EP4536621A1 - Verfahren zur herstellung von dimethylether - Google Patents
Verfahren zur herstellung von dimethyletherInfo
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- C07C41/00—Preparation of ethers; Preparation of compounds having groups, groups or groups
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- C07C41/09—Preparation of ethers by dehydration of compounds containing hydroxy groups
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- Dimethyl ether is an industrially important starting material for the production of dimethyl sulfate and is used as a propellant and refrigerant. Dimethyl ether is also of interest as a synthetic fuel, for example as a replacement for LPG and diesel fuel.
- Dimethyl ether can be produced on an industrial scale in a reactor (e.g. a fixed bed reactor) by dehydrating methanol in the presence of an acidic catalyst.
- the dehydration reaction can be represented by the following reaction equation:
- Gaseous methanol is usually fed into the DME synthesis reactor and converted into dimethyl ether and water at a reaction temperature of around 220-400°C.
- the dehydration reaction taking place in the DME synthesis reactor is thermodynamically limited (equilibrium-limited reaction) and usually delivers a conversion of no more than about 70-85%.
- the DME synthesis reactor is usually followed by at least two distillation steps, with dimethyl ether of methanol and in the first distillation step Water and in the second distillation step methanol is separated from water. The methanol separated off by distillation is returned to the DM E synthesis reactor.
- the methanol supplied to the DME synthesis reactor can be produced in a known manner from synthesis gas.
- the methanol obtained directly in this synthesis is also referred to as raw methanol and usually contains significant proportions of water (e.g. 20-50 mol%), especially in sustainable methanol synthesis using a CCh-rich synthesis gas containing renewable hydrogen.
- a DM E synthesis process in which the raw methanol can be used directly (i.e. without further processing such as water separation) as a starting material would therefore be of interest.
- the conventional process for producing dimethyl ether is therefore disadvantageous both in terms of its energy balance and the expenditure on equipment, since the water from the raw methanol must be separated off in order to obtain a substantially anhydrous methanol, which can then be fed to the DME synthesis reactor, the methanol must be evaporated before being fed into the DME synthesis reactor and at least two distillation stages are connected downstream of the DME synthesis reactor, in which dimethyl ether is first separated from water and methanol and then methanol is separated from water by distillation.
- the DME synthesis reactor can in principle be operated isothermally, for example at a temperature optimized for the catalytic activity.
- a fixed bed reactor can be used for such isothermal operation.
- the hydration reaction of the Methanol to dimethyl ether and water is thermodynamically limited, so that a conversion of more than 85% is usually not possible.
- a reactive distillation unit (e.g. in the form of a reactive distillation column) contains one or more reaction zones in which reactants are reacted with one another, usually in the presence of a catalyst immobilized in the reaction zone, and one or more distillative separation zones in which reaction products and, if present, unreacted reactants be separated from each other.
- US 2007/0066855 A1 describes a process for producing dimethyl ether, in which a methanol-containing stream is introduced into a reactive distillation column, methanol is converted into dimethyl ether and water in a reaction zone of the reactive distillation column in the presence of an acidic catalyst and a distillative separation into a top stream, which consists essentially of dimethyl ether, and a bottom stream which essentially consists of water.
- a catalyst there is usually an optimal reaction temperature with regard to the reaction to be catalyzed, e.g. high enough for sufficient catalytic activity, but not too high in order to avoid thermal degradation of the catalyst material or to minimize undesirable side reactions.
- a chemical reactor can be operated isothermally (e.g. at a temperature optimized for catalytic activity).
- the temperature in the reaction zone usually decreases towards the top of the column. Therefore, the optimal reaction temperature can only be achieved in part of the reaction zone.
- the reaction zone therefore has areas with decreasing catalytic activity.
- the average catalytic activity of a specific catalyst that can be achieved in the reaction zone of a reactive distillation unit is more or less significantly below the maximum catalytic activity that can be achieved with this catalyst.
- the volume of the reaction zone can be increased, for example. This requires the insertion of additional internals or packings with immobilized catalyst into the reaction zone, which, however, is complex and expensive.
- the stream fed to the reactive distillation unit contains the desired end product (dimethyl ether) in a relatively high concentration. Therefore, only the methanol that has not been converted in the DME synthesis reactor needs to be converted in the reactive distillation unit. Due to the presence of the upstream DM E synthesis reactor, the reactive distillation unit can therefore be made smaller.
- One object of the present invention is the production of dimethyl ether using a process that is as efficient as possible (eg energy-efficient).
- the process should enable efficient production of dimethyl ether even if raw methanol (ie methanol with a significant proportion of water) is used as the starting material.
- raw methanol ie methanol with a significant proportion of water
- a process for producing dimethyl ether which includes the following steps:
- methanol-containing stream Speed-RD into a reactive distillation unit RD, wherein in at least one reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD, methanol is converted to dimethyl ether and water in the presence of an acidic catalyst and a distillative separation into a fraction which contains dimethyl ether and the reactive distillation unit RD as a top stream SKOPPRD leaves, and a fraction that contains water and leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as bottom stream Ssum P f-RD occurs,
- the process according to the invention is particularly suitable for the use of raw methanol (ie methanol that has a significant water content) as the starting stream.
- raw methanol ie methanol that has a significant water content
- essentially the very volatile dimethyl ether is drawn off in the top stream SKOPT-RD and essentially the high-boiling water is drawn off in the bottom stream Ssum P f-RD, while a side stream Sseite- is formed at a suitable location or height of the reactive distillation unit RD.
- RD can be removed, which has a significantly higher methanol concentration or a significantly lower water concentration than the raw methanol.
- This side stream Sseite-RD drawn off from the reactive distillation unit RD enables a very efficient conversion of the methanol to dimethyl ether in the side reactor SR, which functions as a DME synthesis reactor, due to the reduced water concentration compared to the raw methanol.
- a product stream Sp rO duct-sR with a high DM E concentration can thus be produced in the side reactor SR, which, for example, after being returned to the reactive distillation unit RD, also has an advantageous influence on the yield of dimethyl ether in the reactive distillation unit RD due to the high dimethyl ether concentration.
- the reactive distillation unit RD is used not only for the synthesis and distillative separation of the dimethyl ether, but also for the provision of a methanol source which has a lower water concentration than the raw methanol and thus in a DM E synthesis reactor (in comparison to raw methanol) enables higher DME yields.
- a methanol-containing stream Speed-RD is introduced into a reactive distillation unit RD, methanol being converted in the presence of an acidic catalyst to dimethyl ether and water in at least one reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD and a distillative separation into a fraction, which contains dimethyl ether and leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as top stream SKOPT-RD, and a fraction which contains water and leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as bottom stream Ssum P f-RD.
- the methanol-containing stream Speed-RD has, for example, a methanol concentration Ci(MeOH) of at least 40 mol%, a water concentration CI(H2O) of a maximum of 60 mol% and a total concentration of other components (i.e. components that are not methanol and water), if present , of at most 5 mol%.
- the process according to the invention enables an efficient synthesis of dimethyl ether, even if the methanol-containing stream Sp ee d-RD used as starting material has a significant proportion of water.
- the methanol-containing stream Speed-RD therefore has a water concentration CI(H2O) of 15-60 mol%, more preferably 25-50 mol%, and optionally contains components that are not methanol and water in a total concentration of at most 5 mol %.
- the methanol-containing stream Sp ee d-RD comes from a methanol synthesis unit in which methanol was produced in a known manner (eg from synthesis gas, in particular CO2-rich synthesis gas).
- Reactive distillation units that are suitable for the conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether and water and the separation of the reaction products by distillation are known to those skilled in the art.
- the reactive distillation unit RD (eg a reactive distillation column) has one or more reaction zones RZ and one or more distillative separation zones DT on.
- the reaction zone RZ contains one or more acidic catalysts, in particular one or more acidic solid catalysts.
- Suitable acidic catalysts for the dehydration reaction of methanol to dimethyl ether and water are known to those skilled in the art.
- the acidic catalyst is an ion exchange resin containing acidic groups, a zeolite, an aluminosilicate, an aluminum oxide or an acidic ionic liquid (which is preferably immobilized on a support).
- the distillative separation zone or the distillative separation zones DT the distillative separation takes place into the DME-containing fraction, which leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as top stream SKOPT-RD, and the water-containing fraction, which leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as bottom stream Ssumpf-RD.
- the distillative separation zones DT contain, for example, internals for distillative separation, in particular trays, packings or structured packings, as are generally known to those skilled in the art.
- the catalyst can be immobilized in the reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD in a manner known to those skilled in the art, for example as a random bulk packing; in the form of catalyst-filled wire mesh balls or as shaped catalyst bodies, which are attached to a floor in the reaction zone RZ.
- the reaction zone RZ itself can bring about sufficient separation of the reaction products from each other by distillation.
- the reactive distillation unit RD preferably has at least one, more preferably at least two, catalyst-free distillative separation zones DT.
- a catalyst-free distillative separation zone DT can be present in the reactive distillation column RD above and below the reaction zone RZ.
- the reactive distillation unit RD is operated, for example, in such a way that there is a temperature in the range of 100-180 ° C and / or a pressure in the range of 8-20 bar in the reaction zone RZ.
- the methanol-containing stream Spee d-RD is preferably introduced into the reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the very volatile dimethyl ether leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as a top stream SKOPT-RD, while water (ie the component with the highest boiling point) leaves the reactive distillation unit RD as a bottom stream Ssum P f-RD.
- the top stream SKOPT-RD has, for example, a dimethyl ether concentration of at least 50 mol%, more preferably at least 95 mol%, even more preferably at least 99 mol%.
- the bottom stream has, for example, a water concentration of at least 50 mol%, more preferably at least 90 mol%, even more preferably at least 99 mol%.
- a methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD is withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD (for example from the reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD) and introduced into a side reactor SR.
- the methanol is converted to dimethyl ether and water in the presence of an acidic catalyst to obtain a product stream Sp rO duct-sR, which contains dimethyl ether, water and methanol and is withdrawn from the side reactor SR.
- the dimethyl ether accumulates in the top of the column due to its high volatility and the water, as a component with the highest boiling point, accumulates in the bottom of the column, while fractions with a high methanol concentration can be withdrawn as a side stream in the areas of the column in between. If the reactive distillation unit RD is fed with raw methanol, these fractions that can be withdrawn as a side stream can even have a higher methanol concentration (and therefore also a lower water concentration) than the raw methanol.
- the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD has a water concentration C2 (H2O) of a maximum of 25 mol%, more preferably a maximum of 10 mol%, even more preferably a maximum of 5 mol%.
- C2 water concentration
- Dimethyl ether and, if present, components that are not methanol, water and dimethyl ether are present in the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD, for example, in a total concentration of a maximum of 10 mol%.
- a person skilled in the art can easily determine a suitable position or height in the reactive distillation unit RD, at which a side stream with a high methanol concentration or low water concentration can be discharged, based on his specialist knowledge.
- the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD is withdrawn at a position relatively high up in the reaction zone RZ, for example in the upper third or in the upper quarter of the reaction zone RZ.
- the reaction zone RZ has an upper end (ie facing the head of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a lower end (ie facing the bottom of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a length L (ie distance between the upper and lower ends of the reaction zone RZ) and the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD at a position Ps from the Reaction zone RZ is subtracted
- the position Ps can, for example, have a distance I from the upper end of the reaction zone RZ, so that l/L ⁇ 0.33, more preferably l/L ⁇ 0.25.
- the process according to the invention enables very efficient production of the dimethyl ether even if a methanol with a high water content (crude methanol) is used as the starting material.
- the reactive distillation unit RD is used not only for the synthesis and distillative separation of the dimethyl ether, but also for the provision of a methanol source which has a lower water concentration than the raw methanol and thus in a downstream DM E synthesis reactor (in comparison to raw methanol) enables higher DME yields.
- the methanol-containing stream Sp ee d-RD introduced into the reactive distillation unit RD has a water concentration CI(H2Ü) of 15-60 mol%, more preferably 25-50 mol%, and the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD has a water concentration C2(H2Ü) that satisfies the following condition:
- the methanol-containing stream Speed-RD introduced into the reactive distillation unit RD has a water concentration CI(H2Ü) of 15-60 mol%, more preferably 25-50 mol%, and the side stream Sseite-RD withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD has a water concentration C2(H2Ü ) of a maximum of 10 mol%.
- the methanol-containing stream Sp ee d-RD introduced into the reactive distillation unit RD contains components that are not methanol and water, preferably in a total concentration of at most 5 mol%.
- the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD contains dimethyl ether and components that are not methanol, water and dimethyl ether in a total concentration of at most 10 mol%.
- the side reactor SR can be a reactor type that is usually used for DM E synthesis.
- the side reactor SR is a fixed bed reactor.
- the side reactor SR contains one or more acidic catalysts, in particular one or more acidic solid catalysts.
- Suitable acidic catalysts for the dehydration reaction of methanol to dimethyl ether and water are known to those skilled in the art.
- the acidic catalyst is an ion exchange resin containing acidic groups, a zeolite, an aluminosilicate, an aluminum oxide or an acidic ionic liquid (which is preferably immobilized on a support).
- the side reactor SR is operated at a pressure and a temperature at which the introduced methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD and the resulting product stream Sp rO duct-sR are at least partially present as a liquid phase.
- the side reactor SR is operated at a temperature in the range of 130-200°C.
- the side reactor SR is preferably operated isothermally. Isothermal operation occurs when the temperature of the reactor in the area of the acidic catalyst fluctuates by a maximum of +/- 10 ° C, more preferably +/- 5 ° C.
- the side reactor SR is operated, for example, at a pressure of 20-150 bar.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR from the side reactor SR contains, for example, methanol in a concentration of not more than 50 mol%, more preferably not more than 40 mol%.
- the molar ratio of dimethyl ether to water in the product stream Sp rO duct-SR is, for example, in the range from 4:6 to 6:4. If present, components that are not dimethyl ether, water and methanol are present in the Sêt-sR product stream, for example in a total concentration of a maximum of 5 mol%.
- the methanol contained in the product stream Sp rO duct-sR can, for example, be at least partially recycled as starting material into the reactive distillation unit RD. In an exemplary embodiment, at least 20 mol%, more preferably at least 50 mol%, of the methanol contained in the product stream Sp rO duct-sR is recycled into the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the product stream withdrawn from the side reactor SR and containing dimethyl ether, water and methanol Sproduct-sR is returned to the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR is returned to the reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the product stream S. wh-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR is returned directly to the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR it is also possible for the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR to be divided into at least two partial streams and at least one of these partial streams to be returned to the reactive distillation unit RD.
- all partial streams can be returned to the reactive distillation unit.
- at least one of the partial streams is not recycled, for example because it contains dimethyl ether (ie the desired product of the process) in high concentration or because it contains undesirable by-products that can be removed from the process in this way.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR is divided into three or more substreams, one of these substreams having a dimethyl ether concentration of at least 98 mol% or even consisting of dimethyl ether and this dimethyl ether is not in the reactor distillation unit RD is returned (since it is the desired product of the process).
- the partial stream consisting essentially of dimethyl ether is obtained, for example, via a distillative separation (eg from the product stream Sp rO duct-sR).
- one of the substreams contains one or more undesirable by-products and these by-products are not returned to the reactive distillation unit but are removed from the process. At least two of the partial streams are preferably returned to the reactive distillation unit.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR is introduced into a gas-liquid separation unit SU.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR is separated into a gaseous stream SG, which contains dimethyl ether and methanol (for example in a total concentration of at least 80 mol%), and a liquid stream Si_, which contains water and Contains methanol (e.g. in a total concentration of at least 80 mol%).
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR is, for example, subjected to a pressure reduction.
- the gaseous stream SG and the liquid stream SL are recycled separately from one another into the reactive distillation unit RD, preferably into the reaction zone of the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the reaction zone RZ has a high water concentration and a low DM E concentration in its lower region.
- the water concentration decreases towards the top of the reactive distillation unit, so that the upper region of the reaction zone has a very low water concentration.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR contains dimethyl ether and water (ie the reaction products of the methanol hydration reaction taking place in the side reaction SR) in a relatively high concentration.
- the increased concentration of the low-boiling component ie dimethyl ether leads to a lower temperature and thus a lower conversion of the hydration reaction of the methanol in this area of the reaction zone RZ of the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the gaseous stream SG is preferably introduced into the reactive distillation unit RD (e.g. the reaction zone RZ) at a position P1 and the liquid stream SL at a position P2, so that the position P1 is above the position P2.
- “Above” means that position P1 is closer to the head of the distillation unit than position P2.
- the position P1 is in the upper third (more preferably in the upper fifth) of the reaction zone RZ or in a catalyst-free distillative separation zone DT located above the reaction zone RZ, and the position P2 is in the lower half of the reaction zone RZ or in one located below the reaction zone RZ catalyst-free distillative separation zone DT.
- a position P1 in the upper third of the reaction zone means the following:
- the reaction zone RZ has an upper end (ie facing the head of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a lower end (ie facing the bottom of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a length L (ie distance between the upper and lower end of the reaction zone RZ) and the position P1 has a distance h from the upper end of the reaction zone RZ, so that h/L ⁇ 0.33.
- h/L ⁇ 0.2 For a position P1 in the upper fifth of the reaction zone RZ, the following applies: h/L ⁇ 0.2.
- a position P2 in the lower half of the reaction zone means the following:
- the reaction zone RZ has an upper end (ie facing the head of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a lower end (ie facing the bottom of the reactive distillation unit RD) and a length L (ie distance between the upper and lower end of the reaction zone RZ) and the position P2 has a distance l 2 from the lower end of the reaction zone RZ, so that h/L ⁇ 0.5.
- Suitable gas-liquid separation units for separation into a gas phase and a liquid phase are known to those skilled in the art.
- the separation involves subjecting the product stream Sp rO duct-sR to a pressure reduction in a container so that a gaseous phase containing dimethyl ether and methanol and a liquid phase containing water and methanol are formed and the gaseous and liquid phase are separated from each other.
- the gas-liquid separation unit SU is, for example, a flash separator.
- FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described in more detail with reference to FIG. 1:
- a methanol-containing stream Spee d-RD is introduced via line 1 into the reaction zone RZ of a reactive distillation column RD.
- the methanol-containing stream Speed-RD is, for example, raw methanol that, in addition to MeOH, also has a significant proportion of H 2 O (ci(MeOH): methanol concentration; Ci(H 2 O): water concentration). If the reaction zone RZ already has a sufficient distillative separation effect due to the internals used, the presence of catalyst-free distillative separation zones can be dispensed with. In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, there is a catalyst-free distillative separation zone DT above and below the reaction zone RZ.
- methanol is converted into dimethyl ether and water in the presence of an acidic catalyst and is separated by distillation into a fraction which contains dimethyl ether and which Reactive distillation unit RD leaves via line as top stream SKOPPRD, and a fraction that contains water and leaves the reactive distillation unit RD via line 3 as bottom stream Ssum P f-RD.
- the top stream SKOPT-RD essentially contains dimethyl ether (eg in a concentration of at least 99 mol%) and the bottom stream essentially contains water (eg in a concentration of at least 99 mol%).
- a methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD is withdrawn from the reactive distillation unit RD via line 4 and fed to a side reactor SR.
- the side stream Sseite-RD contains predominantly methanol and small amounts of water and dimethyl ether (C2(MeOH): methanol concentration; C2(H2O): water concentration; C2(DME): dimethyl ether concentration).
- This withdrawn methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD has a higher methanol and lower water concentration than the stream Speed-RD introduced into the reactive distillation unit RD (ie C2(MeOH)>Ci(MeOH); C2 ( H2O ) ⁇ CI(H 2 O)).
- the side reactor SR is operated isothermally (eg at a temperature in the range of 130-200°C) and contains an acidic catalyst for the dehydration reaction of methanol to dimethyl ether and water.
- the side reactor SR is operated in such a way that the introduced methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD and the resulting product stream Sp rO duct-sR are not completely in the gas phase in the side reactor SR, but are at least partially present as a liquid phase.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR containing dimethyl ether, water and methanol is withdrawn from the side reactor SR via line 5 (c 3 (DME): dimethyl ether concentration; c 3 (H2O): water concentration; C3 (MeOH): methanol concentration) and into the reaction zone RZ is returned to the reactive distillation unit RD. Since methanol is converted into dimethyl ether (and water) in the side reactor SR, the product stream Sp rO duct-sR has a higher dimethyl ether and lower methanol concentration compared to the side stream Sseite-RD (c 3 (DME) > C 2 (DME); c 3 (MeOH) ⁇ c 2 (MeOH)).
- the reactive distillation unit RD is used not only for the synthesis and distillative separation of the dimethyl ether, but also in the form of the methanol-containing side stream Sseite-RD drawn off via line 4 to provide a methanol source which has a lower water concentration than the raw methanol supplied to the reactive distillation unit RD via line 1 and thus enables a higher DM E yield (compared to raw methanol) in the product stream Sp rO duct-sR in the downstream side reactor.
- the return of the DME-rich product stream Sp rO duct-sR to the reactive distillation unit RD has in turn has an advantageous influence on the yield of dimethyl ether in the reactive distillation unit RD.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR withdrawn from the side reactor SR via line 5 is introduced into a gas-liquid separation unit SU.
- the product stream Sp rO duct-sR is separated into a gaseous stream SG, which predominantly contains dimethyl ether and methanol (for example in a total concentration of at least 80 mol%), and a liquid stream SL, which predominantly Contains water and methanol (e.g. in a total concentration of at least 80 mol%).
- the gaseous stream SG is returned to the reactive distillation unit RD via line 6 and the liquid stream SL is returned via line 7.
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