Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Böck

Wolfgang Böck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the production of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propene
    Patent number: 5072052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propene with air in the presence of steam and an inert gas or waste gas from the reaction, the starting materials being passed in defined quantitative ratios at 300.degree. to 380.degree. C. under 1.4 to 2.2 bar pressure over a catalyst containing the combination of elements MoFeCoNiBiP(As)K(Rb,Cs)SmSiO in the form of a bed of individual elements, the catalyst elements fulfilling certain geometric conditions and a number of critical physico-chemical parameters and a specific load of 2 to 8 mol propene/dm.sup.3 catalyst bed/h being adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Boeck, Dietrich Arntz, Guenter Prescher, Werner Burkhardt