Monsanto Company

Warn D Robinson

Ramon A Mount

Harold Raffelson

In the method for the preparation of maleic anhydride by oxidizing an aliphatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen complex catalyst, the improvement which comprises employing a catalyst with enhanced crush strength.

Maleic anhydride production with high crush strength catalysts

In the preparation of phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst, where vanadium and phosphorus are contacted under conditions to provide a catalyst precursor with vanadium in the tetravalent state, and the precursor is formed into agglomerations and subsequently calcined at high temperatures, the improvement which comprises contacting the catalyst precursor with a non-aqueous solvent in an amount sufficient to enhance crush strength.

Solvent conditioning of phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalysts

In the method for the preparation of maleic anhydride by oxidizing an aliphatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen complex catalyst, the improvement which comprises employing a catalyst with enhanced surface adhesion thereby reducing attrition during preparation of the maleic anhydride.

Method of producing maleic anhydride

In the preparation of phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst, where vanadium and phosphorus are contacted under conditions to provide a catalyst precursor with vanadium in the tetravalent state, and the precursor is formed into agglomerations and subsequently calcined at high temperatures, the improvement which comprises wetting the catalyst precursor with an aqueous liquid in an amount sufficient to enhance surface adhesion prior to calcining.

Conditioning phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst

In a method for preparing a phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst wherein a pentavalent vanadium compound and a trivalent phosphorus compound are brought together in a liquid reaction zone under conditions to provide a substantial amount of tetravalent vanadium and to form a phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst precursor having a phosphorus to vanadium atom ratio between about 0.9:1 and about 2:1, the improvement of this invention comprises adding a sufficient amount of a surfactant to the liquid reaction zone to form a dispersion which comprises a liquid, the surfactant and a dispersoid of the phosphorus-vanadium-oxygen catalyst precursor.

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