PRODUCTION OF

ACETONE

COLOURLESS

FLAMMABLE

MOBILE

HUMAN

BODY

NATURE

SIMPLEST

KETONE

SOLVENT, FUEL -ADDITIV

E

INTRODUCTION

APPEARANCE COLOURLESS LIQUID

ODOUR PUNGENT,IRRITATING,FLORAL

MELTING POINT -95OC

BOILING POINT 56OC

MOLECULAR WEIGHT 58.08 g/mol

DENSITY 0.791 g/cm3

SOLUBILITY IN WATER MISCIBLE

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PRODUCTION

CUMENE PROCESS1 OTHER

METHODS3FROM ISOPROPANOL

2

•ACETONE+PHENOL FROM PROPYLENE +BENZENE•HOCK’S PROCESS•TO CUMENE BY H3PO4•OXIDIZED TO CUMENE HYDRO- PEROXIDE RADICAL•CLEAVED TO PRODUCTS

•DRY DISTILLATION OF ACETATES.(OLD)•WACKER HOECHST PROCESS(OXIDATION OF PROPYLENE)

•ISOPROPANOL FEED IN AZEOTROPIC MIX WITH WATER•DEHYDROGENATED TO ACETONE.•15000 METRIC TONNES PER YEAR•TEMP-350 C•CONVERSION = 90%•EXIT PRESSURE=1.9 BAR•ENDOTHERMIC AND HEAT PROVIDED BY MOLTEN SALT.

BY CUMENE PROCESS

HEATS FEED TO 235c . PUMP PROVIDED TO ATTAIN REQD PRESSURE

REACTOR AT 320C , 1.9 BAR 90% CONVERSION

FIRED HEATER-HEATS MOLTEN SALT BY BURNING NATURAL GAS. 360 c TO 410 cC=1.56 J/g K

HEAT EXCHANGER:COOLS , CONDENSES REACTOR EFFLUENTS, 1.6 BAR, 50 c, COOLING WATER OR REFRIGERATION WATER

SEPARATION VESSEL FOR VAPOR AND LIQUID EFFLUENTS.FLASH OPERATION

ABSORBER: ACETONE RECOVERED BY WATER DISTILLATIO

N COLUMN

HEAT EXCHANGER

FROM ISOPROPANO

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FLAMMABLITY

HEALTHINFO

TOXICOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTALEFFECTS

ACETONEPEROXIDE

SAFETY

SOLVEN

TSOLVENT FOR PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS.

PAINTS, FIBERGLASS,ADHESIVES, VARNISHES ETC

DEGREASER AND DECLEANER

METHYL METHACRYLATE

BISPHENOL-A

OTHER SOLVENTS

PRODUCTION

USED IN NAIL POLISH REMOVERS AND IN CHEMICAL PEELS.

REMOVE SKIN GLUES ON WIGS AND FAKE MOUSTACHE.

COSMETICS

LABORATORYAS A SOLVENT

EQUIPMENT CLEANER

MISCELLANEOUS

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

IN FOOD ADDITIVES

LOOSENING RUSTED OR STUCK BOLTS

PRODUCTION CAPACITY6.7 MILLION TONNES

USA –HIGHEST PRODUCTION CAPACITYFOLLOWED BY CHINA AND JAPAN

INEOS PHENOL-LARGEST PRODUCER FOLLOWED BY MITSUI, SUNOCO, SHELL

PRICE 1100 -1250 USD/ TONNE

PRODUCTION