Abatement of N2O emissions produced in the adipic acid industry

✍ Scribed by Reimer, R. A. ;Slaten, C. S. ;Seapan, M. ;Lower, M. W. ;Tomlinson, P. E.

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 397 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-4491
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.670130217

✦ Synopsis

Apidic acid (AA ) manufacture results in the production of ca. I mole of nitrous oxide ( N 2 0 ) per mole of AA. Emissions of N20 by the AA industry currently account for about 5-8 percent of the worldwide anthropogenic N 2 0 emissions (after accounting for N 2 0 abated by some manufacturers). Even though this N,O does not make a major contribution to global warming and ozone depletion, major AA producers worldwide have agreed to substantially reduce these emissions by 1996-98. Producers have formed an inter-industry group to share information on technologies being developed for N,O control. Technology options being studied by DuPont (and by others) include thermal destruction, recycling, and catalytic decomposition.