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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Axel Deimling, Neustadt, DE;
Wilhelm Ruppel, Frankenthal, DE;
Uwe Behling, Bobenheim-Roxheim, DE;
Dieter Biedenkapp, Maxdorf, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585440 ; 585446 ;
Abstract
A process for the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene with input of heat by a heat-transfer medium on a dehydrogenation catalyst which is essentially located in a tube bundle, wherein the heat-transfer medium flows countercurrently to the reaction mixture in the region of the tube bundle, and, if required, another reaction chamber is located downstream of the tube bundle and is provided with a catalyst for adiabatic reaction.