EP4543837A1 - Procede de valorisation continu de sous-produits lourds issus de la fabrication d'acide acrylique - Google Patents
Procede de valorisation continu de sous-produits lourds issus de la fabrication d'acide acryliqueInfo
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- EP4543837A1 EP4543837A1 EP23744524.2A EP23744524A EP4543837A1 EP 4543837 A1 EP4543837 A1 EP 4543837A1 EP 23744524 A EP23744524 A EP 23744524A EP 4543837 A1 EP4543837 A1 EP 4543837A1
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- acrylic acid
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C07C51/00—Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides or anhydrides
- C07C51/09—Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides or anhydrides from carboxylic acid esters or lactones
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
- C07C51/00—Preparation of carboxylic acids or their salts, halides or anhydrides
- C07C51/42—Separation; Purification; Stabilisation; Use of additives
- C07C51/50—Use of additives, e.g. for stabilisation
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
- C07C57/00—Unsaturated compounds having carboxyl groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms
- C07C57/02—Unsaturated compounds having carboxyl groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms with only carbon-to-carbon double bonds as unsaturation
- C07C57/03—Monocarboxylic acids
- C07C57/04—Acrylic acid; Methacrylic acid
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- the present invention relates to a process for the regeneration, by thermal cracking, of acrylic acid (AA), from heavy by-products (residues called LAA) resulting from an AA production unit, with a view to their recycling in the acrylic acid production workshop.
- This process consists of two stages operating continuously while improving the current performance of the cracking installations.
- 3-acryloxypropionic acid also called "dimeric acrylic acid” or "AA dimer”;
- the cracking and vaporization of the light compounds generated are carried out in a reactor, then the generated gas flow is sent to a distillation column and finally the bottom flow of the distillation column is recycled into the reactor.
- the light fraction obtained by cracking mainly consists of AA and ester acrylic monomers, which are particularly sensitive to polymerization
- the distillation step must necessarily be carried out under reduced pressure, so as to reduce the temperature, to avoid the formation of polymer in the column.
- the rectification plates of the distillation column cause the effective separation of the polymerization inhibitors entrained in the gas mixture, which flow back towards the bottom of the column, and therefore, it is necessary to introduce fresh polymerization inhibitors in column head, to avoid the formation of polymers in the upper part of the column. Therefore, we must separate the reaction stages, carried out under higher pressure, and distillation stages, carried out under reduced pressure.
- the installation for carrying out the process must therefore be equipped with a reactor and a condenser at the top, operated at the same pressure, and with a distillation column operated at reduced pressure, supplied with the condensed product, and comprising a boiler at the bottom, and at the top a condenser, reflux equipment and a supply of inhibitors. This device is complicated and expensive.
- the AA heavies are thermally cracked discontinuously without adding ester heavies and generate an extremely viscous residue, which limits the performance of this cracking and causes problems in terms of storage and processing. transfer of residues.
- EP 3255030 teaches the addition of higher alcohols during cleavage of the residue, the maleic anhydride present in the residue being converted to maleic acid esters which are less susceptible to polymerization.
- WO 2021/224044 describes a process for decomposing Michael adducts of acrylic acid, by dilution in a solvent 1 having a boiling point at 1013 hPa of at least 170°C and a solubility in water at 25°C of at least 20 g per 100 g of water, said solvent being chosen from alcohols such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol and 2-ethoxyethanol, carboxamides such as N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methylacetamide and N,N-dimethylformamide, sulfoxides such as dimethylsulfoxide, and sulfones such as sulfolane.
- alcohols such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol and 2-ethoxyethanol
- carboxamides such as N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methylacetamide and N,N-dimethylformamide
- sulfoxides such as
- the invention relates to a process for regenerating a mixture of heavy by-products from an acrylic acid (LAA) production unit, said process comprising the following steps: i. introducing said heavy by-products with water into a hydrolyzer and subjecting them to continuous hydrolysis, the water: LAA mass ratio ranging from 0.1 to 1.3 (limits inclusive) for a period of 1 to 10 h , preferably from 1 to 5 hours, leading to obtaining a mixture of hydrolyzed products, ii. continuously injecting said mixture of hydrolyzed products into a reactor and subjecting it to thermal cracking producing a gaseous overhead stream containing acrylic acid and water and a bottom stream (residue) concentrated in heavy products, iii. recover a lighter fraction rich in AA and water that can be recycled at different points in the process, iv. recover said residue for disposal treatment.
- LAA acrylic acid
- said method comprises the following characters, where appropriate combined.
- the pressure in the hydrolyzer varies between 0.1 and 2 MPa, preferably between 0.5 and 1.5 MPa.
- the residence time of the reaction mixture in the cracking reactor is between 0.5h and 1Oh, preferably between 4h and 1Oh.
- the thermal cracking reaction takes place at atmospheric pressure or under light pressure (maximum 0.2 MPa).
- the bottom flow of the reactor (residue) obtained at the end of the thermal cracking operation has a dynamic viscosity less than 1 Pa.s, measured at a temperature of 100°C for example using a Brookfield “CAP 1000+” cone-plane type viscometer.
- said gaseous overhead stream containing acrylic acid and water is injected into a condenser.
- the thermal cracking reaction takes place in the absence of catalyst.
- the present invention makes it possible to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art. It makes it possible to recover the maximum amount of AA per cracking operation, while managing the viscosity of the residue formed without being dependent on another production unit. This is accomplished through the combination of a hydrolysis step of heavy by-products coming from an acrylic acid production unit, and a thermal cracking step of the hydrolyzed products.
- Figure 1 schematically represents an embodiment of an installation according to the invention. DESCRIPTION OF MODES OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- hydrolyzer refers to a reactor in which the hydrolysis reaction of the mixture of water and heavy AA can take place. This reactor can be heated and hold pressure. This can be a conventional stirred type reactor, a piston reactor with or without an internal premixer or in a heat exchanger.
- the invention is based on a thermal cracking process, coupled with a hydrolysis operation carried out beforehand on the heavy by-products from an AA production unit.
- Hydrolysis in continuous mode is carried out under a pressure ranging from 0.1 to 2 MPa.
- the efficiency of the regeneration (expressed in the form of the cracking yield) essentially depends on: a/ the parameters for the hydrolysis: the temperature and pressure, the hydrolysis residence time and the Water/Heavy AA ratio, And
- TRU or useful recovery rate this is the quantity of acrylic acid recovered after cracking reduced to the quantity of heavy AA which feeds the cracker:
- TRU AA mass recovered / Heavy AA cracker feed the cracking rate or yield: this is the quantity of acrylic acid recovered after cracking reduced to the sum of the recoverable compounds in the cracker feed (acrylic acid (AA) , acrylic acid dimers (AA2) and hydroxypropionic acid (AHP)).
- the flow containing said heavy by-products coming from acrylic acid production workshop (LAA) and water are introduced together or separately in continuous mode into the RI reactor.
- the LAA stream is rich in heavy Michael addition compounds generated during the acrylic acid synthesis and purification steps, and also contains other heavy compounds accumulated during the synthesis and purification processes, particularly inhibitors. polymerization.
- the mixture (1) containing the heavy acrylic acid compounds and water is heated to the required temperature to carry out the hydrolysis of the Michael addition derivatives into lighter compounds.
- the flow (2) leaving the hydrolyser RI is then introduced continuously into a second reactor R2 where it is heated to the temperature required to crack the Michael addition derivatives into lighter compounds which are extracted in the form of a gas mixture (3) at the reactor head.
- At least one polymerization inhibitor is introduced at the level of the EL condenser.
- These inhibitors are chosen from polymerization inhibitors known to those skilled in the art: phenolic derivatives such as hydroquinone and its derivatives such as hydroquinone.
- manganese salts such as manganese acetate
- salts of thiocarbamic or dithiocarbamic acid such as thio
- the residue flow recovered at the bottom of the reactor (5) is cooled, then eliminated in the form of a liquid of moderate viscosity, so that it can be transported without difficulty by pump, for example to a storage or processing unit. incineration.
- Example 1 Hydrolysis and continuous cracking (according to the invention)
- the assembly consists of a piston reactor with a total volume of 16.3 cm 3 , placed in an oil bath heated to 150°C. Hydrolysis is carried out under pressure of 0.4 MPa, for a residence time of one hour. The hydrolyzed flow is introduced continuously into a glass reactor with a total volume of 500 cm 3 , heated by recirculation of oil through its double wall, equipped with a side outlet for the outlet of the residue, ensuring a useful volume of liquid constant contained in the reactor of 156.6 cm 3 .
- the reactor is equipped with a stirrer, a temperature probe immersed in the liquid phase, a vertical pipe in the upper part, for the extraction of vapors, and a condenser.
- the liquid (distillate) is collected in a receiving flask and analyzed.
- the flow of heavy AA is directly introduced continuously into a glass reactor with a total volume of 500 cm 3 , heated by recirculation of oil through its double wall, equipped with a side outlet for the outlet of the residue , ensuring a constant useful volume of liquid contained in the reactor of 156.6 cm 3 .
- the reactor is equipped with a stirrer, a temperature probe immersed in the liquid phase, a vertical pipe in the upper part, for the extraction of vapors, and a condenser.
- the liquid (distillate) is collected in a receiving flask and analyzed.
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| FR2206330A FR3137091B1 (fr) | 2022-06-24 | 2022-06-24 | Procede de valorisation continu de sous-produits lourds issus de la fabrication d’acide acrylique |
| PCT/FR2023/050913 WO2023247885A1 (fr) | 2022-06-24 | 2023-06-20 | Procede de valorisation continu de sous-produits lourds issus de la fabrication d'acide acrylique |
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| EP4543837A1 true EP4543837A1 (fr) | 2025-04-30 |
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| EP23744524.2A Pending EP4543837A1 (fr) | 2022-06-24 | 2023-06-20 | Procede de valorisation continu de sous-produits lourds issus de la fabrication d'acide acrylique |
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| EP (1) | EP4543837A1 (fr) |
| JP (1) | JP2025519426A (fr) |
| KR (1) | KR20250027518A (fr) |
| CN (1) | CN119421867A (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3137091B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2023247885A1 (fr) |
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| FR2727964B1 (fr) | 1994-12-12 | 1997-01-24 | Atochem Elf Sa | Procede de recuperation des produits nobles legers contenus dans les residus de distillation des procedes de fabrication de l'acide acrylique et de ses esters |
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| JP2025519426A (ja) | 2025-06-26 |
| WO2023247885A1 (fr) | 2023-12-28 |
| KR20250027518A (ko) | 2025-02-26 |
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