PROCESS AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM CARBOHYDRATES, DERIVATIVES OF CARBOHYDRATES OR PRIMARY ALCOHOLS

摘要

In the method proposed for the production of monocarboxylic acids from carbohydrates, carbohydrate derivatives or primary alcohols, the carbohydrates, carbohydrate derivatives or primary alcohols are oxidized continuously in aqueous solution at concentrations betweeen 0.1 and 60 % by oxygen or oxygen-containing gases, using noble-metal or mischmetal catalysts. The output flow of products thus formed is fed to an electrodialysis unit and the monocarboxylic acids removed and isolated.