METHOD OF CONDUCTING CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF PRODUCING ACROLEIN, ACRYLIC ACID OR MIXTURE THEREOF FROM PROPANE IN STABLE OPERATING MODE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C07C45/33 C07C51/215 C07C51/25 C07C57/55 C07C45/28 C07C45/35 C07C47/22 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of conducting a continuous process of producing acrolein, acrylic acid or mixture thereof from propane in a stable operating mode, according to which: A) propane in a first reaction zone A undergoes heterogeneously catalysed dehydrogenation in the presence of molecular oxygen to obtain a gaseous mixture of products A containing propane and propylene, B) the gaseous mixture of products A, if needed, is fed into a first separation zone A in which a portion or more of components different from propane and propylene is separated therefrom and a gaseous mixture of products A' containing propane and propylene remaining after separation is obtained, C) the gaseous mixture of products A or gaseous mixture of products A' is fed into at least one oxidation reactor of the second reaction zone B, in which propylene contained therein undergoes partial selective heterogeneously catalysed gas-phase oxidation with molecular oxygen to obtain a gaseous mixture of products B, which contains acrolein, acrylic acid or mixture thereof as the desired product, unconverted propane, excess molecular oxygen and, if needed, unconverted propylene, D) in the second separation zone B, the desired product contained therein is separated from the gaseous mixture of products B, and at least a portion of the remaining gas containing propane, molecular oxygen and, if needed, unconverted propylene is returned to the reaction zone A as circulation gas 1 containing molecular oxygen, E) fresh propane is fed into at least one continuous flow process zone selected from a group comprising reaction zone A, separation zone A, reaction zone B and separation zone B, where the said fresh propane is fed at a rate characterised by a given stationary value when realising the process in a stable operating mode, and F) content of molecular oxygen in the gaseous mixture of products B is continuously determined and said value is compared with the desired stationary value needed to realise the process in stable operating mode, characterised by that if at a certain moment in time, content of molecular oxygen in the gaseous mixture of products B exceeds the given desired stationary value, fresh propane is fed into the process right away at feed rate higher than its stationary value, and if at a certain moment in time, content of molecular oxygen in the gaseous mixture of products B is lower than the corresponding given desired stationary value, fresh propane is fed into the process right away at feed rate lower than its stationary value.

EFFECT: used of present method reduces heat loss and prevents a drop in degree of dehydrogenation when producing acrolein, acrylic acid or mixture thereof from propane.

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