The application is the applying date is on December 15th, 2010, and application number is 201080056879.1, and denomination of invention is the divisional application of the application for a patent for invention of " system and method producing aromatic carboxylic acids ".
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Fig. 1 illustrates the schematic diagram of a part for the technique of producing terephthalic acid (TPA).
Fig. 2 illustrates the schematic diagram of a part for the improving technique producing terephthalic acid (TPA).
detailed Description Of The Invention
Before more detailed description the present invention, will be appreciated that the disclosure of invention is not limited to the specific embodiment described, because these can (certainly can) change.What should also be clear that be the term adopted here is only to describe specific embodiment, and is not intended to limit the present invention, because scope of the present invention will only be limited by the claims of enclosing.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical terms adopted herein have with scientific terminology the identical implication usually understood with the those of ordinary skill in the technical field belonging to the present invention.Although with method described herein and material type like or suitable arbitrary method and material can be used for enforcement and the test of present disclosure, introduce now preferred method and material.
Unless otherwise, the embodiment of present disclosure will adopt the technology belonging to the chemistry, Chemical Engineering, chemical recovery etc. of art technology.These technology are illustrated in the literature fully.
How to implement described method to provide to those of ordinary skill in the art and use disclosed herein and composition required for protection and compound, disclosing following examples.Although guaranteed the accuracy of numerical value (such as amount, temperature etc.) as possible, in requisition for some errors of consideration and deviation.Unless otherwise, number is parts by weight, and temperature is DEG C to represent, and pressure represents with barA.
It must be noted that, as in description and the claims of enclosing apply, unless context is clearly pointed out in addition, described singulative " " and " being somebody's turn to do " comprise a plurality of referent.Therefore, such as mention that " carrier " comprises multiple carrier.In this manual and in claims subsequently, unless there is significantly contrary intention, manyly the term with following implication will be defined by mentioning.
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The embodiment of present disclosure comprises the system for the production of terephthalic acid (TPA), the method etc. for the treatment of terephthalic acid (TPA).Owing to needing certain system and assembly process terephthalic acid (TPA), and the advantage of the system and method for present disclosure is that they decrease Capital expenditure.Such as, compared with a system, a vapor wash system can be removed, and compared with another system, a steam compression system can be removed.
In a word, by adopting homogeneous catalyst, in acetic acid aqueous solution solvent, terephthaldehyde's acid crude (CTA) is prepared in paraxylene air oxidation.Before being fed into oxidation reactor, the air rubber capsule that oxidation reaction adopts is containing can the molecular oxygen of enrichment or dilution compared with air.CTA slurry from the gained of described oxidation reactor (includes CTA, oxidation catalyst, reaction intermediate and accessory substance, comprise pigment compound) be usually fed into a more than container (by being called as crystallizer), to reduce the pressure and temperature of process flow.CTA solid is separated with oxidation technology mother liquor, and described CTA solid is carried out drying by the described oxidation solvent of optional removal.Then described CTA solid mixes to form CTA purifying feed streams with water, then in the second stage of terephthalic acid (TPA) (PTA) preparation technology of purifying to described CTA purifying.Described CTA purifying process/system can comprise many stages, include but not limited to CTA again pulp stage, slurry heating and CTA dissolution phase, catalytic hydrogenation stage, crystallization stage, filtration stage, solvent recovery stage, drying stage, mother liquor stream processing stage, mother liquor solids treatment stage etc.
Fig. 2 illustrates the embodiment of a part for the system of producing CTA.The detailed description of the invention of present disclosure is the improvement to existing technique.Described system comprises primary oxidation reactor and secondary oxidation reactor.In brief, adopt described primary oxidation reactor and described secondary oxidation reactor to form terephthalic acid (TPA) by oxidation reaction, described oxidation reaction comprises paraxylene, acetic acid, catalyst (such as cobalt and/or manganese compound or other heavy metal, the lanthanide series of such as vanadium, chromium, iron, molybdenum, such as cerium, zirconium, hafnium and/or nickel and oxidation accelerator) and air.The relative weight percents of each component adopted in the liquid phase is the paraxylene of about 10 to 25, the acetic acid aqueous solution of about 74 to 90, the catalyst of about 0.1 to 1, and about 4.5 times of paraxylene mass flow described in the flow-rate ratio of described air (for normal atmospheric, there is not oxygen concentration or dilution).Initial oxidation reaction is there is in described primary oxidation reactor, produce waste gas (being also referred to as " primary exhaust ") and slurry (being also referred to as " elementary slurry "), described pulp bales contains described reactant, reaction intermediate and product, and described slurry is transmitted (such as flow or otherwise move) to described secondary oxidation reactor.Another oxidation reaction is there is, to form slurry (being also referred to as " secondary slurry ") and waste gas (being also referred to as " secondary waste gas ") in described secondary oxidation reactor.Described secondary slurry is processed with the terephthalic acid (TPA) producing purifying further.
Described primary exhaust is transmitted (such as adopt pipe or transmission member flowing or otherwise transmit) to elementary heat recovery system, and described secondary waste gas is transferred into secondary heat recovery system.Described elementary and secondary heat recovery system using the removing of the heat of described waste gas and by with accept the water of fluid or steam as heat and as the condensate flow exchanged heat of liquid to produce steam.The remainder of exhaust gas of each from described elementary heat recovery system and described secondary heat recovery system is transferred into described vapor wash system.Described vapor wash system process remainder of exhaust gas stream, to produce the liquid and steam that can be further processed.
Described primary oxidation reactor can operate under the pressure of about 12 to 18barA, and in one embodiment, operate under the pressure of about 16barA, and the temperature of described primary oxidation reactor can be about 180 to 210 DEG C, and in one embodiment, temperature is about 200 DEG C.The pressure being less than 2bar lower than the pressure of described primary oxidation reactor and pressure more than 1bar lower than the pressure of described primary oxidation reactor, and operate described secondary oxidation reactor at the temperature of at the temperature of about 5-15 lower than the temperature of described primary oxidation reactor DEG C or in one embodiment (when described primary oxidation reactor is about 200 DEG C) about 192 DEG C.
Because the minimizing of the Pressure Drop between described primary oxidation reactor and described secondary oxidation reactor is less than 2bar, the remainder of exhaust gas flowed out from described elementary heat recovery system can combine with the waste gas flowed out from described secondary heat recovery system, to flow to single vapor wash system.But in order to make described embodiment successful implementation, the Pressure Drop running through described elementary heat recovery system also must increase.Increasing the benefit running through the Pressure Drop of described elementary heat recovery system is the heat transfer coefficient enlarging markedly heat exchanger in described elementary heat recovery system.This reduce the size of described heat exchanger, thus decrease the Capital expenditure in described elementary heat recovery system.Because described heat recovery system is normally made up of the expensive corrosion resistant material of such as titanium, therefore the reduction of cost of investment is significant.
Usually, described elementary and secondary oxidation reactor can be built into or adopt described corrosion resistant material as liner by the corrosion resistant material of such as titanium separately.Because described oxidation reaction is implemented at the pressure raised, each oxidation reactor can be built into the high pressure that can stand described oxidation reaction and adopt.In addition, stir the content of described oxidation reactor, make described oxidation reaction optimization, also make described solid reaction product remain in suspension.Agitator comprises the configuration of specific fluid chemical field, and described oxidation reactor can be equipped with one or more mechanical agitator.Terephthaldehyde's acid crude (solid reaction product produced by described oxidation reaction) leaves this two oxidation reactors with the form of such as oxidation reaction slurry along output line, and described oxidation reaction slurry comprises the mixture of terephthalic acid (TPA) crude product, water, acetic acid, catalyst metals, oxidation reaction intermediate and byproduct of reaction.
Described elementary heat recovery system comprises at least one condenser, wherein each condenser condenses part waste gas produce (raise) steam.In one embodiment, described primary exhaust is transferred into gas line, and described primary exhaust is transferred to a series of condenser by described gas line.In one embodiment, first condenser produces the steam (such as at about 145 DEG C and 4.5barA) of the first pressure, described second condenser produces the steam (such as at about 130 DEG C and 3barA) of the second pressure, and the 3rd condenser produces the steam (such as at about 100 DEG C and 1barA) of the 3rd pressure.Other embodiment can comprise the condenser greater or less than three, operates under the temperature and pressure that described condenser can adapt in the quantity with condenser.
Described secondary heat recovery system can comprise at least one heat exchanger, described heat exchanger by Heat transmission to heat-transfer fluid.In one embodiment, described heat exchanger serves as condenser, and the condensation described waste gas of a part also produces steam.Described steam can be applied in other place in the process, and can also produce power.In one embodiment, the initial heat exchanger serving as condenser can produce the steam of about 130 DEG C and about 3barA.
Described vapor wash system operates under about 40-50 DEG C and about 9-15barA, it optionally comprises the condensate from described elementary and secondary heat recovery system one or both of is carried out to degassed system, reclaims the system of volatile organic matter (such as methyl acetate, paraxylene etc.), and is preserved for the liquid of the washing in described vapor wash system and discharges the system of residual gas.The assembly of described washing system is well known in the art.Described wash liquid can comprise acetic acid and water, and their combination.Described vapor wash system comprises at least one scrubbing section.
Usually, comprise for the production of an embodiment of the method for CTA that use is described comprises the elementary and system for the treatment of terephthalic acid (TPA) that is secondary oxidation reactor herein.Such as the reactant of paraxylene, acetic acid, catalyst and air is introduced in described primary oxidation reactor.Described primary oxidation reactor can be operated, to produce elementary slurry at the temperature (or at other temperature described in the invention or pressure) of the pressure of about 12 to 18barA and about 180 to 210 DEG C.Then described elementary slurry is introduced in described secondary oxidation reactor.Described secondary oxidation reactor is operated, to produce secondary slurry at the pressure than the low 2bar of being less than of the pressure of described primary oxidation reactor and the temperature (or at other temperature described in the invention or pressure) at about 5-15 lower than the temperature of described primary oxidation reactor DEG C.
As mentioned above, during described oxidation reaction, primary exhaust is produced from described primary oxidation reactor.Described primary exhaust flow to described elementary heat recovery system, to produce treated primary exhaust.Described treated primary exhaust flow to described vapor wash system, here washs described treated primary exhaust.Described elementary heat recovery system and described vapor wash system and described operating condition describe above.
As mentioned above, during described oxidation reaction, secondary waste gas is produced from described secondary oxidation reactor.Described secondary waste gas streams is described secondary heat recovery system extremely, to produce treated secondary waste gas.Described treated secondary waste gas streams, to described vapor wash system, here washs described treated secondary waste gas.Described secondary heat recovery system and described vapor wash system and described operating condition describe above.
Described elementary heat recovery system carries out heat exchange by adopting one or more heat exchanger, removes the heat of described primary exhaust.When described waste gas flows through each heat exchanger, the temperature of described waste gas reduces, and the elementary condensate formed as the liquid phase be separated, described elementary condensate comprises volatile organic matter and aqueous components, such as acetic acid, paraxylene, reaction intermediate and water.Collect described elementary concentrate liquid, and described oxidation reactor can be recycled to, carry out purifying to remove accessory substance and water, or be sent back to other place of described preparation technology as required.
Described secondary heat recovery system carries out heat exchange by adopting one or more heat exchanger, removes the heat of described secondary waste gas.When described waste gas flows through each heat exchanger, the temperature of described waste gas reduces, and the B-grade condensation thing formed as the liquid phase be separated, described B-grade condensation thing comprises volatile organic matter and aqueous components, such as acetic acid, paraxylene, reaction intermediate and water.Collect described secondary concentration thing liquid, and described oxidation reactor can be recycled to, carry out purifying to remove accessory substance and water, or be sent back to other place of described preparation technology as required.
For traditional reaction system, such as system as shown in Figure 1, described treated primary exhaust washs in steam washer, and described through washing, treated waste gas streams to energy-recuperation system advantageously to reclaim merit, such as adopt turbine to reduce the pressure of described gas.But treated secondary waste gas streams to independent steam washer, and is disposed in air subsequently.As shown in Figure 2, the advantage of the embodiment of present disclosure be utilize described through washing, treated secondary waste gas and described through washing, treated primary exhaust with the embodiment of the improvement recovered energy.In addition, only need a vapor wash system to wash described elementary and secondary waste gas streams, cause cost of investment to reduce.
It should be pointed out that all various assemblies that Fig. 2 may adopt not included in each system, method or technique.Such as, one or more hydraulic pump can be adopted, flow through described system or technique to cause described stream with one or more flow velocitys with under one or more pressure.