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Acetic acid – important raw material used for the production of vinyl acetate, acetic anhydride, polymer-
grade terephthalic acid (PTA), etc.
Methanol carbonylation process – world's leading acetic acid production process, synthesis from
methanol and carbon monoxide
Chiyoda Acetic Acid Process ACETICA® - developed and owned by Chiyoda, to produce acetic acid by
the carbonylation of methanol and carbon monoxide.
Based on the presence of a proprietary heterogeneous rhodium catalyst in the active rhodium complex
that is chemically immobilized on a polyvinylpyridine resin. To minimize attrition of the solid catalyst material,
a bubble column reactor is employed.
Esterification:
Etherification:
CATALYST PREPARATION
Promoter (CH3I): The ACETICA process uses methyl iodide as the promoter
for the carbonylation reaction. The method of producing CH3I in a methyl iodide
generator is:
Absorption Unit
The main purpose of this absorption system is to maximize
recovery of valuable methyl acetate and methyl iodide,
which otherwise would exit the system with the vented gas,
resulting in unnecessarily high chemical consumption and
yield loss.
Carbonylation reactor
The carbonylation reactor, using a three-phase bubble-
column system, consists of a riser, separator, downcomer,
and reactor cooler.
Distillation Unit
The purposes of the distillation unit are
Production of purified acetic acid from crude acetic acid by purification
Maintenance of the stable condition in terms of water content and impurities
Recovery of valuable hydrocarbons, including methyl iodide
Iodide-Removal Unit
Product acetic acid still contains traces of iodide compounds, which might harm the catalyst in a vinyl acetate
plant. In this section, any remaining traces of iodide compounds are adsorbed by a proprietary adsorbent to
reduce the level of the iodide contents to less than 3 ppb.