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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Radwan Abdallah, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Torsten Mäurer, Lambsheim, DE;
Tobias Rosendahl, Mannheim, DE;
Frank Rosowski, Mannheim, DE;
Gerhard Theis, Maxdorf, DE;
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Soumitra Deshmukh, Dublin, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Radwan Abdallah, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Torsten Mäurer, Lambsheim, DE;
Tobias Rosendahl, Mannheim, DE;
Frank Rosowski, Mannheim, DE;
Gerhard Theis, Maxdorf, DE;
Terry Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Soumitra Deshmukh, Dublin, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process, comprising reacting ethylene and oxygen or a source of oxygen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor to form a product comprising ethylene oxide, wherein the catalyst contains silver or silver compound and a support and the catalyst is in the form of particulate solids having a mean particle diameter from 1 to 1000 μm and wherein the molar ratio of oxygen to ethylene is from 1:4 to 10:1.