Commodity Production Costs
Acetic Anhydride Production from Acetic Acid
This report presents the economics of Acetic Anhydride production from acetic acid in the United States via a ketene process. In the process, acetic acid is first dehydrated to ketene using triethylphosphate as catalyst in a cracking furnace. Ketene reacts with acetic acid in a series of scrubbers, producing Acetic Anhydride.
Commodity Production Costs
Acetic Anhydride Production from Acetic Acid and Acetone
This feasibility study reviews the Acetic Anhydride production from acetone and acetic acid. Initially, acetone is converted to ketene via pyrolysis. Then, the ketene is absorbed in acetic acid to produce acetic anhydride. The economic analysis presented assumes a plant located in the United States.