Disclosed is a multi-component bismuth molybdate catalyst for production of butadiene which comprises bismuth, molybdenum and at least one metal having a monovalent, divalent or trivalent cation, and further comprises cesium and potassium and thus has advantages of improving conversion ratio, yield and selectivity of butadiene and of providing stability of process operation.

An object of the present invention is to suppress performance deterioration of a molybdenum composite oxide-based catalyst at the time of performing gas-phase catalytic partial oxidation with molecular oxygen by using a tubular reactor. The present invention relates to a catalytic oxidation method using a tubular reactor in which a Mo compound layer containing a Mo compound and a composite oxide catalyst layer containing a Mo composite oxide catalyst are arranged in this order from a reaction raw material supply port side and under a flow of a mixed gas containing 75 vol % of air and 25 vol % of water vapor at 440° C., a Mo sublimation amount of the Mo compound is larger than a Mo sublimation amount of the Mo composite oxide catalyst under the same conditions.

The present disclosure relates to metal oxide catalyst materials useful, for example, in the ammoxidation of propylene or isobutylene, processes for making them, and processes for making acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile using such catalyst materials. In certain aspects, a catalyst material is a fused composite of a metal oxide catalyst and nanoparticulate silica, the nanoparticulate silica comprising in the range of about 40 wt % to about 80 wt % of silica having a particle size in the range of 10 nm to 35 nm, and in the range of about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % of silica having a particle size in the range of 36 nm to 80 nm. The metal oxide catalyst can be, for example, a molybdenum-containing mixed metal oxide catalyst.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for selective hydrodesulphurization of cracked naphtha streams in the form of an extrudate, which comprises a support based on an inorganic oxide and an outer layer bound to the support, wherein the outer layer comprises desulphurization metals dispersed therein forming a crown, the desulphurization metals being cobalt and molybdenum. The present invention also relates to the preparation of said catalyst by the incipient wetness impregnation method and to the process for selective hydrodesulphurization of cracked naphtha employing same.

A method for producing a conjugated diolefin is configured as follows. A monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms is fed from a plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles. In addition, at least 50% or more of a total amount of an oxygen-containing gas is fed from an oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle located at a bottom of a fluidized bed reactor. Furthermore, the plurality of monoolefin feed nozzles at n places located at heights a1, a2, . . . , and an from the oxygen-containing gas feed nozzle, respectively, feed the monoolefin having four or more carbon atoms at ratios of b1, b2, . . . , bn (b1+b2+ . . . +bn=1), respectively. Furthermore, a weighted mean value represented by the following formula is 100 mm or greater:
weighted mean value=a1*b1+a2*b2+ . . . +an*bn.

The present invention pertains to a catalyst for use in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides cornprising: —a ceramic candle filter substrate and—a coating which comprises an oxidic metal carrier comprising an oxide of titanium and a catalytic metal oxide which comprises an oxide of vanadium wherein the mass ratio vanadium/titanium is 0.03 to 0.27, —wherein the mass ratio is calculated based on the mass of vanadium metal and titanium metal, and—wherein the catalyst comprises from about 1 to about 10% by weight of the catalytically active material, and—wherein the catalytic metal oxide is adsorbed onto the surface of the oxidic metal carrier.

A method for producing a catalyst for unsaturated carboxylic acid synthesis is proposed. The method includes: obtaining a dried product by drying and heat-treating a starting material mixed liquid in which supply source compounds of respective catalyst component elements are integrated; and forming a catalyst precursor by supporting powder to be supported on a carrier in the form of a particle aggregate. The powder to be supported is either the dried product or obtained from the dried product. The method further includes calcining the catalyst precursor to form the catalyst. The mass loss rate of the powder to be supported at 300° C. is less than 5 percent by mass, and the difference between the mass loss rate of the powder at 370° C. and the mass loss rate of the powder at 300° C. is not less than 1 percent by mass and not more than 6 percent by mass.

Provided is a method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde including subjecting an alkene to partial oxidation using a fixed bed multi-tube reactor to produce the corresponding unsaturated aldehyde, in which n catalyst layers (n is 2 or more) in a gas flow direction in a reaction tube are provided, when a filling length of the catalyst layers from a first catalyst layer to an (n-1)th catalyst layer from a gas inlet side of the reaction tube is L, and a filling length of an nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is Ln, a relationship between L and Ln satisfies the following equation (1):

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}1<L\text{/}\mathrm{Ln}\le 3,& \left(1\right)\end{array}$ and a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the catalyst layers from the first catalyst layer to the (n-1)th layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is different from a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube.

Provided is a method for producing an unsaturated aldehyde including subjecting an alkene to partial oxidation using a fixed bed multi-tube reactor to produce the corresponding unsaturated aldehyde, in which n catalyst layers (n is 2 or more) in a gas flow direction in a reaction tube are provided, when a filling length of the catalyst layers from a first catalyst layer to an (n-1)th catalyst layer from a gas inlet side of the reaction tube is L, and a filling length of an nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is Ln, a relationship between L and Ln satisfies the following equation (1):

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}1<L\text{/}\mathrm{Ln}\le 3,& \left(1\right)\end{array}$ and a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the catalyst layers from the first catalyst layer to the (n-1)th layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube is different from a composition of a catalytically active component contained in the nth catalyst layer from the gas inlet side of the reaction tube.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene and a method for producing the same. The catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene has a large amount of Mo—Bi phase acting as a reaction active phase on the surface, and therefore, can exhibit high catalytic activity, high conversion rate and high butadiene selectivity in the oxidative dehydrogenation of butene.