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Recent Advances in the Manufacture of Light Olefins by Steamcracking       7 
St. J. Stanley

Steamcracker Revamp Projects: Challenges and Technologies                        9
R. Zeppenfeld, R. Walzl

Optimizing Pyrolysis Gasoline Upgrading                                                          21
V. Coupard, J. Cosyns, Q. Debuisschert, L. Quicke, P. Travers

Maximizing Propylene Yields in Fluid Catalytic Cracking and                         31
Related Technologies – Solutions for Increasing Propylene Production
D. Greer, M. Houdek, R. Pittman, J. Woodcock

Conversion of Problematic Petrochemical-Refinery Fractions                        45
to High Value Steam Cracker Feed
H. Bischof, W. Döhler, F. Fuder, J. Laege                                                

Preparation of a Synthetic Steamcracker Feedstock from                               49
Pyrolysis Gasoline on Zeolite Catalysts
A. Raichle, Y. Traa, J. Weitkamp

Conversion of Naphthenes into a Valuable Steamcracker Feed                       57
Using H-ZSM-5 Based Catalysts
C. Ringelhan, V. Kurth, G. Burgfels, J. G. Neumayr, W. Seuffert, J. Klose

ARINO™ (Aromatic RINg Opening)Technology for Upgrading of                65
Low Value Aromatics to High Value Steamcracker Feedstock
H. Fritz, H. Bölt, U. Wenning

Methanol to Olefins (MTO): State of the Art and Perspectives                     73
S. Kvisle, H. Reier Nilsen, T. Fuglerud, A. GrØnvold, B. V. Vora,
P. R. Pujadó, P. T. Barger, J. M. Andersen

MTP, Methanol to Propylene – Lurgi´s Way                                                    85
M. Rothaemel, H.-D. Holtmann

Selective Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene over Supported Gold                    97
Catalysts
S. Schimpf, M. Lucas, P. Claus

Valuable Products from Butadiene, Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen              103
V. A. Brehme, A. Behr

Making Olefins from Light Paraffins by Catalytic Dehydrogenation            111
and Oxidative Dehydrogenation
K. Harth                     

The MTBE Issue from the Viewpoint of an Environmental                            113
Protection Agency
A. Friedrich

Creating Value from Isobutene                                                                         115
St. Müller, A. Gammersbach, H.-J. Krämer, F. Kaledat

C₄ Fraction – A Raw Material for the Production of C₁₀                                        119
Plasticizer Alcohols
J. Kolena, P. Morávek, J. Lederer
 

New PO Processes                                                                                             127
Th. Haas, W. Hofen, G. Thiele, P. Kampeis

Oxidative Dehydrogenation (ODH) of Propane over Vanadia-Based           131
Catalysts: Probing Active Sites under Working Conditions
A. Brückner, P. Rybarczyk, J. Radnik, G.-U. Wolf, H. Kosslick,M. Baerns

Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over Novel Mixed Oxides                 139
A. Hartung, S. Gaab, J. Find, A. Lemonidou, J. A. Lercher

Advances in the Selective Oxidation of C₃ and C₄ Hydrocarbons                 147
R. K. Grasselli

The Influence of the Gas Phase Composition on the Catalytic                      159
Partial Oxidation of Propene
I. Grißtede, M. Köhler, H.-G. Lintz, H.-C. Schwarzer         

Selective Oxidation of Propane on Basic Metal Oxide Catalysts                  167
F. Klose, B. Ondruschka, P. Scholz, R. Brüning

Pilot Plant Processing of n-Butane to Maleic Anhydride above                    175
the Explosion Limit
W. M. Brandstädter, B. Kraushaar-Czarnetzki
 

POSTERSESSION

Olefins Production in Catalytic Pyrolysis of Gas Condensate                      183
and Straight-Run Gasoline
A. L. Lapidus, F. G. Jagfarov, I. F. Krylov,
N. A. Grigor´eva, A. Yu. Krylova

The Mechanism of Olefin Formation from Light Paraffins                           189
over MFI Zeolites
Kh. M. Minachev, A. L. Lapidus, A. A. Dergachev

Investigations of Mixed MCM-41/MFI Catalyst Systems for the                195
Manufacture of Light Olefins by Cracking of Hydrocarbons
A. N. Bhave, A. Klemt, S. R. Patwardhan, W. Reschetilowski

Non-Oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation over Supported                          203
Pt-Zn-Catalysts
T. Donauer, R. Gläser, J. Weitkamp

Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Processes in Oxidative                          211
Dehydrogenation of Propane in a Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor
O. Hein, A. Jess

Selective Oxidative Catalytic Conversion of n-Butane into Olefins           219
C₂-C₃ at Moderate Temperatures
S. B. Kogan, M. L. Kaliya, N. Froumin, M. Herskowitz

Catalyst Development for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane       227
and Propane to Olefins Applying an Evolutionary Approach
M. Langpape, G. Grubert, D. Wolf, M. Baerns

Optimizing Structural Configurations of Petrochemical                             235
Manufacturing Sites
J. Fabri

Ethylene Oligomerization over Ni- and Pd-Zeolites                                    245
A. Lapidus, A. Krylova

Selective Dimerisation of Light Olefins in Biphasic Mode Using                253
Ionic Liquid Solvents – Design and Application of a
Continuous Loop Reactor
P. Wasserscheid, A. Jess, M. Eichmann

Ethylene as a C₂-Building Block for Catalytic Synthesis                            257
of Fine Chemicals
M. Solinas, G. Franciò, W. Leitner

Supercritical Isomerisation of n-Butane over Sulfated Zirconia                263
B. Sander, M. Thelen, B. Kraushaar-Czarnetzki

Effect of Sodium Promotion on the Performance of Fe_xO_y/SiO₂                 271
Catalysts in the Gas Phase Epoxidation of Propene
V. Duma, R. Födisch, D. Hönicke

Enhanced Aromatic Formation in the Methanol to Hydrocarbon             277
Reaction Using Composite Catalysts
D. Freeman, R. P. K. Wells, G. J. Hutchings                  

Development of a Process for the Production of Glycerol in                    285
Tertiary Butyl Ether as Octane Booster on Isobutene Basis
A. Behr, L. Obendorf, V. A. Brehme

The Catalytic Wall Reactor as Tool for Kinetic Investigations                287
in the Selective Oxidation of Propene to Acrolein
H. Redlingshöfer, G. Emig

Quantitative Analysis of Gasolines and Reformates by GC/TOFMS     289
R. Löscher, R. Hirsch, E. de Armas, R. Parry