A Plant Design Report on the Production of 5000 tons/year Mixed Nitroparaffins via Vapor Phase Nitration of Propane

Abstract

Paraffins are the alkanes that are saturated compounds having general formula CnH2n+2. Paraffins can be nitrated to form nitroparaffins, commercially available nitroparaffins are nitromethane, nitroethane, 1-nitropropane, and 2-nitropropane. These are excellent solvents for a wide variety of organic compounds and polymers. Nitroparaffins can undergo several reactions, which give them utility for the synthesis of other compounds of commercial importance.