IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCYANIC ACID BY MEANS OF CATALYTIC DEHYDRATION OF GASEOUS FORMAMIDE

摘要

A process for preparing hydrogen cyanide, comprising the provision of gaseous formamide by evaporating liquid formamide in an evaporator (step i)) and the catalytic dehydration of the gaseous formamide (step ii)), and also an apparatus for performing the process according to the invention, comprising at least one microevaporator and a tubular reactor, and the use of a microevaporator for evaporating formamide in a process for preparing hydrogen cyanide from formamide.