Wood acetylation process
AssigneeTricoya Technologies Ltd
InventorsStephen John Benstead, Benjamin Thomas Painter
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Abstract
Disclosed is the integration of the production of acetic anhydride from ketene, and the acetylation of wood using acetylation fluid comprising acetic acid and acetic anhydride. The invention involves directly using raw acetic anhydride as obtained in the production thereof from ketene, as a wood acetylation fluid.
Claims6
A process for the acetylation of wood, wherein the wood acetylation process is coupled to a process for the production of acetic anhydride, the wood acetylation process comprising subjecting wood to acetylation using an acetylation fluid, and the acetic anhydride production process comprising reacting ketene with acetic acid so as to form a raw anhydride reaction fluid comprising acetic anhydride and acetic acid, wherein the raw anhydride reaction fluid is used in the wood acetylation process as an acetylation fluid without distilling off acetic acid from the raw anhydride reaction fluid formed by the step of reacting ketene with acetic acid.
A system comprising a wood acetylation plant and an acetic anhydride production plant, wherein the wood acetylation plant comprises a wood acetylation unit comprising an inlet and an outlet for acetylation fluid, and wherein the acetic anhydride production plant comprises a unit for the production of acetic anhydride from ketene and acetic acid and wherein an outlet for a product stream from the unit for the production of acetic anhydride is in direct fluid communication with the inlet for acetylation fluid in the wood acetylation plant without distilling off acetic acid in the wood acetylation unit.
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