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Jean B Myers

Mark William Andersen

Gerard Hecquet

Michel Simon

Roland Kotwica

Mireille Stojanovic

Charlotte Pham

Rashmikant Maganlal Contracter

An improved method for manufacturing acrylic acid by vapor phase oxidation of propylene in a single step or reaction stage using as solid phase oxidant a mixture of two particulate solids comprising a bismuth molybdate multimetal oxide (e.g., Mo,Co,Bi,Fe,W,Si,K,O,) and a molybdenum vanadate multimetal oxide (e.g., Mo,V,Sr,W,Cu,O,). Such a process is advantageously carried out in a recirculating solids reactor system wherein the particulate mixture of solids in an oxidized state reacts with a feed gas containing propylene in a vertical riser reactor and after separation from the acrylic acid gaseous product the particulate mixture of solids in a reduced state is regenerated by contact with an oxygen containing gas in a separate regeneration reactor before recirculation to the riser for further reaction.

Vapor phase catalytic oxidation of propylene to acrylic acid

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Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Jean B Myers