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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Mimura, Hyogo, JP;
Fumio Munechika, Hyogo, JP;
Hisao Kakuta, Hyogo, JP;
Motoki Hisanaga, Hyogo, JP;
Seiichi Hara, Hyogo, JP;
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for allowing a used inert material that has been subjected to a reaction once, which is disposed of in the background art, to be used again as well as a brand-new one. A method of recovering an inert material of the present invention is characterized by in the fixed-bed reactor, the inert material is loaded in an inert material layer provided between a first-stage catalyst layer and a second-stage catalyst layer, the first-stage catalyst layer is loaded with a first-stage catalyst for producing acrolein from propylene, and the second-stage catalyst layer is loaded with a second-stage catalyst for producing acrylic acid from acrolein, the method comprising the steps of: extracting the inert material from the fixed-bed reactor; washing the extracted inert material; and screening the washed inert material.