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US 10,940,463 · App. 16/499,832 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Catalyst, method for producing catalyst, and method for producing acrylonitrile

Inventors: Chihiro Iitsuka (Tokyo, JP); Akiyoshi Fukuzawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B01J23/8876B01J21/08B01J37/0072B01J37/08B01J37/14B01J37/16C07C253/18
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Patent No.
US 10,940,463
App. No.
16/499,832
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a catalyst including Mo, Bi, and Fe, wherein P/R is 0.10 or less, wherein P is a peak intensity at 2θ=22.9±0.2° and R is a peak intensity at 2θ=26.6±0.2°, in X-ray diffraction analysis.

Claims (24)

1. A catalyst comprising Mo, Bi, and Fe, wherein:

P/R is 0.10 or less, wherein P is a peak intensity at 2θ=22.9±0.2° and R is a peak intensity at 2θ=26.6±0.2°, in X-ray diffraction analysis.

2. The catalyst according to claim 1 , comprising Mo, Bi, and Fe, wherein:

Q/R is 0.06 or more, wherein Q is a peak intensity at 2θ=28.0±0.1° and R is a peak intensity at 2θ=26.6±0.2°, in X-ray diffraction analysis.

3. The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is represented by formula (1):

Mo 12 Bi a Fe b X c Y d Z e O f   (1)

wherein, X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, magnesium, calcium, zinc, strontium, barium, and tungsten;

Y represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of cerium, chromium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, praseodymium, samarium, aluminum, boron, gallium, and indium;

Z represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium;

a, b, c, d, and e satisfy 0.1≤a≤2.0, 0.1≤b≤4.0, 0.1≤c≤10.0, 0.1≤d≤3.0, and 0.01≤e≤2.0, respectively; and

f represents a number of oxygen atom needed to satisfy an atomic valence requirement of element existing other than oxygen.

4. The catalyst according to claim 3 , wherein a satisfies 0.1≤a≤0.7.

5. The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst further comprises silica.

6. A method for producing the catalyst according to claim 1 , comprising:

a step of spray-drying a slurry comprising Mo, Bi, and Fe to obtain a dried particle; and

a step of calcining the dried particle in air and further treating in the presence of a gas that comprises oxygen and ammonia and has 0.1 to 9% by volume of water content.

7. A method for producing the catalyst according to claim 1 , comprising:

a step of spray-drying a slurry comprising Mo, Bi, and Fe to obtain a dried particle; and

a step of calcining the dried particle in air and further treating in the presence of a reducing gas and oxygen.

8. The method for producing the catalyst according to claim 7 , wherein an amount of oxygen with respect to the reducing gas (a ratio of oxygen/reducing gas) is 0.3 to 0.95 times a stoichiometric ratio at which the reducing gas is completely combusted.

9. A method for producing acrylonitrile comprising a step of reacting propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia with each other in the presence of the catalyst according to claim 1 .

10. The method for producing acrylonitrile according to claim 9 , wherein the method is carried out by a fluidized bed reactor.

11. The method for producing acrylonitrile according to claim 9 , wherein a molar ratio of ammonia and air to propylene is in a range of 1.0/(0.8 to 2.5)/(7.0 to 12.0) represented by a ratio of propylene/ammonia/air.

12. The method for producing acrylonitrile according to claim 9 , wherein a reaction is carried out in a temperature range of 300 to 550° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2019
From: IITSUKA, CHIHIRO; FUKUZAWA, AKIYOSHI
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050748/0852 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-068563 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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