Process for recovering caprolactam

The invention relates to a process for recovering caprolactam from a mixture comprising caprolactam, water, light and heavy components, by subjecting the mixture to a first vacuum distillation resulting in a first bottom product comprising heavy components and caprolactam and in a fist overhead prod...

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Hauptverfasser: Smeets, Theodorus M, Hangx, Gerardus W. A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a process for recovering caprolactam from a mixture comprising caprolactam, water, light and heavy components, by subjecting the mixture to a first vacuum distillation resulting in a first bottom product comprising heavy components and caprolactam and in a fist overhead product comprising caprolactam, water, unsaturated lactams and light components; and subjecting at least part of the unsaturated lactams to a hydrogenation.