Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a method for preparing butadiene, the method comprising a process of performing an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction by introducing a reactant comprising butene, oxygen, nitrogen, and steam into a reactor which is filled with a catalyst, in which during a first start-up of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene, or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a shaped catalyst for a fixed bed oxidation reaction or a fixed bed oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the catalyst having both of sufficient mechanical strength and catalyst performance, and the catalyst is produced by supporting a catalyst powder containing a complex metal oxide having molybdenum as an essential ingredient on an inert support by a tumbling granulation method at a relative centrifugal force of 1 to 35G.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated catalyst which comprises (a) a support body, (b) a shell comprising a catalytically active multimetal oxide comprising molybdenum and at least one further metal, where the shell is made up of multimetal oxide particles having a d50 of from 6 to 13 ?m, and can be obtained by (i) production of a multimetal oxide precursor composition comprising molybdenum and at least one further metal, (ii) production of a shaped body from the multimetal oxide precursor composition, (iii) calcination of the shaped body composed of the multimetal oxide precursor composition to produce a multimetal oxide composition, (iv) milling of the shaped body composed of multimetal oxide composition to form multimetal oxide particles having a d50 of from 6 to 13 ?m, (v) coating of the support body with the multimetal oxide particles, (vi) thermal treatment of the coated support body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene, which comprises at least two production steps (i) and at least one regeneration step (ii), in which (i) in one production step, a starting gas mixture comprising n-butenes is mixed with an oxygen-comprising gas and brought into contact with a multimetal oxide catalyst which comprises at least molybdenum and a further metal and is arranged in a fixed catalyst bed in a fixed-bed reactor, and (ii) in a regeneration step, the multimetal oxide catalyst is regenerated by passing an oxygen-comprising regeneration gas mixture over the fixed catalyst bed and burning off the carbon deposited on the catalyst, where a regeneration step (ii) is carried out between two production steps (i), wherein the at least two production steps (i) are carried out at a temperature of at least 350° C. and the at least one regeneration step (ii) is carried out at a temperature which is not more than 50° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst, in particular a coated catalyst, for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene, its use and also a process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst which comprises a catalytically active multimetal oxide which comprises molybdenum and at least one further metal has the general formula (I) Mo12BiaMnbCocFedX1eX2fOx??(I), where the variables have the following meanings: X1=Si and/or Al; X2=Li, Na, K, Cs and/or Rb; a=0.2 to 1; b=0 to 2; c=2 to 10; d=0.5 to 10; e=0 to 10; f=0 to 0.5; and x=is a number determined by the valence and abundance of the elements other than oxygen in (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene, which comprises two or more production steps (i) and at least one regeneration step (ii), in which (i) in one production step, a starting gas mixture comprising n-butenes is mixed with an oxygen-comprising gas and brought into contact with a multimetal oxide catalyst which comprises at least molybdenum and a further metal and is arranged in a fixed catalyst bed in a fixed-bed reactor at a temperature of from 220 to 490° C., and, before the relative decrease in conversion at constant temperature is >25%, (ii) in a regeneration step, the multimetal oxide catalyst is regenerated by passing an oxygen-comprising regeneration gas mixture at a temperature of from 200 to 450° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a conjugated diene by subjecting a monoolefin having a carbon atom number of 4 or more and an oxygen gas to an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction by using a molybdenum-containing metal oxide catalyst under heat removal with a coolant, wherein an amount of molybdenum adhered onto a cooling heat transfer surface within a reactor is kept at not more than 20 mg/m2, or not only a surface roughness Ra of a cooling heat transfer surface within a reactor is not more than 3 ?m, but a temperature difference between a reaction temperature and a coolant temperature is in the range of from 5 to 220° C.

Abstract: A method of preparing multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of four metal components and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst, and particularly, to multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of a divalent cationic metal, a trivalent cationic metal, bismuth and molybdenum, a preparation method thereof, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene from a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane using oxidative dehydrogenation are described.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing a multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst by changing the pH of a coprecipitation solution upon coprecipitation and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst. The multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst, coprecipitated using a solution having an adjusted pH, the preparation method thereof, and the method of preparing 1,3-butadiene through oxidative dehydrogenation using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane as a reactant are provided. The C4 raffinate, containing many impurities, is directly used as a reactant without an additional process for separating n-butane or extracting n-butene, thus obtaining 1,3-butadiene at high yield. The activity of the multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst can be simply increased through precise pH adjustment upon coprecipitation, which is not disclosed in the conventional techniques.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel mixed ion and electron conducting catalytic ceramic membrane and to its use in hydrocarbon oxidation and or hydrogenation processes, the membrane consists of two layers, layer 1 which is an impervious mixed ion and electron conducting ceramic layer and layer 2 which is a porous catalyst-containing ion conducting ceramic layer.

Abstract: A regeneration process for tellurium-containing metal oxide catalysts used in the process for oxidation, ammoxidation or oxidative dehydrogenation of organic compounds at a temperature of about 300.degree. C. to about 600.degree. C. The process can be effectively applied to such catalysts which have become partially deactivated during the reaction.

Abstract: A process for producing a conjugated diolefin, which comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating a monoolefin having at least 4 carbon atoms in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to form the corresponding conjugated diolefin, said reaction being carried out in the presence of a catalyst having the general composition formulaMo.sub.a Bi.sub.b Cr.sub.c Ni.sub.d X.sub.e Fe.sub.f Y.sub.g Z.sub.h O.sub.iwherein X represents Zr or Al, Y represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements of Group Ia of the periodic table, metal elements of Group II of the periodic table, Tl and P, Z represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Ag, Ti, Nb, Ta, Co, La, Ce, Nd and Mn, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h and i are respectively the atomic numbers of Mo, Bi, Cr, Ni, X, Fe, Y, Z and O, and when a=12, b=0.05-20, c=0.05-20, d=0.1-30, e=0.01-20, f=0.01-20, g=0.001-20, h=0-20, and i is the atomic number of oxygen satisfying the atomic valences of the other elements.

Abstract: Iron-antimony metallic oxide catalysts which have become deactivated after being used for the production of aldehydes, acids, nitriles, or dienes through oxidation, ammoxidation, or oxidative dehydrogenation of organic compounds in fluidized-bed reactors are regenerated by adding to the catalyst a solid molybdenum component which is volatile or capable of forming a volatile compound under reaction conditions. The metallic oxide catalysts contain as essential components (I) Fe, (II) Sb, (III) at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, MO, and W, and (IV) Te.

Abstract: In a process for producing a conjugated diolefin which comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating a monolefin having at least 4 carbon atoms in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to form the corresponding conjugated diolefin; the improvement wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a catalyst having the general composition formulaMo.sub.a Bi.sub.b Cr.sub.c Ni.sub.d X.sub.e Y.sub.f O.sub.gwherein X represents at least one element selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Tl and P, Y represents at least one element selected from Al, Ga, Zr, Pb, Nb, Ta, Hf and Mn, and a, b, c, d, e, f and g respectively represent the number of Mo, Bi, Cr, Ni, X, Y and O atoms, and when a=12, b=0.05-20, c=0.05-20, d=0.1-30, e=0.01-10, f=0.01-20, and g is the number of oxygen atoms which satisfies the atomic valences of the other elements.

Abstract: A process for regenerating an antimony containing metal oxide catalyst which comprisesimpregnating aqueous ammonia in an amount corresponding to the pore volume of the catalyst, to a metal oxide catalyst whose activity has been deteriorated, the catalyst containing an essential components (A) antimony, (B) at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, uranium, cerium, tin and copper, (C) at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten and (D) tellurium,drying the catalyst, andcalcining the catalyst in a non-reducing atmosphere at a temperature in the range of about 550.degree. C. to about 950.degree. C.

Abstract: Oxide complex catalysts comprising Fe-Sb-Bi-O.sub.x promoted with a wide variety of different elements have been found to be especially useful in the ammoxidation of olefins to nitriles such as acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile. Not only are the desired nitriles obtained with high yields when these catalysts are used, but also the production of unwanted liquid byproducts such as acrolein, acrylic acid and acetonitrile is significantly reduced.

Abstract: In a process for producing a conjugated diolefin which comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating a monolefin having at least 4 carbon atoms in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to form the corresponding conjugated diolefin; the improvement wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a catalyst having the general composition formulaMo.sub.a Bi.sub.b Cr.sub.c Ni.sub.d X.sub.e Y.sub.f O.sub.gwherein X represents at least one element selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Tl and P, Y represents at least one element selected from metal elements of Group II of the periodic table, and a, b, c, d, e, f and g respectively represent the number of Mo, Bi, Cr, Ni, X, Y and O atoms, and when a=12, b=0.05-20, c=0.05-20, d=0.1-30, e=0.01-10, f=0.01-20, and g is the number of oxygen atoms which satisfies the atomic valences of the other elements.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a deteriorated antimony containing oxide catalyst comprising as essential components of (i) antimony and (ii) at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, uranium, cerium, tin and copper wherein the antimony containing oxide catalyst is impregnated or sprayed with an aqueous solution of nitric acid and/or a nitrate, and the impregnated catalyst is dried, and then calcined at a temperature in the range of from 400.degree. to 1000.degree. C.

Abstract: Certain multiply promoted U-Sb-oxides are superior catalysts for the ammoxidation of olefins to the corresponding unsaturated nitriles, the selective oxidation of olefins to unsaturated aldehydes and acids, and the oxyde-hydrogenation of olefins to diolefins.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a deteriorated antimony containing oxide catalyst comprising as essential components of (i) antimony and (ii) at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, uranium, cerium, tin and copper wherein the deteriorated antimony containing oxide catalyst is impregnated or sprayed with an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and the impregnated catalyst is dried and then calcined at a temperature of about 200.degree. to 1,000.degree. C.

Abstract: The process for preparing butadiene (divinyl) according to the present invention comprises dehydrogenation of n-butane or a mixture thereof with n-butene at a temperature ranging from 550.degree. to 650.degree. C. in the presence of oxygen, an inert diluent and a catalyst having the following composition, percent by weight:antimony oxide: 5.0-20.0vanadium oxide: 2.0-10.0nickel oxide: 4.0-20.0thorium oxide: 0.1-1.0titanium oxide: 0.1-1.0carrier: the balance.The process of this invention makes it possible to increase simultaneously the yield and selectivity of the formation of divinyl.

Abstract: Catalysts containing at least nickel or cobalt, chromium, bismuth and molybdenum have been found to be especially useful for the ammoxidation of olefins, the oxidation of olefins and the oxidative dehydrogenation of olefins.

Abstract: A vapor phase catalytic oxydehydrogenation process for the conversion of a steam of mixed isomeric isoamylenes, methyl butanols or mixtures thereof to isoprene with relatively short contact times at a reactor temperature in the range of 500.degree. F. to 1100.degree. F. at from 0.5 to about 10 atmospheres pressure. The catalysts comprise an alkali metal as an essential catalytic ingredient.