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Richard Tudor is a chartered chemical engineer. He has played a leading part in Davy Process Technology's oxo licensing activities for over thirty years, firstly as Process Manager, and then as Business Manager after a period as Licensing Manager. As a Vice President of sales and marketing, he now has overall responsibility for the oxo business.

Mike Ashley spent many years with John Brown, involved with process technology and business development, before joining Davy Process Technology. He is now concerned with business analysis, technology acquisition, marketing, website development and all aspects of public relations.

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Enhancement of Industrial Hydroformylation Processes by the Adoption of Rhodium-Based Catalyst: Part II

Richard Tudor

Michael Ashley

Davy Process Technology Ltd., 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LE, U.K.;

Platinum Metals Review

Volume 51 Issue 4 October 2007 Pages 164-171
DOI 10.1595/147106707X238211

Article Synopsis

Part I of this article (1), which appeared in the July 2007 issue of Platinum Metals Review, described the substantial cost and technical benefits brought to the hydroformylation of propylene with carbon monoxide and hydrogen (an ‘oxo’ reaction) by replacing the previous high-pressure cobalt-catalysed technology with a low-pressure rhodium-based catalyst system (the LP OxoSM Process). The background to the rhodium process and its development to the point of first commercialisation were reviewed. This article (Part II) covers some of the improvements made to the LP OxoSM Process after the early plants started operation, and its uses in non-propylene applications.

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