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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Michel Fauconet, Valmont, FR;
Denis Laurent, Saint-Avold, FR;
Michel Fauconet, Valmont, FR;
Denis Laurent, Saint-Avold, FR;
Arkema France, Colombes, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for purifying (meth)acrylic acid obtained by catalytic or redox oxidation of a gaseous substrate constituting propane, propylene, acrolein, isobutane, isobutene, tert-butyl alcohol and/or (meth)acrolein or mixtures thereof by sending the gaseous reaction mixture to the bottom of a countercurrent absorption column (C) which is supplied at the top with at least one type of hydrophobic heavy solvent, sending the flow () from the bottom of column (C) to a separation column (C). Column (C) is operated at a flow rate of heavy solvent of from 3 to 5.6 times the flow rate of the (meth)acrylic acid in the gaseous reaction mixture and the rectifying column used as a separation column (C) is operated with the feed at the top and without reflux.