The preparation method of aromatic carboxylic acid and the preparation method of terephthalic acid
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of the preparation aromatic carboxylic acid process in to containing the method that the crystalline slurries carry out solid-liquid separation, also relate to a kind of preparation method of terephthalic acid.
Background technology
As industrial preparation aromatic carboxylic acid method of terephthalic acid for example, known method may further comprise the steps: in acetic acid solvent, in the presence of the catalyzer that contains cobalt, manganese and bromine, with molecular oxygen to alkyl aromatics for example p-Xylol carry out liquid phase oxidation reaction, contain for example terephthalic acid crystalline slurries of consequent aromatic carboxylic acid with the solid-liquid separator processing, reclaim described crystallization then.
An example of this solid-liquid separator is a rotary vacuum filter.This equipment aspirates the inside of cylindrical filter material when the rotating filter material, and order is carried out the suction filtration process of slurries and the flushing process of gained filter cake.
Yet there is a problem in this rotary vacuum filter, and promptly filtering material (for example filter cloth) stops up easily, and this is that the filtrate temperature reduces owing to when making the evaporation of part filtrate through decompression, and the fines that dissolved impurity is separated out sticks on the filtering material.
Blocked when filtering material, throughput just descends, and finally can not carry out to cause production process.At this moment, this equipment will stop, and handle with process of washing, comprise make washing fluid for example water-based caustic soda permeate described filtering material.If often need carry out this flushing, will reduce to produce and render a service.
As reducing this method that needs the number of times of flushing, known method comprises the suction strainer process, the mode that this suction strainer process is carried out is, pressurize to slurries, thereby make filtrate maintenance never can cause oversaturated temperature and pressure condition, suppress aromatic carboxylic acid crystalline deposition (referring to for example patent documentation 1) in the filtering material thus.
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Yet the problem that being used to of above-mentioned prior art contains the solid-liquid separating method of aromatic carboxylic acid crystalline slurries is that this method need be given the suitable pressurised equipment of liquid level of rotary vacuum filter outside surface and described slurries.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome the problems referred to above, a kind of solid-liquid separating method of slurries efficiently is provided, this method can not separated out the crystallization of aromatic carboxylic acid in filtering material, and does not need to described slurries pressurised equipment.
In order to address the above problem, the present invention has adopted the following method of preparation aromatic carboxylic acid, this method comprises: in acetic acid solvent, in the presence of catalyzer, oxidation of alkyl aromatic compound in liquid phase, to generate the slurries of aromatic carboxylic acid, and make these slurries separate out crystallization, then carry out solid-liquid separation, to reclaim the crystallization of aromatic carboxylic acid, wherein, carry out the described crystalline final step of separating out under the decompression boiling state, and filter these slurries in solid-liquid separation step subsequently, described filtering condition is, the working pressure of slurries one side is higher than the pressure of described decompression state, and service temperature is lower than the boiling point of described solvent.
Preferably filter with compulsory filter type, the pressure difference of filtering material surface and medial surface is 0.01MPa~0.1MPa.By this solid-liquid separation step, can be reduced at and add the equipment of slurries pressure that makes of depressing by filtering material, particularly come the outside and the slurries of the filtering material in the rotary vacuum filter are for example carried out entire pressurisation without any need for special equipment, promptly, even under normal pressure, do not have the aromatic carboxylic acid crystallization in the filtering material yet and separate out, thereby can carry out forced filtration efficiently.
And, separate out in the crystalline final step described, when regulating (attenuating) pressure and make that service temperature is 50 ℃~100 ℃, in than the higher solid-liquid separation step of this pressure, can carry out solid-liquid separation being less than or equal under 100 ℃ the not boiling state.
As the particularly preferred mode of preparation method of terephthalic acid, described preparation method of terephthalic acid comprises that order carries out following steps (i)~(iv), and carries out step (iii) and (iv) in identical equipment:
Step (i), in acetic acid solvent, in the presence of the catalyzer that contains cobalt, manganese and bromine, under the pressure of 1MPa~2MPa, oxidation of p-xylene contains the slurries of terephthalic acid with generation in liquid phase;
Step (ii), the slurries that flash cooling is produced by previous step are so that the terephthaldehyde's acid crystal that is dissolved in the mother liquor is separated out;
Step (iii) makes the terephthalic acid slurries solid-liquid separation of previous step gained by filtration; With
Step is (iv) washed the filter cake that previous step is filtered gained with acetate and/or water,
Wherein, step flash cooling (ii) is by adopting emptying device that pressure is brought down below barometric point to carry out the refrigerative flash distillation under 50 ℃~100 ℃; Described filtration slurries carry out under the following conditions: step (iii) and pressure (iv) be higher than step pressure (ii), service temperature is lower than the boiling point of described solvent.
And, in above-mentioned preparation method of terephthalic acid, preferably carry out step filtration (iii) with compulsory filter type, the pressure difference of filtering material surface and medial surface is 0.01MPa~0.1MPa.
If step (ii) in the temperature of cooling usefulness be decided to be (T) ℃, the feeding temperature that then is used to the acetate that washes and/or water is preferably (T-20) ℃ or is higher than (T-20) ℃, more preferably (T) ℃ or be higher than (T) ℃.Under the pressure when operation, the upper limit of rare gas element temperature is lower than the boiling point of acetate and/or water.
In addition, step (iii) in, carry out solid-liquid separation under the condition of rare gas element charging into, wherein, the temperature of rare gas element preferably be not less than step (ii) in the temperature (T) ℃ of cooling usefulness.Under the pressure when operation, the upper limit of rare gas element temperature is lower than the boiling point of contained solvent in the terephthalic acid slurries.
In the described method for preparing the high purity terephthalic acid, preferably adopt the solid-liquid separation of rotary vacuum filter or level band strainer to operate and carry out step filtration (iii).
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is a system diagram of describing the solid-liquid separation step of slurries in the embodiment.Wherein, the symbol among the figure is as follows: 1, and crystallizer tank; 2, flash valve; 3, the feed chute of separator; 4, rotary vacuum filter; 6, slurries; 7, filtering material; 7a, inside; 8, emptying device; 9, condenser; 10, pump; 11, vacuum pump; 12, well heater; 13, gas-liquid separator; 14, the washing fluid feed-pipe; 15, the inert gas feed pipe.
Embodiment
As the exemplary of embodiment of the present invention, below will describe in detail and adopt p-Xylol to prepare method of terephthalic acid.
The present invention is an alkylbenzene as the alkyl-aromatic compounds of raw material, for example monoalkylated benzenes, dialkyl benzene and trialkyl benzene, and described alkylbenzene can be converted into aromatic carboxylic acid by liquid-phase oxidation, for example aromatic single-carboxy acid, aromatic dicarboxilic acid and fragrant tricarboxylic acid.Described alkyl-aromatic compounds also comprises the alkylbenzene that has the oxidized alkyl of part.The present invention is particularly preferred for preparing terephthalic acid.At this moment, the alkyl-aromatic compounds as raw material is a p-Xylol.
Aliphatic carboxylic acid solvent preferred rudimentary aliphatic carboxylic acid, for example acetate that the present invention is used.The amount of used solvent is 2~6 times of weight of raw material p-Xylol normally.Acetate more or less contains water, and specifically, can adopt water content is that 10 weight % or the acetate that is lower than 10 weight % are as solvent acetic acid.
For oxidation of alkyl aromatic compound such as p-Xylol, can adopt the gas of molecule-containing keto.Usually adopt air, because air only needs simple device cheaply.In addition, can also adopt the air and the rich oxygen containing air of dilution.
The catalyzer that is used for the oxidation of alkyl aromatic compound comprises the catalyzer that contains cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn) and bromine (Br) conduct formation element.As the particular compound of this catalyst component, cobalt compounds comprises for example Cobaltous diacetate, cobalt naphthenate and cobaltous bromide etc.Manganese compound comprises for example manganese acetate, manganese naphthenate and Manganese dibromide etc.Bromine compounds comprises for example hydrogen bromide, Sodium Bromide, cobaltous bromide, Manganese dibromide and monobromethane etc.
The mode of carrying out oxidizing reaction is, in acetic acid solvent, contain under the situation of catalyzer, at 140 ℃~230 ℃, preferred 150 ℃~210 ℃ gases that feed molecule-containing ketos down continuously with alkyl-aromatic compounds such as oxidation of p-xylene.Reaction pressure is that the gained mixture keeps the pressure of liquid phase or higher pressure at least under temperature of reaction.Described pressure is generally 0.2MPa~5MPa, preferred 1MPa~2MPa.Also may continue oxidation.
Subsequently, the reacting slurry that continues oxidation is reduced to proper temperature and suitable pressure,, separates out crystallization in this step to obtain the terephthalic acid slurries.Separate out preferred 1~6 section of crystalline hop count, more preferably 2~3 sections.
In above-mentioned series of crystallization step, final step is carried out under the decompression boiling state.For reaching the decompression boiling state, the preferred flash cooling of concrete grammar.
Shown in the system diagram of the equipment of Fig. 1, the solid-liquid separating method of the slurries of embodiment may further comprise the steps: will contain the slurries that are dissolved in the terephthalic acid in the acetic acid solvent are filled to final crystallizer tank 1 from flash valve 2 under the decompression boiling state step; Be the solid-liquid separation step that adopts rotary vacuum filter 4 by separator feed tank 3 subsequently, in this solid-liquid separation step, be made as non-pressurized atmosphere by the outside and slurries 6 with filtering material 7, and the inboard 7a of the filtering material 7 that will be rotated slurries 6 is pumped to barometric point or is lower than barometric point, carry out forced filtration thus, peel off and reclaim the terephthalic acid cake that is deposited on the filtering material 7 then.In the figure, label 8 is represented emptying device, 9 condensers for the acetic acid solvent that is used to reclaim evaporation, and 10 is pump.In addition, 11 represent vacuum pump, and 12 is well heater, and 13 is that gas-liquid separator and 14 is the washing fluid feed-pipe.
Described filtering material is preferably made by the metal gauze (thin metal gauze) or the textiles of organic materials, and described organic materials is vibrin, acrylic resin, oxygen Vinyl Ether ketone (PEEK) resin, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) resin, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin for example.The filtering material of the preferred ring-band shape of this filtering material, this filtering material be rotation continuously or off and on, so as this with on generate and contain the solid substance (filter cake) of terephthalic acid as main ingredient.
When carrying out forced filtration as mentioned above, this filtering material surface keeps normal pressure, and in final crystallisation step, the medial surface of this filtering material keeps decompression state, form pressure difference thus, so that deposit the pressure that the surface pressure of the band of slurries is higher than this band medial surface.If necessary, also can pressurize and make filtering material surface keep normal pressure or be higher than normal pressure.
Preferably, the pressure difference of described filtering material surface and medial surface is 0.01MPa~0.1MPa.
The feeding temperature of slurries is at least 50 ℃, and preferred 60 ℃~100 ℃, more preferably 70 ℃~90 ℃.When finally separating out the crystalline temperature and being low temperature, help increasing the amount of the aromatic carboxylic acid of recovery.But, if this temperature is too low, just needing the big pressure regulating equipment of decompression degree, this is disadvantageous.
In this way, make the aromatic carboxylic acid slurries that obtain via crystallisation step by having the solid-liquid separating equipment of penetrating filtering material (strainer) structure, so that isolate solvent.Subsequently, with acetic acid solvent or water flush cake.This separation and rinse step not only can adopt rotary vacuum filter to carry out, and can also be undertaken by the belt filter that for example has filtering surface in fact in the horizontal direction.
Be used for separating the equipment with rinse step herein, add washing fluids by washing fluid feed-pipe 14 and come flush cake.If step (ii) in the temperature of cooling usefulness, the temperature of promptly delivering to step slurries (iii) is set at (T) ℃, the temperature of washing fluid preferred (T-20) ℃ or be higher than (T-20) ℃ then, more preferably (T) ℃ or be higher than (T) ℃.By this way, suppressed the filter cake decrease of temperature, prevented crystallization attached to the mother liquor on the described filter cake.
And, be used for separating the equipment with rinse step, when suction filtration,, gaseous fraction and parting liquid are discharged together from the downstream of filtering material by vacuum pump 11.So, from gas feed pipe 15 rare gas element is charged to the upstream of this filtering material, to keep constant compression force in this equipment.As rare gas element, for example, the processing gas that can adopt nitrogen or step (i) to discharge.If step (ii) in the temperature of cooling usefulness, the temperature of promptly delivering to step slurries (iii) is decided to be (T) ℃, the temperature of described gas preferred (T) ℃ or be higher than (T) ℃ then, more preferably (T+10) ℃ or be higher than (T+10) ℃.By this way can suppression equipment built-in function decrease of temperature.Described gas temperature needn't be too high, and when having stipulated temperature (T) ℃, the ideal temperature is (T+100) ℃ or be lower than (T+100) ℃.
Embodiment
Embodiment 1
In acetic acid solvent, under the pressure of 1.5MPa, containing in the presence of the catalyzer of Co/Mn/Br liquid-phase oxidation p-Xylol and make the slurries that contain terephthalic acid.Then, with this slurries flash cooling to 90 ℃, simultaneously, with emptying device with pressure relief to barometric point or be lower than barometric point (0.05MPa).When adopting rotary vacuum filter gained terephthalic acid slurries to be carried out solid-liquid separation by filtration, a side that contacts with slurries in the rotary vacuum filter is set to normal atmosphere, filtrate one side is pumped to barometric point or is lower than barometric point (0.05MPa), simultaneously to the slurries that are in boiling point or are lower than boiling point (90 ℃ the time, the terephthalic acid that contains 35 weight %) carries out forced filtration, separate crude terephthalic acid thus.
And, in next step, the crude terephthalic acid of gained is dissolved in aqueous solvent.In the presence of the 8th family's metal catalyst, the 4-carboxyl benzaldehyde in the solute is reduced.Make it to separate out crystallization by this reduzate of flash distillation, contain terephthalic acid crystalline slurries solid-liquid separation what obtain thus.Dry solid substance obtains highly purified terephthalic acid.
Adopt rotary vacuum filter to filter, carry out solid-liquid separation thus continuously.The time that arrives when stopping up is 55 hours.The result shows, is forced into 0.25MPa with slurries side and the normal conditions that the filtrate side is pumped to 0.2MPa compared rotary vacuum filter, but the time that has obtained being equal to or being longer than the continuous filtration of normal conditions.
Embodiment 2
Adopt the mode oxidation of p-xylene identical, make the slurries that contain terephthalic acid with embodiment 1.Adopt rotary vacuum filter these slurries of forced filtration (in the time of 91 ℃, containing the terephthalic acid of 35 weight %), separate crude terephthalic acid.Then, the temperature that is filled to the gas of strainer upstream is 100 ℃.At 92 ℃, in rotary vacuum filter equipment, wash this crude terephthalic acid (acetate of 30 weight parts is to the crude terephthalic acid of 100 weight parts) with acetate.Then, use the mode identical to make highly purified terephthalic acid with embodiment 1.
Adopt rotary vacuum filter to filter, thereby carry out solid-liquid separation continuously.The time that arrives when stopping up is 55 hours.
Although describe the present invention in detail with reference to embodiment, those of skill in the art should be understood that, under the situation that does not depart from its spirit and scope, can make various changes and modifications.
The Japanese patent application that the application submitted to based on January 10th, 2003 (special hope 2003-004800) is incorporated herein its full content as a reference.
Industrial applicibility
According to the present invention, under the decompression boiling state, carry out last crystallization step, simultaneously with Carry out solid-liquid separation step under the following condition, namely setting pressure is higher than the pressure in the last crystallisation step Power, operating temperature are lower than the boiling point of solvent. Therefore, can for example be about under the atmospheric normal pressure Force to filter the solid-liquid separation step of slurries. Like this, even without any need for giving filter plant The filtering material outside and the equipment of slurries pressurizations, also can cause hardly the aromatic carboxylic acids knot Force to filter under the brilliant condition of in filtering material, separating out, thereby prevented the stifled of filtering material Plug, have can be stable mode carry out expeditiously the advantage of the Separation of Solid and Liquid of slurries.