Study on the Performance of Regenerated Catalyst for Ammonoximation of Cyclohexanone

The study on the deactivated catalyst and the regenerated catalyst for the 70 kt/a cyclohexanone ammonoximation commercial test unit had revealed that addition of a proper amount of silicon additive could suppress the solubilization-induced loss of silicon in catalyst while providing protection to the catalyst. Compared to the direct calcination method for catalyst regeneration, adoption of the regeneration method through pretreatment-calcination of catalyst could be more beneficial to the restoration of catalyst channels and enhancement of the performance of the regenerated catalyst, which could be repeatedly regenerated and utilized. The outcome of commercial scale testing of the catalyst had indicated the good performance of the regenerated catalyst, which could be used for four times, resulting in a reduction of the production cost of cyclohexanone-oxime in big chunks.