Process for the conversion of ethylene to vinyl chloride and novel catalyst compositions useful for such process
US6909024B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J23/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention is a process for producing vinyl chloride from an ethylene-containing feed, oxygen, and a chlorine source in the presence of a catalyst. The process permits direct production of vinyl chloride in a single reactor system, and further permits ethane to be used as the C2 hydrocarbon feed with recycle of ethylene from the product stream to constitute the ethylene specified for the feed. This invention in another aspect concerns also a composition of matter, and a method for making the composition, wherein the composition is useful as a catalyst for the vinyl chloride process. The composition comprises a rare earth-containing material, with the proviso that the catalyst prepared therefrom is substantially free of iron and copper and with the further proviso that when cerium is present the catalyst further comprises at least one more rare earth element other than cerium.
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