Apparatus for the preparation of formaldehyde from methanol

US6472566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ticona LLC · US

Inventors

• Elke Schweers · Bad Soden, DE
• Thomas Kaiser · Kelkheim, DE
• Michael Haubs · Bad Kreuznach, DE
• Michael Rosenberg · Niedernhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01B3/22
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for preparing formaldehyde from methanol by dehydrogenation in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature in the range from 300 to 1000° C., a carrier gas stream which has a temperature above the dehydrogenation temperature is fed to the reactor.