CATALYST FOR NON-OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ALKANE

摘要

The invention relates to a process for producing an alkene by non-oxidative dehydrogenation of an alkane, comprising contacting a feed stream comprising the alkane with a catalyst composition comprising an unsupported catalyst comprising ZrV 2 O 7 at a temperature of 400 to 600 °C. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the catalyst composition comprising the unsupported catalyst comprising ZrV2O7, comprising the steps of: mixing ammonium meta-vanadate and zirconyl nitrate, drying the mixture and calcining the dried mixture to obtain the unsupported catalyst and mixing the unsupported catalyst with a catalyst binder without heating