Phenol process celebrates its 60th anniversary: The role of chemical principles in technological breakthroughs

This article provides an overview of the chemical principles of achieving the highest possible selectivity in the modern process of simultaneous phenol and acetone production on the basis of the achievements in technology developed by ILLA International, LLC, that has been successfully implemented in many plants all over the world. The article also demonstrates solutions by which the ILLA’s process has the potential to become virtually wasteless.