β-alanine Production
β-alanine is commonly known as 3- Aminopropionic acid and β-Alanine, C3H7NO2; its molecular weight is 89.09. It is mainly for synthesizing pantothenic acid and calcium pantothenate, carnosine, pamidronate, balsalazide, etc., and it is widely used in medicine, feed, food and other fields.
1. Feed Liquid Situation
Basic data
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Feed
| 4m³/hour |
Sodium amino-propionate | ~30% (W/W the same below, as Aminopropionic acid content) | |
Specific gravity | ~ 1.2 | |
Operating temperature | ~15-45 ℃ | |
Technical indicators | Consumption of resin | 20m3 |
Water consumption | ~12 m3/hour | |
Consumption of 10% hydrochloric acid | ~5.5m3/hour | |
Yield | 98.5% | |
Product acid content | ≧15% |
2. The Production Process
β-alanine is mainly used for the synthesis of pantothenic acid and calcium pantothenate, carnosine, pamidronate, balsalazide, etc. When using β-aminopropionitrile to product β-Aminopropionic acid, it is needed to use caustic soda liquid (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to hydrolyze β-aminopropionitrile, generating β- sodium aminopropionate, and then using the continuous ion exchange system to remove the sodium ion and acquire the product β-aminopropionic acid.
4. Operating Cost
The total annual operating cost of equipment | 183 | 10,000 yuan |
Annual output | 6000 | ton/year |
Unit processing cost | 304.9 | yuan/ton |
unit consumption of electricity capacity | 29.1 | yuan/ton |
Amount of processing pure water unit consumption | 47.5 | yuan/ton |
Amount of unit acid consumption | 225 | yuan/ton |
Amount of processing resin unit consumption | 3.3 | yuan/ton |
