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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Michele Fiorentino, Aix en Provence, FR;
David Newton, Farnham, GB;
George Fredrick Salem, Aurora, IL (US);
Bruce Leo Williams, Brough, GB;
Michele Fiorentino, Aix en Provence, FR;
David Newton, Farnham, GB;
George Fredrick Salem, Aurora, IL (US);
Bruce Leo Williams, Brough, GB;
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A process for reacting in a fluid bed reactor at least one oxidizable reactant with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalytically active fluidized bed of solid particles. In the process a molecular oxygen-containing gas having an oxygen concentration greater than that of air is introduced into the fluidized bed while the fluidized bed is maintained in a turbulent regime. The process is suitable for oxidation, ammoxidation and carboxylation processes, including the production of maleic anhydride, acrylonitrile, ethylene, acetic acid and vinyl acetate.