The present disclosure relates to a process for stabilizing an antimony ammoxidation catalyst in an ammoxidation process. The process may comprise providing an antimony ammoxidation catalyst to a reactor; reacting propylene with ammonia and oxygen in the fluidized bed reactor in the presence of the antimony ammoxidation catalyst to form a crude acrylonitrile product; and adding an effective amount of an antimony-containing compound to the antimony ammoxidation catalyst to maintain catalyst conversion and selectivity; wherein the antimony-containing compound has a melting point less than 375 C. The present disclosure also relates to catalyst compositions and additional processes using the antimony ammoxidation catalyst stabilized by an antimony-containing compound.

The present disclosure relates to a process for stabilizing an antimony ammoxidation catalyst in an ammoxidation process. The process may comprise providing an antimony ammoxidation catalyst to a reactor; reacting propylene with ammonia and oxygen in the fluidized bed reactor in the presence of the antimony ammoxidation catalyst to form a crude acrylonitrile product; and adding an effective amount of an antimony-containing compound to the antimony ammoxidation catalyst to maintain catalyst conversion and selectivity; wherein the antimony-containing compound has a melting point less than 375 C. The present disclosure also relates to catalyst compositions and additional processes using the antimony ammoxidation catalyst stabilized by an antimony-containing compound.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a catalyst and/or a precatalyst, in particular a single site catalyst and/or a single site precatalyst, for the oxidation and/or ammoxidation of olefins to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles, methods of preparing a corresponding catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, and methods of using said catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular said single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a catalyst and/or a precatalyst, in particular a single site catalyst and/or a single site precatalyst, for the oxidation and/or ammoxidation of olefins to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles, methods of preparing a corresponding catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, and methods of using said catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular said single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles.

A process for producing a compound by use of a fluidized bed reactor comprising an internal space having a catalyst housed in a fluidizable manner therein, a first feed port into which a starting material gas comprising a hydrocarbon is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, a second feed port into which an oxygen-containing gas comprising oxygen is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, and a discharge port into which a reaction product gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor, including a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction or a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile, respectively, wherein in the reaction step, a linear velocity (m/sec) of the starting material gas at the first feed port is adjusted against a degree of abrasion resistance (%) of the catalyst so as to satisfy a prescribed relation between them.

A process for producing a compound by use of a fluidized bed reactor comprising an internal space having a catalyst housed in a fluidizable manner therein, a first feed port into which a starting material gas comprising a hydrocarbon is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, a second feed port into which an oxygen-containing gas comprising oxygen is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, and a discharge port into which a reaction product gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor, including a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction or a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile, respectively, wherein in the reaction step, a linear velocity (m/sec) of the starting material gas at the first feed port is adjusted against a degree of abrasion resistance (%) of the catalyst so as to satisfy a prescribed relation between them.

A process for producing a compound by use of a fluidized bed reactor comprising an internal space having a catalyst housed in a fluidizable manner therein, a first feed port into which a starting material gas comprising a hydrocarbon is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, a second feed port into which an oxygen-containing gas comprising oxygen is fed to the fluidized bed reactor, and a discharge port into which a reaction product gas is discharged from the fluidized bed reactor, including a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation reaction or a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile, respectively, wherein in the reaction step, a linear velocity (m/sec) of the starting material gas at the first feed port is adjusted against a degree of abrasion resistance (%) of the catalyst so as to satisfy a prescribed relation between them.

A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor having an internal space having a catalyst capable of being fluidized therein, a feed opening to feed a starting material gas comprising hydrocarbon to the internal space, and a discharge port to discharge a reaction product gas from the internal space, the process comprising a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when in the internal space, a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is 150 kg/m.sup.3 or more is defined as a dense zone and a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is less than 150 kg/m.sup.3 is defined as a sparse zone in the reaction step, a gas residence time in the sparse zone is 5 to 50 sec.

A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor having an internal space having a catalyst capable of being fluidized therein, a feed opening to feed a starting material gas comprising hydrocarbon to the internal space, and a discharge port to discharge a reaction product gas from the internal space, the process comprising a reaction step of subjecting the hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of the catalyst in the internal space to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when in the internal space, a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is 150 kg/m.sup.3 or more is defined as a dense zone and a space where an existing amount of the catalyst per unit volume is less than 150 kg/m.sup.3 is defined as a sparse zone in the reaction step, a gas residence time in the sparse zone is 5 to 50 sec.

A process for producing unsaturated nitrile, using a fluidized bed reactor and comprising a reaction step of subjecting hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein when an internal space of the reactor is divided into two spaces of an upper space occupying a space from an upper end of an inlet of a cyclone to an upper end of the internal space and a lower space occupying a space below the upper end of the inlet of the cyclone and ranging to a dispersion plate, a ratio of an existing amount of the catalyst in the upper space to an existing amount of the catalyst in the lower space is 0.05 to 0.45 in the reaction step.