Process for the preparation of vinyl chloride

US5545780A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Schwarzmaier · Burgkirchen an der Alz, DE
• Peter Hackl · Burgkirchen an der Alz, DE
• Manfred Stoger · Altötting, DE
• Ingolf Mielke · Altötting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 1995
• Grant date: Aug 13, 1996
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C17/25
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The conversion rate in the preparation of vinyl chloride by thermal cracking of 1,2-dichloroethane is determined by measuring the absorption of high-energy radiation, the pressure and the temperature of the gases issuing from the cracking furnace.