Oxide catalyst and method for producing same, and method for producing unsaturated nitrile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10179763-B2
Application number	US-201515102950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2015
Priority date	Mar 6, 2014
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

There is provided a method for producing an oxide catalyst, the method including a step (a) of obtaining an aqueous mixed liquid A containing Mo, V and Sb, a step (b) of mixing a Nb raw material, water and an organic acid to obtain a Nb aqueous solution, a step (c) of mixing the Nb aqueous solution and a silica raw material to obtain an aqueous mixed liquid B, a step (d) of mixing the aqueous mixed liquid A and the aqueous mixed liquid B to obtain an aqueous mixed liquid (C), a step (e) of drying the aqueous mixed liquid C to obtain a dried powder D, and a step (f) of calcining the dried powder D to obtain the oxide catalyst.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing an oxide catalyst, the method comprising:
a step (a) of obtaining an aqueous mixed liquid A comprising Mo, V and Sb;
a step (b) of mixing a Nb raw material which is one or more selected from the group consisting of niobic acid, and inorganic niobate and an organic niobate, water and an organic acid to obtain a Nb aqueous solution;
a step (c) of mixing the Nb aqueous solution and a silica raw material to obtain an aqueous mixed liquid B;
a step (d) of mixing the aqueous mixed liquid A and the aqueous mixed liquid B to obtain an aqueous mixed liquid C;
a step (e) of drying the aqueous mixed liquid C to obtain a dried powder D; and
a step (f) of calcining the dried powder D to obtain the oxide catalyst,
wherein the oxide catalyst consists of a metal component represented by formula (1):
Mo 1 V a Sb b Nb c W d Z e O n   (1),

wherein Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Yb, Y, Sc, Sr and Ba; a, b, c, d, e and n represent atomic ratios of each element and satisfy 0.1≤a≤0.3, 0.15≤b≤0.5, 0.01≤c≤0.5, 0≤d≤0.4, and 0≤e≤0.2, and n is a number determined by a, b, c, d and e.

2. The method for producing the oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio (Nb/Si) of Nb to 1 mol of Si in the aqueous mixed liquid B is 0.02 to 0.7.

3. The method for producing the oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein in the step (c), a mixing time of the Nb aqueous solution and the silica raw material is 1 minute to 6 hours.

4. The method for producing the oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , comprising, after the step (d) and before the step (e), a step (d′) of mixing the aqueous mixed liquid C and powder silica and/or silica sol.

5. The method for producing the oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a content of silica in the oxide catalyst is 20 to 70% by mass in terms of SiO 2 .

Assignees

• Asahi Chemical Ind

Inventors

• Ishii Yusuke
• Okada Kazushi

Classifications

• B01J37/009

  Preparation by separation, e.g. by filtration, decantation, screening · CPC title

• C07C253/24 Primary

  by ammoxidation of hydrocarbons or substituted hydrocarbons · CPC title

• B01J2523/69

  Tungsten · CPC title

• B01J2523/55

  Vanadium · CPC title

• B01J2523/00

  Constitutive chemical elements of heterogeneous catalysts · CPC title