CN116836372A - Polyester and process for producing the same - Google Patents

Polyester and process for producing the same Download PDF

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CN116836372A
CN116836372A CN202210298180.0A CN202210298180A CN116836372A CN 116836372 A CN116836372 A CN 116836372A CN 202210298180 A CN202210298180 A CN 202210298180A CN 116836372 A CN116836372 A CN 116836372A
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胡永佳
望月克彦
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Abstract

The invention discloses a polyester and a preparation method thereof, wherein the content of diethylene glycol in the polyester is below 0.8wt%, diethylene glycol terephthalate is added into a melt polycondensation kettle to be melted at 110-250 ℃ in a heat preservation way, a polymerization catalyst is added after all the diethylene glycol terephthalate is melted, then the mixture is vacuumized, the temperature is raised to start the polymerization reaction, and the mixture is discharged after the polymerization reaction is finished. The resulting polyester articles have better dimensional stability due to the lower diethylene glycol content in the polyesters of the invention.

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Polyester and process for producing the same
Technical Field
The invention relates to polyester and a preparation method thereof, in particular to polyester with low diethylene glycol content and a preparation method thereof, wherein the polyester takes diethyl terephthalate as a raw material.
Background
Polyester (PET) is one of the most commonly used polymers at present, has excellent mechanical properties, abrasion resistance and creep resistance, and is widely used in the fields of textile, packaging, engineering plastics and the like. With the high-speed development of the automobile industry, the polyester tire meridian starts to gradually replace the steel tire meridian, and the application field of the polyester tire meridian is further widened. However, there are side reactions that produce diethylene glycol (DEG) during polyester production, such that DEG levels in polyester materials are typically between 1 and 2%. With increasing DEG content in the polyester, the dimensional stability, mechanical properties and thermal stability of the product are reduced. Currently polyester tire meridians are used only for the production of tires for small vehicles, and to be used for tires for large vehicles, it is necessary to further reduce the DEG content in the polyester. Therefore, how to reduce the DEG content in polyesters is a technical problem to be solved.
Chinese patent CN108299628A discloses a method for reducing diethylene glycol in PET products, which adopts potassium salt, water and ethylene glycol with preset mass ratio to prepare additive solution, and adds the additive solution into a slurry preparation tank or an esterification reactor, and the diethylene glycol content in the final PET product is reduced by inhibiting the generation of diethylene glycol in the reaction process by potassium ions. The higher the amount of potassium salt added, the less diethylene glycol the PET product contains. However, too high an amount of potassium salt may affect not only the reactivity of the polymerization reaction but also the color tone of the polyester.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems, the present invention aims to provide a polyester having a lower diethylene glycol content and a better dimensional stability of the product, and a process for producing the same.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
polyester, obtained by polycondensation of diethylene glycol terephthalate. The diethylene glycol content in the polyester is 0.8wt% or less, preferably 0.5wt% or less, more preferably 0.3wt% or less.
The polyester preferably contains 300ppm or less of alkali metal element and/or 3000ppm or less of organic ammonium salt.
The organic ammonium salt is preferably one or more of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide.
The invention also discloses a preparation method of the polyester, which is mainly characterized in that the diethylene glycol terephthalate is added into a melt polycondensation kettle, and is subjected to heat preservation and melting at 110-250 ℃, a polymerization catalyst is added after the diethylene glycol terephthalate is completely melted, then the polymerization reaction is started by vacuumizing, and the polyester is obtained by spitting out after the polymerization reaction is finished.
The alkali metal acetate, inorganic alkali metal compound and/or organic ammonium salt are preferably added at any stage of the above polymerization process.
Preferably, the alkali metal acetate, the inorganic alkali metal compound and/or the organic ammonium salt are added at a temperature of 200 ℃ or lower in the melt polycondensation reaction vessel.
The alkali metal acetate is preferably one or more of lithium acetate, sodium acetate and potassium acetate; the inorganic alkali metal compound is preferably one or more of lithium carbonate, potassium carbonate and cesium carbonate; the organic ammonium salt is preferably one or more of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide.
The total addition amount of the alkali metal acetate and the inorganic alkali metal compound is preferably 300ppm or less in terms of metal element relative to the polyester; the amount of the organic ammonium salt to be added is preferably 3000ppm or less with respect to the polyester.
The polyester obtained by polymerizing the polyethylene terephthalate serving as the raw material has extremely low diethylene glycol content, and the dimensional stability of the polyester is obviously improved.
Detailed Description
Generally, the diethylene glycol content of the polyester is above 1.0wt%, which results in poor dimensional stability of the polyester product. In the prior art, the reduction of the diethylene glycol content of polyesters is generally achieved by adding basic compounds during the polymerization. However, the minimum diethylene glycol content of the polyester obtained by this method is only about 0.8wt%, and the inhibition effect on diethylene glycol production is a bottleneck, i.e., the diethylene glycol production tends to gradually decrease with increasing addition of the alkaline compound in the initial stage, but the decrease is gradually decreased to 0. This is because the production of diethylene glycol is promoted by the high temperature during the polymerization of the polyester, the carboxyl groups in the aromatic dibasic acid, and the like. In addition, since the amount of the basic compound to be added is also greatly limited in view of the adverse effect of the basic compound on the polyester reaction, the polyester obtained by this method is difficult to further develop and use in the field where a lower diethylene glycol content is required.
The invention provides a polyester with diethylene glycol terephthalate as a raw material, wherein the diethylene glycol content can be reduced to below 0.8 wt%. In order to obtain more excellent dimensional stability of the polyester, the diethylene glycol content in the polyester is preferably 0.5wt% or less, more preferably 0.3wt% or less.
In a preferred embodiment, the polyester contains alkali metal elements and/or organic ammonium salts. The alkali metal element is derived from an alkali metal acetate and/or an inorganic alkali metal compound. Alkali metal acetates, inorganic alkali metal compounds and organic ammonium salts can be effective in further reducing the diethylene glycol content of the polyester.
The content of alkali metal element in the polyester is preferably 300ppm or less, and the content of organic ammonium salt is preferably 3000ppm or less.
The organic ammonium salt is preferably one or more of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide.
The invention also discloses a preparation method of the polyester, which mainly comprises the steps of adding the diethylene glycol terephthalate into a melt polycondensation kettle for heat preservation and melting, adding a polymerization catalyst after all the diethylene glycol terephthalate is melted, then starting vacuumizing and heating to start polymerization reaction, and spitting the diethylene glycol terephthalate after the diethylene glycol terephthalate reaches a set viscosity.
Since the melting point of diethylene glycol terephthalate is very low, it can be melted at a low temperature, and from the viewpoint of suppressing diethylene glycol formation, the lower the melting temperature is, the better; however, the temperature should not be too low in view of the flowability of the diethylene glycol terephthalate after melting. Thus, in combination, the melting temperature range of the present invention is selected to be 110 to 250℃and preferably 150 to 220 ℃.
By the above method, a polyester having a diethylene glycol content of 0.8wt% or less can be basically obtained. In order to further reduce the diethylene glycol content, alkali metal acetate, inorganic alkali metal salt and/or organic ammonium salt of the basic compound may be added at any stage, but when the temperature in the system is too high, DEG is generated in advance in the system by adding the basic compound, so that the addition temperature of the basic compound is preferably 200℃or less, more preferably 180℃or less.
The alkali metal acetate is preferably one or more of lithium acetate, sodium acetate and potassium acetate; the inorganic alkali metal compound is preferably lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, cesium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, cesium hydroxide or the like, and one or more of lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate, cesium carbonate is more preferable. When the addition amount of the alkali metal acetate and the inorganic alkali metal salt is too large, side reactions in the system are increased, the color tone of the polyester is deteriorated, and the use of the polyester is affected. Therefore, the total addition amount of the alkali metal acetate and the inorganic alkali metal salt is preferably 300ppm or less in terms of metal element relative to the polyester.
The organic ammonium salt is preferably one or more of tetramethylammonium hydroxide, tetraethylammonium hydroxide and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, and the addition amount thereof is preferably 3000ppm or less with respect to the polyester. When the organic ammonium salt is added in an excessive amount, foreign matters are generated in the polyester, and the spinning pressure is increased and yarn floating/breakage frequently occurs in the subsequent spinning process.
The polymerization catalyst may be an antimony catalyst, a titanium catalyst, a germanium catalyst, or an aluminum catalyst, specifically, antimony trioxide, antimony glycol, antimony acetate, germanium oxide, germanium acetate, tetrabutyl titanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, titanium glycol, aluminum glycol, TYZOR < beta > -ACtivate ™, TYZOR < beta > -ACtivate ™, 436, TOYOBO GS Catalyst, etc.
To meet various use or functional requirements, heat stabilizers, nucleating agents, and the like may also be added during polymerization. The heat stabilizer may be phosphoric acid, trimethyl phosphate, triethyl phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, triethyl phosphonoacetate, triphenyl phosphite, etc. The nucleating agent is selected from calcium salt or magnesium salt, wherein calcium acetate, calcium bis (3, 5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl phosphonic acid monoethyl ester), magnesium acetate and magnesium citrate are preferred.
The diethylene glycol content in the polyester prepared by taking the diethylene glycol terephthalate as the raw material can reach below 0.8wt%, and the dimensional stability of the polyester product is higher than that of a common polyester product. Has wide application in the field of industrial fiber application.
The invention will now be described in more detail by way of examples. The physical properties of the examples were measured by the following methods.
(1) Test of diethylene glycol
0.5g of sample is weighed, added with 2ml of ethanolamine and 10mg of adipic acid for heating and dissolving, 10ml of methanol is added after dissolving, and the mixture is cooled until the amine salt is separated out and is crushed by shaking in an ultrasonic cleaner. 15g of TPA was added for neutralization, and the mixture was filtered to obtain a sample. A2 μm sample was taken by syringe, injected into LC for testing, and the diethylene glycol content was determined by internal standard method.
(2) Content of basic metallic element
The alkali metal content of the polymer was analyzed by ICP-MS.
(3) Content of organic ammonium salt
The nitrogen content in the polymer was analyzed by combustion.
Example 1
Adding diethylene glycol terephthalate into a melting kettle, heating to 110 ℃, preserving heat and melting, sequentially adding heat stabilizer phosphoric acid, a polymerization catalyst of antimonous oxide and 100ppm lithium acetate (calculated by metal elements), starting vacuumizing and heating after the addition, starting the polymerization reaction, and discharging after the set viscosity is reached. The DEG content in the final polyester was 0.3wt%.
Examples 2 to 8
The melting temperature of the diethylene glycol terephthalate was changed to polymerize the diethylene glycol terephthalate. Specific physical properties are shown in Table 1.
Examples 9 to 14
The addition temperature of the basic compound was changed. Specific physical properties are shown in Table 2.
Examples 15 to 22
The amount of the alkaline compound to be added was changed. Specific physical properties are shown in Table 3.
Examples 23 to 28
The type of the basic compound is changed. The specific physical properties are shown in Table 4.
Example 29
No basic compound was added. The specific physical properties are shown in Table 4.
Examples 30 to 34
An inorganic alkali metal compound is added. The specific physical properties are shown in Table 5.
Comparative example 1
Adding terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol into an esterification kettle for esterification reaction, transferring into a polymerization kettle after the esterification reaction is finished, adding heat stabilizer phosphoric acid and a polymerization catalyst antimonous oxide, then starting the polymerization reaction by vacuumizing and heating from 250 ℃, and spitting out after the set viscosity is reached.
Due to the use of the usual polyester preparation method, the DEG content in the polyester reaches 1.5wt%.
Comparative example 2
Adding terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol into an esterification kettle for esterification reaction, transferring into a polymerization kettle after the esterification reaction is finished, adding 100ppm of heat stabilizer phosphoric acid, a polymerization catalyst antimony trioxide and an alkaline compound lithium acetate (calculated by lithium element), starting vacuumizing and heating from 250 ℃ to start the polymerization reaction, and spitting out after the set viscosity is reached.
Although alkali metal acetate is added to suppress DEG production, the requirement of extremely low DEG content in the final polyester is not met due to the polyester raw material.
Comparative example 3
Adding diethylene glycol terephthalate into a melting kettle, heating to 260 ℃, preserving heat and melting, sequentially adding heat stabilizer phosphoric acid and polymerization catalyst antimonous oxide, starting vacuumizing and heating after the addition is finished, starting the polymerization reaction, and spitting out after the set viscosity is reached.
Since the melting temperature of the diethylene glycol terephthalate is too high, the DEG content in the final polyester is relatively high even if alkali metal acetate is added to suppress DEG generation.
Comparative example 4
The diethylene glycol terephthalate is added into a melting kettle, and the temperature is raised to 100 ℃ to keep the temperature for melting, so that the diethylene glycol terephthalate cannot be polymerized because the diethylene glycol terephthalate is not melted below the melting point of the raw materials.

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1. Polyester obtained by polycondensation of diethylene glycol terephthalate, characterized in that: the diethylene glycol content in the polyester is 0.8wt% or less.
2. The polyester according to claim 1, wherein: the polyester contains less than 300ppm of alkali metal elements and/or less than 3000ppm of organic ammonium salts.
3. The polyester according to claim 2, wherein: the organic ammonium salt is one or more of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide.
4. The polyester according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the diethylene glycol content in the polyester is 0.5wt% or less.
5. The polyester according to claim 4, wherein: the diethylene glycol content in the polyester is below 0.3wt%.
6. The process for producing the polyester according to claim 1, wherein: adding diethylene glycol terephthalate into a melt polycondensation kettle, keeping the temperature at 110-250 ℃ for melting, adding a polymerization catalyst after all melting, then starting vacuumizing and heating to start polymerization reaction, and discharging after the polymerization reaction is finished to obtain polyester.
7. The process for producing a polyester according to claim 6, wherein: alkali metal acetate, inorganic alkali metal compound and/or organic ammonium salt are added at any stage of the polymerization process.
8. The method for producing a polyester according to claim 7, wherein: adding alkali metal acetate, inorganic alkali metal compound and/or organic ammonium salt when the temperature in the melt polycondensation kettle is below 200 ℃.
9. The process for producing a polyester according to claim 7 or 8, wherein: the alkali metal acetate is one or more of lithium acetate, sodium acetate and potassium acetate; the inorganic alkali metal compound is one or more of lithium carbonate, potassium carbonate and cesium carbonate; the organic ammonium salt is one or more of tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide.
10. The method for producing a polyester according to claim 7, wherein: the total addition amount of the alkali metal acetate and the inorganic alkali metal compound is 300ppm or less in terms of metal element relative to the polyester; the organic ammonium salt is added in an amount of 3000ppm or less relative to the polyester.
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