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Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for removing acidic gas components such as CO 2 and H 2 S from gases with an absorbent, the absorbent itself and its use.
• the chemical solvents in particular have the aqueous solutions of primary, secondary and tertiary aliphatic amines or alkanolamines such as monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), monomethylethanolamine (MMEA), diethylethanolamine (DEEA), triethanolamine (TEA), diisopropanolamh (DIPA ) and Methyldiemanolamine (MDEA) are technically proven.
• Amines act as bases, the corresponding ammonium carbonates or hydrogen carbonates being formed in the presence of water with CO 2 and the corresponding ammonium sulfides or hydrogen sulfides being formed with H 2 S.
• Primary and secondary amines can also react with CO 2 to form carbamates.
• piperazine acts as an accelerator for absorption. Therefore, according to this teaching, piperazine is preferably used in catalytic amounts as an absorption accelerator in aqueous solution together with physical or chemical solvents known per se or mixtures thereof.
• piperazine in a mixture with physical solvents, such as methanol, N-methylpyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether, where only largely dilute aqueous solutions can be used because of the carbamate formation of the piperazine.
• Piperazine is therefore preferably used in aqueous solution with chemical solvents, preferably with tertiary aliphatic alkanolamines.
• the known solvent mixtures have the disadvantage that piperazine in these mixtures primarily affects the rate of absorption of CO 2 , but the solubility of piperazine in aqueous solutions of aliphatic alkanolamines, such as MDEA, is limited.
• the object of the invention is to provide a liquid absorbent for removing acidic gas components from gases which, in addition to a high absorption rate, has a high capacity for acidic gas components.
• the object is achieved by a process for removing acidic gas components, from the group consisting of CO 2 , H 2 S, COS, CS 2 and mercaptans, from gases, in which, in an absorption step, a raw gas rich in acidic gas components in contact with an absorption agent is brought, whereby a clean gas low in acidic gas components and an absorbent loaded with acidic gas components is obtained, characterized in that a mixture containing as absorbent a) 0.1 to 50% by weight of one or more unsubstituted and / or with OH, C, -C 3 -alkyl and / or C r C ; . -Hydroxyalkyl mono- or bicyclic nitrogen heterocycles mono- or polysubstituted on carbon with 5 to 14 ring atoms and 1 or 2 heterocyclic nitrogen atoms per ring as component A,
• the object is further achieved by a liquid absorbent of the composition given above.
• Gases which contain the acidic gas components mentioned are, for example, natural gases, synthesis gases, coke oven gases, coal gasification gases and cycle gases in the production of ethylene oxide.
• these gases contain further inert gas constituents which are not significantly absorbed by the liquid absorbent.
• volatile hydrocarbons preferably C r C 4 hydrocarbons, particularly preferably methane, furthermore nitrogen and Hydrogen.
• the method according to the invention is suitable, inter alia, for cleaning these gases by removing the acidic gas components.
• the gases to be cleaned can contain CO 2 preferably in amounts of up to 75% by volume and H 2 S, preferably in amounts of up to 50% by volume.
• the gases to be purified COS preferably in amounts up to 5 vol .-%, CS 2 , preferably in amounts up to 1 vol .-% and mercaptans, preferably alkyl mercaptans, especially methyl mercaptan, preferably in amounts up to 1 vol. -% contain.
• the process according to the invention is particularly suitable for removing CO 2 and H 2 S.
• the absorption agent according to the invention contains, as component A, 0.1 to 50% by weight, preferably 5 to 30% by weight, particularly preferably 8 to 25% by weight, of one or more unsubstituted and / or with OH, C r C 3 - Alkyl and / or C, -C 3 - hydroxyalkyl mono- or bicyclic nitrogen heterocycles mono- or polysubstituted on the carbon with 5 to 14 ring atoms and 1 or 2 heterocyclic nitrogen atoms per ring.
• Bicyclic heterocycles are those which have two fused rings or two rings bonded via a single bond. These are preferably bonded via carbon atoms.
• the rings can have further heteroatoms, for example oxygen or sulfur.
• Examples are pyrrolidine, pyrazolidine, imidazolidine, piperidine, piperazine, hexahydropyrimidine, azepan, diazepan, octahydroindole, octahydrobenzimidazole, octahydropurine, decahydroquinoline, decahydroisoquinoline [2], decahydroquinazidoxydrolidinidro 2-pyridine, dehydrozolidinidoline [2] -imidazolidine, 3- [3-pyrrolidyl] piperidine, 2- [3-pyrrolidyl] piperazine, 3- [3-piperidyl] piperidine, 3- [2-piperazinyl] piperidine and 2- [2-piperazinyl] -piperazine.
• the heterocycles mentioned can be substituted one or more times with OH, methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxymethyl, hydroxyethy
• the absorption agent according to the invention preferably contains, as component A, unsubstituted and / or one or more with OH, C, -C 3 alkyl and / or C, -C 3 - Hydroxyalkyl mono- or polysubstituted piperazine.
• the absorption agent according to the invention particularly preferably contains unsubstituted piperazine as component A.
• the liquid absorbent contains as component B 1 to 60% by weight, preferably 2 to 45% by weight, particularly preferably 3 to 35% by weight of a mono- or polyhydric alcohol.
• Monohydric or polyhydric alcohols within the meaning of the invention are only those which, in addition to one or more alcoholic hydroxyl groups, have no amino groups. Alkanolamines are therefore not considered to be mono- or polyhydric alcohols. Suitable monohydric alcohols are, for example, up to C 5 alkanols, such as methanol, ethanol, propanols, butanols and pentanols, preferably methanol. Methanol is particularly suitable for a low-temperature process (absorption at up to -70 ° C).
• Suitable polyhydric alcohols are, for example, C 2 -C 8 alkanediols, C 3 -C 10 alkanetriols, C 4 - C 12 alkanetetraols, C 5 -C 16 alkanepentaols, C 6 - C 20 alkanhexaols, for example ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, Glycerin, butanediols, butanetriols, pentanediols, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, pentaerythritol, and oligomeric ethers of polyhydric alcohols, such as diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, preferably diethylene glycol, or diglycerol and triglycerol, and also sugar alcohols.
• polyhydric alcohols such as diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, preferably diethylene glycol, or diglycerol and triglycerol, and also sugar alcohols.
• Preferred polyhydric alcohols have a boiling point of> 180 ° C.
• Preferred polyhydric alcohols are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, glycerol, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, 1,2,4-butanetriol, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3- Butanediol, 1,2-pentanediol and 1,5-pentanediol.
• the polyhydric alcohols are generally preferred; glycerol, 1,3-propanediol, neopentylglycol and trimethylolpropane are particularly preferred. Glycerin is particularly preferred.
• the liquid absorbent contains 0 to 60% by weight of an aliphatic Al kanolamines as component C.
• Suitable aliphatic alkanolamines are, for example, the aliphatic alkanolamines commonly used as chemical solvents for acidic gas components, such as diisopropanolamine (DIPA), monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA), methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), monomethylethanolamine (MMEA ),
• DEEA Diethylethanolamine
• ADG aminodiglycol
• DEAPD 3-diethylamino-1,2-propanediol
• the liquid absorbent contains 0 to 98.9% by weight, preferably 30 to 70% by weight, of water.
• K 2 CO 3 can be present as component E as a further chemical absorption agent, preferably in amounts of up to 35% by weight.
• the liquid absorbent may contain other conventional components such as defoamers, corrosion inhibitors and flocculants, preferably in amounts of 0 to 5% by weight, particularly preferably 0 to 1% by weight.
• the absorbent according to the invention contains components A, B and D and not components C and E.
• the liquid absorbent preferably consists only of components A, B and D.
• the liquid absorbent consists of 15 to 30% by weight of piperazine, 3 to 35% by weight of glycerol, 1,3-propanediol, neopentylglycol or trimethylolpropane and 35 to 72% by weight of water.
• the absorbent according to the invention contains components A, B, C and D and not component E.
• the liquid absorbent consists from 8 to 20% by weight of piperazine, 3 to 35% by weight of glycerol, 20 to 50% by weight of MDEA and 30 to 69% by weight of water.
• the absorbent according to the invention has a number of advantages over the absorbents known from the prior art.
• the absorption agent according to the invention has a significantly higher loading capacity (equilibrium loading) with CO 2 .
• Loadability is understood to mean the absorption capacity of the absorbent for the acidic gas component in question (here CO 2 ). This is greater, the more of component A instead of component C contains the absorption agent according to the invention. With a comparable total amine content, the loadability of the absorbent according to the invention with H 2 S is also significantly higher than in an absorbent according to the state of the art.
• component A in addition to the solubilizing effect of the aliphatic alkanolamine, there is the solubilizing effect of the mono- or polyhydric alcohol (component B) for component A.
• component B mono- or polyhydric alcohol
• the solubility of component A in the absorbent according to the invention in the presence of a mono- or polyhydric alcohol in is generally significantly higher than the solubility of component A in the presence of an aliphatic amine without using the alcohols mentioned in an absorbent according to the prior art.
• the absorption agents according to the invention can contain component A in high concentrations, as a result of which a high loading capacity with CO 2 and / or H 2 S is required.
• the solubility of the carbamate of component A in the absorbent according to the invention is significantly higher than in a system which contains component C and water, but not component B as further components. This avoids problems caused by the precipitation of carbamates at high CO 2 concentrations.
• the liquid absorption agent according to the invention also has a significantly higher absorption rate for CO ; and H 2 S on. With a constant molar total amine content, the absorption rate for CO 2 is higher, the more component A and the less component C the liquid absorption agent according to the invention contains. Particularly high contents of component A can be achieved in the absorption agents according to the invention.
• the absorption speed for CO 2 is increased by up to a factor of 90 compared to an absorption medium which contains MDEA instead of piperazine with the same total molar amine content.
• the absorption rate of the absorption agent according to the invention with H 2 S is also significantly higher than in an absorption agent according to the prior art.
• the liquid absorption agent according to the invention also has the advantage that the absorption rate of CO 2 increases essentially linearly with the content of component A, but the absorption rate for H 2 S for a certain content of component A can have a clear maximum. When this maximum is reached, the absorption rate for H 2 S can be above the absorption rate for CO 2 , while for lower and higher piperazine contents it can be below the absorption rate of CO 2 . This makes it possible, by choosing the content of component A, to influence the selectivity of the absorption agent according to the invention for the absorption of CO 2 or H 2 S.
• the raw gas rich in acidic gas components is brought into contact with the absorption agent according to the invention in an absorption step in an absorber, whereby the acidic gas components are at least partially washed out.
• Raw gases rich in acidic gas components are, for example, the above-mentioned gases, which can contain one or more of the acidic gas components within the specified limits.
• a washing device used in conventional gas scrubbing processes preferably acts as the absorber. Suitable washing devices are, for example, packed, packed and tray columns, radial flow washers, jet washers, venturi washers and rotary spray washers, preferably packed, packed and tray columns, particularly preferably packed and packed columns.
• the temperature of the absorption agent in the absorption step is generally from 40 to 100 ° C., when using a column, for example 40 to 70 ° C. at the top of the column and 50 to 100 ° C. at the bottom of the column.
• the total pressure in the absorption step is generally from 1 to 120 bar, preferably from 10 to 100 bar.
• the CO 2 partial pressure and the H 2 S partial pressure depend on the composition of the gas mixture, but are preferably up to 30 bar for CO 2 and up to 20 bar for H 2 S. It becomes low in acidic gas components, ie receive these components depleted clean gas and an absorbent loaded with acidic gas components.
• the absorption step is carried out in several successive substeps, the raw gas containing the acidic gas constituents being brought into contact with a substream of the absorbent in each of the substeps.
• This can be done, for example, in such a way that a partial stream of the absorption agent is fed in at different points in the absorber, the temperature of the absorption agent supplied preferably being given in consecutive steps from the bottom to the top of the column.
• the acidic gas components can be released in a regeneration step from the absorbent loaded with the acidic gas components, a regenerated absorbent being obtained.
• the loading of the absorbent is generally reduced.
• the regenerated absorbent obtained is then preferably returned to the absorbent step.
• the regeneration step includes the pressure release of the loaded absorbent from a high pressure, as prevails when the absorption step is carried out, to a lower pressure.
• the pressure can be released, for example, by means of a throttle valve.
• an expansion turbine can be used with which a generator can be driven and electrical energy can be obtained or the liquid pump of the solvent circuit can be driven.
• the release of the acidic gas components in the regeneration step can, for example, in a relaxation column, for. B. a vertically or horizontally installed flash container or a counterflow column with internals.
• a relaxation column for. B. a vertically or horizontally installed flash container or a counterflow column with internals.
• Several relaxation columns can be connected in series, in which regeneration takes place at different pressures. For example, in a pre-expansion column at high pressure, which is typically about 1.5 bar above the partial pressure of the acidic gas components in the absorption step, and in a main expansion column at low pressure, for example 1 to 2 bar absolute, regeneration can be carried out.
• stripping is carried out in the regeneration step, with further acidic gas components from the absorption agent to be released.
• the stripping can be carried out in a desorption column equipped with packing or packings, in which the stripping agent flows counter to the absorption agent (stripper).
• the pressure during the stripping is preferably 1 to 3 bar absolute and the temperature is 90 to 130 ° C., the stripping being carried out with hot gas or water vapor, preferably with water vapor.
• An advantage of the process according to the invention is that, owing to the higher absorption or desorption rate of the acidic gas constituents in the absorption agent according to the invention, in particular CO 2 , absorption or desorption columns, a significantly lower overall height can be used. Because of the higher loading capacity and the lower residual loading of the absorption agent according to the invention with the acidic gas components, in particular with CO 2 , the circulating amounts of the absorption agent used can be reduced.
• the regeneration step is carried out in several successive substeps, the absorption agent obtained after (temporally) successive substeps having a decreasing load of acidic gas components.
• a first part of the acidic gas components can be released from the loaded absorbent in a relaxation column and then stripped, whereby further acidic gas components are released and the absorbent is largely regenerated. It can also be regenerated step by step in several (successively connected) relaxation columns, or in several relaxation columns and additionally in a stripper.
• inert gases are preferably released in the first expansion column (pre-expansion column) and acidic gas components in the subsequent columns.
• a rough wash can be carried out with a pure relaxation circuit (without stripping), the loaded absorbent being relaxed via a relaxation turbine and being gradually regenerated in a pre-relaxation column and a main relaxation column.
• the last-described variant of the method according to the invention is particularly suitable for gases which have high partial pressures of the acid gas constituents to be washed out and if the purity of the gas being washed (clean gas) is subject to only minor requirements.
• the partial flows of the absorption medium used in successive substeps of the absorption step are obtained after successive substeps of the regeneration step and have a decreasing loading with acidic gas components.
• a method is preferred in which the raw gas containing the acidic gas constituents is successively mixed with a first partial stream of the absorption agent, which after partial regeneration in a relaxation column and before stripping, and a second partial stream of the absorption agent which is obtained after stripping. is brought into contact.
• the absorption step can be carried out in two substeps, a coarse and a delicates wash, and the regeneration step can be carried out stepwise by depressurization in an expansion turbine, a pre-expansion column and a main expansion column and a subsequent stripping, the Partial stream for the coarse washing from the main relaxation column and the partial stream of the absorbent for the fine washing comes from the stripping.
• Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention.
• Figure 2 relative CO 2 equilibrium loads obtained according to the invention relative to a comparative example
• Figure 3 relative mass transfer rates of CO 2 , which are obtained according to the invention relative to a comparative example
• FIG. 4 H 2 S equilibrium loads which are obtained according to the invention and according to comparative examples
• FIG. 6 the mass transfer velocities of CO 2 and H 2 S and obtained according to the invention
• Figure 7 Solubility curves of piperazine, which are found according to the invention and according to a comparative example.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a preferred embodiment of the inventive method.
• a feed line 1 raw gas rich in acidic gas components is brought into contact with the regenerated absorbent, which is supplied via the absorbent line 5, in an absorber designated as 3.
• a clean gas which is low in acidic gas components is obtained via an exhaust gas line 7.
• the absorption agent loaded with acidic gas components is fed to a deso ⁇ tion column (expansion column or stripper), designated as a whole, in which the absorption agent is regenerated with the release of acidic gas components, which leave the desorption column via the exhaust gas line 15.
• the regenerated absorbent is then fed back into the absorbent column by means of a pump 17 via a heat exchanger 19.
• FIG. 2 shows the relative CO 2 equilibrium loading (CO 2 - G) in% of an absorption agent which contains piperazine dissolved in a mixture of 60% by weight glycerol and water, in relation to the CO 2 equilibrium loading of a comparison absorption agent which Contains 5% by weight of piperazine, 35% by weight of MDEA and 60% by weight of water, depending on the piperazine content (P) in% by weight.
• a comparison absorption agent which Contains 5% by weight of piperazine, 35% by weight of MDEA and 60% by weight of water, depending on the piperazine content (P) in% by weight.
• P piperazine content
• the absorption agent according to the invention has a significantly higher loading capacity with CO 2 .
• FIG. 3 shows the relative mass transfer rate (S) in% of CO 2 in the absorbents defined above (FIG. 2) as a function of the piperazine content (P).
• the absorption agent according to the invention has a significantly higher mass transfer rate for CO 2 .
• FIG. 4 shows the H 2 S equilibrium loading (H 2 S - G) in% of an absorption agent which contains piperazine dissolved in a mixture of glycerol and 60% by weight of water (according to the invention, triangles), in comparison to the H 2 S Equilibrium loading of an absorption agent which contains 40% by weight MDEA in water (comparative example A, circle) or 37% by weight MDEA and 3% by weight piperazine in water (comparative example B, square), plotted against the total amine content (A) in% by weight.
• the H 2 S equilibrium loading was determined analogously to that of CO 2 . In order to achieve a comparable equilibrium loading, a significantly lower total amine content is required according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 shows the absorption behavior of CO 2 in an absorption medium consisting of 9.3% by weight of piperazine, 9.3% by weight of glycerol and 81.4% by weight of water (according to the invention) in comparison to an absorption medium with an identical equilibrium load , consisting of 5% by weight of piperazine, 35% by weight of MDEA and 60% by weight of water (comparative example).
• the measurements were carried out as follows: in a thermostatted frit bottle (250 ml), 100 ml of absorption medium at 1 bar and 70 ° C. during the absorption phase with 30 Nl / h of a water vapor-saturated gas mixture of 20% by volume CO 2 and 80% by volume N 2 (raw gas) fumigated.
• the CO 2 concentration of the gas stream (residual gas) dried after the gassing was determined online using a URAS-CO 2 analyzer.
• the CO 2 concentration (CO 2 -K) of the residual gas is shown in vol. dependence on the fumigation time in sec.
• the solution is saturated and the equilibrium loading is reached when the CO 2 concentration of the residual gas is equal to the CO 2 concentration of the raw gas, that is to say 20% by volume.
• the equilibrium loading is reached after 1800 sec in the case of the absorbent according to the invention, but only after 3200 sec in the case of the comparative absorbent.
• Figure 6 shows schematically the mass transfer rate (SG) in Nm 3 / (m 2 bar h) of CO 2 (dashed line) and H 2 S (solid line) in an absorbent, the piperazine dissolved in a mixture of glycerol and 60 wt. -% water, depending on the piperazine content (P) in wt .-%.
• the mass transfer rate of CO 2 and H 2 S was measured as described above for CO 2 .
• the mass transfer rate of H 2 S has a clear maximum in the absorption medium according to the invention, which exceeds the mass transfer rate of CO 2 in this area.
• FIG. 7 shows the temperature (T) in ° C. / concentration profile [piperazine content (P) in% by weight] of the piperazine solubility in an aqueous solution which contains 30% by weight of solubilizer.
• glycerol is used as the solubilizer (rectangles); according to the comparative example, MDEA is used as the solubilizer (diamonds).
• the piperazine solubility was determined based on ASTM method D 2386-67 (corresponds to DIN 51421) by cooling the corresponding solution with stirring using a low temperature gradient.
• the solubility temperature was determined by observing the first crystal precipitation, which can be seen from the turbidity of the solution. It can be seen that in the absorbent according to the invention, at the same piperazine concentration, the solubility temperature is more than 10 ° C. below that of the comparative example.

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