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Process for preparing acrolein or acrylic acid or a mixture thereof from propane

US7388106B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Catharina Klanner · Mannheim, DE
Martin Dieterle · Ludwigshafen, DE
Goetz-Peter Schindler · Mannheim, DE
Tsung-Chieh Cheng · Heppenheim, DE
Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel · Blankenloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2006
Grant date	Jun 17, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2208/025
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing acrolein or acrylic acid or a mixture thereof from propane, in which propane is dehydrogenated under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone A and the propylene formed is partially oxidized heterogeneously in a reaction zone, reaction zone A being operated in loop mode and reaction gas mixture input stream A fed to the reaction zone A comprising added molecular hydrogen which is added to this input stream as late as possible.

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