Solvay produces new epichlorhydrin technology

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Weight: 51 KB
• Volume: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(07)70392-6

✦ Synopsis

Solvay started up its first plant for making epichlorhydrin (Epicerol) in Tavaux in France. The plant processes 10,000 tonne/y of glycerine obtained from rapeseed oil. Solvay plans to build another 100,000 tonne/y plant in Thailand which is scheduled to come on-stream in mid-2009. The process developed by Solvay is based on the direct synthesis of dichloropropanol from glycerine and hydrogen chloride. In a second stage the epichlorhydrin is created by the dehydrochlorination of dichloropropanol.