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Catalyst for dehydrogenation
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1977-01-27
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Granted: 1978-07-04
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Expires: 1997-01-27
Abstract
Abstract Iron-potassium-vanadium-cobalt oxide catalysts are useful in the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons to the corresponding more-unsaturated hydrocarbons and result in an improved yield.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregor H. Riesser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:28
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/70; B01J23/76; B01J23/84; B01J23/847; B01J23/8472; C; C07; C07C; C07C5/00; C07C5/32; C07C5/321; C07C5/322
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A catalyst for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons to more unsaturated hydrocarbons comprising a mixture having: (a) from about 35 to about 67 percent by weight of an iron oxide, measured as iron metal; (b) from about 4 to about 25 percent by weight of potassium oxide, measured as potassium metal; (c) from about 0.5 to about 3.5 percent by weight of a vanadium oxide, measured as vanadium metal; and (d) from about 0.0075 to about 8 percent by weight of a cobalt oxide measured as cobalt metal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
A catalyst for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons to more unsaturated hydrocarbons comprising a mixture having: (a) from about 35 to about 67 percent by weight of an iron oxide, measured as iron metal; (b) from about 4 to about 25 percent by weight of potassium oxide, measured as potassium metal; (c) from about 0.5 to about 3.5 percent by weight of a vanadium oxide, measured as vanadium metal; and (d) from about 0.0075 to about 8 percent by weight of a cobalt oxide measured as cobalt metal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 1 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 8 percent by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The catalyst of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon is a monoolefin, the more unsaturated hydrocarbon is a diene, the iron oxide ranges from about 35 to about 53 percent by weight, and the potassium oxide ranges from about 12 to about 25 percent by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 3 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 8 percent by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 4 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 4 percent by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The catalyst of claim 3 wherein the mono-olefin is butylene and the diene is butadiene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 6 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 8 percent by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The catalyst of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon is an alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon, and the more unsaturated hydrocarbon is an alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon, the iron oxide ranges from about 52 to about 67 percent by weight, and the potassium oxide ranges from about 5 to about 21 percent by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 8 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 8 percent by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalysts of claim 8 wherein the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon is ethylbenzene and the alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon is styrene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 10 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 8 percent by weight.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The catalyst of claim 11 wherein the cobalt oxide ranges from about 0.075 to about 4 percent by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
The process for preparing the catalyst of claim 1 wherein iron, potassium, vanadium and cobalt oxides or compounds thermally decomposable to oxides upon calcination are combined with water to form a paste, the paste is formed into pellets, the pellets are dried and then calcined at a temperature ranging from about 600° to about 1000° C.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 13 wherein the drying and calcining are performed sequentially in one step.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
56 words
The process for preparing the catalyst of claim 2 wherein iron, potassium, vanadium and cobalt oxides or compounds thermally decomposable to oxides upon calcination are combined with water to form a paste, the paste is formed into pellets, the pellets are dried and then calcined at a temperature ranging from about 600° to about 1000° C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 15 wherein the drying and calcining are performed sequentially in one step.
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