Progress on cleaner production of vinyl chloride monomers over non-mercury catalysts

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Progress on cleaner production of vinyl chloride monomers over non-mercury catalysts

Jinli ZHANG¹(

), Nan LIU¹, Wei LI¹, Bin DAI²

1. School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; 2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Xinjiang 832000, China

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Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has become the third most used plastic after polyethylene and polypropylene and the worldwide demand continues to increase. Polyvinyl chloride is produced by polymerization of the vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), which is manufactured industrially via the dehydrochlorination of dichloroethane or the hydrochlorination of acetylene. Currently PVC production through the acetylene hydrochlorination method accounts for about 70% of the total PVC production capacity in China. However, the industrial production of VCM utilizes a mercuric chloride catalyst to promote the reaction of acetylene and hydrogen chloride. During the hydrochlorination, the highly toxic mercuric chloride tends to sublime, resulting in the deactivation of the catalyst and also in severe environmental pollution problems. Hence, for China, it is necessary to explore environmental friendly non-mercury catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination as well as high efficiency novel reactors, with the aim of sustainable PVC production via the acetylene-based method. This paper presents a review of non-mercury heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts as well as reactor designs, and recommends future work for developing cleaner processes to produce VCM over non-mercury catalysts with high activity and long stability.

Keywords polyvinyl chloride vinyl chloride monomer acetylene hydrochlorination non-mercury catalysts green chemical process

Corresponding Author(s): ZHANG Jinli,Email:zhangjinli@tju.edu.cn

Issue Date: 05 December 2011

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Jinli ZHANG,Nan LIU,Wei LI, et al. Progress on cleaner production of vinyl chloride monomers over non-mercury catalysts[J]. Front Chem Sci Eng, 0, (): 514-520.

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Fig.1 Proposed model for the hydrochlorination of acetylene over Au/C catalyst, assuming CH/Au/HCl complex formation []

Tab.1 Comparison of catalytic activity for acetylene hydrochlorination []

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