Oxidative dehydrogenation process
AssigneeRegents of the University of Minnesota
InventorsSameer S. Bharadwaj, Lanny D. Schmidt
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Abstract
A process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons is disclosed in which C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanes are contacted with an oxygen containing gas in a fluidized catalyst bed of platinum, rhodium, nickel or platinum-gold supported on .alpha.-alumina or zirconia. Ethane is dehydrogenated to ethylene and higher alkanes are dehydrogenated to ethylene, propylene and iso-butylene.
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A process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of organic compounds comprising contacting saturated organic compounds under oxidative dehydrogenation conditions with a fluidized bed comprising catalyst selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, nickel and platinum-gold on a particulate support in the presence of oxygen containing gas to produce organic compounds having at least one double bond.
A process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons comprising feeding a saturated hydrocarbon stream and an oxygen containing gas stream under oxidative dehydrogenation conditions to a reactor containing a catalyst bed of platinum, rhodium, nickel or platinum-gold supported particulate catalyst, the flow rate of the combined streams being sufficient to fluidize said bed to produce hydrocarbons having at least one double bond.
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