Abstract: A plant for continuous catalytic hydrogenation of methylenedianiline (MDA; reactant1) with a hydrogen donor (reactant2), especially a gaseous hydrogen donor, preferably hydrogen (H2), including a conditioning unit for the reactants, a reactor unit for synthesis of PACM, and a separation unit, wherein the conditioning unit includes at least part of the length of the (feed) conduits for reactant1, reactant2 and at least one solvent, at least one heat exchanger in at least one (feed) conduit, at least one mixer for mixing the reactants and/or at least one reactant with at least one solvent; the reactor unit includes at least one fixed bed reactor as main reactor with an immobile catalyst packing.

Abstract: A plant for hydrogenation of methylenedianiline with a hydrogen donor has a conditioning unit for the reactants, a reactor unit and a separation unit. The reactor unit has at least one fixed bed reactor as main reactor with an immobile catalyst packing, and the separation unit has at least a first separation stage having at least one apparatus for removing the solvent, and wherein a second separation stage has at least one apparatus for separation of at least one reactant and/or at least one by-product from the PACM product.

Abstract: A plant for hydrogenation of methylenedianiline (MDA; reactant1) with a hydrogen donor (reactant2), especially a gaseous hydrogen donor, preferably hydrogen (H2), including a conditioning unit for the reactants, a reactor unit and a separation unit, wherein the conditioning unit includes at least part of the length of the (feed) conduits for reactant1, reactant2 and at least one solvent, at least one heat exchanger in at least one (feed) conduit, at least one mixer for mixing the reactants and/or at least one reactant with at least one solvent; the reactor unit includes at least one fixed bed reactor as main reactor with an immobile catalyst packing.

Abstract: A plant for hydrogenation of methylenedianiline with a hydrogen donor has a conditioning unit for the reactants, a reactor unit for synthesis of PACM and a separation unit. The conditioning unit has at least part of the length of the (feed) conduits for reactants1, reactant2 and at least one solvent, at least one heat exchanger in at least one (feed) conduit, at least one mixer for mixing the reactants and/or at least one reactant with at least one solvent. The reactor unit has at least one fixed bed reactor as main reactor with an immobile catalyst packing. The separation unit has at least a first separation stage for removal of the at least one solvent and a second separation stage for separation of the reactant and by-products from the PACM product. The hydrogenation of MDA is conducted in a corresponding process.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing methionine or salts or derivatives thereof from hydrogen cyanide (HCN), the method comprising a step of producing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile (MMP-CN), or a crude product mixture comprising MMP-CN, by contacting a hydrogen cyanide (HCN) process gas mixture prepared according to the Andrussow process from methane, ammonia and oxygen, with 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde (MMP), wherein the HCN process gas mixture is obtained from the crude HCN process gas mixture by adjusting the amount of ammonia to between 20% (v/v) and 60% (v/v) of the amount of the ammonia in the crude HCN process gas mixture.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing methionine or salts or derivatives thereof from hydrogen cyanide (HCN), the method comprising a step of producing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile (MMP-CN), or a crude product mixture comprising MMP-CN, by contacting a hydrogen cyanide (HCN) process gas mixture prepared according to the Andrussow process from methane, ammonia and oxygen, with 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde (MMP), wherein the HCN process gas mixture is obtained from the crude HCN process gas mixture by adjusting the amount of ammonia to between 20% (v/v) and 60% (v/v) of the amount of the ammonia in the crude HCN process gas mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing methionine or methionine salts. In particular, the invention describes the step of preparing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile (MMP-CN) from 3-methylthiopropanal (MMP) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in the presence of ammonia by bringing a gaseous mixture comprising HCN and ammonia into contact with MMP.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing methionine or methionine salts. In particular, the invention describes the step of preparing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile (MMP-CN) from 3-methylthiopropanal (MMP) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in the presence of ammonia by bringing a gaseous mixture comprising HCN and ammonia into contact with MMP.