Mixed oxide catalysts for catalytic gas phase oxidation

US8222461B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Achim Fischer · Gelnhausen, DE
• Weimin Lu · Novi, US
• Christoph Weckbecker · Gelnhausen, DE
• Klaus Huthmacher · Gelnhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2523/00
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are mixed oxide catalysts for the catalytic gas phase oxidation of alkanes, or mixtures of alkanes and olefins, for the production of aldehydes and carboxylic acids with air or oxygen in the presence of inert gases at elevated temperatures and pressures, and methods for the production of the catalyst.