Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation

Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryusuke Miyazaki

Kenji Akagishi

Hiroyuki Yano

Takashi Tsunoda

Yoshikazu Takamatsu

Hideo Midorikawa

A method for producing propylene, the method contains: producing a silica composite by preparing a raw material mixture containing silica and zeolite; drying the raw material mixture to obtain a dried product; and calcining the dried product; wherein the method contains the step of bringing a solution of phosphate into contact with the zeolite and/or the dried product to thereby adjust a phosphorus content in the silica composite to 0.01 to 1.0% by mass based on the total mass of the silica composite, a source of the phosphorus is phosphate, and the zeolite is of MFI type and has a SiO/AlOratio (by mol) of 20 or more; and bringing the silica composite into contact with a hydrocarbon source containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of ethylene, ethanol, methanol, and dimethyl ether in the presence of steam.

Silica composite, method for producing the same, and method for producing propylene using the silica composite

The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst having excellent shape, fluidity and mechanical strength as a catalyst for a fluidized bed reaction. The present invention provides a zeolite-containing catalyst which is a particulate catalyst containing zeolite and silica, wherein the catalyst has an average particle diameter of 20 to 300 &#x3bc;m and the ratio of the void area in the cross-section of the particle is 30% or less relative to the cross-section area of the particle.

Zeolite-containing catalyst and method for producing the same, and method for producing propylene

The present invention provides a method for producing a silica composite by the steps of:

The present invention provides a process for producing propylene, comprising contacting at least one of raw material selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ethanol with a catalyst containing a medium pore diameter zeolite in a fluidized bed reactor wherein the catalyst containing the medium pore diameter zeolite satisfies the following (a) through (e):

Propylene production process

The present invention provides in a method for producing propylene from a hydrocarbon raw material containing ethylene in an amount exceeding 50% by mass under the co-existence of water, a method for producing propylene stably over a long term from ethylene in a high yield and with the reaction/regeneration repeated. A method for producing propylene includes a step for catalytically converting a hydrocarbon raw material containing ethylene in an amount exceeding 50% by mass with a zeolite-containing catalyst while supplying water, wherein a zeolite contained in the zeolite-containing catalyst satisfies (1) to (3) shown below;

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Tokyo, Japan

Ryusuke Miyazaki