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US 5,707,917 AGranted
Catalyst for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons
AssigneeEngelhard De Meern B.V.
InventorsJohn Wilhelm Geus, Rudolf Alfred Overbeek
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AssigneeEngelhard De Meern B.V.
InventorsJohn Wilhelm Geus, Rudolf Alfred Overbeek
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The invention relates to a heterogeneous vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst system for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, which may or may not be saturated, comprising a support based on one or more metal oxides, and vanadium-phosphorus oxide in an amount of from 0.01 to 45 wt. %, based on the weight of the catalyst and calculated as (VO).sub.2 P.sub.2 O.sub.7, to a process for the selective oxidation of an organic compound in the presence of a vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst, which process comprises an oxidation and a reduction phase, wherein a hydrocarbon is contacted with said catalyst in the reduction phase and in oxidized or non-oxidized form is adsorbed to the catalyst, whereafter the thus loaded catalyst is brought into the oxidation phase, the desired product is formed in the presence of gaseous oxygen and subsequently separated.
A heterogeneous vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst system for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, comprising a support based on one or more metal oxides, said support having a surface, and vanadium-phosphorus oxide in an amount of from 0.01 to 45 wt. %, based on the weight of the catalyst and calculated as (VO).sub.2 P.sub.2 O.sub.7, wherein said vanadium-phosphorous oxide component is well-dispersed over said surface of said support, and wherein said catalyst has a dispersion number between 0.01 and 500, said catalyst having been made by a process that includes a step of applying the vanadium containing component to the surface of the catalyst support by homogeneously increasing the pH of a suspension of a suitable support in a solution of a vanadium salt, in which the vanadium has an adjustable average valence which may vary between 2.5 and 4.5, phosphate being present before, during or after said step.
A process for the preparation of a heterogeneous vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst system for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, said catalyst comprising a support based on one or more metal oxides, said support having a surface, and said catalyst further comprising vanadium-phosphorus oxide in an amount of from 0.01 to 45 wt. %, based on the weight of the catalyst and calculated as (VO).sub.2 P.sub.2 O.sub.7, wherein said vanadium-phosphorous oxide component is well-dispersed over said surface of said support, and wherein said catalyst has a dispersion number between 0.01 and 500, said process comprising a step of applying the vanadium containing component to the surface of the catalyst support by homogeneously increasing the pH of a suspension of a suitable support in a solution of a vanadium salt, in which the vanadium hah an adjustable average valence which may vary between 2.5 and 4.5, phosphate being present before, during or after said step.
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