Process for the production of organic compounds in a membrane reactor

US6472571B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa-Huels AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Karau · Hamburg, DE
• Jens Wöltinger · Hanau, DE
• Olaf Burkhardt · Kalmthout, BE
• Andreas Bommarius · Frankfurt, DE
• Kai Dieter BOLDT · Hanau, DE
• Jean-Louis Philippe · Dreieich, DE
• Hans Henniges · Bonn, DE
• Karlheinz Drauz · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/896
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the production of organic compounds in a membrane reactor. Inorganic membranes composed of an inorganic backing layer and an inorganic interlayer are used in the membrane reactor. The inorganic interlayer may be modified with organic groups.