[EN] PROCESS FOR MAKING FORMIC ACID UTILIZING LOWER-BOILING FORMATE ESTERS<br/>[FR] PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'ACIDE FORMIQUE EN UTILISANT DES ESTERS DE FORMATE À BAS POINT D'ÉBULLITION
申请人:EASTMAN CHEM CO
公开号:WO2019027951A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-07
Disclosed is a process for recovering formic acid from a formate ester of a C3 to C4 alcohol. Disclosed is also a process for producing formic acid by carbonylating a C3 to C4 alcohol, hydrolyzing the formate ester of the alcohol, and recovering a formic acid product. The alcohol may be dried and returned to the reactor. The process enables a more energy efficient production of formic acid than the carbonylation of methanol to produce methyl formate.
公开了一种从C3至C4醇的甲酸酯中回收甲酸的过程。还公开了一种通过羰化C3至C4醇、水解该醇的甲酸酯并回收甲酸产品来生产甲酸的过程。醇可以被干燥并返回到反应器中。与甲醇羰化生产甲酸甲酯相比,该过程使得甲酸的生产更加节能。