WO2002036541A1 - Recovery of hexamethylenediame (hmd) with low polarographically reducible impurities (pri) from mixtures of hmd, aminocapronitrile and pri - Google Patents
Recovery of hexamethylenediame (hmd) with low polarographically reducible impurities (pri) from mixtures of hmd, aminocapronitrile and pri Download PDFInfo
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- Nylon 6,6 is produced from two chemical ingredients, hexamethylenediamine (HMD) and adipic acid (AA).
- HMD hexamethylenediamine
- AA adipic acid
- ADN is a linear alpha, omega dinitrile containing 6 carbon atoms.
- ACN aminocapronitrile
- TSA tetrahydroazipihe
- THA also exists as various oligomers with other molecules present in the system, such as HMD and ACN, and this mixture of THA and its oligomers is collectively referred to as "polarographically reducible impurities" (PRI), since analysis for the mixture is done by electrochemical reduction using a dropping mercury electrode.
- PRI polarographically reducible impurities
- HMD hexamethyleiieimine
- HMI hexamethyleiieimine
- the airiou ⁇ t bf PRI that exists in the crude HMD immediately following hydrogenation is less than 50 ppm, and can be controlled to acceptable levels in the refined HMD by normal distillation.
- Nylon 6 using ACN as the monomer.
- the ACN can, in turn, be manufactured using the same equipment used to produce HMD.
- the only required change in processing is to partially hydrogenate, rather than completely hydrogenate, the ADN to produce a mixture of ACN and HMD, together with some unreacted -ADN.
- US 5,961,788 describes a process for removing PRI from ACN using reactive distillation with caustic.
- a distillate which comprises HMD which further comprises at most a minor portion of the PRI which is fed to the column in the feed mixture, the locations of the feed point and the distillate withdrawal point defining a rectifying zone of the column having a length which extends between the feed point and the distillate withdrawal point and a temperature which varies along the length;
- Figure 1 is a graph showing two curves.
- Curve 1 is a computer-generated graph showing temperature versus theoretical stage for a hypothetical column optimized for a desired degree of HMD/ ACN separation.
- Curve 2 shows temperature versus theoretical stage for the same column when the number of theoretical stages in its rectifying zone is increased to force PRI to co-distill with ACN as bottoms.
- Figure 2 is a graph showing two curves, both characterizing a hypothetical column having a number of theoretical stages in its rectifying zone in excess of that required for a desired degree of HMD/ ACN separation.
- Curve 1 shows temperature versus theoretical stage for the column operated to minimize the amount of ACN in the distillate.
- Curve 2 shows temperature versus theoretical stage for the column operated to force PRI to co-distill with ACN as bottoms.
- a mixture containing only HMD and ACN can be separated by feeding the mixture into an appropriately designed fractional distillation column, and taking HMD overhead from a distillate withdrawal point as distillate, and taking ACN from a bottoms withdrawal point as bottoms.
- An appropriately designed distillation column will contain a multiple number of so-called theoretical stages. The degree of HMD/ACN separation will be dependent on the number of theoretical stages employed. The higher the degree of separation, the greater the number of theoretical stages are required.
- An optimized column for a desired degree of HMD/ACN separation has the minimum number of theoretical stages in the so-called rectifying zone of the column (the portion of the column between the feed point and the distillate withdrawal point) and the minimum number of stages in the so-called stripping zone of the column (the portion of the column between the feed point and the bottoms withdrawal point) required to provide the desired percentage of ACN going into the distillate, and the desired percentage of HMD going into the bottoms.
- a graph showing temperature (or ACN composition) versus theoretical stage for such a column would show steep temperature and composition gradients immediately above and below the theoretical stage associated with the feed point.
- the present invention involves the discovery that if theoretical stages are added to the rectfiying zone of a distillation column in excess of the minimum required for any desired degree of HMD/ACN separation, and the column is operated in a manner that keeps the HMD and ACN compositions of both the distillate and bottoms the same as they would be in a column with the minimum number of theoretical stages in the rectifying zone for the desired degree of
- HMD/ACN separation it is possible to significantly reduce the PRI content of the distillate.
- the number of excess stages must be more than one, and preferably more than five. Designing and operating the column in this manner causes the ACN composition associated with these extra stages in the rectifying zone to vary only slightly, and causes a much lower temperature gradient over these excess stages than would be observed for a column with only the minimum number of stages for the desired degree of separation.
- a graph of column temperature versus theoretical stage (in which the top stage of the column is at the 0 point of the x- axis) for a column with excess theoretical stages in the rectifying zone, operating properly for PRI removal, shows a sigmoidal shape (i.e., shaped like the letter "S") in the section of the graph depicting the temperature of the rectifying zone.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a graph of temperature versus theoretical stage for a column optimized for a desired HMD/ACN separation (curve 1).
- curve 2 a graph of temperature versus theoretical stage for a column which has excess theoretical stages in the rectifying zone and which is operated to force PRI to co-distill with the ACN in the bottoms (curve 2).
- the ACN composition profiles for these two columns (not shown in Figures 1 and 2) have a similar shape, with the concentration of ACN increasing from top to bottom of the column.
- Curve 1 is a graph characterizing the column if it is operated to achieve a minimum concentration of ACN in the distillate.
- Curve 2 is a graph characterizing the column if it is operated to achieve reduced levels of PRI in the distillate (force the PRI to co-distill with the ACN in the bottoms).
- Curve 2 shows a noticeable flattening of the temperature profile just above the feed point (reduction of the slope of the curve at the feed point), which gives a temperature versus theoretical stage-in-the-rectifying-zone graph the sigmoidal shape required for PRI removal from the HMD distillate.
- a column suitable for practicing the present invention can be designed by computer modeling using well-known software for this purpose, such as the software sold under the trademark "ASPEN” (Aspen Technologies, Inc., Ten Canal Park, Cambridge, MA, USA).
- the computer-generated design can then be modified by specifying an increase in the number of theoretical stages in the rectifying zone.
- the software can then be used to predict the temperature (or ACN composition) of the various theoretical stages throughout the column.
- the computer-generated column design can then be used to construct an actual column having the required number of theoretical stages by using either trays (generally 1.5 trays per theoretical stage) or using other construction such as packing, in which case the so-called HETP (height equivalent to a theoretical plate) must be determined (generally available from manufacturers of packing materials).
- trays generally 1.5 trays per theoretical stage
- HETP height equivalent to a theoretical plate
- the required profile can be achieved empirically by using a series of thermocouples disposed at various points along the length of the column and varying the distillate withdrawal rate until the temperature readings of the various thermocouples throughout the rectifying zone show the required profile.
- the following nonlimiting examples illustrate the present invention.
- Example 1 A 55 plate Oldershaw column was used throughout this study.
- Thermocouples were located at the top of the column, on trays 10, 25, and 35, and in the reboiler. Tray 1 is at the top of the column, and the tray numbers increase from top to bottom of the column. Feed points were located at trays 10, 25, and 35. Experiments were run using all three feed point locations, and for each feed point location, the column temperature profile was varied by adjusting the control temperature of one of the trays in the column. In all of these studies, the reflux ratio was maintained at 3.0, and the column head pressure at 150 mm Hg. The feed composition was 17% HMD, 73% ACN, 10 % ADN, and 1500 ppm PRI. In the discussion above, the term "stage" is used to describe a single equilibrium or theoretical stage. One theoretical stage is equivalent to 1.5
- the feed was to tray 25.
- the temperature of tray 35 was controlled at 175 C. This kept the temperature profile low in the column, and corresponds to Curve 1 of Figure 2.
- the temperature of tray 10 was controlled at 153 C, which gave a sigmoidal temperature profile above the fed point, corresponding to Curve 2 of Figure 2.
- the tray temperatures and PRI contents of the distillate for these two cases are given in Table 1 below:
- Example 1 shows that when the temperature profile is shifted up the column to provide a sigmoidal temperature profile above the feed tray, it is
- Example 2 This example is identical to Example 1, with the exception that in this case the feed was to tray 35.
- the temperature of tray 35 was controlled at 170 C, which kept the temperature profile low in the column, similar to Curve 1 in Figure 2.
- the temperature of tray 25 was controlled at 157 C, which gives the sigmoidal temperature profile above the feed point, similar to Curve 2 of Figure 2.
- the tray temperatures and distillate PRI contents are given in Table 2:
- Example 2 shifting the temperature profile up the column creates the desired sigmoidal temperature profile above the feed point which reduces the PRI content of the HMD distillate. Adding 10 trays above the feed point in
- Example 2 gives no further reduction in PRI level of the distillate, but it does allow the ACN content of the distillate to be significantly reduced.
- Example 3 This example is identical to Example 1, except that the feed point was moved to tray 10. With this limited number of trays above the feed point it is impossible to develop the necessary sigmoidal temperature profile above the feed point. Thus, it is impossible to obtain distillate with the requisite low level of PRI. Table 3 shows the results for two temperature profiles. I able 3 Effect of Column Temperature Profile on PRI Content of Distillate
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JP2002539302A JP2004513105A (en) | 2000-10-26 | 2001-08-21 | Method for recovering low PRI HMD from a mixture of hexamethylene diamine (HMD), aminocapronitrile and polarographic reducing impurities (PRI) |
KR20037005742A KR20030059213A (en) | 2000-10-26 | 2001-08-21 | Recovery of Hexamethylenediamine (HMD) with Low Polarographically Reducible Impurities (PRI) from Mixtures of HMD, Aminocapronitrile and PRI |
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BR0114803-6A BR0114803A (en) | 2000-10-26 | 2001-08-21 | Process for separating hexamethylenediamine (hmd) from a feed mixture comprising hexamethylenediamine (hmd), aminocapronitrile (acn) and polarographically reducible impurities (pri) |
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