Acetaldehyde Production from Acetylene - Cost Analysis - Acetaldehyde E32A

Book excerpt: This report presents a cost analysis of Acetaldehyde production from acetylene The process examined is a typical vapor phase acetylene hydration over solid catalyst. In this process, steam is generated and mixed with acetylene. The gaseous stream is fed to fixed bed reactors in parallel, where acetylene is hydrated to form acetaldehyde. The excess of water in the reactor product is partially condensed and returned to the reactor. The gaseous stream is transferred to distillation units that recover unreacted acetylene for reuse and generate the purified acetaldehyde product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): US Patent 3291839, issued to Phillips Petroleum in 1966 Keywords: Ethanal, Vapor Phase Acetylene Hydration, Cadmium Phosphate - Calcium Phosphate Catalyst