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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Gerhard Olbert, Dossenheim, DE;
Kai Thiele, Antwerp, BE;
Byoung-yeon Kim, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Heiner Schelling, Kirchheim, DE;
Gerhard Olbert, Dossenheim, DE;
Kai Thiele, Antwerp, BE;
Byoung-Yeon Kim, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Heiner Schelling, Kirchheim, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for preparing phosgene by reaction of a feed stream () obtained by combining and mixing a chlorine feed stream () and a carbon monoxide feed stream (), with the carbon monoxide being introduced in a stoichiometric excess over chlorine, in catalyst tubes filled with beds of activated carbon in a reactor R having a bundle of catalyst tubes, to give a product gas mixture () which is separated into a liquid, phosgene-comprising product stream () and an offgas stream () comprising carbon monoxide which is discharged via a pressure-regulating valve, where the reaction of the feed stream () in the reactor R and the separation of the product gas mixture () are carried out under a pressure in the range fromtobar gauge pressure, wherein the excess of carbon monoxide in the feed stream () to the reactor R is regulated by continuously measuring the flow and the concentration of carbon monoxide in the offgas stream (), calculating the actual value of the excess of carbon monoxide in the feed stream () to the reactor R from these measurements in combination with the continuously measured values for the flow of the carbon monoxide feed stream () and the flow of and the chlorine concentration in the chlorine feed stream () and matching this to the intended value of the excess of carbon monoxide in the feed stream () to the reactor R by adapting the flow of the carbon monoxide feed stream (), is proposed.