Embodiment
The invention provides a kind of olefin epoxidation process, wherein, the method comprises the following steps:
(1) under the condition of epoxidation reaction of olefines, under the existence of the first solid catalyst, make the first mixture that contains solvent, alkene and hydrogen peroxide in moving-burden bed reactor, carry out epoxidation reaction, the degree of reaction reaches more than 50% the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide;
(2) under the condition of epoxidation reaction of olefines, the reaction mixture that step (1) is obtained and the second solid catalyst are incorporated in slurry bed reactor and carry out epoxidation reaction, and the degree of reaction reaches more than 95% the total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide.
The present invention is by using the combination of moving-burden bed reactor and slurry bed reactor, can make the hydrogen peroxide using in reaction transform completely, and the probability that side reaction occurs is very low, the selectivity that can keep higher propylene oxide, without using the too much reactor of series connection, reduced equipment cost and also shortened the production cycle simultaneously.
According to the present invention, the optionally method of calculation of the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide in step (1) and the total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide, propylene oxide are as follows:
(I)
Mole number * 100% of the hydrogen peroxide of charging in the mole number/step (1) of the hydrogen peroxide being converted in the transformation efficiency=step (1) of the hydrogen peroxide in step (1)
(II)
Total mole number * 100% of the hydrogen peroxide of the total mole number/charging of the hydrogen peroxide of the total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide=be converted
(III)
Total mole number sum * 100% of the epoxide of the mole number/generation of the propylene oxide of the selectivity=generation of propylene oxide.
Wherein, the detection method of the total mole number of the epoxide of the mole number of hydrogen peroxide, the mole number of propylene oxide and generation is conventionally known to one of skill in the art, for example, the mole number of hydrogen peroxide can adopt iodimetry,iodometry to detect, and the total mole number of the mole number of propylene oxide and the epoxide of generation can adopt chromatogram marker method to detect.
According to the present invention, described moving-burden bed reactor is a kind of in order to realize the reactor of the continuous feeding and discharging of gas-solid phase reaction process or liquid and solid phase reaction process.Therefore in moving-burden bed reactor, because the back-mixing of material is very little, while using moving-burden bed reactor to react, be difficult for side reaction occurs, can guarantee the selectivity of propylene oxide, but that the problem existing is the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide is relatively low.
According to the present invention, in described the first mixture, the content of solvent, alkene and hydrogen peroxide can in very large range change, and under preferable case, the mol ratio of described solvent, alkene and hydrogen peroxide is 4-15: 0.5-5: 1.
Under preferable case, described the first mixture also contains tensio-active agent, the gross weight of described the first mixture of take is benchmark, the content of described tensio-active agent is 0.1-1 % by weight, described tensio-active agent can be oil soluble surfactant and/or water soluble surfactant active, for example, can be sorbester p17 and/or tween 80.
In reaction system, add tensio-active agent, at water, formed emulsion, the solubleness of propylene in system increases, and the effective rate of utilization of propylene increases, thereby speed of response is accelerated, meanwhile, the propylene oxide of generation and the intermiscibility of emulsion increase, and have accelerated the velocity of diffusion of propylene oxide at catalyst surface, shortened the residence time at catalyst surface, the carrying out of having slowed down side reaction, reaction preference improves, and catalyst life is elongated.
In the present invention, to the kind of described solvent, be conventionally known to one of skill in the art, for example, described solvent is that water, acetonitrile and carbonatoms are at least one in the alcohol of 1-6, described carbonatoms is that the alcohol of 1-6 can be methyl alcohol, ethanol, propyl alcohol and isomer thereof, butanols and isomer thereof, amylalcohol and isomer thereof, particular methanol.
According to the present invention, the reaction of described moving-burden bed reactor can in very large range change, under preferable case, the reaction conditions of the moving-burden bed reactor of telling can comprise: temperature can be 30-90 ℃, is preferably 40-80 ℃, pressure can be 0.5-4.5MPa, be preferably 0.6-3MPa, the reaction times can be 0.2-10 hour, is preferably 1-5 hour, pH can be 5-8, is preferably 5.5-7.
Slurry bed reactor used in the present invention claims again paste state bed reactor, refers to that the small solid particulate of catalyzer is suspended in the reactor in liquid medium.The material back-mixing of paste state bed reactor is large, and after reaction finishes, general catalyzer and material carry out separatedly just carrying out the reaction of lower batch afterwards.In described slurry-bed reaction, because catalyzer and reaction mass mix, therefore, the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide is higher, but due to the cause of back-mixing, is easy to occur side reaction, thereby causes the selectivity of propylene oxide lower.
According to the present invention, the reaction conditions of described slurry bed reactor can in very large range change, under preferable case, the reaction conditions of described slurry bed reactor can comprise: temperature is 30-90 ℃, be preferably 40-80 ℃, pressure is 0.5-4.5MPa, is preferably 0.6-3MPa, time is 0.2-10 hour, is preferably 0.4-4h
-1, the reaction mixture obtaining with respect to the step (1) of 100 weight parts, the consumption of described the second solid catalyst is 3-10 weight part, is preferably 4-9 weight part.
In the present invention, in moving-burden bed reactor, in the first solid catalyst used and slurry bed reactor, the kind of the second solid catalyst used has no particular limits, they can be identical or different, under preferable case, described the first solid catalyst and the second solid catalyst can be titanium-silicon molecular sieve catalyst, when using in moving-burden bed reactor, described titanium-silicon molecular sieve catalyst can be powder.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, method of the present invention also comprises: carry out epoxidation reaction in entering slurry-phase reactor before, the reaction mixture obtaining in step (1) is carried out to separation, obtain containing alkene and propylene oxide and do not contain the first logistics of hydrogen peroxide and the second logistics that contains unreacted hydrogen peroxide, solvent and water; And in the second logistics, introduce alkene and obtain the second mixture, afterwards the second mixture is incorporated in slurry bed reactor and is reacted.The reaction mixture obtaining in step (1) is carried out to separation can avoid the ring texture of the propylene oxide that obtains in moving-burden bed reactor to rupture in slurry bed reactor, thereby reduced the generation of by product, can further improve the selectivity of propylene oxide.The amount of the alkene of described introducing can in very large range change, and under preferable case, with respect to the unreacted hydrogen peroxide of 100 weight parts, the amount of the alkene of introducing in the second logistics is 100-200 weight part.
In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, method of the present invention can also comprise: carry out epoxidation reaction in the reaction mixture that step (1) is obtained is incorporated into slurry bed reactor before, in the reaction mixture obtaining in described step (1), fill into alkene, the described amount that fills into alkene can in very large range change, under preferable case, the described amount that fills into alkene makes in described reaction mixture, with respect to the unreacted hydrogen peroxide of 100 weight parts, the content of alkene is 100-200 weight part.
In the present invention, the kind of described alkene is conventionally known to one of skill in the art, for example, described alkene is that carbonatoms is the alkene of 2-8, comprise one or more in ethene, propylene and isomer thereof, butylene and isomer thereof, amylene and isomer thereof, hexene and isomer thereof, heptene and isomer thereof and octene and isomer thereof, preferably propylene.
Below by specific embodiment, the present invention is described in more details.
Embodiment 1
(1) HTS fine catalyst is loaded in moving-burden bed reactor (purchased from new capital, Chengdu Yong Tong machine works), the concentration of catalyzer in material is 5 % by weight.The first mixture that contains propylene, methyl alcohol and hydrogen peroxide is incorporated in moving-burden bed reactor, and wherein, in described the first mixture, the mol ratio of methyl alcohol, propylene and hydrogen peroxide is 10: 4: 1.The condition of described reaction comprises: temperature is 35 ℃, pressure is 1MPa, time is 8 hours, with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=5 of the first mixture material, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry method detection reaction, and according to the calculation formula (I) shown in above, calculate the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide, result is as shown in table 1.By the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1), and by the amount of total epoxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).
(2) reaction mixture step of 100 weight parts (1) being obtained and the HTS powder of 5 weight parts (Hunan Jian Chang company limited, HTS) be incorporated in slurry bed reactor (purchased from Tianjin Ao Zhan Science and Technology Ltd.) and carry out epoxidation reaction, the temperature of reaction is 85 ℃, pressure is 4MPa, time is 1 hour, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above and (III), the calculating total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide and the selectivity of propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Comparative example 1
According to the method identical with embodiment 1, prepare propylene oxide, difference is that the reactor using in step (2) is the moving-burden bed reactor with identical in step (1).The condition of described reaction comprises: temperature is 35 ℃, and pressure is 1MPa, and liquid volume air speed is 0.5h
-1with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=5 of the first mixture material, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above and (III), the calculating total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide and the selectivity of propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Comparative example 2
According to the method identical with embodiment 1, prepare propylene oxide, difference is that the reactor using in step (1) is the slurry bed reactor with identical in step (2), the temperature of reaction is 85 ℃, pressure is 4MPa, time is 1 hour, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above and (III), the calculating total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide and the selectivity of propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Embodiment 2
(1) HTS fine catalyst is loaded in moving-burden bed reactor (purchased from new capital, Chengdu Yong Tong machine works), the concentration of catalyzer in material is 5 % by weight.The first mixture that contains propylene, methyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide is incorporated in moving-burden bed reactor, and wherein, in described the first mixture, the mol ratio of methyl alcohol, propylene and hydrogen peroxide is 4: 2: 1.The condition of described reaction comprises: temperature of reaction is 75 ℃, reaction pressure position 4MPa, time is 2 hours, with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=7 of the first mixture material, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and according to the calculation formula (I) shown in above, calculate the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide, result is as shown in table 1.And by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).
(2) reaction mixture step of 100 weight parts (1) being obtained and the HTS powder of 8 weight parts (Hunan Jian Chang company limited, HTS) be incorporated in slurry bed reactor (purchased from Tianjin Ao Zhan Science and Technology Ltd.) and carry out epoxidation reaction, the temperature of reaction is 40 ℃, the pressure of reaction is 1.5MPa, the time of reaction is 8 hours, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of total epoxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above and (III), the calculating total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide and the selectivity of propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Embodiment 3
(1) HTS fine catalyst is loaded in moving-burden bed reactor (purchased from new capital, Chengdu Yong Tong machine works), the concentration of catalyzer in material is 5 % by weight.The first mixture that contains propylene, methyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide is incorporated in moving-burden bed reactor, and wherein, in described the first mixture, the mol ratio of methyl alcohol, propylene and hydrogen peroxide is 6: 0.5: 1.The condition of described reaction comprises: temperature of reaction is 50 ℃, reaction pressure is 3MPa, time is 5 hours, with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=6 of the first mixture material, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry detection reaction, and according to the calculation formula (I) shown in above, calculate the transformation efficiency of the third hydrogen peroxide, result is as shown in table 1.And by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).
(2) reaction mixture step (1) being obtained is incorporated into knockout tower and carries out separation, the second logistics that obtains the first logistics that contains alkene and propylene oxide and contain unreacted hydrogen peroxide, solvent and water, detects the content of unreacted hydrogen peroxide in the second logistics by iodimetry,iodometry method.
(3) by the second logistics of 100 weight parts (in the second logistics, with respect to the unreacted hydrogen peroxide of 100 weight part, the propylene that adds 150 weight parts), the HTS powder of 5 weight parts (Hunan Jian Chang company limited, HTS) be incorporated in slurry bed reactor (purchased from Tianjin Ao Zhan Science and Technology Ltd.) and carry out epoxidation reaction, with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=7 of material, the temperature of reaction is 45 ℃, the pressure of reaction is 2MPa, the time of reaction is 3 hours, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry method detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of total epoxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above and (III), the calculating total conversion rate of hydrogen peroxide and the selectivity of propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Embodiment 4
(1) HTS fine catalyst is loaded in moving-burden bed reactor (purchased from new capital, Chengdu Yong Tong machine works), the concentration of catalyzer in material is 5 % by weight.The first mixture that contains propylene, methyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide is incorporated in moving-burden bed reactor, and wherein, in described the first mixture, the mol ratio of methyl alcohol, propylene and hydrogen peroxide is 5: 1: 1.The condition of described reaction comprises: temperature of reaction is 40 ℃, reaction pressure is 2.5MPa, time is 5.5 hours, with ammoniacal liquor, regulate the pH=6 of the first mixture material, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry method detection reaction, and according to the calculation formula (I) shown in above, calculate the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide, result is as shown in table 1.And by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1), and by the amount of the middle total epoxide generating of chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).
(2) reaction mixture step of 100 weight parts (1) being obtained is (in reaction mixture, with respect to the unreacted hydrogen peroxide of 100 weight part, the propylene that adds 100 weight parts) and the HTS powder of 6 weight parts (Hunan Jian Chang company limited, HTS) be incorporated in slurry bed reactor (purchased from Tianjin Ao Zhan Science and Technology Ltd.) and carry out epoxidation reaction, the temperature of reaction is 55 ℃, the pressure of reaction is 2.3MPa, the time of reaction is 5.5 hours, by the amount of hydrogen peroxide in mixture after iodimetry,iodometry method detection reaction, and by the amount of the propylene oxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (2), and by the amount of total epoxide of generation in chromatogram marker method detecting step (1).And respectively according to the calculation formula (II) shown in above-(IV), calculate the yield of the transformation efficiency of hydrogen peroxide, the selectivity of propylene oxide and propylene oxide, result is as shown in table 1.
Table 1
From the data of upper table 1, can find out, method provided by the invention is by being used the combination of moving-burden bed reactor and slurry bed reactor, can make the hydrogen peroxide using in reaction there is higher total conversion rate, and it is very low that the probability of side reaction occurs, can keep the selectivity of higher propylene oxide.
By embodiment 1 can be found out with comparative example 1 and comparative example 2 contrasts, use the combination of moving-burden bed reactor and slurry bed reactor, can overcome the shortcoming of the low conversion rate of the hydrogen peroxide existing while only using moving-burden bed reactor to react, also can overcome the low shortcoming of selectivity of the propylene oxide existing while only using slurry bed reactor to react simultaneously, and without using the too much reactor of series connection, reduced equipment cost.