METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID
    31.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180273459A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15542621

    申请日:2017-05-25

    发明人: Masahiko SHIMIZU

    摘要: It is intended to provide a method capable of industrially and efficiently producing acetic acid having a good potassium permanganate test value without a large cost.The method includes a step of distilling an aqueous phase and/or an organic phase of a column top condensate of a lower boiling point component removal column by a crotonaldehyde removal column; and the reflux ratio of the lower boiling point component removal column is not less than 2 (when the aqueous phase is refluxed), and the crotonaldehyde removal column is operated such that at least one of the following conditions (i) to (iii) is satisfied: (i) the reflux ratio of the distillation column is not less than 0.01; (ii) the ratio of the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a distillate liquid of the distillation column to the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a charging mixture (former/latter) is less than 1; and (iii) the ratio of the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a bottom fraction of the distillation column to the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a charging mixture (former/latter) is more than 1.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID
    32.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180258022A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-13

    申请号:US15542833

    申请日:2017-05-25

    发明人: Masahiko SHIMIZU

    摘要: Provided is a method for producing acetic acid that is capable of greatly improving the life of a silver-substituted ion exchange resin (IER) for removing organic iodine compounds in acetic acid.With the method for producing acetic acid according to the present invention, in a carbonylation process of a methanol method, a nickel base alloy or zirconium is used as a material of a distillation column in a dehydration step, and as metal ion concentrations in a charging mixture of the distillation column in the dehydration step, an iron ion concentration is less than 10,000 ppb by mass, a chromium ion concentration is less than 5,000 ppb by mass, a nickel ion concentration is less than 3,000 ppb by mass, and a molybdenum ion concentration is less than 2,000 ppb by mass.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID
    33.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180201563A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15540189

    申请日:2017-05-25

    发明人: Masahiko SHIMIZU

    摘要: It is intended to provide a method capable of lowering a formic acid concentration in product acetic acid by a simple approach. The method for producing acetic acid according to the present invention comprises at least one step selected from a step that satisfies the following operating conditions (i) and a step that satisfies the following operating conditions (ii) in an acetic acid production process: (i) operating conditions involving a hydrogen partial pressure of less than 500 kPa (absolute pressure), a carbon dioxide partial pressure of less than 70 kPa (absolute pressure), and an operating temperature of more than 175° C.; and (ii) operating conditions involving a hydrogen partial pressure of not more than 5 kPa (absolute pressure), a carbon dioxide partial pressure of less than 20 kPa (absolute pressure), and an operating temperature of more than 100° C.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACETIC ACID
    35.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170349521A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15534349

    申请日:2016-09-20

    摘要: A method produces acetic acid and includes a reaction step, a first purification step, a second purification step, and a third purification step. In the reaction step, a material mixture including methanol, carbon monoxide, a catalyst, and an iodide is subjected to a methanol carbonylation reaction in a reactor (1) to form acetic acid. In the first purification step, a crude acetic acid stream including acetic acid formed in the reaction step is subjected to distillation in a distillation column (3) to give a first acetic acid stream enriched with acetic acid. In the second purification step, the first acetic acid stream is subjected to distillation in a distillation column (5) to give a second acetic acid stream further enriched with acetic acid. In the third purification step, an acetic acid stream is subjected to purification in an additional purification unit (e.g., a distillation column (6)) while controlling the corrosive iodine concentration in the acetic acid stream passing through the unit to 100 ppm or less, to give a third acetic acid stream still further enriched with acetic acid. The method for producing acetic acid is suitable for restraining corrosion of the acetic acid production equipment.