PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACROLEIN AND ACRYLIC ACID

Title:

PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACROLEIN AND ACRYLIC ACID

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1998/024746

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A process for the preparation of acrolein and acrylic acid by catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of propylene with molecular oxygen or a gas containing molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst containing Mo, Bi and Fe as the essential components in a fixed-bed multi-tubular reactor, characterized by a) using two or more supported catalysts different from each other in activity and prepared by modifying the firing operation employed in the production of the catalyst, b) dividing the tubular reactor in the axial direction to form two or more catalyst zones, and c) arranging the supported catalysts in such an order that the activity increases in the axial direction of the tubular reactor from the inlet side of the feedstock gas toward the outlet side thereof. According to the process, the occurrence of a hot spot can be avoided and acrolein and acrylic acid can be prepared stably over a long time.

Inventors:

WADA KOICHI (JP)
SEO YOSHIMASA (JP)
IWAMOTO AKIRA (JP)
SUDO ATSUSHI (JP)
SAKAI FUMIO (JP)
SHIRAISHI KAZUO (JP)
NOWATARI HIROYOSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1997/004402

Publication Date:

June 11, 1998

Filing Date:

December 02, 1997

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Assignee:

NIPPON KAYAKU KK (JP)
WADA KOICHI (JP)
SEO YOSHIMASA (JP)
IWAMOTO AKIRA (JP)
SUDO ATSUSHI (JP)
SAKAI FUMIO (JP)
SHIRAISHI KAZUO (JP)
NOWATARI HIROYOSHI (JP)

International Classes:

B01J8/06; B01J23/31; B01J23/887; C07B61/00; C07C27/14; C07C45/35; C07C47/22; B01J23/88; C07C51/25; C07C57/05; (IPC1-7): C07C27/14; C07C47/22; C07C45/35; C07C57/05; B01J23/88; B01J27/192

Foreign References:

JPH083093A	1996-01-09
JPH03294239A	1991-12-25

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