A catalyst for hydrogenation reaction processes includes an oxide substrate surface, a MO.sub.x promoter, where M is a transition metal or main group elemental oxide, the promoter being deposited on the substrate, and a platinum group catalytic metal.

The present invention relates to energy saving method and apparatus for preparing styrene and alpha-methylstyrene concurrently, by which economic feasibility may be improved by reusing energy during preparing styrene and alpha-methylstyrene concurrently.

The present disclosure discloses a supported polymetallic oxide tandem catalyst, preparation method and application thereof, a surface of the support is supported with an oxide of metal A and then with metal vanadate nano-particles; and the oxide of metal A serves as a direct dehydrogenation catalytic site, and the metal vanadate nano-particles serve as a selective hydrogen combustion site. In the application of the tandem catalyst, dehydrogenation site and selective hydrogen combustion site are coupled at the nano-scale, and this coupling mechanism shifts the reaction equilibrium to the alkenes through the selective combustion of byproduct hydrogen, which effectively surpasses the thermodynamic limit; and meanwhile, the combustion of hydrogen releases chemical energy, and provides heat energy through direct heating, enabling the self-heating operation of the reaction. The present disclosure has the outstanding advantages of high single-pass conversion rate of light alkanes and high selectivity towards target product alkenes.

It is provided solid, heterogeneous catalysts for the deoxygenation of esters of free fatty acids and triglycerides, and for the production of hydrocarbons that can be used as biofuels. More particularly, the catalyst comprises at least one metal oxide, the catalyst having a formula Al.sub.aCu.sub.bNi.sub.cSi.sub.dTi.sub.eZn.sub.fZr.sub.gLa.sub.hCe.sub.iW.sub.jSn.sub.kGa.sub.lFe.sub.mMO.sub.nMn.sub.oCO.sub.pO.sub.x, wherein a, b, c, d, g, h, i, j, k, l, m n, o, p and x are the molar ratios of the respective elements, wherein a, b, c, d, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o and p are >0, e, f and g are >0 and x is such that the catalyst is electrically neutral.

An object is to reduce an overall cost including the construction cost of a plant and its raw material and energy costs, and also reduce carbon dioxide emissions. An aromatic compound manufacturing method is characterized in that the method comprises: a step A of manufacturing an aromatic compound mixture from a raw material mixture gas containing carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide or both of these and hydrogen; a step B of manufacturing an aromatic compound mixture by a cracked petroleum-derived BTX manufacturing process, a reformate-derived BTX manufacturing process, and a synthetic BTX manufacturing process using naphtha as a raw material; a step C of combining the aromatic compound mixture manufactured in the step A and the aromatic compound mixture manufactured in the step B; and a step D of separating a desired aromatic compound from the aromatic compound mixture combined in the step C and purifying the desired aromatic compound.

A catalyst according to an embodiment is a catalyst for synthesizing 1,3-butadiene from ethanol. The catalyst contains a porous silica support made of crystalline silica, ZnO supported on the silica support, and Zr that has interacted with silanol groups of the silica support.

A process for producing phenylstyrene comprises contacting benzene with hydrogen in the presence of a hydroalkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a hydroalkylation product comprising cyclohexylbenzene. At least part of the cyclohexylbenzene is then contacted with ethylbenzene in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a transalkylation product comprising cyclohexylethylbenzene and/or with ethylene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce an alkylation product comprising cyclohexylethylbenzene. At least part of the cyclohexylethylbenzene is then contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation product comprising phenylstyrene.

A method for producing ethanol and coproducing methanol on a catalyst in a reactor using a co-feed of a synthesis gas and acetate as a reaction raw material comprising passing a raw material gas containing an acetate and a synthesis gas through a reactor loaded with a catalyst to produce ethanol and coproduce methanol under conditions of a reaction temperature of 150-350 C., a reaction pressure of 0.1-20.0 MPa, a reaction volume hourly space velocity of 100-45000 mlg.sup.1h.sup.1, and an acetate weight hourly space velocity of 0.01-5.0 h.sup.1; and the active components of the catalyst are copper and optionally zinc and/or aluminum, which greatly facilitates the conversion of carbon monoxide to methanol, while an extremely high activity of acetate hydrogenation is maintained.

A composition comprising a compound of formula (Va) wherein n is 1 or 2 and wherein m is 1 or 2, with n and m preferably both being 1 or both being 2, more preferably both being 1, and/or, preferably and, a compound of formula, wherein n is 1 or 2 and wherein m is 1 or 2, with n and m preferably both being 1 or both being 2, more preferably both being 1, and wherein at least 90 weight-% of the composition consist of compounds of formula (Va) and formula (Vb).

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The present invention provides a method of producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein the method comprises two or more reaction steps, at least one of said reaction steps comprising the production of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) and/or one or more HFO-1234ze precursors from one or more HFO-1234yf precursors, wherein at least a portion of the HFO-1234ze is recovered.