Chiyoda Corporation

Nkk Corporation

Ube Corporation

Metawater Co., Ltd.

Mitsunori Shimura

Yoshimi Shiroto

Sachio Asaoka

Fuyuki Yagi

Atsuro Nagumo

Shuhei Wakamatsu

Hiroaki Taniguchi

Yukitaka Wada

Kenichi Kawazuishi

Yakudo Tachibana

Yoshio Fukui

Kazuhiko Tate

Kenji Shimokawa

Kei Yokoyama

Seiya Otani

Osamu Akimoto

Masayoshi Notoya

Masato Tauchi

Jun Matsumoto

Dai Takeda

Yoshimi Okada

Masashi Saito

Hiroto Tajima

Kazuaki Ueda

Satoru Mima

Yuki Nagao

Atsushi Yamada

Fuyuhiko Ishikawa

Norimasa Nonaka

Kanako Tsuda

Masayo Shinohara

Teruyasu Hirayama

A manufacturing method of butadiene includes an electrolytic reduction process that produces ethylene and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water as a raw material by electrolytic reduction, a butene producing process that produces butene by dimerizing the ethylene produced in the electrolytic reduction process, a mixing process that prepares a mixed gas by mixing the oxygen produced in the electrolytic reduction process, the butene produced in the butene producing process, and air, and a butadiene producing process that produces butadiene by heating the mixed gas and oxidatively dehydrogenating the butene, wherein carbon dioxide by-produced in the butadiene producing process is used as a portion of the raw material in the electrolytic reduction process.

Manufacturing method of butadiene

Provided is a method for producing hydrogen aimed at storage and transportation, by which hydrogen for storage and transportation that is necessary for smoothly performing an organic chemical hydride method can be industrially produced efficiently at low cost. The method is a method for producing hydrogen aimed at storage and transportation in an organic chemical hydride method, in which: the hydrogenation process of an aromatic compound uses, as a hydrogen source for the reaction of the aromatic compound, a reaction gas is produced by a reforming reaction and adjusted a hydrogen concentration from 30 to 70 vol % by a shift reaction; and a hydrogenated aromatic compound is separated from a reaction mixture obtained in the hydrogenation process, which is followed by purification.

Method for producing hydrogen aimed at storage and transportation

A process for the production of a liquid hydrocarbon oil from a gas feed containing a lower hydrocarbon and CO , wherein the gas feed is mixed with H O to obtain a mixed gas having specific CO , H O and lower hydrocarbon contents. The mixed gas is contacted with a Rh, Ru/MgO catalyst having a specific surface area of 5 m /g or less to produce a synthesis gas with a carbon conversion efficiency Cf of at least 50%. The thus obtained synthesis gas having a H /CO molar ratio of 1.5-2.5 is reacted in the presence of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to obtain a liquid hydrocarbon oil, while the synthesis gas having a H /CO molar ratio of 0.5-1.5 is reacted in the presence of one or more catalysts having methanol synthesizing, dehydrating and CO shift reaction activities to obtain dimethyl ether.

Process of producing liquid hydrocarbon oil or dimethyl ether from lower hydrocarbon gas containing carbon dioxide

A method of preparing a catalyst, including molding a mixture of magnesium oxide with a binder selected from carbon, fatty acids having 12-22 carbon atoms, magnesium salts of fatty acids having 12-22 carbon atoms, carboxymethyl cellulose, a magnesium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose and polyvinyl alcohol and calcining the molded mixture to obtain a carrier having a specific surface area of 5 m /g of less. The carrier is impregnated with an aqueous solution containing Rh and/or Ru compounds for loading a catalytic metal component and then dried and calcined. The catalyst is used for reforming a lower hydrocarbon gas with steam and carbon dioxide or with carbon dioxide to produce a synthesis gas.

Method of preparing Rh- and/or Ru-catalyst supported on MgO carrier and reforming process using the catalyst

Disclosed are a catalyst for producing a synthesis gas using a carbon-containing organic compound as a raw material and a process for producing carbon monoxide. The catalyst for producing a synthesis gas is composed of a carrier formed of a metal oxide and at least one catalytic metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, palladium and platinum and supported on the carrier and is characterized in that the catalyst has a specific surface area of 25 m /g or less, in that the electronegativity of the metal ion of the carrier metal oxide is 13.0 or less and in that the amount of the supported catalytic metal is 0.0005-0.1 mole %, in terms of a metal, based on the carrier metal oxide. The process for producing carbon monoxide includes a step of reacting a carbon-containing organic compound with carbon dioxide in a pressurized condition to produce a synthesis gas, and a step of concentrating carbon monoxide in the thus obtained synthesis gas and is characterized in that the above-described catalyst is used as a catalyst in the synthesis gas producing step.

Catalyst for preparation of synthesis gas and process for preparing carbon monoxide

Disclosed is a process for producing a synthesis gas by an autothermal reforming method including a step of partially oxidizing a carbon-containing organic compound to produce a high temperature mixed gas, and a synthesis producing step of reacting the unreacted carbon-containing organic compound contained in the high temperature mixed gas with carbon dioxide and/or steam, wherein a catalyst having a considerably suppressed carbon deposition activity is used as a catalyst for the synthesis gas producing step. The catalyst is characterized in that the catalyst comprises a carrier formed of a metal oxide, and at least one catalytic metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, palladium and platinum and supported on the carrier, in that the catalyst has a specific surface area of 25 m /g or less, in that metal ion of the carrier metal oxide has electronegativity of 13.0 or less, and in that the amount of the catalytic metal supported is 0.0005-0.1 mole %, in terms of a metal, based on the carrier metal oxide.

Process for preparing synthesis gas by autothermal reforming

Disclosed is a process for producing a synthesis gas by reacting a carbon-containing organic compound with steam and/or carbon dioxide using a catalyst whose carbon deposition activity is considerably suppressed. The catalyst is characterized in that it comprises a carrier formed of a metal oxide, and at least one catalytic metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, palladium and platinum and supported on the carrier, in that the catalyst has a specific surface area of 25 m,/g or less, in that the electronegativity of the metal ion of the carrier metal oxide is 13.0 or less and in that the amount of the catalytic metal is 0.0005-0.1 mole %, in terms of metal, based on the carrier metal oxide.

Process for preparing synthesis gas

A partition plate for multiple-stage adsorption separator includes a planar body member having opposing external surfaces and a peripheral edge with conduits providing fluid communication between the opposing surfaces and different points on the peripheral edge. Each of the opposing surfaces is provided with a peripheral rim and covered with a perforated plate whereby an open chamber is defined between the body member and a perforated plate at each of the external faces.

Partition plate for multiple-stage adsorption separator

An adsorbent is charged into a horizontal type packed column having a multiplicity of packed vessels each of which is composed of a partition plate and a cylindrical body and which are connected through the partition plates, from an opening formed on the upper wall of each cylindrical body. Then, each opening is closed tightly with a detachable plug cover. The partition plate is provided with a first fluid passage through which a fluid is passed in the direction of the axis of the cylindrical body and a second fluid passage which is in communication with the first fluid passage, which extends toward the peripheral wall of the cylindrical body and which opens at the cylindrical body. This apparatus is suitable for use as a multiple-stage adsorption separator directed to a simulated moving-bed system.

Separator

A method of separating 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene from a mixture containing 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene and structural isomers thereof including the 2,7-isomer is disclosed, wherein the mixture is first subjected to a selective adsorption and desorption treatment using a zeolite absorbent capable of adsorbing the 2,7-isomer to obtain a first extract containing the sorbed 2,7-isomer and a first raffinate containing non-sorbed isomers including the 2,6-isomer, the 2,6-isomer being thereafter separated from the first raffinate.

Method of separating 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene from a mixture

A process for the production of 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene is disclosed wherein an isopropylation reaction mixture containing isopropylated naphthalenes is subjected to transalkylation with a triisopropylnaphthalene-containing mixture to obtain a mixture containing mono-, di- and tri-isopropylnaphthalenes which is then separated into a first fraction containing monisopropylnaphthalenes, a second fraction containing diisopropylnaphthalenes and a third fraction containing triisopropylnaphthalenes. The first and third fractions are recycled to the above system, while the second fraction is subjected to separation treatments for the recovery of 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene. The second fraction from which 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene has been removed is subjected to transalkylation with naphthalene to obtain a monoisopropylnaphthalene-rich mixture which is to be fed to the isopropylation step.

Process for the production of 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene

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