Group V Metal Containing Catalyst Utilized Patents (Class 562/535)
  • Patent number: 10981735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of airflow transportation of methionine that can minimize the crushing of methionine, which is characterized in that when methionine is transported as airflow using carrier gas, the flow state of methionine is a low concentration floating flow type, and the mixing ratio of methionine and carrier gas is in the range of 4 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas. In the method of airflow transportation of methionine of the present invention, if the D50 of methionine is in the range of 150 to 425 ?m, the increase rate of the fine powder can be suppressed to 1.5% or less by maintaining the mixing ratio at 4 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas, and can be suppressed to 1% or less by maintaining the mixing ratio at 5 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Koizumi, Naoya Yamashiro, Rikuri Uejima
  • Patent number: 10968155
    Abstract: A process for selecting an inert material for use in monomer production regarding the formation of heavy by-products during the reaction of propylene to acrolein and acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Jinsuo Xu
  • Patent number: 10968158
    Abstract: A method of determining the inertness of a material regarding the formation of heavy by-products during the reaction of propylene to acrolein and acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Jinsuo Xu
  • Patent number: 9827555
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter presents a catalyst or catalyst composition as well as the methods of making and using the catalyst or catalyst composition. In one aspect, the disclosed subject matter relates to a catalyst comprising CoMnaSibXcYdOx wherein in X comprises an element from Group 11; Y comprises an element from Group 12; a ranges from 0.8 to 1.2; b ranges from 0.1 to 1; c ranges from 0.01 to 0.05; d ranges from 0.01 to 0.05; x is a number determined by the valency requirements of the other elements present; and wherein the catalyst converts synthesis gas to at least one olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Mohammad Abdur Rakib, Asad Ahmad Khan, Mohammed Al-Semahi
  • Patent number: 9724680
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a reinforced catalytic microporous and/or mesoporous bound composition comprising the steps of: providing a pre-formed catalytic crystalline material; mixing the catalytic crystalline material with water, a metal oxide binder, and a reinforcing glass fiber to form an extrudable composition; extruding the extrudable slurry under conditions sufficient to form the reinforced catalytic bound extrudate; and calcining the reinforced catalytic bound extrudate at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a calcined reinforced catalytic bound catalyst. Advantageously, the reinforcing glass fiber can have a diameter from 5-100 microns and a length-to-diameter ratio from 300:1-3000:1 and can be present in an amount from about 1-50 parts, based on about 1000 parts combined of catalytic crystalline material and metal oxide binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Wenyih Frank Lai, Nicholas S. Rollman
  • Patent number: 9181169
    Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic acid by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of (meth)acrolein over a multimetal oxide composition which comprises the elements Mo, V and W and is obtained by a hydrothermal preparation route, and the multimetal oxide composition obtainable by this preparation route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt, Andrey Karpov, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Herbert Vogel, Alfons Drochner, Nina Blickhan, Nadine Duerr, Tim Jekewitz, Nadine Menning, Tina Petzold, Sabine Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9149799
    Abstract: An eggshell catalyst consisting of a hollow cylindrical support body of length 2 to 10 mm, external diameter 4 to 10 mm and wall thickness 1 to 4 mm, and an eggshell, applied to the outer surface of the support body, of catalytically active oxide material of the general formula I, Mo12V2 to 4W0 to 3Cu0.8 to 1.5X10 to 4X20 to 40On??(I) in which the variables are each defined as follows: X1=one or more elements of the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; X2=one or more elements from the group of Si, Al, Ti and Zr; and n=the stoichiometric coefficient of the element oxygen, which is determined by the stoichiometric coefficients of the elements other than oxygen and the charges thereof in I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrey Karpov, Catharina Horstmann, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Josef Macht, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
  • Publication number: 20150105583
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a catalyst for gas-phase contact oxidation of methacrolein, isobutyraldehyde or isobutyric acid to produce methacrylic acid in a high yield and a high selectivity, and a catalyst wherein an alkali metal element, particularly cesium among alkali metal elements, is added by a specific method in a partially neutralized salt of a hetero polyacid which contains Mo, V, P, an alkali metal element and NH4 as essential active ingredients, the catalyst being characterized by having extremely high catalytic performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideomi Sakai, Eiji Nishimura, Tomoyuki Ejiri
  • Publication number: 20150080605
    Abstract: What is described is a catalyst for preparation of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde, comprising a shaped support body with an active composition applied thereto, wherein the active composition coverage q q = Q ( 100 - Q ) ? S m is at most 0.3 mg/mm2, where Q is the active composition content of the catalyst in % by weight and Sm is the specific geometric surface area of the shaped support body in mm2/mg. Also described are a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for preparing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde over a fixed catalyst bed comprising a bed of the catalyst. The catalyst, with constantly high conversion of acrolein, reduces overoxidation to COx and increases the selectivity of acrylic acid formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cathrin Alexandra WELKER-NIEUWOUDT, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Holger Borchert, Ulrich Hammon, Josef Macht, Andrey Karpov, Christian Walsdorff
  • Publication number: 20150057464
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for producing acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation, which method makes it possible to carry out a continuous operation steadily for a long period of time while a high yield is maintained. This method is characterized by comprising filling each of reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor with at least two species of catalysts each of which essentially comprises, as catalytically active components, oxide of molybdenum and oxide of vanadium and/or composite oxide of the same, said at least two species of catalysts being different in the ratio of D1/D2, D1 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter falls within the range of at least 0.03 ?m and less than 0.4 ?m to the total pore volume of the whole pores, and D2 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter fails within the range of at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiya Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 8877964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing acrylic acid through vapor-phase contact oxidation of acrolein, wherein a reactor tube is divided into at least two catalyst layers, and catalysts having a higher activity are charged in the reactor tube sequentially toward an outlet port side from a material source gas inlet port side for a reaction therein to give acrylic acid, and wherein a catalyst activity-controlling method is a method comprising: a step of mixing a molybdenum-containing compound, a vanadium-containing compound, a copper-containing compound and an antimony-containing compound with water, then drying and calcining a resulting mixture, in which a catalytically-active element composition is kept constant but material source compounds are made to vary in type to give composite metal oxides having a different activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NipponKayaku KabushikiKaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Nakazawa, Susumu Matsumoto, Tomoaki Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko Kurakami
  • Publication number: 20140243554
    Abstract: The application concerns a process comprising: (A) contacting a gas comprising oxygen, propane and propylene with at least one catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to at least partially convert the propylene into a final product comprising acrylic acid; (B) feeding said final product to a separation column, in which the final product is split into a liquid stream, which is rich in acrylic acid, and a gaseous by-product stream comprising propane and propylene in a volume ratio of from 99.9:0.1 to 95:5; (C) contacting the gaseous by-product stream with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to at least partially convert propane to acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Han, Christopher D. Frick, Dmitri A. Kraptchetov, Daniel J. Martenak, Nelson I. Quiros, Timothy J. Donnelly
  • Publication number: 20140221683
    Abstract: A process for producing a catalytically active composition being a mixture of a multielement oxide comprising the elements Mo and V and at least one oxide of molybdenum, in which spray drying of an aqueous solution or of an aqueous suspension of starting compounds comprising the elements of the multielement oxide produces a spray powder P, a pulverulent oxide of molybdenum and optionally shaping assistants are added thereto, shaped bodies are shaped from the resulting mixture and these are converted to the catalytically active composition by thermal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Christian Walsdorff, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Josef Macht
  • Patent number: 8716523
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a catalyst of which active components are partly neutralized salt of heteropoly acid comprising molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, antimony, and ammonia as essential components, wherein the method is characterized in mixing an antimony compound with a complex oxide of the essential active components in the catalyst containing active components other than antimony, wherein the antimony compound may be added during slurry preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140018572
    Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic acid by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of (meth)acrolein over a multimetal oxide composition which comprises the elements Mo, V and W and is obtained by a hydrothermal preparation route, and the multimetal oxide composition obtainable by this preparation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cathrin Alexandra WELKER-NIEUWOUDT, Andrey Karpov, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Herbert Vogel, Alfons Drochner, Nina Blickhan, Nadine Duerr, Tim Jekewitz, Nadine Menning, Tina Petzold, Sabine Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130324758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the selective elimination of propanal in acrolein-rich streams to produce acrolein and/or acrylic acid and/or acrylonitrile and/or methylmercaptopropionaldehyde containing low amount of propanal and/or propionic acid and/or propionitrile. One subject of the present invention is a process for manufacturing acrolein comprising a step of selective elimination of propanal in an acrolein-rich stream in contact with a catalyst comprising at least molybdenum. Another subject of the present invention is a process for manufacturing acrylic acid from glycerol including a step of selective elimination of propanal in an acrolein-rich stream in contact with a catalyst comprising at least molybdenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Devaux, Jean-Luc Dubois
  • Patent number: 8586785
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for stably producing a catalyst for methacrylic acid production exhibiting high activity and high performance. The process for producing a catalyst for methacrylic acid production of the invention is characterized in that the water content of the catalyst ingredient powder for use in molding, temperature and humidity of a molding step, humidity and temperature of a baking step are individually controlled in the case where molding is performed by a coating method using an Mo—V—P—Cu-based hetero polyacid as an active ingredient and water or an alcohol and/or an aqueous solution of an alcohol as a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: NipponKayaku KabushikiKaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Kazuo Shiraishi, Hideki Sugi, Hiroyoshi Nowatari, Fumio Sakai, Tomoaki Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko Kurakami
  • Patent number: 8586499
    Abstract: A method for producing a catalyst for the preparation of methacrylic acid comprising a heteropolyacid compound containing phosphorus, molybdenum and an element X selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium and thallium and having an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum of 0.5:12 to 2:12, which method comprises the steps of mixing aqueous slurry A containing starting compounds of the heteropolyacid compound in which an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum is from 2:12 to 4:12, and aqueous slurry B containing starting compounds of the heteropolyacid compound in which an atomic ratio of the element X to molybdenum is from 0:12 to 0.5:12 to form a slurry mixture; heat-treating the slurry mixture at a temperature of 100° C. or higher; drying the slurry mixture; and calcining the dried mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miyatake, Junji Shibata, Eiichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8563774
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst, in which physical properties of a dried material or a calcined material in a production process of the catalyst are stable and a change in at least one of a catalyst activity and a selectivity to a target product is small and hence reproducibility of the catalyst is excellent. The present invention is a method for producing a catalyst containing molybdenum, bismuth, and iron, which contains the steps of washing a surface of at least one device equipped in an apparatus for the production of catalyst, to which a solid matter adheres, with a basic solution, and producing the catalyst with the apparatus for the production of catalyst thus washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Kondo, Masanori Nitta, Hiroyuki Naitou, Toru Kuroda, Seiichi Kawato
  • Publication number: 20130274508
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a single shell open interstage reactor (“SSOI”). The SSOI comprises a first reaction stage, an interstage heat exchanger, an open interstage region, and a second reaction stage. The SSOI may be configured for upflow or downflow operation. Further, the open interstage region of the SSOI may comprise a supplemental oxidant feed. When the open interstage region comprises a supplemental oxidant feed, the SSOI may further comprise a supplemental oxidant mixing assembly. Processes for producing acrylic acid through the oxidation of propylene are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. DeCourcy, John L. Steinbach, Nicolas Dupont, Roger L. Roundy
  • Publication number: 20130261335
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing methacrylic acid with good productivity over a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Noriaki SUYASU, Eiichi SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 8546293
    Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the element Mo, the elements Bi and/or V and one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Fe, Cu and alkali metals, in which sources of the different elements are used to obtain a finely divided mixture which is coarsened to a powder by press agglomeration, the coarsened powder is used to form, by press agglomeration, shaped bodies V which are separated into undamaged shaped bodies V+ and into damaged shaped bodies V?, the undamaged shaped bodies V+ are converted by thermal treatment to the shaped catalyst bodies K, and the damaged shaped bodies V? are comminuted and recycled into the obtaining of the finely divided mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Raichle, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel, Catharina Horstmann, Josef Macht
  • Publication number: 20130253223
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for producing unsaturated carboxylic acid, which excels in mechanical strength and attrition loss and is capable of producing the object product at a high yield. This catalyst is formed of a catalytically active component comprising molybdenum and vanadium as the essential ingredients and inorganic fibers, which are supported on an inert carrier, said catalyst being characterized in that said inorganic fibers comprise at least an inorganic fiber having an average diameter less than 1.0 ?m and another inorganic fiber having an average diameter ranging from 1.5 to 7 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130217915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing acrylic acid through vapor-phase contact oxidation of acrolein, wherein a reactor tube is divided into at least two catalyst layers, and catalysts having a higher activity are charged in the reactor tube sequentially toward an outlet port side from a material source gas inlet port side for a reaction therein to give acrylic acid, and wherein a catalyst activity-controlling method is a method comprising: a step of mixing a molybdenum-containing compound, a vanadium-containing compound, a copper-containing compound and an antimony-containing compound with water, then drying and calcining a resulting mixture, in which a catalytically-active element composition is kept constant but material source compounds are made to vary in type to give composite metal oxides having a different activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPONKAYAKU KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Nakazawa, Susumu Matsumoto, Tomoaki Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko Kurakami
  • Patent number: 8507626
    Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst for producing acrylic acid at high yield for a long time, in a method for producing acrylic acid by catalytic gas phase oxidation of propane and/or acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas. This catalyst comprises a complex oxide containing molybdenum, vanadium and X component (here the X component is at least one element selected from antimony, niobium and tin) as the essential components, and is characterized in that its main peak as measured by X-ray diffractiometry using K? ray of Cu, d=4.00±0.1 angstrom, and in that the particle size of the X component in the catalyst does not exceed 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Fukumoto, Toshiya Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 8481448
    Abstract: The invention is a heteropoly acid compound catalyst composition, a method of making the catalyst composition and a process for the oxidation of saturated and/or unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated carboxylic acids using the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition is a heteropoly acid compound containing molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, cesium, bismuth, copper and antimony. Thermal stability is achieved with higher cesium content (up to less than 3.0) but antimony, copper and bismuth must be present to maintain good activity. The catalyst is made by dissolving compounds of the components of each of the heteropoly acid compounds in a solution, precipitating the heteropoly acid compounds, obtaining a catalyst precursor and calcining the catalyst precursor to form a heteropoly acid compound catalyst. Unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, may be oxidized in the presence of the heteropoly acid compound catalyst to produce an unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as methacrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, David Sullivan, James W. Kauffman, Clark Rea, Joe Linzer, Shahid Shaikh
  • Patent number: 8426335
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a catalyst for production of acrylic acid which is a catalyst usable for production of acrylic acid and is excellent in the catalytic performances such as catalytic activity and in the physical properties such as physical strength of the catalyst itself; and a process for production of acrylic acid using this catalyst. As a means of achieving this object, a catalyst for production of acrylic acid according to the present invention is a catalyst obtained by drying a mixed liquid of starting materials including molybdenum and vanadium as essential components to give a dried material, molding the dried material with a liquid binder, and calcining the resultant molding, with the catalyst being characterized in that an ignition loss ratio of the dried material is from 5 to 40% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Yunoki, Michio Tanimoto, Daisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8404887
    Abstract: A process for producing acrylic acid of the present invention comprises the step of conducting gas-phase oxidative dehydrogenation of a composition containing propionaldehyde using a solid catalyst containing molybdenum and vanadium as essential components, thereby obtaining acrylic acid. The obtained acrylic acid is preferably purified by crystallization, and a monomeric component containing the purified acrylic acid is polymerized to thereby give a hydrophilic resin such as an absorbent resin and a water-soluble resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Moriguchi, Yoshitaka Arita
  • Patent number: 8378136
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for preparing acrolein by dehydration of glycerol in the presence of a catalyst system comprising oxygen, phosphorus and at least one metal chosen from vanadium, boron or aluminium. The process is preferably carried out in the gas phase in the presence of oxygen starting from aqueous solutions of glycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Dubois
  • Publication number: 20130006009
    Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the element Mo, the elements Bi and/or V and one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Fe, Cu and alkali metals, in which sources of the different elements are used to obtain a finely divided mixture which is coarsened to a powder by press agglomeration, the coarsened powder is used to form, by press agglomeration, shaped bodies V which are separated into undamaged shaped bodies V+ and into damaged shaped bodies V?, the undamaged shaped bodies V+ are converted by thermal treatment to the shaped catalyst bodies K, and the damaged shaped bodies V? are comminuted and recycled into the obtaining of the finely divided mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas RAICHLE, Holger Borchert, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel, Catharina Horstmann, Josef Macht
  • Patent number: 8318631
    Abstract: A process for preparing a coated catalyst in which a finely divided mixture of a multielement oxide comprising the elements Mo and V and a molybdenum oxide or a molybdenum oxide former is applied to the surface of a support body as an active composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Cremer, Andreas Raichle, Frank Rosowski, Ulrich Hammon, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
  • Publication number: 20120245382
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing acetaldehyde and/or acetic acid, according to which method a gaseous flow, containing molecular oxygen, ethanol and at least one impurity selected from sulphur compounds, is brought into contact at a high temperature with a sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst. The ethanol is preferably obtained from a biomass. Said sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst comprises, for example, vanadium oxide and at least one oxide of zirconium, titanium and aluminium. In one embodiment, the gaseous flow is converted, on the sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst, into a first oxidation mixture, acetaldehyde being the predominant oxidation product, and said first oxidation mixture is converted, on another oxidation catalyst, into a second oxidation mixture, acetic acid being the predominant oxidation product. Said other oxidation catalyst comprises, for example, a multi-metal oxide containing at least molybdenum and vanadium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabine Huber, Markus Gitter, Ulrich Cremer
  • Patent number: 8247344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included); a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid from at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propylene, propane, isobutylene, t-butyl alcohol and methyl-t-butyl ether, in which a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included) is used as a catalyst; and a reactor used for producing (meth)acrylic acid from at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propylene, propane, isobutylene, t-butyl alcohol and methyl-t-butyl ether, in which a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included) is used as a catalyst. Further, the present invention provides a method for producing the (meth)acrylic acid without any additional process of converting (meth)acrolein into (meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jong Shin, Byung-Yul Choi, Yeon-Shick Yoo, Young-Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 8242306
    Abstract: The invention provides a process which enables, in preparation of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in preparation of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, using single kind of catalyst, to suppress occurrence of localized extraordinarily high temperature spots (hot spots) in the catalyst layer and can stably maintain high acrolein or acrylic acid yield for a long time. The process is characterized by use of an oxide catalyst containing molybdenum as an essential component and having relative standard deviation of its particle size in a range of 0.02 to 0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naohiro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 8178718
    Abstract: The invention is a supported or bound heteropoly acid catalyst composition, a method of making the catalyst composition and a process for the oxidation of saturated and/or unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated carboxylic acids using the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition has a heteropoly acid component containing molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus and cesium and support/binder having a surface area of about 0.1 m2/g to about 1.0 m2/g. The catalyst is made by dissolving compounds of the components of each of the heteropoly acid compounds in a solution, precipitating the heteropoly acid compounds, contacting the heteropoly acid compounds to form a catalyst precursor and calcining the catalyst precursor to form a heteropoly acid compound catalyst. Unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, may be oxidized in the presence of the heteropoly acid compound catalyst to produce an unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as methacrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, Paul E. Ellis, Joseph R. Linzer
  • Patent number: 8178719
    Abstract: There is provided a novel process for producing acrylic acid by which acrylic acid can be obtained from a raw material independent of petroleum. The process for producing acrylic acid according to the present invention comprises the steps of: applying a dehydration reaction to glycerol as a raw material in a gas phase; and then applying a gas phase oxidation reaction to a gaseous reaction product formed by the dehydration reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Shima, Tsukasa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8148291
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120065427
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for stably producing a catalyst for methacrylic acid production exhibiting high activity and high performance. The process for producing a catalyst for methacrylic acid production of the invention is characterized in that the water content of the catalyst ingredient powder for use in molding, temperature and humidity of a molding step, humidity and temperature of a baking step are individually controlled in the case where molding is performed by a coating method using an Mo—V—P—Cu-based hetero polyacid as an active ingredient and water or an alcohol and/or an aqueous solution of an alcohol as a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPONKAYAKU KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Kazuo Shiraishi, Hideki Sugi, Hiroyoshi Nowatari, Fumio Sakai, Tomoaki Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko Kurakami
  • Publication number: 20110275856
    Abstract: An eggshell catalyst consisting of a hollow cylindrical support body of length 2 to 10 mm, external diameter 4 to 10 mm and wall thickness 1 to 4 mm, and an eggshell, applied to the outer surface of the support body, of catalytically active oxide material of the general formula I, Mo12V2 to 4W0 to 3Cu0.8 to 1.5X10 to 4X20 to 40On??(I) in which the variables are each defined as follows: X1=one or more elements of the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; X2=one or more elements from the group of Si, Al, Ti and Zr; and n=the stoichiometric coefficient of the element oxygen, which is determined by the stoichiometric coefficients of the elements other than oxygen and the charges thereof in I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrey KARPOV, Catharina Horstmann, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Josef Macht, Frank Rosowski, Klaus Joachim Müller-Engel
  • Publication number: 20110257355
    Abstract: A process for producing acrylic acid of the present invention comprises the step of conducting gas-phase oxidative dehydrogenation of a composition containing propionaldehyde using a solid catalyst containing molybdenum and vanadium as essential components, thereby obtaining acrylic acid. The obtained acrylic acid is preferably purified by crystallization, and a monomeric component containing the purified acrylic acid is polymerized to thereby give a hydrophilic resin such as an absorbent resin and a water-soluble resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Moriguchi, Yoshitaka Arita
  • Publication number: 20110245535
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included); a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid from at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propylene, propane, isobutylene, t-butyl alcohol and methyl-t-butyl ether, in which a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included) is used as a catalyst; and a reactor used for producing (meth)acrylic acid from at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propylene, propane, isobutylene, t-butyl alcohol and methyl-t-butyl ether, in which a Mo—Bi—Nb based composite metal oxide (with the proviso that Te is not included) is used as a catalyst. Further, the present invention provides a method for producing the (meth)acrylic acid without any additional process of converting (meth)acrolein into (meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Hyun-Jong SHIN, Byung-Yul Choi, Yeon-Shick Yoo, Young-Jin Cho
  • Publication number: 20110237829
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7999133
    Abstract: Methods for making unsaturated acids using catalysts for oxidation of unsaturated and/or saturated aldehyde to unsaturated acids is disclosed where the catalyst including at least molybdenum (Mo) and phosphorus (P), where the catalyst has a pore size distribution including at least 50% medium pores and if bismuth is present, a nitric acid to molybdenum mole ratio of at least 0.5:1 or at least 6.0:1 moles of HNO3 per mole of Mo12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Sabic Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Stevenson, Wugeng Liang, James W. Kauffman, Lixia Cai, Angie McGuffey, Joseph R. Linzer
  • Publication number: 20110178331
    Abstract: The invention provides a process which enables, in preparation of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in preparation of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, using single kind of catalyst, to suppress occurrence of localized extraordinarily high temperature spots (hot spots) in the catalyst layer and can stably maintain high acrolein or acrylic acid yield for a long time. The process is characterized by use of an oxide catalyst containing molybdenum as an essential component and having relative standard deviation of its particle size in a range of 0.02 to 0.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Naohiro Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20110166384
    Abstract: A catalyst for producing acrylic acid from propane and/or acrolein by gas-phase catalytic oxidation with molecular oxygen-containing gas, comprising a catalytic active component containing molybdenum and vanadium as essential elements, and having a crystallinity T of 5% or more and 20% or less in the 20 range of 5° to 90°, measured by an X-ray diffraction analysis with Cu-K? radiation; and a process for producing acrylic acid by gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propane and/or acrolein with molecular oxygen, comprising the step of conducting the gas-phase catalytic oxidation in the presence of the catalyst. According to the catalyst and the process for producing acrylic acid of the present invention, it is possible to stably produce acrylic acid at a high yield for a long period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Nobuyuki Hakozaki
  • Publication number: 20110028760
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method for the reactive vaporization of aqueous solutions of glycerol in a fluidized bed containing a reactive solid. The method of the invention makes it possible to simultaneously vaporize an aqueous solution of glycerol, to remove the impurities that are present in this solution or that are generated during the evaporation, and to carry out the dehydration reaction of the glycerol to acrolein and/or the oxydehydration reaction of the glycerol to acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Grégory Patience
  • Patent number: 7851397
    Abstract: A catalyst for oxidation of unsaturated and/or saturated aldehydes to unsaturated acids is disclosed where the catalyst includes at least molybdenum (Mo), phosphorus (P), vanadium (V), bismuth (Bi), and a first component selected from the group consisting of potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), thallium (Tl), or mixtures or combinations thereof, where the bismuth component was dissolved in an organic acid solution prior to adding the bismuth containing solution to a solution of the other components. Methods for making and using the catalysts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, Scott A. Stevenson, Angie McGuffey
  • Patent number: 7850928
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a fixed-bed shell-and-tube reactor, which can stably produce an aimed product for a long period when a solid particulate material such as a catalyst is packed and used for each substance; and its usage. The fixed-bed shell-and-tube reactor comprises a plurality of reaction tubes that are packed with a solid particulate material and arranged in parallel, wherein the solid particulate material is weighed so as to be uniform volume, and is packed in each reaction tube in a packing time of not shorter than 30 seconds per liter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hideto Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20100240925
    Abstract: Methods for making unsaturated acids using catalysts for oxidation of unsaturated and/or Saturated aldehyde to unsaturated acids is disclosed where the catalyst including at least molybdenum (Mo) and phosphorus (P), where the catalyst has a pore size distribution including at least 50% medium pores and if bismuth is present, a nitric acid to molybdenum mole ratio of at least 0.5:1 or at least 6.0:1 moles of HNO3 per mole of Mo12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott A. Stevenson, Wugeng Liang, James W. Kauffman, Lixia Cai, Angie McGuffey, Joseph R. Linzer
  • Publication number: 20100204513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a complex oxide catalyst whose general formula is Mo12VaCubWcXdYeOf/Z. reducing agent needs to be added into the catalyst during the preparation process of the active component of the catalyst and (or) molding process of the catalyst. Specifically, X is at least one selected from a group consisting of Nb, Sb, Sr, Ba and Te; Y is at least one selected from a group consisting of La, Ce, Nd, Sm and Cs; “a” is ranging from 2 to 8; “b” is ranging from 1 to 6; “c” is ranging from 0.5 to 5; “d” is ranging from 0.01 to 4; “e” is ranging from 0.01 to 4; f is determined by the oxidation state of the component element; Z is silicon powder; the reducing agent is C2˜C6 diol or polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Xuemei Li, Chunhua Qin, Kun Jiao, Shiqiang Feng, Yan Zhuang, Jianxue Ma, Xiaodong Zhu, Jingming Shao