Abstract:
Continuous production of substantially or wholly water-soluble esters of glycols or their monoethers with lower fatty acids by reaction of a glycol of the formula (I): HO-A-X (I) in which A is ethylene, propylene or butylene; and X is OH or OR in which R is alkyl of one to four carbon atoms or OAOH or OAOR in which A and R have the meanings given above with a lower saturated fatty acid at elevated temperature in the presence of a catalytic amount of a strong acid while continuously removing the water formed by means of an entrainer followed by treatment with an aqueous alkali. The glycol of the formula (I) is reacted in a first zone with the lower fatty acid, the water formed being distilled off as an azeotrope over the top by means of an entrainer, and the crude glycol ester including the entrainer is removed from the bottoms, mixes with an aqueous alkali, extracted in a second zone while supplying an extractant and water with phase separation and in a third zone the pure glycol ester is recovered from the resulting mixture of glycol ester, entrainer and extractant by rectification. Glycol esters are used as solvents for surface coating agents.
Abstract:
A process for the production of propionic acid which comprises the reaction of ethylene with carbon monoxide and water in the presence of a nickel carbonyl complex at a temperature of from 250 DEG to 320 DEG C in the liquid phase and at a pressure of from 100 to 300 atmospheres in a vertical cylindrical reaction zone, a gaseous zone being maintained at the upper end of the reaction zone and a bottom zone being maintained at the lower end of the reaction zone which is not in communication with said reaction zone over the entire cross section.
Abstract:
A process for the production of propionic acid which comprises the reaction of ethylene with carbon monoxide and water in the presence of a nickel carbonyl complex at a temperature of from 250 DEG to 320 DEG C in the liquid phase and at a pressure of from 100 to 300 atmospheres in a vertical cylindrical reaction zone, a gaseous zone being maintained at the upper end of the reaction zone and a bottom zone being maintained at the lower end of the reaction zone which is not in communication with said reaction zone over the entire cross section.
Abstract:
A process for the production of propionic acid which comprises the reaction of ethylene with carbon monoxide and water in the presence of a nickel carbonyl complex at a temperature of from 250 DEG to 320 DEG C in the liquid phase and at a pressure of from 100 to 300 atmospheres in a vertical cylindrical reaction zone, a gaseous zone being maintained at the upper end of the reaction zone and a bottom zone being maintained at the lower end of the reaction zone which is not in communication with said reaction zone over the entire cross section.
Abstract:
Process for destroying organic halogen compounds, which are contained in dust-containing gases which have a carbon content of less than 0.6% by weight, by oxidative degradation with the aid of fixed catalysts suitable for this purpose, characterised in that a) the dust is separated off at 250 to 500 DEG C from the gases and the dust-free gas together with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is passed over the catalyst, or b) the dust is separated off below 250 DEG C, the organic halogen compounds are desorbed from the dust in an oxygen-containing gas stream at 250 to 500 DEG C and the gas stream is passed over the catalyst, or c) the dust-containing gas is passed over the catalyst in the presence of oxygen at 250 to 500 DEG C and the dust is then separated off.
Abstract:
Process for destroying organic halogen compounds, which are contained in dust-containing gases which have a carbon content of less than 0.6% by weight, by oxidative degradation with the aid of fixed catalysts suitable for this purpose, characterised in that a) the dust is separated off at 250 to 500 DEG C from the gases and the dust-free gas together with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is passed over the catalyst, or b) the dust is separated off below 250 DEG C, the organic halogen compounds are desorbed from the dust in an oxygen-containing gas stream at 250 to 500 DEG C and the gas stream is passed over the catalyst, or c) the dust-containing gas is passed over the catalyst in the presence of oxygen at 250 to 500 DEG C and the dust is then separated off.
Abstract:
Process for destroying organic halogen compounds, which are contained in dust-containing gases which have a carbon content of less than 0.6% by weight, by oxidative degradation with the aid of fixed catalysts suitable for this purpose, characterised in that a) the dust is separated off at 250 to 500 DEG C from the gases and the dust-free gas together with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is passed over the catalyst, or b) the dust is separated off below 250 DEG C, the organic halogen compounds are desorbed from the dust in an oxygen-containing gas stream at 250 to 500 DEG C and the gas stream is passed over the catalyst, or c) the dust-containing gas is passed over the catalyst in the presence of oxygen at 250 to 500 DEG C and the dust is then separated off.