| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080227992 | Catalyst and Methods for Producing Maleic Anhydride - Catalysts comprising a catalytically active composition, the catalytically active composition comprising vanadium, phosphorus, iron and oxygen, wherein the catalytically active composition has an iron:vanadium atomic ratio of 0.005 to <0.05, and wherein iron in the catalytically active composition is derived from an iron starting material comprising Fe(III) phosphate; and processes for making such catalysts as well as uses therefor to prepare maleic anhydride are described. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080312477 | PROCESS FOR CHARGING A REACTOR WITH A FIXED CATALYST BED WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ANNULAR SHAPED CATALYST BODIES K - A process for charging a reactor with a fixed catalyst bed which comprises at least one annular shaped support catalyst body K, in which, before the charging, fragments formed in the preparation of the shaped catalyst bodies K are removed by screening. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090286999 | CATALYST SYSTEM FOR PREPARING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND/OR CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDES - The present invention relates to a catalyst system for preparing carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic anhydrides which has at least three catalyst layers arranged one on top of the other in the reaction tube, with the proviso that the most inactive catalyst layer is preceded in the upstream direction by a more active catalyst layer. The invention further relates to a process for gas phase oxidation in which a gaseous stream which comprises one hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through a plurality of catalyst layers, the least active catalyst layer being upstream of a more active catalyst layer. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090318712 | CATALYST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND/OR CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES - Catalyst systems for preparing carboxylic acids and/or anhydrides, the catalyst system comprising a reaction zone and a layered catalyst, the reaction zone comprises a gas inlet region and a gas outlet region, the layered catalyst comprises an active composition and one or more middle layers, one or more first layers disposed on a side of the one or more middle layers toward the gas inlet region, and one or more second layers on a side of the one or more middle layers toward the gas outlet region, wherein the active composition content of one or more of the middle catalyst layers, based on total mass of the layered catalyst, is lower than the active composition content of the one or more first catalyst layers and is lower than one or more second catalyst layers; and processes for gas phase oxidation employing a layered catalyst of the present invention. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100029955 | CATALYST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAS PHASE OXIDATION USING AN UPSTREAM LAYER - The present invention relates to a process for gas-phase oxidation, in which a gaseous stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through two or more catalyst zones. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a catalyst system for gas-phase reaction using a preliminary zone. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110028740 | METHOD FOR STARTING A GAS PHASE OXIDATION REACTOR THAT CONTAINS A CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE SILVER-VANADIUM OXIDE BRONZE - What is described is a method for starting a gas phase oxidation reactor that contains a bed of a first catalyst whose active material comprises a catalytically active silver-vanadium oxide bronze, and at least one bed of a second catalyst whose catalytically active material comprises vanadium pentoxide and titanium dioxide, and whose temperature is controllable by means of a heat transfer medium. In the operating state, a gas stream which comprises a loading c | 02-03-2011 |