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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Alouisius Nicolaas Renée Bos, Amsterdam, NL;
Ronald Jan Schoonebeek, Amsterdam, NL;
Frank Spies, Amsterdam, NL;
Michael Johannes Franciscus Maria Verhaak, Amsterdam, NL;
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process of the oxidative dehydrogenation of an alkane containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms and/or the oxidation of an alkene containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms, comprising contacting a first gas stream comprising oxygen and the alkane containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms and/or the alkene containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms with a mixed metal oxide catalyst containing molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and optionally tellurium; followed by contacting a second gas stream comprising methane, an inert gas or oxygen or any combination of two or more of these with the catalyst, wherein the second gas stream comprises 0 to 25 vol. % of the alkane containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms and/or alkene containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms.