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Process for reactivating used silver ethylene oxide catalysts

US4125480A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 1977
Grant dateNov 14, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 18, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/584
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The performance of used supported silver-based ethylene oxide catalysts is improved by a) washing the used catalyst with water or a mixture of water with a water-miscible organic solvent and b) depositing on the washed catalyst from about 0.00004 to about 0.008 gram equivalent weights per kilogram of total catalyst of ions of one or more of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium.

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