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Title: Designing a Styrene Plant using CO2 as a soft oxidative
Post by: Nesta on July 01, 2006, 08:36:16 AM
hi my friends, am Arabian man  and am study in an university, nowdays i am doing project in designing styrene plant by using Co2 as soft oxidative

i hope that if any one of u have any related books or websit or anythings that can help me just replay me.


thank u all   ???
Title: Re: Designing a Styrene Plant using CO2 as a soft oxidative
Post by: Donaldson Tan on July 01, 2006, 12:25:29 PM
I believe you are refering to the SODECO2 process.

SODECO2 stands for Styrene from Oxidative Dehydrogenation via CO2.

Although the actual composition of the catalyst is proprietary knowledge, I can tell you what the components are.

functioncomponent 1component 2
Active PhaseFe3O4V2O5
Activity PromoterMn-
Stability PromoterMoSb
Structural StabiliserCa, MgMg
Catalyst SupportPromoted Al2O3, ZrO2Promoted Al2O3, ZrO2


Below are the reference you would need:
- Catalyst for Dehydrogenating Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Carbon Dioxide, U.S. Patent 6, 034,032, U.S.Patent 6,037,511(2000).
- Dehydrogenation of Alkylaromatic Hydrocarbons using Carbon Dioxide as Soft Oxidant, 2003-13139(Korea), 2003-057644(Japan), 03004382.2 (Europe), U.S. Patent under application
- Environ. Challenge and Greenhouse Control in 21C, Green Chem (2003)
- Catal. Today,(2003), Res. Chem, Intermed, 28, 461,(2002)
- Catal. Commun., 3, 227 (2002)
- Appl. Organomet. Chem., 14, 815 (2001)
- J. Catal., 195, 1 (2000)
- Catal. Lett., 65,  75 (2000)
- Catal. Lett., 69, 93 (2000)
- Res. Chem. Intermed., 25(5), 411 (1999)
- Chem. Lett., (10), 1063 (1998)
Title: Re: Designing a Styrene Plant using CO2 as a soft oxidative
Post by: Donaldson Tan on July 01, 2006, 12:28:09 PM
The literature value for the selectivity of ethylbenzene to styrene for this catalyst is 96.5%.