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Manfred Julius

Johann-Peter Melder

Erhard Henkes

Ekkehard Schwab

Wolfgang Mägerlein

Martin Rudloff

Helmut Schmidtke

Petr Kubanek

Wolfgang Harder

Hardo Siegel

Udo Rheude

Frank-Friedrich Pape

Karl-Heinz Ross

Frank Haese

Theodor Weber

Ralph Versch

Oliver Buβmann

Uwe Leyk

Wolfgang Siegel

Gerd Kaibel

Rolf-Hartmuth Fischer

Tom Witzel

Roland Ettl

Frank Funke

Harald Rust

Michael Henningsen

Thomas Greindl

Wolfgang Reif

Peter Stops

Thomas Hill

Roman Dostalek

Alfred Krause

Willi Schmidt

Werner Reutemann

Jobst Rüdiger Von Watzdorf

Rolf Lebkücher

Gerd Littmann

Ulrich Koehler

Robert Weiss

Joachim Wulff-Döring

Wolfgang Mattmann

Thomas Krug

Armin Stamm

Dieter Hermeling

Oliver Bey

Alois Kindler

Klaus Halbritter

Andreas Keller

Norbert Asprion

Frank Stein

Otto Watzenberger

Rolf Schneider

Marco Bosch

Jochen Steiner

Klaus Mundinger

Axel Wilms

Jan Kurt Eberhardt

Jakob Fischer

Wolfgang Gunther

Frank Poplow

Matthias Kummer

Harry Y Hu

J&ouml;rg Botzem

Wolfgang G&uuml;nther

Roderich Röttger

Ulrike Breiner

Rainer Neuberg

Karl-Heinz Roβ

Kevin Huyghe

Joachim Wulff-Doering

Stefanie Werland

Ulrich Köhler

Oliver Bussmann

Rolf Wambsganβ

Maarten Moors

Elke Geiβbler

Wolf Stegmaier

Ulrich Gräβle

Elke Geiβler

Peter Gaa

Karl-Heínz Roβ

Jan Eberhardt

Elke Geißler

Rolf Wambsganss

Apparatus and processes for continuous distillative separation of a mixture comprising one or more alkanolamine(s) are described. The separation is performed in one or more dividing wall column(s) and the alkanolamine or the alkanolamines is/are withdrawn as a side draw stream or side draw streams (side fraction(s)).

Devices and method for continuous distillative separation of a mixture containing one or more alkanolamine(s)

A process for preparing ethylamines and monoisopropylamine (MIPA), in which bioethanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and of a heterogeneous catalyst to give ethylamines, said bioethanol having a content of sulfur and/or sulfur compounds of &#x2267;0.1 ppm by weight (calculated S), and then isopropanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of the same catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen to give MIPA.

Process for preparing ethylamines and monoisopropylamine (MIPA)

Apparatus and processes for continuous distillative separation of a mixture comprising one or more alkanolamine(s), wherein the separation is performed in one or more dividing wall column(s) and the alkanolamine or the alkanolamines is/are withdrawn as a side draw stream or side draw streams (side fraction(s)).

Integrated process, in which pure carbonyl iron powder (CIP) is prepared by decomposition of pure iron pentacarbonyl (IPC) in a plant A, carbon monoxide (CO) liberated in the decomposition of the IPC is used in plant A for the preparation of further CIP from iron or is fed to an associated plant B for the preparation of synthesis gas or is fed to an associated plant C for the preparation of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas, and the CIP prepared in plant A is used as catalyst or catalyst component in an associated plant C for the preparation of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas from plant B.

Integrated method for producing carbonyl iron powder and hydrocarbons

Processes for preparing an amine, the processes comprising: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, 1.5 to 4.5% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of niobium, sulfur, phosphorus, gallium, boron, lead or antimony, calculated in each case as NbO, HSO, HPO, GaO, BO, PbO and SbOrespectively, and wherein the catalytically active composition does not comprise any molybdenum.

Processes for preparing amines and catalysts for use therein

Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, nickel, and iron, and 0.2 to 5.5% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of tin, lead, bismuth, molybdenum, antimony or phosphorus, calculated as SnO, PbO, BiO, MoO, SbOand HPOrespectively; and wherein the catalytically active composition of the catalyst does not comprise any copper.

Method for producing an amine

Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture containing morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the process including: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from Kto a second distillation column K, in which water and an organic product are separated off at the top at a temperature at the top in the range from 45 to 198&#xb0; C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from Kto a third distillation column K, wherein the column Kis a dividing wall column (DWC)which preferably has a dividing wall (DW) in the longitudinal direction of the column to form an upper combined column region (), a lower combined column region (), an inflow part () having an enrichment section () and a stripping section (), and also an offtake part () having an enrichment section () and a stripping section (), with the bottoms from Kbeing fed in in the upper or middle third of the inflow part (), based on the number of theoretical plates of the inflow part, ADG and organic products having a boiling point of &#x3e;190&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) being discharge at the bottom, organic products having a boiling point of &#x2266;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) being discharge at a top and MO being discharge from the middle or lower third of the offtake part () (side offtake), based on the number of theoretical plates of the offtake part.

Method for the continuous separation by distillation of mixtures that contain morphonline (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water by means of distillation

Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel and tin, and 0.5 to 8.0% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and wherein the catalytically active composition does not comprise any ruthenium.

Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, and 0.2 to 40% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, 0.1 to 5% by weight of an oxygen compound of iron, calculated as FeO, and 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one oxygen compound of lead, tin, bismuth or antimony, calculated as PbO, SnO, BiOand SbOrespectively.

Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the process comprising: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from the first distillation column to a second distillation column K, wherein water and an organic product are separated off at a top of the second distillation column at a top temperature of 45 to 198&#xb0; C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from the second distillation column to a third distillation column K, wherein morpholine and an organic product having a boiling point of &#x3c;140&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at a point selected from a top and a side offtake of the third distillation column, and monoaminodiglycol and an organic product having a boiling point of &#x3e;190&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at a bottom of the third distillation column, and (iv) feeding the morpholine-comprising stream from the third distillation column to a fourth column K, wherein morpholine is separated off at a side offtake of the fourth column, an organic product having a boiling point of &#x2266;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) is separated off at a top of the fourth distillation column and an organic product having a boiling point of &#x2267;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) is separated off at a bottom of the fourth distillation column.

Method for the continuous separation of mixtures comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water by means of distillation

Process for the continuous fractional distillation of mixtures including morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water obtained by reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, which includes separating off ammonia at the top of a first distillation column K10, feeding the bottoms from K10 to a second distillation column K20 in which water and organic products are separated off at the top at a temperature at the top in the range from 45 to 198&#xb0; C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar, feeding the bottoms from K20 to a third distillation column K30 in which MO and organic products having a boiling point of &#x3c;140&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the top or at a side offtake and ADG and organic products having a boiling point of &#x3e;190&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom, feeding the MO including stream which is separated off at the top or at a side offtake of the column K30 to a fourth column K40 in which organic products having a boiling point of &#x2266;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the top and MO and organic products having a boiling point of &#x2267;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom and the bottoms from K40 are fed to a fifth distillation column K55 in which MO is separated off at the top and organic products having a boiling point of &#x2267;128&#xb0; C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom.

Processes for continuous fractional distillation of mixtures comprising morpholine, monoaminodiglycol, ammonia and water

Processes comprising: providing an aromatic alcohol; and reacting the aromatic alcohol with ammonia at a temperature of 80 to 350&#xb0; C. in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst to form a crude reaction product comprising a corresponding primary aromatic amine, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which, prior to reduction with hydrogen, comprises 90 to 99.8% by weight of zirconium dioxide (ZrO), 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of an oxygen-comprising compound of palladium, and 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of an oxygen-comprising compound of platinum.

Method for the continuous production of an amine

Shaped body comprising an aluminosilicate and aluminum oxide, wherein the shaped body has a molar Al/Si ratio in the range from 10 to 30 and an at least bimodal pore distribution for pores having a diameter of greater than 1 nm, with the volume of the pores of the shaped body having a diameter of greater than 10 nm corresponding to at least 40% of the total pore volume of the shaped body, process for producing it and process for the continuous preparation of methylamines by reaction of methanol and/or dimethyl ether with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the abovementioned shaped bodies are used as catalyst.

Shaped body comprising an aluminosilicate and aluminium oxide and process for the continuous preparation of methylamines

Method of producing triethanolamine where a phosphane or a compound which liberates a phosphane is added to the triethanolamine.

Method for producing triethanolamine

Methods for improving color properties of triethanolamine, and triethanolamine compositions treated thereby, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise: (a) providing a composition comprising triethanolamine; and (b) contacting the composition with an acid component and a basic component; wherein the acid component comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid and mixtures thereof; and wherein the basic component comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, ammonium hydroxides according to general formula (I), and mixtures thereof:[RRR(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium] hydroxide&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein R, Rand Reach independently represents a Calkyl or a Chydroxyalkyl; with the proviso that where the basic component comprises an alkali metal hydroxide, the molar ratio of acid component: basic component is 1:0.1 to 1:1, and where the basic component comprises an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, the molar ratio of acid component: basic component is 1:0.05 to 1:0.5.

Methods of treating triethanolamine with acid components and basic components, and triethanolamine compositions containing the same

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