recycling of gases that had not reacted by means of a partial oxidation of the propane, in parallel, at the end of the acrylic acid recovery step, then returning, to the propylene-converting reactor, a gas rich in both propane and propylene having been subjected to a second passage in the acrylic acid recovery column.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, in the absence of molecular oxygen which consists in: a) introducing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapor, and, optionally, an inert gas, into a first reactor with fluidized catalytic bed, b) at the first reactor output, separating the gases from the catalyst, c) recycling the catalyst into a regenerator, d) introducing the gases into a second reactor with fluidized catalytic bed, e) at the second reactor output, separating the gases from the catalyst and recovering acrylic acid contained in the separated gases, f) recycling the catalyst into the regenerator, and g) reintroducing the regenerated catalyst from the regenerator into the first and second reactors.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane in the absence of molecular oxygen. Said method is characterized in that it consists in passing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapour, as well as, optionally, an inert gas, over a catalyst including molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium, oxygen and at least another element X selected among niobium, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, aluminium, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, antimony, bismuth, boron, indium and cerium, and on a co-catalyst of formula (II): Mo1Bia?Feb?Coc?Nid?Ke?Sbf?Tig?Sih?Cai?Nbj?Tek?Pbl?Wm?Cun?. The invention also concerns a solid catalytic composition comprising said catalyst and co-catalyst and the use of said composition for producing acrylic acid from propane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of acrylic acid from propane, in which a gas mixture comprising propane, water vapour and, optionally, an inert gas and/or molecular oxygen is passed over a catalyst, comprising a crystalline catalyst phase of formula (I) or (I?) TeaMolVbNbcOx (I) Sba Mol VbOy (I?), associated with a crystalline catalyst phase for activating the propane.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, which consists in passing a gas mixture including propane, water, vapour, and optionally an inert gas and/or molecular oxygen, on a catalyst of formula (I): Mo1VaSbbNbcSidOx, wherein: a ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; b ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; c ranges between 0.006 and 1, inclusively; d ranges between 0 and 3.5, inclusively; and x is the amount of oxygen bound to the other elements and depends on their state of oxidation, for oxidizing propane into acrylic acid, and which is carried out in the presence of molecular oxygen, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture is not less than 0.5.

Abstract: The invention concerns the production of acrylic acid from propane in the presence of molecular oxygen. Said method consists in passing a gas mixture comprising propane, molecular oxygen, water vapour and, optionally, an inert gas, on a catalyst of formula (I) Mo1VaTebNbcSidOx to oxidize propane into acrylic acid, the propane/molecular oxygen mol ratio in the initial gas mixture being not less than 0.5.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane, in the absence of molecular oxygen which consists in: a) introducing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapour, and, optionally, an inert gas, into a first reactor with fluidized catalytic bed, b) at the first reactor output, separating the gases from the catalyst, c) recycling the catalyst into a regenerator, d) introducing the gases into a second reactor with fluidized catalytic bed, e) at the second reactor output, separating the gases from the catalyst and recovering acrylic acid contained in the separated gases, f) recycling the catalyst into the regenerator, and g) reintroducing the regenerated catalyst from the regenerator into the first and second reactors.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing acrylic acid from propane in the absence of molecular oxygen. Said method is characterized in that it consists in passing a gas mixture free of molecular oxygen and comprising propane, water vapour, as well as, optionally, an inert gas, over a catalyst including molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium, oxygen and at least another element X selected among niobium, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, aluminium, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium, platinum, antimony, bismuth, boron, indium and cerium, and on a co-catalyst of formula (II): Mo1Bia?Feb?Coc?Nid?Ke?Sbf?Tig?Sih?Cai?Nbj?Tek?Pbl?Wm?Cun?. The invention also concerns a solid catalytic composition comprising said catalyst and co-catalyst and the use of said composition for producing acrylic acid from propane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing acrylic acid from propane. According to this process, a gas mixture, which is free from molecular oxygen and comprises propane, steam as well as, optionally, an inert gas, is passed over a solid composition of formula (I) Mo1VaTebNbcSidOx  (I) in which: a is between 0.006 and 1, including the end points; b is between 0.006 and 1, including the end points; c is between 0.006 and 1, including the end points; d is between 0 and 3.5, including the end points; and x is the quantity of oxygen bound to the other elements, and depends on their oxidation states, in order to oxidize the propane according to the following redox reaction (1): SOLIDoxidized+PROPANE→SOLIDreduced+ACRYLIC ACID  (1).