EP4633759A1 - Energieeffizientes verfahren zur abtrennung von butenen aus c4-kohlenwasserstoffströmen - Google Patents
Energieeffizientes verfahren zur abtrennung von butenen aus c4-kohlenwasserstoffströmenInfo
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- the present invention relates to a process for separating butenes from C4 hydrocarbon streams which contain butanes in addition to the butenes, by extractive distillation with a suitable solvent.
- the process according to the invention is characterized in that in the inlet region of at least one packed bed of the absorber, packings with a smaller specific surface area are present than in the rest of the packed bed.
- aprotic solvent e.g. N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or acetonitrile (ACN)
- NMP N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone
- ACN acetonitrile
- An extractive distillation column the absorber, the butenes are preferentially dissolved in the solvent, and the butanes are separated off as the overhead product.
- the loaded solvent is then freed from the butenes in a stripping column, the desorber, at elevated temperature and/or reduced pressure, which are obtained as the overhead product in enriched form.
- the solvent freed from butenes is then returned to the extractive distillation.
- a typical process for separating butane-butene mixtures by means of extractive distillation is described, for example, in WO 2022/161869 A1.
- the butenes in the absorber column are washed out of the butane-butene mixtures, i.e. the C4 hydrocarbon streams used, using an initially liquid solvent. If the process is implemented as described in the prior art, it can be seen that a miscibility gap can occur in the inlet areas of the absorber's packed beds or that fine droplets can condense out due to temperature and/or concentration gradients. This can lead to liquid accumulations in the inlet areas of the absorber's packed beds, which causes premature blockage of the absorber column. This reduces the separation efficiency in these areas.
- the object of the present invention was therefore to provide a process in which an improved separation efficiency of the absorber can be achieved in the simplest possible way.
- a further object was to reduce the amount of solvent to be used. This object is achieved by the embodiment of the process proposed in claim 1.
- Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims.
- the process according to the invention is a process for separating butenes from a C4 hydrocarbon stream which contains at least butenes and butanes by extractive distillation with a solvent, the process comprising the following steps: a.
- an absorber which comprises at least three packed beds arranged one below the other and in which the C4 hydrocarbon stream and the solvent are brought into contact with one another, whereby predominantly butenes from the C4 hydrocarbon stream pass into the solvent and a loaded solvent is formed, wherein the solvent loaded in this way is collected in a liquid collector of the absorber and passed through
- the solution according to the invention is that two packing elements with different specific surfaces are used in at least one packing bed of the absorber.
- the packing beds are usually filled with a bed of packing elements.
- the difference in the The specific surface area of packings for extraction distillation columns according to the invention is based, for example, on the size of the packings. In relation to a volume into which the packings are filled, large packings are known to have a smaller specific surface area than small packings.
- the specific surface areas x and y of the packing it is impossible to restrict the specific surface areas x and y to exact numerical values or limit values.
- the surfaces to be used depend on the spatial design of the extraction distillation system or the composition of the hydrocarbon stream used.
- the specific surface area x of the packing in the lower region of the at least one packing bed is preferably at least 10% higher than the specific surface area y of the packing in the upper region of the at least one packing bed.
- the inlet area of the packed beds is characterized by a pronounced temperature and concentration profile.
- cold, unloaded solvent is added to a hot gas stream, causing the gas phase to condense.
- the formation of fine droplets due to concentration or temperature profiles means that droplets are kept suspended by the gas stream and do not flow away directly.
- the liquid load in the inlet area of the packed beds is higher than in the rest of the packed bed, and an accumulation of liquid occurs, known as flooding.
- flooding in the inlet area leads to a hydraulic bottleneck and also to a loss of separation performance. It has been shown that the use of two different packings in a packed bed of the absorber leads to an increase in capacity and separation performance in the upper part of the absorber.
- the exact spatial design of the packing beds with the different packings in the design according to the invention depends on the design of the absorber.
- the exact design is, apart from the fact that the packings with a smaller specific surface area y are arranged above the packings with a larger specific surface area x, thus variable and can be adapted to the prevailing conditions.
- a larger part of the volume of the packing bed should preferably be filled with the packings with the specific surface area x, i.e. the packings with the larger surface area.
- a maximum of 20% of the volume of the packing bed is preferably filled with the packings with a specific surface area y. The remaining 80% of the volume is then made up of the packings with the specific surface area x.
- the packings with specific Surface y takes up 20% of the filling height of the packing bed. The remaining 80% of the filling height is then allocated to the packing with the specific surface x.
- the absorber of the method according to the invention comprises at least three packing beds. It is preferred according to the invention that the at least one packing bed with the different packing bodies is the top packing bed of the at least three packing beds of the absorber. However, it is also possible that two or three packing beds of the at least three packing beds of the absorber contain the different packing bodies in the embodiment according to the invention. The embodiment in which all packing beds in the absorber are equipped with different packing bodies in the embodiment according to the invention is particularly preferred.
- the absorber can also contain more than three packing beds. If the absorber comprises more than three packing beds, it is preferred that the at least one packing bed with the different packing bodies is the top packing bed of the at least three packing beds of the absorber. However, it is also possible that two or three packing beds of the at least three packing beds of the absorber contain the different packing bodies in the inventive design. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the two or three packing beds with different packing bodies in the inventive design are the top two or the top three packing beds of the absorber. The design is particularly preferred that all packing beds in the absorber are equipped with different packing bodies in the inventive design.
- the present process relates to the separation of butenes from butene-containing C4 hydrocarbon streams.
- These streams usually contain alkanes (n-butane, isobutane) in addition to the butenes.
- alkanes n-butane, isobutane
- the term butane is understood to mean both n-butane and isobutane, unless otherwise stated.
- all C4 hydrocarbon streams which contain at least butenes and butanes can therefore be used, provided that the amounts in which the butenes and/or butanes are present allow the process to be carried out economically.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used consists essentially, i.e. more than 98% by weight, preferably more than 99% by weight, of butanes and butenes.
- the corresponding streams can also contain impurities or other hydrocarbons, such as 1,3-butadiene or C5 hydrocarbons, in small amounts.
- a liquid solvent is used in which primarily the butenes of the gaseous C4 hydrocarbon stream used dissolve.
- Suitable solvents are aprotic solvents, for example N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP).
- NMP N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone
- the process according to the invention is preferably carried out using NMP as solvent.
- the solvent contains water, in particular in the range from 1 to 10% by weight, preferably from 4 to 9% by weight, in each case based on the total amount of solvent.
- the absorber used in the present invention is a packed column which has at least three packed beds arranged one below the other. Such columns are generally known to those skilled in the art. Above the first packed bed there is preferably a backwash zone with several theoretical plates in order to retain the solvent entrained in the gas phase. Above the backwash zone is the top of the absorber, where a stream enriched in butanes compared to the C4 hydrocarbon stream used is obtained.
- the liquid collector according to the invention would be arranged below the last packed bed, below which is the bottom of the absorber. The exact structure of the absorber depends on various parameters and is variable to a certain extent.
- the liquid solvent is preferably added to the absorber spatially above the inlet for the C4 hydrocarbon stream.
- the solvent is added to the absorber above the first packed bed and the C4 hydrocarbon stream is added to one or more packed beds below the first packed bed.
- the liquid solvent will trickle downwards in the absorber and come into contact with the (ascending) vaporous C4 hydrocarbon stream, whereby a portion of the C4 hydrocarbon stream, which predominantly contains butenes, passes into the solvent, thereby forming a loaded solvent.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream and the solvent are thus brought into contact with one another in step a, in particular in countercurrent.
- the portion of the C4 hydrocarbon stream that passes into the solvent comprises at least 70% by weight, particularly preferably at least 80% by weight, of butenes, based on the composition of the portion of the C4 hydrocarbon stream that passed into the solvent. This results in particular in at least 80%, particularly preferably at least 90%, of the butenes contained in the C4 hydrocarbon stream used passing into the solvent.
- the loaded solvent runs downwards in the absorber and is collected in a suitable liquid collector, in particular a chimney tray.
- the temperature of the loaded solvent accumulating in the liquid collector is preferably between 40 and 90°C, particularly preferably between 45 and 65°C.
- the loaded solvent is removed from the liquid collector, passed through an absorber evaporator and then passed below the liquid collector into the sump of the absorber, whereby mainly butanes are outgassed from the loaded solvent.
- the absorber evaporator is preferably a once-through evaporator in which the loaded solvent is passed through the evaporator only once. This allows the lowest possible temperatures to be achieved, which prevents fouling. In addition, the driving temperature difference is increased, which enables even more efficient energy utilization of the NMP stream.
- the absorber evaporator can also be designed in several stages, ie there can be several heat exchangers or several evaporators that belong to the absorber evaporator.
- the solvent which is predominantly loaded with butenes, then remains in the bottom, where it is removed and fed to the desorber as a bottom stream.
- the temperature in the bottom stream of the absorber, which is fed to the desorber, is preferably between 70 and 130 °C, particularly preferably between 85 and 120 °C.
- a stream enriched in butanes in particular is obtained compared to the C4 hydrocarbon stream used.
- the top pressure in the absorber can be between 3 and 7 bar absolute, preferably between 4 and 6.5 bar absolute.
- the butane-enriched stream can also contain water which comes from the solvent. This water can be separated in a subsequent step.
- the butane-enriched stream is removed at the top of the absorber and preferably subjected to a single or multi-stage condensation, whereby a water-containing stream and a butane-containing product stream are condensed out. These two streams can be separated from one another in a suitable device, for example an udder.
- the water-containing stream separated from the butane-containing product stream can, depending on its composition, be led to the absorber or to the desorber and/or partially discharged from the process.
- the butane-containing product stream may be subjected to drying after condensation, preferably in a drying column, in order to separate off the water still present.
- the butane-containing product stream preferably has a maximum amount of water of 50 ppm by weight, preferably 25 ppm by weight, after drying. The water obtained during drying can be returned to the absorber for condensation.
- the solvent removed in the bottom of the absorber and predominantly loaded with butenes is fed to the desorber.
- the loaded solvent can be fed to the desorber by means of a pump, for example.
- In the bottom of the desorber there is a higher temperature and preferably a lower pressure than in the bottom of the absorber.
- the temperature in the bottom of the desorber is preferably between 120 and 200 °C, more preferably between 130 and 195 °C.
- the head pressure in the desorber can be between 1 and 6 bar absolute, preferably between 2 and 5 bar absolute. Due to the higher temperature compared to the absorber and the preferably lower pressure, the butenes and optionally still contained butanes are at least partially removed from the solvent.
- the solvent at least partially freed of butenes contains up to 5000 ppm by weight of butenes, particularly preferably 100 to 900 ppm by weight of butenes.
- the solvent at least partially freed of butenes flows downwards in the desorber and is collected in a liquid collector of the desorber. From there, the solvent at least partially freed of butenes is passed through a desorber evaporator and then passed below the liquid collector, in particular a chimney tray, into the sump of the desorber, whereby any butenes still present in the solvent are outgassed.
- the desorber evaporator is preferably a once-through evaporator in which the solvent at least partially freed of butenes is passed through the evaporator only once. This makes it possible to achieve the lowest possible temperatures, which can prevent fouling.
- the desorber evaporator can also be designed in several stages, ie there can be several heat exchangers that belong to the desorber evaporator. The solvent freed from butenes then remains in the sump, which is removed from there, led to the absorber as a sump stream and used there again as a solvent for the absorption of butenes.
- the solvent freed of butenes can be partially or completely regenerated before it is fed to the absorber, whereby impurities, for example the aforementioned by-products present in the C4 hydrocarbon stream used and/or by-products formed from the butenes at the temperatures in the desorber, such as oligomers or polymeric compounds, are removed from the solvent, preferably the NMP.
- the regeneration is preferably carried out in such a way that the solvent freed of butenes is fed into a container and evaporated at a pressure of less than 500 mbar absolute, more preferably less than 200 mbar absolute and a temperature between 100 and 150 °C.
- a column can be connected to the container. High boilers in particular are separated by the regeneration. If only part of the solvent freed of butenes is subjected to regeneration, the regenerated part of the solvent is then combined with the non-regenerated solvent and returned to the absorber.
- the process according to the invention can further preferably be characterized by heat integration, with which the heat of the solvent is used for heating and/or at least partially evaporating various streams.
- the heat of the solvent, preferably the NMP, removed as the bottom stream of the desorber is used at least partially for heat integration, in which the heat of the solvent, preferably the NMP, is used in at least one heat exchanger for preheating the loaded solvent, preferably NMP, fed to the desorber, for evaporation in the absorber evaporator and for evaporating the liquid C4 hydrocarbon stream in a feed evaporator.
- One advantage is the simple design of the heat integration, which nevertheless enables efficient energy recovery.
- additional side evaporators are not necessarily provided, which would entail additional plant engineering effort and thus higher costs.
- Heat integration removes heat from the solvent. The reason for this is not only that it is used to heat other streams or columns, but primarily to cool the solvent for absorption.
- the absorption of the butenes usually takes place at a lower temperature than the desorption (here: step b). If sufficient heat is removed from the solvent during heat integration, i.e. if it has a suitable temperature, the solvent can be fed directly into the absorber. However, it is also conceivable that the solvent is not yet at the right temperature despite the heat integration. In such a case, the solvent can be passed through a residual cooler after heat integration and before entering the absorber in order to be cooled to a suitable temperature.
- Heat is a process variable.
- the heat added or removed corresponds to the change in internal energy minus the work performed.
- the terms heat, heat transport and heat integration used in this invention are always based on this definition.
- the preheating of the loaded solvent fed to the desorber is carried out in two stages, with a first heat transfer to the loaded solvent fed to the desorber taking place in a heat exchanger, for example a tube bundle heat exchanger, and a second heat transfer to the loaded solvent fed to the desorber taking place in a kettle evaporator.
- a heat exchanger for example a tube bundle heat exchanger
- a second heat transfer to the loaded solvent fed to the desorber taking place in a kettle evaporator comes from the solvent taken as the bottom stream of the desorber as a heat transfer medium.
- kettle evaporator would also have the advantage that a lower pre-pressure could prevail in the line to the desorber. Normally, a high pre-pressure is necessary to prevent evaporation in the pipeline, which could lead to problems up to the bursting of the pipeline.
- a further advantage is that the temperature load is limited, thereby ensuring that the temperature difference for heat transfer is or remains sufficiently large.
- a stream enriched in butenes is produced in particular compared to the C4 hydrocarbon stream used.
- This butene-enriched stream can also contain water which originates from the solvent. This water can be separated in a subsequent step.
- the butene-rich stream is removed from the top of the desorber and subjected to a single or multi-stage condensation, whereby a water-containing stream, which may also contain organic residues in addition to water, and a butene-containing product stream are condensed out.
- These two streams can be separated from one another in a suitable device, for example an udder.
- the water-containing stream separated from the butene-containing product stream can then be fed back to the desorber. It is also possible to discharge all or part of the water-containing stream in order to remove the organics.
- the butene-containing product stream obtained from the condensation preferably contains less than 20% by weight, more preferably less than 16% by weight of butanes based on the total composition of the butene-containing product stream.
- the butene-containing product stream obtained from the condensation preferably has a butene content of at least 70% by weight, more preferably of at least 75% by weight, particularly preferably of at least 86% by weight, based on the total composition of the butene-containing product stream.
- the solvent preferably NMP, which has been at least partially freed of butenes, is collected in a liquid collector of the desorber and passed through a desorber evaporator, whereby butenes still present in the solvent can be outgassed.
- the heat for evaporation in the desorber evaporator can be introduced into a heat exchanger by heat transfer from a suitable heat transfer medium.
- the heat transfer medium can in particular be heating steam, which is used as medium or high-pressure steam.
- a medium-pressure steam is preferred as heating steam, which has a temperature of 150 to 270 °C, preferably 160 to 250 °C.
- the medium-pressure steam preferably has a pressure of 15 to 30 bar absolute, particularly preferably 17 to 25 bar absolute.
- a steam with a pressure of > 30 bar absolute can also be used as heating steam.
- Such heating steam can also be referred to as high-pressure steam.
- the heating steam used for evaporation can at least partially condense in the heat exchanger, whereby a hot condensate is produced at a pressure of 10 to 20 bar absolute, preferably 12 to 17 bar absolute and a temperature of 150 to 210 °C, preferably 160 to 200 °C.
- a condensate tank is preferably arranged after the heat exchanger, in which the hot condensate can be separated from the steam.
- the pressure in the condensate tank is preferably lower than in the heat exchanger on the heating steam side. Due to the lower pressure, part of the hot condensate can evaporate, whereby the entire steam, i.e.
- Low-pressure steam in the present case preferably has a pressure of more than 0 bar and less than 10 bar absolute.
- the temperature of the low-pressure steam is preferably 100 to 180 °C.
- the heating steam used for evaporation in the desorber evaporator can be made available by means of a preferably controllable steam jet (thermocompressor).
- the thermocompressor is then fed with both the heating steam used, which comes for example from a corresponding steam network, here in particular the preferably used medium-pressure steam, and with the low-pressure steam from the condensate container, whereby a mixed steam is created, which is accordingly the heat transfer medium for the desorber evaporator.
- the mixed steam is therefore the heating steam.
- Such a steam jet is designed in such a way that it is operated with a motive steam and can suck in suction steam from a container through a negative pressure (dynamic pressure in the steam jet), which then creates the mixed steam that is used as the heat transfer medium.
- the motive steam is the heating steam or the medium-pressure steam with which the low-pressure steam is sucked in as suction steam from the condensate tank and mixed with the motive steam.
- the advantage of such a design is obvious.
- the energy of the low-pressure steam accumulating in the condensate tank can be used, thus saving energy and costs.
- Such a procedure can also be advantageous for another reason.
- the steam jet used can be adjustable so that the amounts of medium-pressure or high-pressure and low-pressure steam can be adjusted, for example depending on certain process parameters.
- the suction steam amount is adjusted via the motive steam amount.
- the amounts of medium-pressure and low-pressure steam can be adjusted, for example, depending on the temperature in the desorber.
- a further preferred embodiment can also be present if the desorber has a side evaporator.
- the heat transfer medium used for the side evaporator can be the mixed steam from the steam jet, while medium-pressure steam is used as heating steam in the desorber evaporator.
- the hot condensate from the desorber evaporator and the side evaporator is then fed to a condensate tank in accordance with the above statements.
- the low-pressure steam produced there is then used in the steam jet, whose mixed steam is used in the side evaporator.
- the advantage of this variant is that the hot condensate produced can be further expanded in order to be able to provide a larger amount of low-pressure steam.
- the process described here can be used in chemical networks which in particular comprise oligomerization and optionally hydroformylation. It is possible for the separation of butenes according to the process according to the invention to be used at different points in the network. It is also possible for the separation of butenes according to the invention to be present at several points within a chemical network. It is possible, for example, for the process described here to be used at the start of such a network.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used can then in particular be a cracked C4, a raffinate 1, a raffinate 2 or a mixture thereof.
- cracked C4 and/or the raffinate 2 are used, a cracked C4 hydrogenation in which butadiene is selectively hydrogenated or a butadiene separation in which butadiene is removed by extraction with a solvent such as NMP or nitriles can take place before the separation process according to the invention in order to reduce the butadiene content.
- a hydroisomerization can be arranged in order to facilitate the separation task in the process according to the invention, since 1-butene is converted into 2-butene, which is generally better absorbed by the solvent.
- the product stream obtained can be fed to an MTBE synthesis and preferably then successively a 1-butene separation, an oligomerization and one or more hydroformylation(s) on the purified oligomers can be carried out.
- Hydroformylation can be carried out both with the product stream from the oligomerization, whereby, for example, INA (isononanol) can be produced from di-n-butenes after subsequent hydrogenation or ITDA (isotridecanal) from tributenes, and with the unreacted butenes from the oligomerization, whereby 2-PH (2-propylheptanol) can be produced after subsequent aldol condensation and subsequent hydrogenation.
- INA isononanol
- ITDA isotridecanal
- a further oligomerization could also be carried out instead of a hydroformylation.
- the conditions of the individual process steps are familiar to the person skilled in the art.
- the individual process steps can include further steps such as the separation of the products or the processing of the resulting streams, but are not explicitly mentioned here.
- the separation process according to the invention can also be inserted at any other point in such a network.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used in the separation process according to the invention is taken from an MTBE synthesis after the separation of MTBE and the butene-containing product stream is then fed to a 1-butene separation, after which an oligomerization and one or more hydroformylations are carried out successively for the subsequent production of 2-PH, ITDA and/or INA.
- the individual process steps can include further steps such as, for example, the separation of the However, costs that may include the processing of the resulting streams are not explicitly mentioned here.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used in the separation process according to the invention is taken from a 1-butene separation and the butene-containing product stream is then fed to an oligomerization, after which one or more hydroformylations are carried out for the subsequent preparation of 2-PH, ITDA and/or INA.
- the individual process steps can contain further steps such as, for example, the separation of the products or the processing of the resulting streams, but are not explicitly mentioned here.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used in the separation process according to the invention is removed from an oligomerization and the butene-containing product stream is then fed to a hydroformylation for the subsequent production of 2-PH.
- the individual process steps can contain further steps such as, for example, the separation of the products or the processing of the resulting streams, but are not explicitly mentioned here.
- the separation process according to the invention is used at the end of the network.
- the C4 hydrocarbon stream used is taken from a 2-PH production process following the hydroformylation.
- the butene-containing product stream then obtained from the separation process according to the invention can in this case be recycled and used at a suitable point in the network, for example for 1-butene separation, for oligomerization or one or more hydroformylation(s). This can increase the efficiency of the entire network, since even after the last process step in the network has been completed, up to 20% by weight of butenes can still be present.
- the butane-containing product stream can be fed, for example, to an adiabatic oligomerization, a hydrogenation of the butenes still present or an n/-iso splitting of the butanes, in which n-butane and isobutane are separated from one another, regardless of the point in the network at which the separation process according to the invention is arranged.
- the n/iso splitting can also take place after an adiabatic oligomerization. It would also be possible to incorporate the butane-containing product stream before the oligomerization in a network described above comprising MTBE synthesis, 1-butene separation, oligomerization and hydroformylation.
- the energy required for n/iso splitting can be at least partially provided by heat integration with the first stage a two-stage condensation at the top of the desorber. This has the advantage that the energy generated in the condensation is used and not simply released into the environment as in the prior art.
- Fig. 1 shows one embodiment according to the prior art (WO 2022/161869 A1).
- the liquid C4 hydrocarbon stream is evaporated via a heat exchanger (4) and fed into the absorber (1).
- the solvent is brought to the desired temperature via a residual cooler (3) - if necessary - and also fed into the absorber, the inlet being spatially above the inlet for the C4 hydrocarbon stream, in the present case above the first packed bed.
- the butane-enriched stream is obtained and removed. Possible condensation is not shown here, only the return of a possible partial stream is indicated.
- the loaded solvent is collected in the sump of the absorber (1), which is indicated in the figure by the chimney bottom. There, at least part of the loaded solvent is removed and fed to the sump of the absorber (1) via an absorber evaporator (5).
- the loaded solvent is removed from the sump of the absorber (1) and pumped through the heat exchanger (9)
- Fig. 2 shows the particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention, in which different packing elements are contained in each packing bed in the absorber (1).
- the other embodiment is as described under Fig. 1.
- the packing elements in the upper grayish area of the packing bed have a specific surface y and the packing elements in the lower area of the packing bed have a specific surface x, the specific surface x being larger than the specific surface y.
- Fig. 3 shows a section of Fig. 2, in which the structure of the packed bed (10) is shown in more detail.
- the packed bed comprises a support ring (12) for a liquid distributor and a hold-down grid (11) which is located on the packing elements (13, 14) and holds the packing in the packed bed.
- the packing elements (13) In the upper part of the packed bed are the packing elements (13) with the smaller specific surface area y.
- In the lower part of the packed bed are the packing elements (14) with the larger specific surface area x.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP22212705 | 2022-12-12 | ||
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