Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Badische Anilin- & Soda-fabrik Aktiengesellschaft

Hans Haas

Hans Diem

Albrecht Aicher

Guenther Matthias

Gunter Lehmann

Christian Dudeck

Fritz Brunnmueller

Oskar Hussy

Heinrich Sperber

Oskar Hussey, Deceased

Karl Seither

Fritz Finkbeiner

Sulfur-free combustion gases of low soot content are produced by mixing oxygen and an off-gas of a defined composition in a defined weight ratio, passing the final mixture thus obtained through a defined number of slit channels of gas burners into a combustion chamber and combusting it at a defined temperature. Compared to the prior art, the process of the invention gives sulfur-free combustion gases, containing little or no soot (in general containing no detectable soot), more simply and more economically. These gases are used for heating, in particular for raising steam.

Production of sulfur-free combustion gases of low soot content

Formaldehyde is manufactured by oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol in the presence of a silver catalyst and of certain amounts of steam and formaldehyde, some formaldehyde and a part of the water being withdrawn from the reaction mixture and recycled. The formaldehyde manufactured by the process may be used as a disinfectant, tanning agent, reducing agent and starting material for the manufacture of synthetic resin, adhesives and plastics.

Manufacture of concentrated aqueous solutions of formaldehyde

The production of formaldehyde by oxidizing dehydrogenation of methanol in the presence of a silver catalyst which consists of three or more layers each of specific weight and particles of specific particle size and having a specific total layer thickness. Formaldehyde prepared according to the process of the invention is a disinfectant, tanning agent, reducing agent and valuable starting material for the production of synthetic resins, adhesives and plastics.

Production of formaldehyde

Manufacture of formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol in the presence of a silver catalyst, wherein methanol and water are evaporated in the presence of air in a plate column containing a number of double plates each consisting of a sieve plate and a lower plate having the form of a shallow bowl and inclined at a specific angle to the horizontal, the resulting vaporous mixture then being reacted. The formaldehyde which may be produced by the process of the invention is a disinfectant, tanning agent, reducing agent and a valuable starting material for the manufacture of synthetic resins, adhesives and plastics.

Manufacture of formaldehyde

The manufacture of formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation of crude methanol in the presence of a silver catalyst, the crude methanol being caused to impinge against baffle plates before the reaction takes place, the impurities which separate at the baffle plates being collected. The formaldehyde manufactured by the process of the invention is valuable as a disinfectant, tanning agent, reducing agent and intermediate in the manufacture of synthetic resins, adhesives and plastics.

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Hans Haas