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Methyl Acetate Production Specs

This document provides information on methyl acetate specifications, consumption of raw materials and utilities for a 20,000 tonne per annum methyl acetate plant, client projects, and the production technology and equipment used. It specifies that methyl acetate purity can reach over 99.95% using ion exchange resins instead of sulfuric acid catalyst, achieving high conversion and selectivity through reactive distillation with lower energy use and equipment investment. A list of key equipment includes esterification, methanol recovery, and purification columns and reboilers made of 316L or 304 stainless steel.

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Methyl Acetate Production Specs

This document provides information on methyl acetate specifications, consumption of raw materials and utilities for a 20,000 tonne per annum methyl acetate plant, client projects, and the production technology and equipment used. It specifies that methyl acetate purity can reach over 99.95% using ion exchange resins instead of sulfuric acid catalyst, achieving high conversion and selectivity through reactive distillation with lower energy use and equipment investment. A list of key equipment includes esterification, methanol recovery, and purification columns and reboilers made of 316L or 304 stainless steel.

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Specification of Product

Item Index
Methyl Acetate %wt ≥ 99.95
Density @ 20℃ g/L 0.930～0.934
Moisture %wt ≤ 0.05
Acetic Acid （m mol/100g） %wt ≤ 0.006
Methanol %wt ≤ 0.001
Appearance Colorless and transparent

Consumption Quota of RM, Auxiliaries & Utilities


(take a 20,000TPA methyl acetate plant for instance)
S/N RM & Catalyst Unit Consumption
1 Acetic Acid t/a 16500
2 Methanol t/a 8800
3 Catalyst t/a 3.5
Utilities
1 Steam t/a 23000
2 Circulating Cooling Water 104t/a 230
3 Power ×104kwh/a 66

Q’ty of
S/N Client Product & Service Production
Line
Zhangzhou Oushuo Chemical Co., 20,000TPA Methyl Acetate Plant &
1 1
Ltd. Technical Service
Jiangxi Wannian Jinze Electric 20,000TPA Methyl Acetate Plant &
2 1
Material Co., Ltd. Technical Service
Xinxiang Kebang Chemical Co., 30,000TPA Methyl Acetate Plant &
3 1
Ltd. Technical Service
Fujian Textile Chemical Fiber 50,000TPA Methyl Acetate Plant &
4 1
Group Co. Technical Service
Jiangsu Ruifeng Polymer Material 60,000TPA Methyl Acetate Plant &
5 2
Co., Ltd. Technical Service

Jiangsu Yimao provides the most advanced methyl acetate production technology based on
Reaction Distillation Process by catalytic esterification of acetic acid with methanol. Compared to the
traditional sulfuric acid catalyst, what we select is ion exchange resins.
Our methyl acetate production lines have the following features:
1. High conversion yield and high selectivity to methyl acetate is achieved by reactive distillation, and
the energy consumption is saved.
2. The methyl acetate product purity can reach in excessive of 99.95%.
3. Catalytic acceleration is induced by solid acid instead of sulfuric acid, which has much lower
requirement for the equipment material and thereby reduces the equipment investment.
4. The catalyst has a long service life, i.e., 3 years.

A list of key equipment in our methyl acetate plant is given as below:


S/N Equipment Remark Q’ty
1 Esterification Column 316L 1
2 Methanol Recovery Column 316L 1
3 Methyl Acetate Purification Column 304 1
4 Esterification Column Distillate Condensate 304 1
5 Purification Column Distillate Condensate 304 1
6 Esterification Column Reboiler 316L 1
7 Purification Column Reboiler 304 1
8 Methanol Recovery Column Reboiler 316L 1
9 To-be-tested Product Tank 304 3
You are welcome to visit our methyl acetate reference plants in China. 

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