Method of coating a catalyst to a support for use in acrolein oxidation

Abstract

A method of coating a catalyst to a support for use in acrolein oxidation reaction. Metallic salt components of the catalyst including molybdate, vanadate and tungstate are dissolved in a liquid to form a suspension of particles of the catalyst. The precipitation of the catalyst particles is controlled by homogenizing the catalyst particles suspended in the liquid. The phase separation between the catalyst particles and the liquid can be substantially slowed down by the homogenization. Then the catalyst is coated on an inert support by applying the suspension of the catalyst particles to the support. In the suspension, the total weight of water is about 0.8 to about 5 times of the total weight of the metallic salts in the catalyst. This method of preparing suspension minimizes the amount of the liquid required to dissolve the metallic salts, which reduces the amount of time and energy to be used in evaporating the liquid from the suspension. Additionally, in obtaining catalyst from the suspension prepared by this method, it is possible to avoid the deterioration of the catalytic performance since less heat is required to evaporate the water.

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