Report No.68Al Interim HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PERACETIC ACID by SHIGEYOSHI TAKAOKA August 1976 A private report by the PROCESS ECONOMICS PROGRAM STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA
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CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS... LIST OF TABLES... ix xi 1 2 INTRODUCTION... 1 SUMMARY... 3 Peracetic Acid... 3 Hydrogen Peroxide... 4 3 INDUSTRY STATUS... 9 Hydrogen Peroxide... 9 Peracetic Acid... 11 4 ECONOMICS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PROCESSES... 17 Anthraquinone Process... 17 Isopropanol Autoxidation... 23 5 PERACETIC ACID FROM ACETALDEHYDE BY LIQUID PHASE OXIDATION USING ACIDIC CATALYST... 27 6 Chemistry... Review of Processes... Catalyst... Solvent... Conditions Conversion and Selectivity'... Process Description... Process Discussion... Cost Estimates.... Capital Costs... Production Costs... ECONOMICS OF OTHER PERACETIC ACID PROCESSES... One-Step Liquid Phase of Acetaldehyde... Two-Step Liquid Phase of Acetaldehyde... Vapor Phase of Acetaldehyde... 28 31 31 33 33 34 35 41 45 45 45 53 53 58 63 CITED REFERENCES....................... PATENT REFERENCES BY COMPANY................. 69 71 vii
ILLUSTRATIONS 5.1 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Flow Sheet........................ 73 5.2 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment...... 48 5.3 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Effect of Operating Level and Plant Capacity on Net Production Cost of Peracetic Acid............ 51 5.4 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Effect of Acetaldehyde Price and Acetic Acid By-Product Credit on Net Production Cost of Peracetic Acid..... 52 ix
TABLES 2.1 Production of Peracetic Acid Summary of Process Economics............... 2.2 Peracetic Acid by of Acetaldehyde Summary of Technical Characteristics........... 2.3 Production of Hydrogen Peroxide Summary of Process Economics............... 3.l Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Capacities..................... 3.2 Peracetic Acid Plant Capacities..................... 4.1 Hydrogen Peroxide by the Anthraquinone Process 4.2 Hydrogen Peroxide by the Anthraquinone Process 4.3 Hydrogen Peroxide by Autoxidation of Isopropanol 4.4 Hydrogen Peroxide by Autoxidation of Isopropanol 5.1 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Summary of Patents Assigned to Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan.............. 5.2 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Major Equipment and Utilities Summary.......... 5.3 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Stream Flows....................... 5.4 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Summary of Waste Products................ 6 7 8 12 15 19 21 24 25 37 39 40 44 xi
TABLES (Concluded) 5.5 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase 5.6 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Liquid Phase Production Costs.................... 6.1 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by One-Step Liquid Phase 6.2 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by One-Step Liquid Phase 6.3 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Two-Step Liquid Phase 6.4 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Two-Step Liquid Phase 6.5 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Vapor Phase 6.6 Peracetic Acid from Acetaldehyde by Vapor Phase 47 49 55 56 59 60 64 66 xii