EP0563465B1 - Process and apparatus for generating a vacuum - Google Patents

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EP0563465B1
EP0563465B1 EP92203755A EP92203755A EP0563465B1 EP 0563465 B1 EP0563465 B1 EP 0563465B1 EP 92203755 A EP92203755 A EP 92203755A EP 92203755 A EP92203755 A EP 92203755A EP 0563465 B1 EP0563465 B1 EP 0563465B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F5/00—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow
    • F04F5/14—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid
    • F04F5/16—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid displacing elastic fluids
    • F04F5/20—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid displacing elastic fluids for evacuating
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F5/00—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow
    • F04F5/14—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid
    • F04F5/36—Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid characterised by using specific inducing fluid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F9/00—Diffusion pumps

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  • the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a vacuum, to pumping apparatus, in particular to a diffusion pump, for use in the process, to fluids for use as pump fluids in the process and to applications of the process, in particular the refining of heat sensitive materials.
  • vacua ranging in absolute pressure from about 10 2 to about 10 5 Pa
  • medium vacua ranging in pressure from about 10 -1 to about 10 2 Pa
  • displacement pumps for example liquid and gas ring vacuum pumps, rotary vane, rotary piston and rotary lobe vacuum pumps.
  • kinetic vacuum pumps such as jet pumps, diffusion pumps and drag vacuum pumps, or entrapment vacuum pumps, such as sorption pumps and condensation pumps, are applied.
  • vacuum distillation In the refining of many heat sensitive materials, vacuum distillation is applied.
  • Typical apparatus for carrying out the vacuum distillation includes falling film and wiped film evaporators. Such processes are typically operated under vacuum of pressures of from 10 -1 to 10 2 Pa, the generation of which is conveniently achieved using a diffusion vacuum pump.
  • a reservoir of pump fluid is heated to vaporise the fluid, which vapour then issues from an aperture in a nozzle forming a high speed vapour jet.
  • the gases being pumped diffuse into and are entrained in the vapour jet and are thereby carried by the jet to a region remote from the nozzle where the pump fluid vapour is condensed, separated from the gases being pumped and recycled to the reservoir.
  • the gases being pumped, once separated from the pump fluid, are removed from the region by a pump, commonly referred to as a "backing pump” or "forepump".
  • Fluids for use as pump fluids in diffusion vacuum pumps disclosed in the aforementioned publications include mercury, mineral oils, halogenated polyethers and polyphenylethers. Owing to their wide availability and their relatively low cost, the mineral oils have become widely accepted as the preferred pump fluid.
  • a typical mineral oil for use as a pump fluid comprises paraffinic, aromatic and naphthenic hydrocarbons.
  • paraffin waxes when used as pump fluids in diffusion vacuum pumps, result in a significant improvement in the overall performance and efficiency of the pump.
  • the present invention provides a process for the generation of a vacuum in a vessel comprising generating a vapour by heating a reservoir of a paraffin wax, discharging the vapour through an inlet into a gas entrainment zone connected to the vessel, thereby generating a vapour jet in the entrainment zone, allowing gas from the vessel to enter the vapour jet, allowing the vapour jet containing the gas to pass to a condensation zone, condensing vapour from the vapour jet in the condensation zone and separately recovering the condensed wax and the uncondensed material.
  • the paraffin wax used in the process of the present invention preferably comprises greater than 70% wt paraffins, more preferably greater than 80% wt and still more preferably greater than 90% wt paraffins.
  • An especially preferred wax comprises greater than 95% wt paraffins.
  • a most preferred wax is one consisting substantially of paraffinic material.
  • the wax may comprise both straight-chain and branched-chain paraffins, with preference being given for waxes comprising substantial quantities of straight-chain paraffins, in particular greater than 75% wt, more particularly greater than 90% wt straight-chain paraffins.
  • a most preferred wax consists substantially of straight-chain paraffins.
  • the paraffins present in the wax may range from C 15 paraffins to C 70 + paraffins.
  • a first preferred wax comprises C 15 to C 20 paraffins in an amount of at least 60% wt, more preferably at least 75% wt of the total paraffin content.
  • a second preferred wax comprises C 20 to C 30 paraffins in an amount of at least 60% wt, more preferably at least 75% wt of the total paraffin content.
  • a third preferred wax comprises C 30 to C 40 paraffins in an amount of at least 60% wt, more preferably 75% wt of the total paraffin content.
  • a fourth preferred wax comprises C 40 + paraffins in an amount of at least 60% wt, more preferably at least 75% wt of the total paraffin content.
  • paraffin as used herein is a reference to hydrocarbons or mixtures of hydrocarbons in which the component molecules are substantially aliphatic and are substantially or completely saturated. Preference is given to hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon mixtures in which there is present substantially no unsaturation.
  • the wax may have any suitable congealing point, in particular in the range of from 10°C to 120°C, more preferably in the range of from 25°C to 110°C.
  • the wax may have any suitable viscosity for effective operation of the process.
  • the viscosity of the wax measured at 120°C may be in the range of from 1 to 20 mm 2 /s, more preferably from 2 to 15 mm 2 /s.
  • Waxes of the kind and having the properties as hereinbefore described may be prepared by conventional techniques, for example the conventional refining of crude oil.
  • preferred waxes for use in the process of the present invention are synthetic materials, in particular waxes prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process.
  • Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is the name commonly given to processes in which hydrocarbons are prepared from a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by contacting the mixture at elevated temperature and pressure with a suitable catalyst.
  • Catalysts for use in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process frequently comprise, as the catalytically active component, a metal from Group VIII of the Periodic Table of Elements.
  • Particular catalytically active metals include ruthenium, iron, cobalt and nickel.
  • Especially preferred waxes for use in the process of the present invention are those prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process employing a catalyst comprising cobalt as the catalytically active component.
  • the catalytically active metal is preferably supported on a porous carrier.
  • the porous carrier may be selected from any of the suitable refractory metal oxides or silicates or combinations thereof known in the art. Particular examples of preferred porous carriers include silica, alumina, titania and mixtures thereof. Silica is a particularly preferred carrier material for the catalyst used in the preparation of the waxes for use in the process of the present invention.
  • the amount of catalytically active metal on the carrier is preferably in the range of from 3 to 100 pbw per 100 pbw of carrier material, more preferably from 10 to 80 pbw, especially from 20 to 60 pbw.
  • the catalyst may also comprise one or more metals or metal oxides as promoters.
  • Suitable metal oxide promoters may be selected from Groups IIA, IIIB, IVB, VB and VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, or the actinides and lanthanides.
  • oxides of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, scandium, yttrium. lanthanum, cerium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, thorium, uranium, vanadium and chromium are most suitable promoters.
  • a particularly preferred metal oxide promoter for the catalyst used to prepare the waxes for use in the present invention is zirconium oxide.
  • Suitable metal promoters may be selected from Groups VIIB of VIII of the Periodic Table. Rhenium and Group VIII noble metals are particularly suitable, with platinum and palladium being especially preferred.
  • the amount of promoter present in the catalyst is preferably in the range of from 0.1 to 150 pbw per 100 pbw of carrier.
  • a particularly suitable catalyst for use in preparing the waxes for use in the process of the present invention is a cobalt/zirconium/silica catalyst.
  • suitable catalysts which may be used in the preparation of the waxes are disclosed in European Patent Applications publication numbers EP 0 104 672, EP 0 110 449, EP 0 127 220, EP 0 167 215, EP 0 180 269 and EP 0 221 598.
  • the waxes for use in the process of the present invention may be prepared by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, in which a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is contacted with a catalyst as hereinbefore described.
  • the synthesis is typically conducted at a temperature of from about 125 to about 350°C, preferably from about 175 to 250°C.
  • Typical operating pressures for the synthesis are in the range of from about 5 to 100 bar, more preferably from about 10 to 50 bar.
  • the catalyst is typically contacted with a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a ratio of less than 2.5, preferably less than 1.75. More preferably, the hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio of the mixture is in the range of from 0.4 to 1.5, especially from 0.9 to 1.3.
  • the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process produces waxes suitable for use in the process of the present invention in high yields.
  • the waxes are present substantially in the liquid phase under the conditions prevailing in the process.
  • the effluent from the process comprises, in addition to the desired waxes, unconverted feed gas and lighter gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons produced during the synthesis reactions.
  • the waxes may be separated from the unconverted feed gas and the lighter products by conventional separation techniques well known in the art, for example distillation.
  • the waxes, once separated from the lighter products may then, if desired, be further refined to yield, for example, one or more of the various wax fractions as described hereinabove.
  • separation techniques for the refining of such waxes are known in the art. Owing to the low thermal stability of the waxes, high temperatures should be avoided during the further refining of the waxes, if cracking of the heavy wax molecules is to be avoided. Accordingly, separation techniques such as vacuum distillation should be applied using, for example the fine vacuum or short-path evaporators known in the art.
  • Typical evaporating equipment for use in such refining processes include the high vacuum falling film evaporators and the high vacuum wiped film evaporators. Typical operating pressures for the aforementioned evaporators range from 10 -1 to 10 2 Pa.
  • the present invention provides the use of a paraffin wax having the properties as hereinbefore described as a pump fluid in a diffusion vacuum pump.
  • the present invention provides apparatus for the generation of a vacuum comprising a reservoir of a pump fluid, heating means (15) to generate a vapour from the pump fluid, a vapour conduit (16) providing a passage for the vapour, a pump vessel (1), which vessel (1) comprises a gas entrainment zone, a vapour inlet (8) connected to the vapour conduit (16) and of a form whereby vapour entering the pump vessel (1) is formed into a vapour jet (17) extending into the gas entrainment zone, a gas inlet (4) whereby gas entering the pump vessel (1) is caused to contact the vapour jet (17), a vapour condensation zone arranged to receive the gas and vapour jet (17) leaving the entrainment zone, cooling means (10) to condense vapour in the vapour condensation zone and means to recover separately from the condensation zone the condensed vapour and the gas (6, 9), characterised in that the reservoir of the pump fluid is a reservoir of a paraffin wax.
  • paraffin wax forming part of the apparatus of this aspect of the invention may be any of the waxes or wax fractions as hereinbefore defined.
  • a pump vessel 1 comprises a body 2 having the general form of an inverted cone and having a domed upper end 3.
  • a gas inlet 4 is shown in the upper region of the side of the body 2.
  • the vessel (not shown) in which the vacuum is to be generated and maintained is connected to the gas inlet 4 via line 5.
  • a gas outlet 6 is shown in the lower region of the side of the body 2.
  • a vacuum forepump (not shown) is connected to the gas outlet 6 by means of line 7.
  • a vapour inlet 8 is shown located centrally in the upper end 3 of the body 2 and comprises a small aperture through which vapour may pass and enter the upper region of the pump vessel 1.
  • the lower end portion of the body 2 is formed to provide an outlet 9 for condensed wax.
  • the pump vessel further comprises cooling means, represented in the figure as helical tubes 10 extending around the conical outer surface of the body 2.
  • a line 11 extends from the condensed wax outlet 9 to a wax recycle pump 12.
  • a line 13 extends from the wax recycle pump 12 to a wax vaporiser 14.
  • a supply of heating medium to the wax vaporiser 14 is represented in the figure by line 15.
  • a line 16 connects the vapour outlet of the wax vaporiser 14 to the vapour inlet 8 of the pump vessel 1.
  • a reservoir of paraffin wax is contained in the lower portion of the pump vessel 1 in the region of the condensed wax outlet, line 11, the wax recycle pump 12, line 13 and in the body of the wax vaporiser 14.
  • a second vessel may be provided, for example between the condensed wax outlet 9 of the pump vessel 1 and the wax recycle pump 12, if a greater volume of wax is required in the reservoir.
  • the wax in the wax vaporiser 14 is heated by the heating medium to generate a wax vapour.
  • the heating medium may conveniently be hot water or steam contained within the tubes of a conventional shell and tube heat exchanger.
  • Vapour generated in the vaporiser 14 passes along line 16 to the vapour inlet 8 of the pump vessel 1.
  • the vapour passes through a small aperture in the vapour inlet 8, thereby forming a vapour jet 17 in the upper region of the pump vessel 1.
  • the vapour inlet may comprise a plurality of apertures to thereby generate a plurality of vapour jets.
  • one or more baffles or deflectors may be provided in the entrainment zone to form and guide the vapour jets.
  • the gas together with any uncondensed wax vapour, leaves the pump vessel 1 through the gas outlet 6. Removal of the gas and any uncondensed vapour is effected by the forepump connected to the gas outlet via line 7.
  • the forepump may be any suitable pump, for example a rotary oil-sealed pump unit.
  • the process and apparatus of the present invention as described hereabove may be used to generate and maintain the vacuum in any of the processes known in the art in which operation at reduced pressure is required. Examples include freeze drying, as employed in the food industry, and vacuum distillation applied to the refining of heat sensitive materials, as discussed hereinbefore.
  • the present invention provides a process for the distillation of a paraffin wax comprising generating a vacuum in a vessel according to the process for generating a vacuum as described hereinbefore, by generating a vapour by heating a reservoir of a paraffin wax, discharging the vapour through an inlet into a gas entrainment zone, thereby generating a vapour jet in the entrainment zone, evaporating the wax to be distilled in a distillation zone, allowing at least a part of the evaporated wax from the distillation zone to contact the vapour jet in the entrainment zone, allowing the vapour jet containing the evaporated wax to pass to a condensation zone, condensing vapour from the vapour jet containing the evaporated wax in the condensation zone and separately recovering the condensed wax and the uncondensed material.
  • paraffin wax used in the process of this aspect of the invention may be any of the waxes or wax fractions as hereinbefore defined.
  • the process for the distillation of a paraffin wax is particularly advantageous when applied in the refining of paraffin wax prepared using the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process, as hereinbefore described.
  • the present invention provides apparatus for the distillation of a paraffin wax, comprising a diffusion vacuum pump, which pump comprises a reservoir of a pump fluid, heating means (15) to generate a vapour from the pump fluid, a vapour conduit (16) providing a passage for the vapour, a pump vessel (1), which vessel (1) comprises a gas entrainment zone, a vapour inlet (8) connected to the vapour conduit (16) and of a form whereby vapour entering the pump vessel (1) is formed into a vapour jet (17) extending into the gas entrainment zone, a gas inlet (4) whereby gas entering the pump vessel (1) is caused to contact the vapour jet (17), a vapour condensation zone arranged to receive the gas and vapour jet (17) leaving the entrainment zone, cooling means (10) to condense vapour in the vapour condensation zone and means to recover separately from the condensation zone the condensed vapour and the uncondensed material (6, 9), characterised in that the apparatus further comprises an evaporator, which evaporator
  • paraffin wax forming part of the apparatus of this aspect of the invention may be any of the waxes or wax fractions as hereinbefore defined.
  • the evaporator may be any of the fine vacuum evaporators or short-path evaporators known in the art and applicable to the distillation of heat sensitive materials, for the example the falling film evaporators or the wiped film evaporators referred to hereinbefore.
  • the use of a wiped film evaporator is especially preferred.
  • the apparatus forming the third aspect of the present invention that is the apparatus for generation of a vacuum as schematically represented in the figure, and its operation set out above, it follows that, in the process and apparatus for the distillation of paraffin waxes, the evaporated wax leaving the distillation zone forms the gas referred to hereinabove in connection with the operation of the diffusion vacuum pump. During operation of the process, the evaporated wax diffuses into and is entrained in the vapour jet. This mixture of wax vapours then passes to the condensation zone. It will be appreciated that condensation of both a part of the wax vapour forming the vapour jet and a part of the evaporated wax from the distillation zone may occur.
  • the operating conditions at any location in the distillation apparatus for the refining of the paraffin wax should be maintained so as to avoid substantial solidification of either the wax being distilled or the wax being used as the pump fluid.
  • Typical operating conditions of the distillation process for the refining of paraffin waxes are known in the art.
  • the process should be operated at a temperature above that at which the wax begins to solidify. However, the process should not be operated at a temperature at or above the temperature at which the waxes suffer thermal decomposition. Preferred operating temperatures are below 300°C, more preferably below 275°C.
  • the diffusion vacuum pump should preferably be operated to maintain a pressure in the evaporator in the range of from 1 to 20 Pa, more preferably from 5 to 15 Pa.
  • the refining of the wax feedstock may be effected in a plurality of stages, each stage comprising apparatus and operating under the process regime as described hereinbefore.
  • the wax being used as a pump fluid in the vacuum pump is selected to have similar, more preferably substantially the same, properties, for example melting point, carbon number distribution and boiling point range, as the wax vapour being pumped.
  • a paraffin wax was prepared by means of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using the following method:
  • a cobalt/zirconium/silica catalyst was prepared following the procedure described in European Patent Application publication No. 0 428 223.
  • the catalyst was loaded into a reaction vessel and reduced by contacting the catalyst with a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen at a temperature of 250 °C, a pressure of 5 bar and a gas hourly space velocity of from 500 to 600 Nl/l/h.
  • the activated catalyst was then contacted with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen having a hydrogen/carbon monoxide ratio of 1.1 at a gas inlet pressure of from 37 to 39 bar, a temperature of from 210 to 220 °C and a gas hourly space velocity of from 1110 to 1130 Nl/l/h/
  • the product of the reaction was a mixture of substantially paraffinic hydrocarbons.
  • the hydrocarbon fraction was subjected to a conventional distillation to remove the C 20 - components, leaving a C 21 + hydrocarbon mixture.
  • the resulting mixture was subjected to a vacuum distillation to further refine the C 21 + hydrocarbon mixture into a range of wax fractions.
  • the light wax fraction comprised greater than 90% wt paraffins lying in the C 18 to C 27 range.
  • the heavy wax fraction comprised greater than 75% wt paraffins in the range of from C 28 to C 40 .
  • the light wax fraction and the heavy wax fraction were each tested for their performance as pumping fluids in a 18B4A vapour booster pump, commercially available from Edwards High Vacuum International.
  • the pump had the general configuration depicted in the figure.
  • the operating conditions of the pump and performance of the two fractions are summarized in the Table below.
  • the pump was operated at a power of 6.0 kW.
  • the throughput of the pump was determined for each of the two fractions when generating a vacuum down to each of 0.05 mbar and 0.1 mbar.
  • the pumping speed was determined for each fraction when generating vacuum down to 0.005 mbar.

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