Patent ID: 7164053
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon, which process comprises: contacting the hydrocarbon and a molecular oxygen-containing gas with a supported catalyst under auto-thermal conditions such that the hydrocarbon feed is partially combusted, and the heat produced is used to drive a dehydrogenation reaction to produce the olefin, wherein the supported catalyst comprises a component (a) and a component (b) wherein component (a) is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA and the transition metals and component (b) is at least one transition metal, selected from rhodium and cobalt, wherein if palladium and/or platinum is present, the palladium and/or platinum concentration is less than 1 wt %, and wherein the hydrocarbon and a molecular oxygen-containing gas are contacted with the catalyst at a gas hourly space velocity of at least 100,000 hr