SE2051099A1 - Method for separation of reduced nitrogen and reduced sulphur from a feed of foul methanol vapor - Google Patents

Method for separation of reduced nitrogen and reduced sulphur from a feed of foul methanol vapor

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SE2051099A1
SE2051099A1 SE2051099A SE2051099A SE2051099A1 SE 2051099 A1 SE2051099 A1 SE 2051099A1 SE 2051099 A SE2051099 A SE 2051099A SE 2051099 A SE2051099 A SE 2051099A SE 2051099 A1 SE2051099 A1 SE 2051099A1
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Anders Norberg
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C31/00Saturated compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms
    • C07C31/02Monohydroxylic acyclic alcohols
    • C07C31/04Methanol
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C29/00Preparation of compounds having hydroxy or O-metal groups bound to a carbon atom not belonging to a six-membered aromatic ring
    • C07C29/74Separation; Purification; Use of additives, e.g. for stabilisation
    • C07C29/76Separation; Purification; Use of additives, e.g. for stabilisation by physical treatment
    • C07C29/80Separation; Purification; Use of additives, e.g. for stabilisation by physical treatment by distillation
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C11/00Regeneration of pulp liquors or effluent waste waters
    • D21C11/0007Recovery of by-products, i.e. compounds other than those necessary for pulping, for multiple uses or not otherwise provided for
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C11/00Regeneration of pulp liquors or effluent waste waters
    • D21C11/06Treatment of pulp gases; Recovery of the heat content of the gases; Treatment of gases arising from various sources in pulp and paper mills; Regeneration of gaseous SO2, e.g. arising from liquors containing sulfur compounds
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C11/00Regeneration of pulp liquors or effluent waste waters
    • D21C11/06Treatment of pulp gases; Recovery of the heat content of the gases; Treatment of gases arising from various sources in pulp and paper mills; Regeneration of gaseous SO2, e.g. arising from liquors containing sulfur compounds
    • D21C11/08Deodorisation ; Elimination of malodorous compounds, e.g. sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide or mercaptans, from gas streams

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for separation of reduced nitrogen, total reduced sulphur (TRS) compounds, and other volatile compounds from a feed of foul methanol vapor (1) being pressurized and fed to a column (200). A first portion (12) of methanol condensate (11) from the column is fed to a reboiler (300) and a second portion (13) of said methanol condensate (11) is fed to a cooler (400). Vapor (6) derived from an upper portion of the column (200) is fed to a condenser (500) in which a first portion of the vapor (6) is condensed (200) and a second portion of the vapor (6) forms a rectified gas steam (10) containing enriched amounts of volatile compounds, said rectified gas steam (10) can either be fed to an incineration process (25) or to a scrubber (600). A second portion (21) of cooled methanol condensate (19) from the cooler (400) containing condensed methanol and a major part of water present in the methanol vapor feed (1) is recovered.

Description

lO METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF REDUCED NITROGEN AND REDUCED SULPHURFROM A FEED OF FOUL METHANOL VAPOR Field of the invention The present invention relates to a method for separation ofreduced nitrogen (i.e. ammonia) and total reduced sulphur(TRS) compounds from a feed of foul methanol vapor. As anexample, the foul methanol vapor may originate from a Kraft pulping process.
Background of the invention Pulp mill foul condensate may originate from the evaporation plant and digester areas of a Kraft pulping process.
Depending on the specific processes the foul condensatescontains methanol, TRS compounds, ammonia, turpentine, andother volatile compounds besides water. The foul condensatesare normally collected to one or several collection tanksbefore treated in a stripper plant for removal of the volatilecompounds as a stripper gas. The stripping process normallyconsists of a condensate preheater, stripping column, a set ofcondenser(s) and sometimes a reflux tank. Steam, either livesteam or liquor steam is fed from the bottom of the strippingcolumn while the preheated foul condensate is introduced tothe upper part of the stripper column, thus volatile compoundsare rectified as a stripper gas from the top of the strippingcolumn and stripped condensate is removed from the bottom ofthe stripping column. The resulting stripper gas stillcontains considerable amounts of water vapor and doestypically contains 30 - 50 percent by weight of methanol vapor besides rectified TRS compounds, ammonia, turpentine etc.
The resulting stripped condensate from the bottom of the stripper column is normally considered relatively clean for lO reuse in specific positions in the pulp mill. The stripper gasis either directed to a combustion process for heat recoveryand desulfurization or further refined into liquified foulmethanol in a methanol recovery system. In the case of amethanol recovery system the stripper gas is processed in amethanol column in order to minimize the water fraction in theresulting liquified foul methanol. The methanol recoverysystem is operated at moderate pressures and close toatmospheric conditions. In the methanol column the methanoland most of the volatile compounds is extracted from the topof the methanol column through a condenser for partialcondensation before the methanol vapor is condensed to liquidin a product condenser. Depending on the condensationtemperature varying amounts of the ammonia and TRS compoundsis condensed with the liquified methanol product. Excess inertcompounds such as TRS compounds is extracted to the pulp millcollection system for concentrated non-condensable gas (CNCG)while the liquified methanol product is collected to a tank.Most turpentine, if present, is found in the condensate fromthe bottom of the methanol column and is separated from thewater phase in terms of decanting before mixing the turpentinewith the liquified methanol or handled in a separate pumping system.
In the inventive method ammonia, reduced sulphur and othervolatile compounds are separated from methanol. However, itshould be noted that the inventive method can be used in anyprocess where contaminated alcohol is found and where thecontaminating compounds are more volatile than the alcoholsuch as the case within a methanol recovery system and forexample after the partial condenser and before productcondenser. Hence, it is possible to either operate the methanol recovery system as normal or introduce the described lO method between the partial condenser and the productcondenser, thus makes it easy to switch between the two operating scenarios, if needed.
The main equipment required in the inventive method is apressure rising unit in order to increase the system pressureand can for example be accomplished by the use of a liquidring compressor, screw compressor or similar gas pressurizingequipment, a distillation column with stripping- andrectifying sections, a reboiler, a partial reflux condenserand a scrubber. Besides the described main equipment servicemedias such as cooling-/mill water and fresh or liquor steamis required as well as some auxiliary equipment to completethe described method. The auxiliary equipment may consist of,but is not limited to, equipment such as process pumps, E&Iequipment including field instruments, control valves,controllers, electrification and interconnecting piping etc. are required to complete the described method.
The object of the invention is to separate ammonia, reducedsulphur and other volatile compounds from a feed of foulmethanol vapour so as to reduce the amount of said compounds in the feed of foul methanol vaper.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by amethod for separation of reduced nitrogen, total reducedsulphur (TRS) compounds, and other volatile compounds from afeed of foul methanol vapor, characterized by - feeding said foul methanol vapour to a pressure rising unitfor pressurizing said methanol vapour so as to obtaincompressed methanol vapor, - feeding the compressed methanol vapor to a column, - monitoring a methanol condensate level in said column for removing excess methanol condensate from the column and lO feeding a first portion of said methanol condensate to areboiler for vaporizing said first portion of said methanolcondensate so as to obtain a mixture of hot methanolcondensate and partly vaporized methanol vapour, and feeding asecond portion of said methanol condensate to a cooler so asto form a cooled methanol condensate, - reintroducing said partly vaporized methanol vapour to saidcolumn, said partly vaporized methanol vapour being used tovaporize volatile compounds from the said compressed methanolvapor and possible resulting liquid from said pressure risingunit, - feeding vapor derived from an upper portion of the column toa condenser in which a first portion of the vapor is condensedso as to form a reflux condensate reintroduced to the columnand a second portion of the vapor forms a rectified gas steamcontaining enriched amounts of volatile compounds, saidrectified gas steam can either be fed to an incinerationprocess or to a scrubber in which said rectified vapor istotally condensed into a resulting scrubber liquid, - optionally, if required by said pressure rising unit,feeding a first portion of said cooled methanol condensate tosaid pressure rising unit, and - recovering a second portion of said cooled methanolcondensate containing condensed methanol and the major part of water present in the methanol vapor feed.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent from theaccompanying dependent claims.Brief description of drawing The invention will now be described by way of a non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which - Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the inventive method.
Description of preferred embodiments In figure 1 enriched methanol vapor 1 from a partial condenser (notshown) in the inventive methanol recovery method is fed via a stream3 to a compression unit 100 and is thus compressed by saidcompressor unit so as to obtain a compressed enriched methanol vapor 4.
It should be noted that the ordinary way to treat the enrichedmethanol vapor is by feeding it via a stream 2 to a methanolrecovery system product condenser (not shown) and is outside the scope of the present invention as described below.
The compression unit 100 can be any equipment and device designed toincrease the system pressure and may be a liquid ring compressor,screw compressor or similar gas compressing equipment inducing apressure difference and an increased pressure at the gas outlet from the compressor unit.
In the case of a liquid ring compressor cooled methanol condensate20 may be used as the service sealing liquid but can also be achieved by other means.
The compressed enriched methanol vapor 4 is fed to a column 200. Thecolumn 200 may be designed with a stripping section and/or arectifying section and is achieved by using internals such as valvetrays, bubble cup trays, sieve trays, random or structured packingsor any other type of gas-liquid column components, for example. Anyresulting liquid formed in the compressor unit 100 duringcompression of the enriched methanol vapor 1 is fed via a stream 5to the column 200 at a level of the same that may differ from the corresponding compressed enriched methanol vapor 4.
At a lower section of the column 200 a reboiler 300 is installed.The reboiler 300 may in principle be designed as a forced circulation type heat exchanger or as a thermosyphon type heat l0 exchanger. Methanol condensate ll is leaving the column 200 and anamount of the methanol condensate ll is fed to the reboiler 300 through a stream l2.
Steam, such as fresh steam or liquor steam, is fed to the reboiler300. Said steam condenses to a steam condensate l5 in order tovaporize a specific amount of the methanol condensate ll to amixture of hot methanol condensate and partly vaporized methanolcondensate l6. The partly vaporized methanol condensate l6 from thereboiler 300 is reintroduced to the column 200. The partly vaporizedmethanol condensate l6 is used to vaporize volatile compounds fromthe compressed enriched methanol vapor 4 and any condensate ofstream 5 from the compression unit l00. The methanol condensatelevel in the column 200 is controlled in terms of liquid levelcontrol, and excess condensate is removed from the column 200 as hot methanol condensate l3.
Depending on the pressure and temperature in the column 200 and thecomposition of the enriched methanol vapor 3 a gas and liquidequilibrium is established in the column 200. At a top of the column200 the gas and liquid equilibrium contains more volatile compoundsand in the bottom of the column 200 the gas and liquid equilibriumcontain less volatile compounds. Vapor 6 from the top of the column200 is fed to a condenser 500 where the vapor is partially condensedby the use of a cooling media 7. The cooling media 7 can be coolingwater or any similar suitable media. As a result of partiallycondensing the vapor 6 a reflux condensate 9 and a concentratedvapor l0 containing enriched amounts of volatile compounds areformed. The reflux condensate 9 is reintroduced to the column 200 insuch a way that a reflux is established. The amount of refluxdepends on the condensing temperature in the condenser 500 and the system pressure induced by the compressing unit l00.
The hot methanol condensate l3 is taken to a cooler 400 and cooledto a moderate lower temperature forming a cooled methanol condensate l9 by the use of a cooling media l7 that may be a cooling water or similar cooling media. As a result of the coolingprocess in the cooler 400, heat is transferred to the cooling mediaand said media leaves at 18. If required by the compressing unit 100specific amounts of the cooled methanol condensate 20 can be used asservice media while the excess amount of cooled methanol condensateleaves at 21. Depending on the pressure in the column 200 andoperating temperature over the condenser 500 the resulting vaporleaving the condenser 500 contains enriched volatile compounds suchas ammonia and TRS gas comprising only minor amounts of methanol andwater. The excess amount of cooled methanol condensate 21 containsthe condensed methanol and the major part of present water of the enriched methanol vapor 1 fed to the described system.
The resulting rectified gas 10 can either be fed to an incinerationprocess 25 directly or directed to a scrubber 600 operated at anelevated pressure induced by the compressing unit 100. In thescrubber 600, water, condensate or any similar liquid 22 may be usedto total condense the rectified vapor 10 from the condenser 600 intoa foul condensate/resulting scrubbing liquid 23, thus sufficientamounts of scrubbing liquid has to be added. It is important to keepthe resulting scrubbing liquid 23 at the elevated pressure, else thevolatile components will vaporize from the resulting scrubbingliquid. Depending on the system pressure induced by the compressingunit 100, the operating temperature of the condenser 500 and amountsof added scrubbing liquid 22 some amount of inert gas may still bepresent after the scrubber 600. Thus, the scrubber 600 is ventilatedat the elevated pressure to the pulp mill handling system for CNCGor similar position. The resulting scrubbing liquid 23 may beexposed to oxidation, preferably wet oxidation, at the elevatedpressure or similar treatment for further separation of theresulting nitrogen and sulphur oxides, or an acid, such as sulphuricacid, may be added to the resulting scrubbing liquid 23 in order toprecipitate the nitrogen compounds from the reduced sulphurcompounds to facilitate separation. The oxidized sulphur may be reintroduced to the pulp process or similar while the oxidized nitrogen may be disposed or further refined in following steps to COITIG .

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1. A method for separation of reduced nitrogen, total and other volatile (1), reduced sulphur (TRS) compounds, compounds from a feed of foul methanol vaporcharacterized by - feeding said foul methanol vapour (1) to a pressure(100) for pressurizing said methanol vapour(4), (4) to a column rising unitso as to obtain compressed methanol vapor - feeding the compressed methanol vapor (200), - monitoring a methanol condensate level in said column(200) for removing excess methanol condensate (11) fromthe column (200) and feeding a first portion (12) of saidmethanol condensate (11) to a reboiler (300) for vaporizing said first portion of said methanol condensateso as to obtain a mixture of hot methanol condensate (16), (11) (15) and and partly vaporized methanol vapour feeding a second portion (13) of said methanol condensate (400) so as to form a cooled methanol to a cooler (19), (11)condensate- reintroducing said partly vaporized methanol vapour (200), said partly vaporized methanol to said column (16) (16)vapour being used to vaporize volatile compoundsfrom the said compressed methanol vapor (4) and possible resulting liquid (5) from said pressure rising unit(100),derived from an upper portion of the (500) - feeding vapor (6) (200) in which a first column to a condenser is condensed so as to form a (200) portion of the vapor (6) reflux condensate (9) reintroduced to the column and a second portion of the vapor (6) forms a rectifiedgas steam (10) containing enriched amounts of volatilecompounds, said rectified gas steam (10) can either befed to an incineration process (25) or to a scrubber(600) in which said rectified vapor (10) is totallycondensed into a resulting scrubber liquid (23), - optionally, if required by said pressure rising unit(100), feeding a first portion (20) of said cooledmethanol condensate (19) to said pressure rising unit(100), and - recovering said cooled methanol condensate (19) or asecond portion (21) of said cooled methanol condensate(19) containing condensed methanol and a major part of water present in the methanol vapor feed (1).
2. The method according to claim 1, characterised bykeeping said resultant scrubbing liquid (23) from saidscrubber (600) at an elevated pressure so as to avoidvaporisation of the volatile components from said resultant scrubbing liquid (23).
3. The method according to claim 2, characterised byexposing said resultant scrubbing liquid (23) tooxidation or precipitation for further separation of nitrogen and sulphur compounds.
4. The method according to claim 3, characterised by said oxidation being a wet oxidation at elevated pressure. 5. The method according to claim 2, characterised by saidprecipitation being carried out by adding acid to said resultant scrubbing liquid (23). lO ll
5. The method according to any one of the precedingclaims, characterised by the column (200) being adistillation column (200) provided with stripping and rectifying sections.
6. The method according to any one of the precedingclaims, characterised by the pressure rising unit (l00)being selected from the group consisting of a liquid ringcompressor, a screw compressor or similar gas pressurizing equipment.
7. The method according to any one of the precedingclaims, characterized by designing the reboiler (300) asa forced circulation type heat exchanger or as a thermosyphon type heat exchanger.
8. The method according to any one of the precedingclaims, characterized by the foul methanol vapor (l) originates from a Kraft pulping process.
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