Formox process

Formox process

The FORMOX process produces formaldehyde. FORMOX is a worldwide registered trademark owned by Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB, Sweden - Home page at www.perstorp.com

Industrially, formaldehyde is produced by catalytic oxidation of methanol. The most commonly used catalysts are silver metal or a mixture of an iron oxide with molybdenum and/or vanadium. In the more commonly used FORMOX process using iron oxide and molybdenium and/or vanadium, methanol and oxygen react at 400°C to produce formaldehyde according to the chemical equation:

CH3OH + ½ O2 → H2CO + H2O.

The silver-based catalyst is usually operated at a higher temperature, about 650°C. On it, two chemical reactions simultaneously produce formaldehyde: the one shown above, and the dehydrogenation reaction:

CH3OH → H2CO + H2

Further oxidation of the formaldehyde product during its production usually gives formic acid that is found in formaldehyde solution, found in ppm values.


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