It is intended to provide a method capable of industrially and efficiently producing acetic acid having a good potassium permanganate test value without a large cost.
The method includes a step of distilling an aqueous phase and/or an organic phase of a column top condensate of a lower boiling point component removal column by a crotonaldehyde removal column; and the reflux ratio of the lower boiling point component removal column is not less than 2 (when the aqueous phase is refluxed), and the crotonaldehyde removal column is operated such that at least one of the following conditions (i) to (iii) is satisfied:
(i) the reflux ratio of the distillation column is not less than 0.01;
(ii) the ratio of the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a distillate liquid of the distillation column to the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a charging mixture (former/latter) is less than 1; and
(iii) the ratio of the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a bottom fraction of the distillation column to the crotonaldehyde concentration (ppm by mass) in a charging mixture (former/latter) is more than 1.
本发明旨在提供一种能够工业化高效生产
醋酸的方法,该
醋酸具有良好的
高锰酸钾测试值,且成本低廉。
该方法包括一个步骤,即用
巴豆醛去除塔蒸馏低沸点组分去除塔的塔顶冷凝物中的
水相和/或有机相;低沸点组分去除塔的回流比不小于 2(当
水相回流时),
巴豆醛去除塔的操作要满足以下条件(i)至(iii)中的至少一个:
(i) 蒸馏塔的回流比不小于 0.01;
(ii) 蒸馏塔馏出液中
巴豆醛浓度(ppm 质量分数)与加料混合物(前者/后者) 中
巴豆醛浓度(ppm 质量分数)之比小于 1;以及
(iii) 蒸馏塔底部馏分中的
巴豆醛浓度(ppm 质量分数)与加料混合物 (前者/后者)中的
巴豆醛浓度(ppm 质量分数)之比大于 1。