Process for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid

摘要

There is provided a process for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid which is capable of avoiding stoppage of operation of a plant for production thereof as a whole due to failure of an oxidation reaction step in the process and ensuring a continuous stable operation of the plant, and is excellent in economical aspects. The process for producing (meth)acrolein or (meth)acrylic acid according to the present invention sequentially comprises an oxidation reaction step of subjecting a raw gas to gas-phase catalytic oxidation; a reaction gas cooling step of cooling the resultant reaction gas; a low-boiling fraction separation step of separating low-boiling components from the reaction product; a purification step of separating and removing high-boiling components from the reaction product; and a high-boiling fraction decomposition step of decomposing high-boiling components contained in a bottom liquid obtained from the purification step,
said oxidation reaction step comprising a plurality of oxidation reaction steps which are disposed in parallel with each other and operated at the same time.