Mixed oxide catalysts for catalytic gas phase oxidation

US8772551B2 · 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: Jul 6, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2031

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 pressure, and a method for the production of catalysts.