Method for preparing highly concentrated, gaseous formaldehydes

US7390932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Eckard Stroefer · Mannheim, DE
• Neven Lang · Mannheim, DE
• Ulrich Steinbrenner · Kohlhof, DE
• Hans Hasse · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Michael Ott · Newark, US
• Thomas Grützner · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C45/82
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for preparing high-concentration gaseous formaldehyde having a molar CH2O:H2O ratio of ≧0.6 from an aqueous formaldehyde solution by evaporation of at least part of the solution, in which the aqueous formaldehyde solution is heated to a vaporization temperature T and the gas phase formed is taken off, wherein the evaporation temperature T obeys the relationship:T[° C.]≧T′min[° C.]where T′min(c)=A+B×(c/100)+C×(c/100)2+D×(c/100)3 andA=+68.759, B=+124.77, C=−12.851, D=−10.095,where c is the instantaneous CH2O content of the aqueous formaldehyde solution during the evaporation in percent by weight and is from 20 to 99% by weight.