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PA PROCESS

Kelvion Heat Exchangers

PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE
PRODUCTION

SYSTEM SOLUTIONS Highest separation effciency


of components from gas-streams
Phthalic anhydride is an important industrial chemical and raw ma-
at optimum product purity.
terial for manufacturing plasticizers for plastics, resins and polyols,
among others. It was the first anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid to be
used commercially.
Low energy consumption
In the PA process, o-Xylene or naphthalene are oxidized in a achieved through optimized
catalytic reaction to form phthalic anhydride. Besides the Switch equipment design
Condenser, two other Kelvion technologies are an established part
of the process: Highest ecological compatibility
by avoiding solvents
⊲⊲ the gas stream is cooled down in the Kelvion safety gas cooler
with or without integrated postreactor, the Kelvion GasKat.
Innovative and advanced
product due to our co-operation
⊲⊲ the PA is separated from the reaction gas in Kelvion’s PA sepa-
with international universities
ration system, which consists of the Kelvion pre-condenser
and institutes, as well as with
(where PA condenses in liquid form) and normally four Switch
industries
Consers (where PA desublimates in solid form).
PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE PRODUCTION

KELVION KELVION AIR COOLED


AIR PRE HEATER CONDENSER

REACTOR

KELVION
KELVION KELVION
SWITCH CONDENSER 3X
GAS COOLER PRE CONDENSER

KELVION
MINI DESUBLIMATOR
KELVION
AIR FIN COOLER

C6H4(CO)2O
KELVION SOLUTIONS
SWITCH CONDENSER AIR FIN COOLER (AFC) MINI DESUBLIMATOR SAFETY GAS COOLER/
GASKAT

PRE CONDENSER AIR COOLED AIR PREHEATER


CONDENSER (ACC)

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