METHOD OF PRODUCING (MET) ACRYLIC ACID AND COMPLEX (MET) ACRYLIC ESTERS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC C07C51/215 C07C51/235 C07C51/25 C07C51/44 C07C57/05 C07C67/08 C07C69/52 C07C69/54 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: present invention pertains to improvement of the method of producing (met)acrylic acid and complex (met)acrylic esters, involving the following stages: (A) reacting propane, propylene or isobutylene and/or (met)acrolein with molecular oxygen or with a gas, containing molecular oxygen through gas-phase catalytic oxidation, obtaining crude (met)acrylic acid; (B) purification of the obtained crude (met)acrylic acid, obtaining a (met)acrylic acid product; and (C) reacting raw (met)acrylic acid with alcohol, obtaining complex (met)acrylic esters, in the event that the installation used in any of the stages (B) and (C), taking place concurrently, stops. The obtained excess crude (met)acrylic acid is temporarily stored in a tank. After restoring operation of the stopped installation, the crude (met)acrylic acid, stored in the tank, is fed into the installation, used in stage (B), and/or into the installation used in stage (C). (Met)acrylic acid output of the installation used in stage (A) should be less than total consumption of (met)acrylic acid by installations used in stages (B) and (C).

EFFECT: the method allows for processing (met)acrylic acid, temporarily stored in a tank, when stage (B) or (C) stops, without considerable change in workload in stage (A).

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