Method of carrying out chemical reactions in reaction distillation columns

US5518699A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Huels Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• John Kashnitz · Haltern, DE
• Frank Steding · Marl, DE
• Alfred Oberholz · Marl, DE
• Franz Nierlich · Marl, DE
• Bernd Nowitzki · Marl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 1994
• Grant date: May 21, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S203/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Carrying out a chemical reaction in a reaction distillation column on an inorganic catalyst in the form of a column packing material which is maintained above the column bottom permits the use of high reaction temperatures and the easy removal or replacement of inactivated catalyst.