IP Library Granted Patent US 9,340,472
Granted Patent B2
US 9,340,472 · App. 14/021,425 · Granted May 17, 2016

Method for producing conjugated diene

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Patent No.
US 9,340,472
App. No.
14/021,425
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for producing a conjugated diene by subjecting a monoolefin having a carbon atom number of 4 or more and an oxygen gas to an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction by using a molybdenum-containing metal oxide catalyst under heat removal with a coolant, wherein an amount of molybdenum adhered onto a cooling heat transfer surface within a reactor is kept at not more than 20 mg/m 2 , or not only a surface roughness Ra of a cooling heat transfer surface within a reactor is not more than 3 μm, but a temperature difference between a reaction temperature and a coolant temperature is in the range of from 5 to 220° C.

Claims (12)

1. A method for producing a conjugated diene, comprising:

feeding a raw material gas comprising a monoolefin having a carbon atom number of 4 or more and a molecular oxygen-containing gas in a heat-exchange-type reactor having a molybdenum-containing metal oxide catalyst; and

performing an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction while removing reaction heat with a coolant, thereby producing a corresponding conjugated diene,

wherein an amount of molybdenum adhered onto a cooling heat transfer surface within the reactor is kept at not more than 20 mg/m 2 , and

wherein a surface roughness Ra of a cooling heat transfer surface within the reactor is not more than 3 μm, and a temperature difference between a reaction temperature and a coolant temperature is in a range from 5 to 220° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a material which is used for the cooling heat transfer surface is a polished or plated material.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a material for the cooling heat transfer surface comprises a nickel alloy.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the molybdenum-containing metal oxide catalyst is a complex metal oxide catalyst which further comprises bismuth and cobalt.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the raw material gas is at least one gas selected from the group consisting of (i) a fraction comprising 1-butene, 2-butene, or a mixture thereof obtained from a C 4 fraction produced by a naphtha cracking; (ii) a gas comprising 1-butene, cis-2-butene, or trans-2-butene, or a mixture thereof, obtained by dimerization of ethylene; (iii) a butene fraction which is formed through dehydrogenation or oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of n-butane; and (iv) a gas comprising a hydrocarbon having a carbon atom number of 4, which is obtained from a fluid catalytic cracking of a fuel oil fraction.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure of the reactor is from 0 MPaG to 0.5 MPaG.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness Ra of a cooling heat transfer surface within the reactor is not more than 1.5 μm, and a temperature difference between a reaction temperature and a coolant temperature is from 20 to 100° C.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the coolant is at least one selected from the group consisting of dibenzyltoluene, a nitrate, and a nitrite.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: KAMEO, HIROSHI; KAJITANI, HIDENOBU; IWAKAI, KAZUYUKI; TAKEO, HIROSHI; ORITA, SOUICHI; TAKEUCHI, TAKESHI
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031184/0363 →