APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECREASING HUMIDITY DURING AN ANDRUSSOW PROCESS

摘要

The system and methods described herein solve problems of inaccurate flow control, loss of optimum reactant gas feed ratios, and the associated inefficiencies brought on by variable humidity in reactant feedstream gases during production of hydrogen cyanide by an Andrussow process.

主权项

1. A process for generating hydrogen cyanide comprising:
a) regulating water content in at least one gaseous feedstock to generate one or more feedstreams selected from the group consisting of a methane consistent water content feedstream, an ammonia consistent water content feedstream, and an oxygen-containing consistent water content feedstream; and b) reacting a methane feedstream, an ammonia feedstream and an oxygen feedstream to thereby generate hydrogen cyanide, wherein at least one of the methane feedstream, the ammonia feedstream or the oxygen feedstream is a consistent water content feedstream.