Process for the manufacture of hydrogen peroxide

US6375920B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Martin Fischer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Gerd Kaibel · Lampertheim, DE
• Achim Stammer · Freinsheim, DE
• Klemens Flick · Herxheim, DE
• Stefan Quaiser · Schifferstadt, DE
• Wolfgang Harder · Weinheim, DE
• Klemens Massonne · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2208/00407
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing a hydrogen peroxide solution having a hydrogen peroxide content of not less than 2.5% by weight, which comprises continuously reacting hydrogen and oxygen in an aqueous, alcoholic or aqueous/alcoholic reaction medium in the presence of a catalyst containing palladium.