CN107774008A - The apparatus and method that a kind of physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol - Google Patents

The apparatus and method that a kind of physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol Download PDF

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CN107774008A
CN107774008A CN201610737793.4A CN201610737793A CN107774008A CN 107774008 A CN107774008 A CN 107774008A CN 201610737793 A CN201610737793 A CN 201610737793A CN 107774008 A CN107774008 A CN 107774008A
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李扬
张鹏
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The present invention relates to the device that a kind of physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol.The device includes at least two refined adsorbent beds, is connected between the adsorbent bed by pipeline, and the pipeline is provided with the valve for being used for controlling refined absorption bed operating.The invention further relates to a kind of method that physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol.This method can refine the operational mode of adsorbent bed with flexible modulation, improve the utilization rate of refined adsorbent bed, the requirement to quality of ethylene glycol product can be met, and can makes full use of the adsorbent in refined adsorbent bed, extend the usage time of adsorbent, the cost of coal-ethylene glycol is reduced, is increased economic efficiency.

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The apparatus and method that a kind of physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol
Technical field
The invention belongs to the production technical field of ethylene glycol, and in particular to a kind of physical absorption improves the dress of UV transmittance of ethylene glycol Put and method.
Background technology
Ethylene glycol is a kind of important Organic Chemicals, and purposes is quite varied, mainly for the production of polyester fiber, antifreeze Agent, unsaturated polyester resin, lubricant, plasticizer and nonionic surfactant etc., it may also be used for coating, soup, Brake-fluid and ink industry.
The production of large-scale ethylene glycol is petroleum law both at home and abroad at present, and its primary raw material is ethene and oxygen, is catalyzed with silver As steady agent is caused, then direct oxidation of ethylene to regenerates ethylene glycol into oxirane for agent, methane or nitrogen.But with oil The increasingly depleted of resource, the ethylene glycol of the technique productions can not meet the needs of whole world is growing to ethylene glycol completely. In the 1970s, the research using coal as Material synthesis ethylene glycol is carried out.
Product quality as one of several big difficult points of coal-ethylene glycol technology can reach polyester requirement, product it is ultraviolet Can light rate reach national standard, be an important topic of current each research institution.And except being removed using chemical method in product Impurity, improve UV (Ultra-Violet Ray) value method outside, using physical absorption be at present it is more ripe, effective one Kind means.But price is high, service life is short, adsorbent failure reproducting periods product matter there is such as adsorbing for physical adsorption process Amount such as can not ensure at the various problems.
Therefore, the problem of presently, there are, which is that urgent need research and development are a kind of, can make full use of adsorbent, extend adsorbent Usage time, reduce the apparatus and method that the physical absorption of coal-ethylene glycol cost improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol.
The content of the invention
The technical problems to be solved by the invention are to be directed to above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, there is provided a kind of physical absorption improves The apparatus and method of UV transmittance of ethylene glycol.The device includes at least two refined adsorbent beds, passes through pipe between the refined adsorbent bed Line connects, and the pipeline is provided with the valve for being used for controlling exquisite absorption bed operating.The inventive method can the refined suction of flexible modulation The operational mode of attached bed, on the premise of quality of ethylene glycol product is ensured, the utilization rate of refined adsorbent bed is improved, reduces coal second The cost of glycol, increases economic efficiency.
Therefore, first aspect present invention provides the device that a kind of physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol, it is included at least Two refined adsorbent beds;Connected between the refined adsorbent bed by pipeline;The pipeline, which is provided with, to be used to control refined absorption The valve of bed operating.
According to the present invention, the operational mode between refined adsorbent bed in described device includes any one refined adsorbent bed Isolated operation, at least two refined adsorbent beds are with from a refined adsorbent bed outlet to next refined adsorbent bed entrance The parallel way that series system ran or entered simultaneously with ethylene glycol raw material at least two refined adsorbent bed entrances is run.
According to the present invention, cross-line short circuit pipeline is provided with described device.
According to the present invention, multiple tracks valve, blind plate are set in described device, ensure in running mode switching or series connection or It can ensure during parallel running mutually completely isolated between material.
According to the present invention, described device also includes ethylene glycol material inlet, ethylene glycol product discharging opening and sewage draining exit. For the present invention in the refined adsorbent bed of pretreatment, all refined adsorbent beds can share same root utility line, input and output material Pipeline etc., such as blowdown pipeline.
According to the present invention, the ethylene glycol material inlet and the ethylene glycol product discharging opening are equipped with quality inspection analysis and taken The sampling cabinet that sampling point, the quality of the ethylene glycol raw material and the quality of the ethylene glycol product are set by quality inspection analytical sampling point Sampling analysis obtains.
According to the present invention, the ethylene glycol raw material is from glycol unit rectification cell output.
Second aspect of the present invention provides one kind and utilizes first aspect present invention described device to carry out physical absorption raising second The method of glycol UV values, its ethylene glycol raw material for including from charging aperture to enter through refine adsorbent bed adsorption treatment after obtain from The ethylene glycol product of discharging opening outflow.
According to the inventive method, the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow meets high-class product second two in national standard The UV value indexs of alcohol:220nm UV transmittance >=75%, 275nm UV transmittance >=92%, 350nm ultraviolet printing opacity Rate >=99%.
According to the inventive method, when separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity no more than the technological requirement in technical protocol, list Platform refines adsorbent in adsorbent bed and is not up to its design service life, and the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow meets In national standard during the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol, any one refined adsorbent bed isolated operation in the refined adsorbent bed or Bypass of the part by connecting the inlet and outlet of separate unit or more than two refined adsorbent beds is run.Suction can either so be made full use of Attached bed, quality of ethylene glycol product can be ensured again.
According to the inventive method, when separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity no more than the technological requirement in technical protocol, list Platform refines adsorbent in adsorbent bed and exceedes its design service life, or the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow can not expire During foot is international during the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol, at least two refined adsorbent beds in the refined adsorbent bed are with from one The series system of refined adsorbent bed outlet to next refined adsorbent bed entrance is run.It can either so meet to ethylene glycol The requirement of product quality, the refined adsorbent bed of hydraulic performance decline can be made full use of again, the refined adsorbent bed newly run is also functioned to Protective effect.
According to the inventive method, when separate unit, which refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity, exceedes the technological requirement in technical protocol, institute Refined adsorbent bed is stated with ethylene glycol raw material while enters the parallel way operation of at least two refined adsorbent bed entrances.So both may be used To make full use of refined adsorbent bed, the quality of ethylene glycol product can be ensured again.
According to the inventive method, when the quality of the ethylene glycol raw material of charging aperture has reached the UV of high-class product ethylene glycol in national standard When being worth index, the ethylene glycol raw material entered from charging aperture in whole or in part without the adsorption treatment of refined adsorbent bed, Directly flowed out by the bypass for the inlet and outlet for connecting separate unit or more than two refined adsorbent beds from ethylene glycol product discharging opening.
Term " technological requirement in technical protocol " of the present invention refers to the pass for meeting that patent business proposes for adsorbent In operating conditions such as adsorbent bed feeding temperature, feed pressure, liquid volume air speeds.
Term " its design service life " of the present invention refers to that the most long absorption on adsorbent that manufacturer provides makes With the life-span, adsorption capacity of the service life by adsorbent producer according to different model adsorbent, it is supplied in technical protocol User, common adsorbent service life are generally divided into three months, six months, 1 year etc..
The apparatus and method that physical absorption provided by the invention improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol can refine adsorbent bed with flexible modulation Operational mode, improve the utilization rate of refined adsorbent bed, the requirement to quality of ethylene glycol product can be met, and can makes full use of Adsorbent in refined adsorbent bed, extends the usage time of adsorbent, reduces the cost of coal-ethylene glycol, increase economic efficiency.
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Fig. 1 shows that the physical absorption of the present invention improves a kind of structural representation of embodiment of the device of UV transmittance of ethylene glycol Figure.In figure, HC represents that device external belongs to hot insulation, and 1-20 is valve.
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To make the present invention easier to understand, the present invention is described in detail with specific embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, these Embodiment only serves illustrative, it is not limited to application of the invention.
The physical absorption for the present invention improves a kind of structure of specific embodiment of the device of UV transmittance of ethylene glycol as shown in Figure 1 Schematic diagram.
In this embodiment, the device includes refined adsorbent bed A and refined adsorbent bed B.Connected between adsorbent bed by pipeline Connect, pipeline is provided with the valve for being used for controlling refined absorption bed operating, and separate unit can be achieved and refine adsorbent bed individually (for example, refined Adsorbent bed A or refined adsorbent bed B) operation, two series connection (i.e. refined adsorbent bed A outlet entering to refined adsorbent bed B Mouthful) operation or two parallel connections (i.e. ethylene glycol raw material enters refined adsorbent bed A and refined adsorbent bed B entrance simultaneously) run, together When refined adsorbent bed between be provided with cross-line short circuit pipeline.The device also includes ethylene glycol material inlet, ethylene glycol product discharges Mouth and sewage draining exit.In the present embodiment, the public sewage draining exit of adsorbent bed A and refined adsorbent bed B is refined.In addition, in the dress The ethylene glycol material inlet and ethylene glycol product discharging opening put are equipped with quality inspection analytical sampling point (not shown), pass through matter Examine the UV values that ethylene glycol is analyzed in the sampling cabinet (not shown) sampling that analytical sampling point is set in real time.
When separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity no more than the technological requirement in technical protocol, separate unit, which is refined in adsorbent bed, to be inhaled Attached dose of not up to its design service life, and the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow meets high-class product second two in national standard During the UV value indexs of alcohol, any one refined adsorbent bed isolated operation or part in the refined adsorbent bed are by connecting separate unit Or the bypass operation of the inlet and outlet of more than two refined adsorbent beds.If during refined adsorbent bed A isolated operations, open valve 4, valve Door 5, valve 6, valve 7, valve 8, remaining valve are closed;If now need part by bypass run, simultaneously open valve 1, Valve 2, valve 10, valve 9, and according to the quality adjustment bypass amount of discharging opening ethylene glycol product.If refined adsorbent bed B is individually transported During row, valve 1, valve 3, valve 14, valve 15, valve 18, valve 19, valve 20, valve 11, valve 9, remaining valve are opened Close;If now needing part to be run by bypassing, valve 2, valve 10 are opened simultaneously.
When separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity no more than the technological requirement in technical protocol, separate unit, which is refined in adsorbent bed, to be inhaled Attached dose exceedes its design service life, or the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow can not meet high-class product second in the world During the UV value indexs of glycol, at least two refined adsorbent beds in the refined adsorbent bed are connected with being exported from a refined adsorbent bed Pass to the series system operation of next refined adsorbent bed entrance.If adsorbent uses the longevity more than its design in refined adsorbent bed A Life, or from the quality of ethylene glycol product of discharging opening outflow can not meet the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in the world when, need When running refined adsorbent bed B simultaneously, valve 4, valve 5, valve 12, valve 13, valve 18, valve 19, valve need to be opened simultaneously 20th, valve 11, valve 9, remaining valve are closed;If adsorbent exceedes its design service life in refined adsorbent bed B, or from discharging When the quality of the ethylene glycol product of mouth outflow can not meet the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in the world, it need to run simultaneously refined During adsorbent bed A, valve 1, valve 3, valve 14, valve 15, valve 17, valve 16, valve 6, valve 7, valve need to be opened simultaneously 8, remaining valve is closed.
When separate unit, which refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity, exceedes the technological requirement in technical protocol, the refined adsorbent bed is with second Diol starting materials enter the parallel way operation of at least two refined adsorbent bed entrances simultaneously.If refined adsorbent bed A and refined absorption Bed B is run simultaneously when, valve 4, valve 5, valve 6, valve 7, valve 8, valve 1, valve 3, valve 14, valve need to be opened simultaneously 15th, valve 18, valve 19, valve 20, valve 11, valve 9, remaining valve are closed.
When the quality of the ethylene glycol raw material of charging aperture has reached the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in national standard, it is described from The ethylene glycol raw material that charging aperture enters is in whole or in part without the adsorption treatment of refined adsorbent bed, directly by connecting separate unit Or the bypass of the inlet and outlet of more than two refined adsorbent beds is flowed out from ethylene glycol product discharging opening.If all without refined suction During the adsorption treatment of attached bed, valve 1, valve 2, valve 10, valve 9 need to be opened simultaneously, and remaining valve is closed.
It should be noted that embodiment described above is only used for explaining the present invention, do not form to any of the present invention Limitation.By referring to exemplary embodiments, invention has been described, it should be appreciated that word wherein used is descriptive With explanatory vocabulary, rather than limited vocabulary.The present invention can be made within the scope of the claims by regulation Modification, and the present invention is revised in without departing substantially from scope and spirit of the present invention.Although the present invention described in it relates to And specific method, material and embodiment, it is not intended that the present invention is limited to wherein disclosed particular case, on the contrary, this hair It is bright to can be extended to other all methods and applications with identical function.

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1. a kind of physical absorption improves the device of UV transmittance of ethylene glycol, it is characterised in that including at least two refined adsorbent beds;It is described Connected between refined adsorbent bed by pipeline;The pipeline is provided with the valve for being used for controlling refined absorption bed operating.
2. device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the operational mode between refined adsorbent bed in described device Including any one refined adsorbent bed isolated operation, at least two refined adsorbent beds with from a refined adsorbent bed outlet to The series system of next refined adsorbent bed entrance is run or entered simultaneously at least two refined adsorbent beds with ethylene glycol raw material The parallel way operation of mouth.
3. device according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that described device also includes ethylene glycol material inlet, second Glycol outlet for product and sewage draining exit.
4. according to the device described in any one in claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the ethylene glycol material inlet and institute State ethylene glycol product discharging opening and be equipped with quality inspection analytical sampling point, the quality of the ethylene glycol raw material and the ethylene glycol product The sampling cabinet sampling analysis that quality is set by quality inspection analytical sampling point obtains.
5. any one described device carries out the method that physical absorption improves UV transmittance of ethylene glycol in a kind of 1-4 using claim, Its ethylene glycol raw material for including from charging aperture to enter after refining the adsorption treatment of adsorbent bed through obtaining the second from discharging opening outflow Glycol product.
6. according to the method for claim 5, it is characterised in that the quality of the ethylene glycol product from discharging opening outflow expires The UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in sufficient national standard:220nm UV transmittance >=75%, 275nm UV transmittance >= 92%th, 350nm UV transmittance >=99%.
7. the method according to claim 5 or 6, it is characterised in that be no more than skill when separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity Technological requirement in art agreement, separate unit refines adsorbent in adsorbent bed and is not up to its design service life, and is flowed out from discharging opening The quality of ethylene glycol product when meeting the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in national standard, it is any one in the refined adsorbent bed Platform refines the bypass of adsorbent bed isolated operation or part by connecting the inlet and outlet of separate unit or more than two refined adsorbent beds and transported OK.
8. according to the method described in any one in claim 5-7, it is characterised in that when separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity No more than the technological requirement in technical protocol, separate unit refines adsorbent in adsorbent bed and exceedes its design service life, or from discharging When the quality of the ethylene glycol product of mouth outflow can not meet the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in the world, the refined adsorbent bed In at least two refined adsorbent beds with the series connection from a refined adsorbent bed outlet to next refined adsorbent bed entrance Mode is run.
9. according to the method described in any one in claim 5-8, it is characterised in that when separate unit refines adsorbent bed volume space velocity During more than technological requirement in technical protocol, the refined adsorbent bed enters at least two refined absorption with ethylene glycol raw material simultaneously The parallel way operation of bed entrance.
10. according to the method described in any one in claim 5-9, it is characterised in that when the ethylene glycol raw material of charging aperture When quality has reached the UV value indexs of high-class product ethylene glycol in national standard, it is described from charging aperture enter ethylene glycol raw material all or Partly without the adsorption treatment of refined adsorbent bed, the directly inlet and outlet by connecting separate unit or more than two refined adsorbent beds Bypass from ethylene glycol product discharging opening flow out.
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