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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Bruce I. Rosen, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Inventor:
Bruce I. Rosen, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 23/52 (2006.01); B01J 23/22 (2006.01); B01J 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for the selective oxidation of ethane to ethylene and/or acetic acid, and/or the selective oxidation of ethylene to acetic acid, by contacting ethane and/or ethylene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas at elevated temperature in the presence of a spray-dried supported catalyst composition. The supported catalyst composition includes molybdenum, vanadium and niobium metal components, supported on a support comprising alpha-alumina. The supported catalyst is prepared by forming a slurry of the metal components and alpha-alumina support particles or an alpha-alumina support precursor, and spray-drying the slurry.