| 摘要 |
A novel process of methyl acetate hydrolysis equipped with a fixed catalyst bed is invented. Methyl acetate catalytically reacts with water in a liquid phase to produce acetic acid and methanol. The reactor effluent is transferred to a distillation column, which separates unreacted methyl acetate from the reaction products. The vaporized methyl acetate is condensed and recycled to the reactor. The reflux drum of the distillation column is used as the fixed bed reactor, which is packed with the solid acid catalysts. The reaction products, acetic acid and methanol, are transferred to another distillation column for a separation of methanol. The process of this invention enables reduction of investment and operation costs compared to the conventional hydrolysis and reactive distillation processes.
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