Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

Andreas Erik Johan Magnusson

John David Pach

Daniel Thomas Sheldon

Ola Erlandsson

Johan Björn Mattias Holmberg

Darren Ward

Kate McFarlane

Kate Mcfarlane

An apparatus for the production of formaldehyde is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a cooled tubular reactor section () having a first inlet, a first outlet and a plurality of tubes each having a first end in fluid communication with the first inlet and a second end in fluid communication with the first outlet. The plurality of tubes contain a first catalyst for the production of formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation. The apparatus is characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a pre-reactor section (). The pre-reactor section () has an inlet. The pre-reactor section () has an outlet in fluid communication with the first inlet of the cooled tubular reactor section (). The pre-reactor section () is configured to contain, in use, an adiabatic catalyst bed. The adiabatic catalyst bed comprises a second catalyst for the production of formaldehyde by catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation.

Apparatus and process for the production of formaldehyde

A process for producing formaldehyde-stabilised urea is described comprising generating a synthesis gas, subjecting the synthesis gas to water-gas shift to form a shifted gas; recovering carbon dioxide from the shifted gas; synthesising methanol from the carbon dioxide-depleted synthesis gas; subjecting recovered methanol to oxidation; subjecting the methanol synthesis off-gas to methanation; synthesising ammonia from the ammonia synthesis gas and recovering the ammonia; reacting ammonia and recovered carbon dioxide stream to form a urea stream; and stabilising the urea by mixing the urea stream and a stabiliser prepared using the recovered formaldehyde, wherein a portion of the synthesis gas by-passes either the one or more of the water-gas shift reactors, carbon dioxide removal unit, or water-gas shift reactors and the carbon dioxide removal unit used in the process.

Integrated process for the production of formaldehyde-stabilised urea

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Perstorp, Sweden

Andreas Erik Johan Magnusson