Patents Assigned to KARLSRUHER INSTITUT F. TECHNOLOGIE KIT
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING HYDROGEN CYANIDE BY CATALYTIC DEHYDRATION OF GASEOUS FORMAMIDE
    Publication number: 20100316552
    Abstract: A process for preparing hydrogen cyanide, comprising the provision of gaseous formamide by evaporating liquid formamide in an evaporator (step i)) and the catalytic dehydration of the gaseous formamide (step ii)), and also an apparatus for performing the process according to the invention, comprising at least one microevaporator and a tubular reactor, and the use of a microevaporator for evaporating formamide in a process for preparing hydrogen cyanide from formamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: BASF SE, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT F. TECHNOLOGIE KIT
    Inventors: Ralf Boehling, Andreas Deckers, Thomas Schneider, Guenther Achhammer, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Klaus Schubert, Manfred Kraut