Download or read book Acetic Anhydride Production from Acetic Acid - Cost Analysis - Acetic Anhydride E11A written by Intratec and published by Intratec. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a cost analysis of Acetic Anhydride from acetic acid. In the process, acetic acid is first dehydrated to ketene using triethylphosphate as catalyst in a cracking furnace. Ketene reacts with acetic acid in a series of scrubbers, producing Acetic Anhydride. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): Keywords: Ethanoic Anhydride, Ketene, Wacker Chemie