Solar photochemical production of ε-caprolactam using highly concentrated sunlight

Journal of Information Recording

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Funken, K H ^a   Luedtke, G ^a   Ortner, J ^a   Riffelmann, K J ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

caprolactam; Photonitrosation; Solar photochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044523030     PISSN: 10256008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Banciu, A. S. (1966). Caprolatam Manufacture, Chem. Process Engng., p. 49.
2. N.N. (1981). Caprolactame DSM et BASF en position de force, Informations Chimie, 212, 201.
3. Talukdar, J., Wong, E. H. S. and Mathur, V. K. (1991). Caprolactam Production by Direct Solar Flux, Sol. Energy, 47, 165.
4. Lynn, E. V. (1919). A New Reaction of Paraffin Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 41, 368.
5. Braun, A. M., Maurette, M.-T. and Oliveros, E. (1991). Photochemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, p. 219.
6. Sattler, C., Mueller, F.-J., Riffelmann, K.-J., Ortner, J. and Funken, K.-H. (1999). Economic Evaluation and Comparison of the Industrial photosynthesis of ε-Caprolactam via Solar or Lamp operated Photooximation of Cyclohexane, Proceedings of Renewable and Advanced Energy systems for the 21st Century, April 11-15, RAES99-7692.
7. Funken, K.-H., Monnerie, M., Ortner, J. and Sattler, C. (2000). Economic evaluation of solar produced bulk and fine chemicals. Proceedings of 10th Solar PACES Int. Symposium on Solar Thermal Concentrating Technologies, Solar Thermal 2000, Sydney, 8-10, March 2000, Australian, pp. 183-188.
8. Hulme, P. and Turner, P. E. (1967). Photochemical Route to Caprolactam, Chem. Process Engng., 11, 96.
9. Funken, K.-H., Müller, F.-J., Ortner, J., Riffelmann, K.-J. and Sattler, C. (1999). Solar collectors versus lamps - a comparison of the energy demand of industrial photochemical processes as exemplified by the production of ε-caprolactam, Energy, 24, 681.
10. Riffelmann, K.-J., Entwicklung eines konzentrierenden Solar-Photoreaktors zur photochemischen Synthese von Cyclohexanonoxim, Ph.D. Thesis, RWTH Aachen, 1999.
11. Neumann, A. and Groer, U. (1996). Experimenting with concentrated sunlight using the DLR solar furnace, Sol. Energy, 58, 181.
12. Funken, K.-H., Groer, U., Kaluza, J., Neumann, A., and Riffelmann, K.-J. (1999). Properties of an optical fluid filter: Theoretical evaluation and measurements results, J. Phys. IV France, 9, Pr3-655.
13. Bauer, Handbuch der Präparatiren Anorganischen Chemie, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, 3. Aufl. Stuttgart, 1975.
14. Nann, S., Bakenfelder, A. and Pfisterer, F. (1992). Das mittlere Sonnenspektrum für Stuttgart, In: 8. Internationales Sonnenforum, +30. Juni - 3. Juli, 1992, Berlin (DGS Sonnenenergie Verlags GmbH, München), 1167.
15. Ito, Y. (1956). Photonitrosation of Cycloalkanes with Nitrosyl Chloride. I. Synthesis of Cyclohexanone Oxime, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 29, 227.