Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100022734 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING ACRYLIC ACID PRESENT AS A MAIN CONSTITUENT AND GLYOXAL PRESENT AS A BY-PRODUCT IN A PRODUCT GAS MIXTURE OF A PARTIAL HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF A C3 PRECURSOR COMPOUND OF ACRYLIC ACID - A process for separating acrylic acid present as a main product and glyoxal present as a by-product in a product gas mixture of a partial gas phase oxidation of a C | 01-28-2010 |
20100069660 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GEOMETRIC SHAPED CATALYST BODIES - A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry | 03-18-2010 |
20100152475 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING GEOMETRIC SHAPED CATALYST BODIES K - 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 | 06-17-2010 |
20100152482 | PROCESS FOR REDISSOCIATING MICHAEL ADDUCTS WHICH ARE PRESENT IN A LIQUID F AND HAVE BEEN FORMED IN THE PREPARATION OF ACRYLIC ACID OR ESTERS THEREOF - A process for redissociating Michael adducts which are present in a liquid F with a proportion by weight of ≧10% by weight and have been formed in the preparation of acrylic acid or esters thereof in a redissociating apparatus which comprises a pump P, a separating column K with separating internals and a circulation heat exchanger UW, wherein, for the purpose of supplying the cleavage energy, the pump P sucks in bottoms liquid from the bottom space of the separating column K and, via the circulation heat exchanger UW, continually recycles it into the bottom space above the level of the bottoms liquid, and wherein the pump P is a radial circulation pump with an open impeller. | 06-17-2010 |
20100197489 | METHOD OF CHARGING CATALYST TUBES OF A BUNDLE OF CATALYST TUBES IN A STRUCTURED FASHION - A method of charging catalyst tubes of a bundle of catalyst tubes in a structured fashion, in which uniformly predispensed portions of formulations of shaped catalyst bodies are used for producing a section of charge. | 08-05-2010 |
20100206821 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING REMOVAL OF A CHEMICAL TARGET COMPOUND FROM A SUSPENSION OF CRYSTALS THEREOF IN MOTHER LIQUOR - A process for purifying removal of a chemical target compound from a suspension of crystals thereof in mother liquor in a wash column with forced transport of the crystal bed from the top downward, in which crystals are removed from the lower end of the crystal bed with a rotating removal device and melted, and a portion of the crystal melt is conducted back toward the crystal bed as wash melt, the removal device being secured with a drive shaft conducted into the wash column from the bottom through an inlet having a seal, said drive shaft being driven about its longitudinal axis by a drive unit for rotation and being mounted so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis in more than one bearing, such that the mounting in one of the bearings absorbs the downward force acting on the drive shaft, the mounting in two or more bearings absorbs forces acting radially outward from the drive shaft, and the mounting in one bearing is additionally capable of absorbing an upward force acting on the drive shaft. | 08-19-2010 |
20100286461 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL DEHYDROGENATION OF AT LEAST ONE HYDROCARBON TO BE DEHYDROGENATED - A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a steel with specific elemental composition on its side in contact with the reaction gas, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself. | 11-11-2010 |
20110036704 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF ACRYLIC ACID FROM THE PRODUCT GAS MIXTURE OF A HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF AT LEAST ONE C3 PRECURSOR COMPOUND - A process for removal of a crude acrylic acid from a product gas mixture which comprises glyoxal as a by-product from a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of at least one C | 02-17-2011 |
20110038763 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL DEHYDROGENATION OF AT LEAST ONE HYDROCARBON TO BE DEHYDROGENATED - A process for continuous heterogeneously catalyzed partial dehydrogenation of at least one hydrocarbon to be dehydrogenated in a reactor which is manufactured from a composite material which consists, on its side in contact with the reaction chamber, of a steel B with specific elemental composition which, on its side facing away from the reaction chamber, either directly or via an intermediate layer of copper, or of nickel, or of copper and nickel, is plated onto a steel A with specific elemental composition, and also partial oxidations of the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and the reactor itself. | 02-17-2011 |
20110065953 | PROCESS FOR THE LONG-TERM OPERATION OF A HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF AN ORGANIC STARTING COMPOUND - A process for the long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic starting compound, in which the reaction gas input mixture is partially oxidized over a fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two successive temperature zones A, B whose temperature is changed with increasing operating time such that the initially lower temperature increases and the difference between the two temperatures decreases. | 03-17-2011 |
20110124834 | PROCESS FOR STARTING UP A SEPARATING PROCESS FOR PURIFYING REMOVAL OF ACRYLIC ACID CRYSTALS FROM A SUSPENSION S OF CRYSTALS THEREOF IN MOTHER LIQUOR - A process for starting up a separating process for purifying removal of acrylic acid crystals from a suspension S of crystals thereof in mother liquor with a hydraulic wash column which has a crystal melt circuit including crystal melt space, and a process space and a distributor space which are separated by an end with passages connecting the two spaces, in which the crystal bed is formed for the first time by first filling the crystal melt circuit and, at least partly, the process space with an acrylic acid-comprising startup liquid whose acrylic acid crystal formation temperature is less than or equal to the temperature of the suspension S increased by 15° C., and then continuing the filling of the wash column with the suspension S and optionally with control liquor until the difference between the pressure in the crystal melt space and the pressure in the distributor space falls suddenly, the arithmetic mean of the total waste liquor flow flowing through the filters of the filter tubes of the wash column until this time, based on the area of all filters, being not more than 80 m | 05-26-2011 |
20110130596 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING (METH)ACROLEIN BY HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED GAS PHASE PARTIAL OXIDATION - A process for preparing (meth)acrolein by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of a precursor compound, in which the reaction gas mixture which comprises at least 3% by volume of precursor compound is passed through a fresh fixed catalyst bed whose active material is a multielement oxide which comprises the elements Mo, Fe and Bi and at least one of the elements Ni and Co, and the fixed catalyst bed is loaded with at least 40 l (STP)/l·h of precursor compound, and the precursor compound is converted to an extent of at least 90 mol %, wherein, over the first 8000 operating hours, during X=10 to 500 operating hours, the highest temperature of the reaction gas mixture in the fixed catalyst bed is 400 to 450° C. and, during the remaining 8000−X operating hours, is 300 to <400° C., and the loading of the fixed catalyst bed with organic precursor compound, averaged over the time, for the X=10 to 500 operating hours is greater than for the 8000−X operating hours. | 06-02-2011 |
20110275856 | EGGSHELL CATALYST CONSISTING OF A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL SUPPORT BODY AND A CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE OXIDE MATERIAL APPLIED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT BODY - 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, | 11-10-2011 |
20120095267 | PROCESS FOR LONG-TERM OPERATION OF A HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF PROPENE TO ACROLEIN - A process for long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein, in which the propene present in the reaction gas input mixture is partially oxidized as this gas mixture passes through the fixed catalyst bed which is accommodated in two spatially successive temperature zones A, B, and, in long-term operation, as a measure to counteract the reduction in the quality of the fixed catalyst bed, the temperature of at least one of the two temperature zones is increased such that the difference T | 04-19-2012 |
20120258019 | APPARATUS FOR A PROCESS FOR REDISSOCIATING MICHAEL ADDUCTS WHICH ARE PRESENT IN A LIQUID F AND HAVE BEEN FORMED IN THE PREPARATION OF ACRYLIC ACID OR ESTERS THEREOF - A redissociating apparatus to carry out a process for redissociating Michael adducts which are present in a liquid F with a proportion by weight of ≧10% by weight and have been formed in the preparation of acrylic acid or esters thereof is provided. The apparatus comprises a pump P, a separating column K with separating internals and a circulation heat exchanger UW, wherein, for the purpose of supplying the cleavage energy, the pump P sucks in bottoms liquid from the bottom space of the separating column K and, via the circulation heat exchanger UW, continually recycles it into the bottom space above the level of the bottoms liquid, and wherein the pump P is a radial circulation pump with an open impeller. | 10-11-2012 |