WO2017188220A1 - メタクリル酸の精製方法及び製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a purification method and a production method of methacrylic acid.
- methacrylic acid As a method for producing methacrylic acid, there is a method in which isobutylene, tertiary butyl alcohol, methacrolein or isobutyraldehyde is subjected to catalytic gas phase oxidation with molecular oxygen in a one-stage or two-stage reaction.
- the product obtained by this method in addition to the target methacrylic acid (boiling point 161 ° C./760 mmHg, melting point 15 ° C.), for example, formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, maleic acid, citraconic acid, benzoic acid, toluyl
- methacrylic acid for example, formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, maleic acid, citraconic acid, benzoic acid, toluyl
- By-products include carboxylic acids such as acid, terephthalic acid, and acrylic acid, and aldehydes such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, methacrolein, benzaldehyde, tolualdehyde, and furfural.
- a purification method of methacrylic acid there are a crystallization method in addition to an extraction method and a distillation method.
- Patent Document 1 methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol or the like is added as a second component to crude methacrylic acid, methacrylic acid is crystallized from this solution, and the precipitated crystals are separated from the mother liquor, thereby purifying. A method for obtaining a modified methacrylic acid is described.
- Patent Document 2 a solution obtained by adding methanol as a second component to crude methacrylic acid is crystallized using a continuous crystallizer in which a first crystallizer and a second crystallizer are connected.
- methacrylic acid is crystallized in a state where a part of the suspension slurry in the second crystallization tank is circulated to the first crystallization tank, and the crystals precipitated in the purification tower are separated from the mother liquor.
- a method for obtaining purified methacrylic acid is described.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a method for obtaining methacrylic acid stably purified for a long period of time by performing crystallization using a scraper unit having a structure that effectively suppresses the growth of a crystal layer on a cooling surface. Is described.
- the crystallization method described in Patent Document 1 As a means for removing impurities that are difficult to reduce by distillation, the crystallization method described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed.
- the concentration range of the second component added to the crude methacrylic acid is 1 to 35% by mass.
- the range of 3 to 30% by mass is very wide, and the operating conditions that enable more efficient purification than the described operating conditions are not clearly shown.
- the second component added to the crude methacrylic acid needs to be finally removed in the same manner as other impurities. Therefore, it is preferable that the content of the second component in the crystal group subjected to solid-liquid separation after the crystallization operation is low, but a method for efficiently achieving this is not shown.
- Patent Document 3 can achieve a long-term operation using a scraper unit, it does not show the quality and productivity of methacrylic acid.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a purification method and a production method of methacrylic acid capable of increasing the purity of a crystal group after solid-liquid separation and realizing high productivity. It is to provide.
- Forming a raw material methacrylic acid comprising the step of purifying the raw material methacrylic acid by the above purification method.
- the present invention it is possible to provide a purification method and a production method of methacrylic acid that can increase the purity of a crystal group after solid-liquid separation and can realize high productivity.
- the inventors have determined that the crystal precipitation rate while maintaining high crystal group purity after solid-liquid separation by keeping the solvent concentration in the raw material and the temperature in the crystallization tank within specific ranges.
- the crystal precipitation rate can be further increased while maintaining high crystal group purity after solid-liquid separation. It came.
- the crystallization tank temperature indicates the temperature of the suspended slurry in the crystallization tank.
- the crystal precipitation rate is the amount of crystals produced per unit time.
- a method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for purifying methacrylic acid, comprising mixing raw material methacrylic acid and methanol, precipitating methacrylic acid crystals from a mixed solution containing the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol, and separating the crystals and mother liquor.
- the methanol is mixed so that the concentration of methanol in the mixed solution is 3.0 to 3.75% by mass, and crystals of methacrylic acid are precipitated from the mixed solution in a cooling crystallization tank. This is a method for purifying methacrylic acid.
- the temperature in the crystallization tank of the cooling crystallization tank within a range of 4 to 8 ° C. By controlling to this temperature range, crystals can be sufficiently precipitated.
- the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol are mixed so that the concentration of methanol in the mixed solution is 3.0 to 3.75% by mass, and then the mixed solution is cooled with the cooling crystallization. It is preferable to supply to a tank.
- raw material methacrylic acid and methanol are mixed in advance to prepare the mixed solution having a methanol concentration of 3.0 to 3.75% by mass, and this mixed solution is supplied to the cooling crystallization tank. Can do.
- the cooling crystallization tank it is preferable to continuously supply the mixed solution to the cooling crystallization tank.
- the mixed solution it is preferable to supply the mixed solution at 9 to 20 ° C. to the cooling crystallization tank.
- the mixed solution is preferably supplied after being cooled to a range of 9 to 20 ° C.
- the cooling crystallization tank is provided with a cylindrical container with a baffle plate provided with a cooling jacket, and the crystals deposited on the inner surface of the cylindrical container are scraped into the cylindrical container. It is preferable to include a scraper unit, a rotating shaft, and an anchor-shaped scraper arm that connects between the rotating shaft and the scraper unit.
- the scraper unit has a scraper blade having a scraper blade that scrapes crystals deposited on the inner surface of the cylindrical container, a blade support portion that supports the scraper blade, and an arm connecting portion that is fixed to the scraper arm. It is preferable to include a holder and a spring-type pressing device that presses the scraper blade against the inner surface of the cylindrical container via the blade support. It is preferable that the blade support portion and the arm connecting portion, the blade support portion and the spring-type pressing device, and the spring-type pressing device and the scraper arm are movably connected.
- the lower portion of the scraper arm is a flat paddle wing portion, and the length of the flat paddle wing portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical container is directed from the rotating shaft toward the side surface of the cylindrical container. It is preferable to have a portion that is gradually shortened according to
- the purification method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be preferably carried out using a crystallizer described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 5708257 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-246263).
- this crystallizer the following crystallizer can be used.
- a crystallization apparatus that can be suitably used in the purification method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a crystallization apparatus that crystallizes methacrylic acid from a raw material containing methacrylic acid by indirect cooling crystallization to obtain a crystal slurry
- the crystallizer is As a crystallization tank, a cylindrical container with a baffle plate equipped with a cooling jacket, A motor-driven rotating shaft that penetrates the cylindrical container in the axial direction of the cylindrical container; and a bearing that supports the rotating shaft and is disposed on the bottom surface of the cylindrical container; Inside the cylindrical container, A scraper unit that scrapes off crystals deposited on the inner surface of the cylindrical container; An anchor-shaped scraper arm connecting between the rotating shaft and the scraper unit; A methacrylic acid crystallizer including a ring support attached to the scraper arm and reinforcing the scraper arm.
- the scraper unit is A scraper unit used by being attached to a scraper arm, A scraper blade that scrapes off crystals deposited on the inner surface of the crystallization tank; A scraper blade holder having a blade support portion for supporting the scraper blade, and an arm connecting portion fixed to the scraper arm; A spring-type pressing device that presses the scraper blade against the inner surface of the crystallization tank via the blade support, The methacrylic acid crystal, wherein the blade support and the arm connecting portion, the blade support and the spring-type pressing device, and the spring-type pressing device and the scraper arm are connected to each other in a movable manner.
- This is a scraper unit for an analyzing apparatus.
- the lower part of the anchor-shaped scraper arm is a flat paddle wing part, and the length of the flat paddle wing part in the axial direction of the cylindrical container is from the rotation axis to the side surface of the cylindrical container. It is preferable that the length gradually decreases toward the head.
- the required power for stirring per unit volume in the crystallization tank is 0.15 kW / m 3 or more and 0.7 kW / m 3 or less.
- FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 of Japanese Patent No. 5708257 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-246263
- a structure can be adopted.
- the obtained suspension slurry is further subjected to solid-liquid separation and subjected to a purification operation.
- crude methacrylic acid or methacrylic acid obtained by purifying crude methacrylic acid by a technique such as precision distillation or crystallization can be used as a raw material for producing crystals.
- Raw material methacrylic acid is methacrylic acid containing impurities removed by the purification method according to the present invention, and even methacrylic acid purified by other purification methods such as distillation and crystallization is removed by the method of the present invention. Those containing impurities are included in the raw material methacrylic acid which is the purification target of the method of the present invention.
- crude methacrylic acid and methacrylic acid purified from the crude methacrylic acid are referred to as “raw methacrylic acid” as a raw material for purification according to the present invention.
- Raw material methacrylic acid can be produced by various methods such as a direct oxidation method and an ACH (acetone cyanohydrin) method.
- At least one compound selected from the group consisting of isobutylene, tertiary butyl alcohol, methacrolein and isobutyraldehyde is reacted in one or two stages with molecular oxygen.
- Condensate obtained by condensing the reaction gas obtained by the direct oxidation method in which the gas phase oxidation is carried out in contact with water, or methacrylic acid aqueous solution obtained by adding water to the reaction gas condensate or absorbing the reaction gas into water A method of extracting methacrylic acid from an organic solvent using an organic solvent and removing the organic solvent and non-volatile components by distillation to obtain a raw material methacrylic acid.
- n-heptane dimethylcyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, toluene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, xylene, diethylketone, diisopropylketone, methylpropylketone, methylisobutylketone, methyl-t-butylketone, n-propyl acetate , N-butyl acetate, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, vinyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, allyl acetate, isopropenyl acetate, vinyl propionate, propyl propionate, methyl crotonic acid, methyl valerate , Ethyl butyrate, dibutyl ether and mixtures thereof, or a solvent containing at least one selected from them can be used.
- the purity of the raw material methacrylic acid is preferably 99.00% by mass or more, more preferably 99.00 to 99.99% by mass, and further preferably 99.00 to 99.90% by mass.
- a mixed solution obtained by adding a solvent to raw methacrylic acid can be used as a crystallization raw material.
- polar substances such as methanol, ethanol, propanol and water can be used, but it is preferable to use methanol in terms of improving the fluidity of the suspension slurry and suppressing the scaling in the cooling transmission surface.
- the method of supplying the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol to the crystallization tank is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a method of supplying a predetermined amount to the crystallization tank continuously or intermittently.
- a method of supplying a predetermined amount to the crystallization tank continuously or intermittently When the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol are continuously fed, it is preferable to keep the mass flow rate constant so that the methanol concentration in the crystallization tank can be controlled to be constant.
- a mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol can be prepared in advance so that methanol has a predetermined concentration, and this mixed solution can be continuously supplied to the crystallization tank.
- the mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol may be prepared using a container such as a tank, or may be mixed in a pipe while being measured for each mass flow rate and supplied to the crystallization tank as it is.
- the mass flow rate may be measured by a mass flow meter, or may be determined by measuring the volume flow rate and converting it to the mass flow rate using the specific gravity of the liquid.
- the methanol concentration in the mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol is preferably 3.0 to 3.75% by mass.
- Methanol concentration [mass%] (mass of methanol added as solvent) / (mass of raw material methacrylic acid + mass of methanol added as solvent) ⁇ 100 (1)
- the methanol concentration of this mixed solution is 3.0% by mass or more, the particle diameter of the methacrylic acid crystals in the suspension slurry is reduced, the fluidity of the suspension slurry is improved, clogging in the extraction piping, etc. Not only is the problem of crystal retention in the deposition tank eliminated, but the adhesion of the crystal to the cooling surface is reduced and scaling is suppressed.
- the methanol concentration of the mixed solution is preferably 3.0% by mass or more, more preferably 3.2% by mass or more, and further preferably 3.5% by mass or more.
- the methanol concentration of this mixed solution is 3.75% by mass or less, the purity of the crystal group after solid-liquid separation of the suspension slurry can be maintained high. This is because when the concentration exceeds 3.75% by mass, the methacrylic acid crystals in the suspension slurry become unnecessarily small, and as a result, the specific surface area increases, thereby increasing the amount of mother liquor adhering to the crystal surface. In addition, since the methanol concentration in the mother liquor is high, the amount of methanol adhering to the crystal surface is considered to increase. Therefore, it is desirable that the methanol concentration of the mixed solution does not exceed 3.75% by mass and the crystal size is not reduced more than necessary.
- the methanol concentration of the mixed solution is preferably 3.75% by mass or less, more preferably 3.74% by mass or less, and further preferably 3.70% by mass or less.
- the methanol in raw material methacrylic acid can also be considered as methanol added as a solvent.
- a crystallization operation of raw material methacrylic acid is performed using a cooling crystallization tank.
- a cooling crystallization tank a cooler having a cooling coil for circulating a cooling heat medium in the tank, a cooler having a cooling jacket for bringing the cooling heat medium into contact with the peripheral surface of the tank from the outside, or What provided both can be used.
- those capable of cooling the inside of the crystallization tank by heat exchange with the peripheral surface of the crystallization tank as the heat transfer surface are preferable.
- the conditions in the tank such as the temperature in the crystallization tank, the suspension density, and the mother liquor composition, which affect the productivity and the quality of the crystals, are kept constant.
- the continuous type is preferable.
- the suspension density is the mass concentration of crystals in the suspension slurry in the crystallization tank.
- the temperature in the cooling crystallization tank is preferably 4 to 8 ° C.
- the temperature in the cooling crystallization tank is preferably 4 ° C. or higher, and more preferably 5 ° C. or higher.
- the temperature in the cooling crystallization tank is preferably 8 ° C. or less, more preferably 7 ° C. or less, and further preferably 6 ° C. or less.
- the mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol when supplied to the cooling crystallization tank, when the temperature of the mixed solution is higher than 20 ° C., the mixed solution is in the range of 9 to 20 ° C. (more preferably Is preferably in the range of 9 to 15 ° C., and then supplied to the cooling crystallization tank. Thereby, the cooling load in the crystallization tank can be reduced.
- the freezing point of the raw material methacrylic acid depends on its purity, but since it is around 15 ° C. at normal pressure, when only the raw material methacrylic acid is supplied to the crystallization tank, when cooling before the supply, from the freezing point
- the temperature needs to be higher, that is, higher than 15 ° C. In this temperature range, it is difficult to obtain a large reduction effect of the cooling load in the crystallization tank.
- it is preferable that raw material methacrylic acid and methanol are mixed in advance to form a mixed solvent. Thereby, the freezing point of the mixed solvent can be lowered, and the cooling load in the crystallization tank can be sufficiently reduced.
- the cooling crystallization tank includes a cylindrical container with a baffle plate provided with a cooling jacket, and a scraper unit that scrapes crystals deposited on the inner surface of the cylindrical container inside the cylindrical container, a rotating shaft, It is preferable to include an anchor-shaped scraper arm that connects between the rotating shaft and the scraper unit.
- the raw material concentration distribution and the temperature distribution in the tank can be made uniform, and a local increase in the degree of supersaturation can be suppressed.
- the scraper unit includes a scraper blade that scrapes off crystals precipitated on the inner surface of the cylindrical container, a blade support portion that supports the scraper blade, and an arm connecting portion that is fixed to the scraper arm. And a spring-type pressing device that presses the scraper blade against the inner surface of the cylindrical container through the blade support.
- the rotating shaft can be scraped uniformly without shaking.
- the lower portion of the scraper arm is a flat paddle wing portion, and the length of the flat paddle wing portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical container is directed from the rotating shaft toward the side surface of the cylindrical container. It is preferable to have a portion that is gradually shorter according to
- the flat paddle blade By using the flat paddle blade, it is possible not only to form a flow that winds up the crystals precipitated at the bottom of the crystallization tank (cylindrical container) and to facilitate good mixing in the tank, but also to discharge nozzles. It is possible to easily suppress the defective extraction.
- the suspension slurry obtained in the cooling crystallization tank is extracted from the crystallization tank and then separated into solid and liquid.
- solid-liquid separation apparatuses such as a filtration apparatus and a centrifuge, and these combination can be used.
- the mother liquor containing impurities and methanol remain.
- a purification operation can be performed.
- purification including an operation of purifying the crystal group in a crystalline state can be performed. Specifically, by utilizing a phenomenon called “sweat” of crystals.
- Purification including an operation of releasing impurities in the crystal (for example, mother liquor and methanol) to the outside of the crystal by raising the crystal temperature can be performed.
- the apparatus for performing such a purification operation include, for example, Tamizu Shimizu, “Purification of Organic Compounds Using Kureha Continuous Crystal Purification Device”, Chemical Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 3 (1982), No. 49. KCP (Kureha Crystal Purifier), which is a continuous crystal purification device manufactured by Kureha Environmental Co., Ltd., is listed on the page.
- the separation operation can be performed by either a batch operation or a continuous operation.
- a crystallization operation was performed using a stainless steel continuous jacket cooled crystallization tank (volume: 5 L) equipped with a stirring mechanism using a flat paddle blade, a scraper unit, and a baffle plate. It was. A 40% by mass ethylene glycol aqueous solution was used as the heat medium.
- Example 1 Methacrylic acid is extracted with n-heptane from an aqueous methacrylic acid solution obtained by subjecting tertiary butyl alcohol to catalytic gas phase oxidation with molecular oxygen and absorbing the resulting reaction gas into water, and the extract is distilled. As a result, the organic solvent and nonvolatile components were removed to obtain crude methacrylic acid. By purifying the crude methacrylic acid by a crystallization operation, purified methacrylic acid (purity: 99.98% by mass) was obtained. In this example, this purified methacrylic acid was used as a raw material methacrylic acid.
- the raw material methacrylic acid maintained at 22 ° C. was mixed with methanol at 25 ° C. as a solvent so that the concentration was 3.74% by mass, thereby preparing a mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol.
- the temperature of the heat medium was lowered at 2.0 ° C./hr.
- the temperature of the heat medium reaches 4.5 ° C.
- supply of the mixed solution cooled to 10 ° C. to the crystallization tank at a flow rate of 1.1 kg / hr is started, and the position of the liquid level in the crystallization tank
- the slurry in the tank was withdrawn intermittently so as to be constant.
- the extracted slurry was transferred to a glass column (inner diameter: 70 mm, height: 400 mm) provided with a filter at the bottom, and gravity filtered.
- the composition of the mother liquor obtained and the temperature in the crystallization tank were confirmed.
- Table 1 shows the purity of the obtained crystal group, the temperature in the crystallization tank, the suspension density, and the crystal precipitation rate in the steady state.
- 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- suspension density was calculated by the following formula (1) after measuring the total mass of the sampled slurry, solid-liquid separation by a method such as filtration, and measuring the mass of the crystal.
- Suspension density [mass%] mass of crystal [kg] / mass of slurry [kg] ⁇ 100 (1)
- the productivity ratio was calculated by the following formula (4) based on the value of Comparative Example 1 based on the productivity value represented by the following formula (3).
- Productivity Amount of purified methacrylic acid obtained by high purity operation [kg] (3)
- Productivity ratio productivity in each example and comparative example / productivity in comparative example 1 (4)
- Example 2 The purification operation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the methanol concentration in the mixed solution of the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was changed to 3.60% by mass. The bath temperature, suspension density and crystal precipitation rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 1. 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- Example 3 The purification operation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the methanol concentration in the mixed solution of the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was changed to 3.10% by mass. The bath temperature, suspension density and crystal precipitation rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 1. 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- Example 1 The purification operation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the methanol concentration in the mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was 3.80% by mass, the purity of the crystal group, the temperature in the crystallization tank, the suspension Density and crystal precipitation rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 1. 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- Example 2 The same as in Example 1 except that the methanol concentration in the mixed solution of raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was 6.32% by mass and the crystallization raw material (the mixed liquid) was supplied to the crystallization tank at 1.4 kg / hr. Then, purification operation was performed, and the purity of the crystal group, the temperature in the crystallization tank, the suspension density, and the crystal precipitation rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 1. 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- Example 4 The same operation as in Example 1 was performed except that the methanol concentration in the mixture of the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was 2.90% by mass. However, 2 hours after the start of the supply of the crystallization raw material (mixed solution), the flow state of the suspension slurry deteriorated, the extraction pipe was clogged, and the operation was stopped because scale was generated on the cooling transmission surface.
- Example 5 The methanol concentration in the mixed solution of the raw material methacrylic acid and methanol was 3.80% by mass, and the purification operation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 using an apparatus equipped with only a stirring mechanism for the crystallizer. In the same manner as in Example 1, the purity of the crystal group, the temperature in the crystallization tank, the suspension density, and the crystal precipitation rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 1. 1 and 2 show the relationship between the methanol concentration and the purity of the crystal group, and the relationship between the methanol concentration and the crystal precipitation rate, respectively.
- Comparative Example 2 in which the methanol concentration was increased to 6.32% by mass, not only the crystal precipitation rate was significantly reduced, but also the purity of the crystal group after solid-liquid separation was reduced, resulting in a productivity ratio. It has deteriorated significantly.
- Comparative Example 3 in which the methanol concentration was increased to 6.32% by mass and the temperature in the crystallization tank was lowered to about 2 ° C., the crystal precipitation rate was improved as much as in Example 1. The purity of the crystal group after solid-liquid separation was reduced by about 1 point as compared with Examples 1, 2, and 3. Although the productivity ratio was slightly improved, it did not reach the results of Examples 1, 2, and 3.
- Comparative Example 4 in which the methanol concentration was reduced to 2.9% by mass, not only the fluidity of the suspended slurry was deteriorated, but also a scale was generated on the cooling transmission surface, and a stable operation was not possible.
- Comparative Example 5 performed with a crystallizer having a methanol concentration of 3.8% by mass as in Comparative Example 1 and having only a stirring mechanism, the scaling to the cooling transfer surface in the tank proceeds, and the heat removal capability is increased. Since it decreased, the productivity ratio did not reach the result of Comparative Example 1.
- the purification method according to the embodiment of the present invention it is possible to improve the crystal precipitation rate directly related to the productivity, the purity of the crystal group after solid-liquid separation, and consequently increase the productivity. It is.
- the main impurity component is methanol
- crude methacrylic acid can be used as the raw methacrylic acid, and the content of impurities in the crude methacrylic acid is determined by the purification method according to the present embodiment. Can be reduced.
- impurities can be reduced by the purification method when crude methacrylic acid is used as raw material methacrylic acid.
- gas chromatography main body: GC-2014AFsc (product name), manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation, analysis column: DP-FFAP (trade name), manufactured by Agilent Technologies) was used.
- Table 3 shows the impurity concentration in the raw material methacrylic acid and the impurity concentration of the crystal group obtained in Reference Example 1.
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原料メタクリル酸とメタノールを混合し、
前記原料メタクリル酸とメタノールを含む混合溶液からメタクリル酸の結晶を析出させ、
前記結晶と母液を分離するメタクリル酸の精製方法であって、
前記混合溶液中のメタノールの濃度が3.0~3.75質量%となるように、メタノールを混合し、
冷却式晶析槽内で、前記混合溶液からメタクリル酸の結晶を析出させる、メタクリル酸の精製方法が提供される。
原料メタクリル酸を形成する工程と、
上記の精製方法で、前記原料メタクリル酸を精製する工程とを含む、メタクリル酸の製造方法が提供される。
原料メタクリル酸を形成する工程と、
上記の精製方法で、前記原料メタクリル酸を精製する工程と、
上記の精製工程において形成した懸濁スラリーを固液分離し、得られた固形分を高純度化操作によって精製する工程とを含む、メタクリル酸の製造方法が提供される。
該晶析装置は、
晶析槽として、冷却ジャケットを具備した邪魔板付き円筒形容器と、
該円筒形容器を、該円筒形容器の軸方向に貫通するモーター駆動回転軸と、該回転軸を支持し、該円筒形容器の底面に配置される軸受けと、を具備し、
該円筒形容器の内部に、
該円筒形容器の内面に析出した結晶を掻き取るスクレーパーユニットと、
該回転軸および該スクレーパーユニットの間を繋ぐアンカー状のスクレーパーアームと、
該スクレーパーアームに取り付けられ、該スクレーパーアームを補強するリングサポートとを含む、メタクリル酸の晶析装置である。
スクレーパーアームに取り付けられて用いられるスクレーパーユニットであって、
晶析槽の内面に析出した結晶を掻き取るスクレーパーブレードと、
該スクレーパーブレートを支持するブレード支持部、および該スクレーパーアームに固定されるアーム連結部を有するスクレーパーブレードホルダーと、
該ブレード支持部を介して、該スクレーパーブレードを該晶析槽の内面に押し付けるスプリング式押付装置と、を具備し、
該ブレード支持部と該アーム連結部、該ブレート支持部と該スプリング式押付装置、および該スプリング式押付装置と該スクレーパーアームが、それぞれ可動式に接続されていることを特徴とするメタクリル酸の晶析装置用スクレーパーユニットである。
前記アンカー状のスクレーパーアームの下部が、フラットパドル翼部となっており、前記円筒形容器の軸方向における該フラットパドル翼部の長さが、前記回転軸から前記円筒形容器の側面の方向に向かうに従って徐々に短くなっていることが好ましい。
第3級ブチルアルコールを分子状酸素により接触気相酸化し、得られた反応ガスを水に吸収させて得られるメタクリル酸水溶液からn-ヘプタンを用いてメタクリル酸を抽出し、この抽出液を蒸留することにより有機溶剤及び不揮発分を除去して粗製メタクリル酸を得た。この粗製メタクリル酸に対し、晶析操作によって精製を行うことによって精製メタクリル酸(純度:99.98質量%)を得た。本実施例では、この精製メタクリル酸を原料メタクリル酸として用いた。
懸濁密度[質量%]= 結晶の質量[kg]/スラリーの質量[kg]×100 (1)
結晶析出速度[g/min]=(原料の供給速度またはスラリーの抜出速度[g/min])×(原料と抜出したスラリーの懸濁密度差 [質量%])/100 (2)
生産性=高純度化操作により得られる精製メタクリル酸量[kg] (3)
生産性比=各実施例、比較例における生産性/比較例1における生産性 (4)
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合溶液中のメタノール濃度を3.60質量%とした以外は、実施例1と同様にして精製操作を行い、実施例1と同様にして結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合溶液中のメタノール濃度を3.10質量%とした以外は、実施例1と同様にして精製操作を行い、実施例1と同様にして結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合溶液中のメタノール濃度を3.80質量%とした以外は、実施例1と同様にして、精製操作を行い、結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合溶液中のメタノール濃度を6.32質量%とし、晶析原料(前記混合液)を1.4kg/hrで晶析槽へ供給した以外は、実施例1と同様にして、精製操作を行い、結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
熱媒体温度が1.5℃となった時点で、晶析原料(前記混合液)を晶析槽へ供給した以外は、比較例2と同様にして、精製操作を行い、結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合物中のメタノール濃度を2.90質量%とした以外は、実施例1と同様の操作を行った。しかしながら、晶析原料(前記混合液)の供給開始2時間後、懸濁スラリーの流動状態が悪化し、抜き出し配管の詰まりが発生するとともに、冷却伝面にスケールが発生したため運転を中止した。
原料メタクリル酸とメタノールの混合溶液中のメタノール濃度を3.80質量%とし、晶析装置には攪拌機構のみを具備した装置を用いて、実施例1と同様にして精製操作を行い、実施例1と同様にして結晶群の純度、並びに晶析槽内温度、懸濁密度および結晶析出速度を測定した。結果を表1に示す。また、メタノール濃度と結晶群の純度の関係、及びメタノール濃度と結晶析出速度の関係を、それぞれ図1及び図2に示す。
原料メタクリル酸に粗製メタクリル酸を用いた以外は、実施例1と同様にして精製操作を行い、結晶群のメタノールを除く不純物の濃度を測定した。
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- 原料メタクリル酸とメタノールを混合し、
前記原料メタクリル酸とメタノールを含む混合溶液からメタクリル酸の結晶を析出させ、
前記結晶と母液を分離するメタクリル酸の精製方法であって、
前記混合液中のメタノールの濃度が3.0~3.75質量%となるように、前記原料メタクリル酸とメタノールを混合し、
冷却式晶析槽内で、前記混合溶液からメタクリル酸の結晶を析出させる、メタクリル酸の精製方法。 - 前記冷却式晶析槽の晶析槽内温度を4~8℃の範囲に制御する、請求項1に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。
- 前記混合溶液中のメタノールの濃度が3.0~3.75質量%になるように、前記原料メタクリル酸とメタノールとを混合した後、その混合溶液を前記冷却式晶析槽へ供給する、請求項1又は2に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。
- 前記混合溶液を前記冷却式晶析槽へ連続的に供給する、請求項3に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。
- 9~20℃の前記混合溶液を、前記冷却式晶析槽へ供給する請求項3又は4に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。
- 前記冷却式晶析槽が、冷却ジャケットを具備した邪魔板付き円筒形容器を具備し、
該円筒形容器の内部に、
該円筒形容器の内面に析出した結晶を掻き取るスクレーパーユニットと、
回転軸と、
該回転軸および該スクレーパーユニットの間を繋ぐアンカー状のスクレーパーアームとを含む、請求項1から5のいずれか一項に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。 - 前記スクレーパーユニットが、
前記円筒形容器の内面に析出した結晶を掻き取るスクレーパーブレードと、
該スクレーパーブレードを支持するブレード支持部、および前記スクレーパーアームに固定されるアーム連結部を有するスクレーパーブレードホルダーと、
該ブレード支持部を介して、該スクレーパーブレードを該円筒形容器の内面に押し付けるスプリング式押付装置とを具備している、請求項6に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。 - 前記スクレーパーアームの下部が、フラットパドル翼部となっており、
前記円筒形容器の軸方向における該フラットパドル翼部の長さが、前記回転軸から前記円筒形容器の側面の方向に向かうに従って徐々に短くなっている部分を有する、請求項7に記載のメタクリル酸の精製方法。 - 原料メタクリル酸を形成する工程と、
請求項1から8のいずれか一項に記載の方法で、前記原料メタクリル酸を精製する工程とを含む、メタクリル酸の製造方法。 - 前記原料メタクリル酸を精製する工程において形成した懸濁スラリーを固液分離し、得られた固形分を高純度化操作によって精製する工程を含む、請求項9に記載のメタクリル酸の製造方法。
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