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- Title
A consecutive microreactor system for the synthesis of caprolactam with high selectivity.
- Authors
Wang, Kai; Zhang, Jisong; Zheng, Chen; Dong, Chen; Lu, Yangcheng; Luo, Guangsheng
- Abstract
A microreactor system containing two consecutive microreactors and a stirred vessel was developed for the improvement of selectivity of caprolactam (CPL) synthesis. The first microreactor was used to conduct the reaction of cyclohexanecarboxylic acid and oleum, and 97% selectivity for the intermediate product, named mixed anhydride, was obtained. The mixed anhydride then quickly reacted with nitroso-sulfuric acid in the second microreactor, and the reaction was completed in the vessel, where CPL selectivity reached 93.9%, a much higher value than that achieved either in a control experiment with a batch reactor or in industrial process. The advantage of microreactors is that they can provide high-quality mixed anhydride and can mix it quickly with the nitroso-sulfuric acid prior to reaction in the vessel reactor, which, from an engineering standpoint, gives better performance than the traditional syringe-fed method that is common in chemical synthesis. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 1959-1967, 2015
- Subjects
CAPROLACTAM; MICROREACTORS; CHEMICAL reactors; ENGINEERING personnel; AERONAUTICS
- Publication
AIChE Journal, 2015, Vol 61, Issue 6, p1959
- ISSN
0001-1541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aic.14797