WO2020075762A1 - (メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid. Specifically, it relates to a method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid in which crude (meth) acrylic acid crystals are purified in a purification tower.
- the (meth) acrylic acid obtained by the direct oxidation method or the like contains carboxylic acids and aldehydes other than (meth) acrylic acid as impurities.
- a crystallization method is known as one of the methods for purifying crude (meth) acrylic acid containing these impurities.
- FIG. 3 shows a flow sheet for producing (meth) acrylic acid.
- S1 is a step of producing crude (meth) acrylic acid by the direct oxidation method or the ACH method as described above.
- a slurry containing (meth) acrylic acid crystals is obtained by precipitating crystals of (meth) acrylic acid by cooling a mixed solution of crude (meth) acrylic acid and a solvent such as methanol in a crystallization tank.
- Crystallization step S2 for obtaining The solvent is used to improve operability in crystallization.
- the slurry is filtered, and the (meth) acrylic acid crystals and the mother liquor adhering to the crystal surface (hereinafter referred to as (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals) and the mother liquor are subjected to solid-liquid separation (solid-liquid separation step S3).
- Further purification (purification step S4) in a purification tower makes it possible to obtain highly pure (meth) acrylic acid crystals.
- Patent Document 1 proposes a method of improving purification efficiency by adjusting the amount of (meth) acrylic acid and the mother liquor retention rate of (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals introduced into the purification column.
- Patent Document 2 by heating the crude crystal of (meth) acrylic acid introduced into the purification column to reduce the amount of mother liquor entrained in the crude crystal of (meth) acrylic acid, it is possible to further improve the purification efficiency. Is proposed.
- the solid-liquid separation step of reducing the amount of mother liquor in (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals is improved, and the residual ratio of the mother liquor, particularly methanol as a solvent, is low (meth) acrylic acid solid
- An object is to provide a liquid separation method.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid including the solid-liquid separation method.
- the present inventors in a method for solid-liquid separation of a slurry containing (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals and a solvent, supply gas into a chamber for solid-liquid separation of the slurry.
- the inventors have found that the above problems can be solved by promoting evaporation of the solvent, and have achieved the present invention. That is, the gist of the present invention is as follows.
- the solid-liquid separation method according to [1] or [2], wherein the temperature of the gas supplied into the chamber is 10 ° C. or higher and 65 ° C. or lower.
- [5] The solid-liquid separation method according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the mother liquor contains methanol.
- [6] The solid-liquid separation method according to [5], wherein the concentration of methanol in the slurry is 1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less.
- a method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid which comprises a step of obtaining crude crystals of (meth) acrylic acid by the solid-liquid separation method according to any one of [1] to [6].
- [8] A method for producing purified (meth) acrylic acid, including the method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid according to [7].
- FIG. 3 is a schematic side view (A) and a schematic top view (B) showing an example of a solid-liquid separation device using a belt filter. It is a schematic diagram which showed an example of the refinement
- the present invention relates to a method of solid-liquid separating a slurry containing crude crystals of (meth) acrylic acid and a mother liquor in a chamber, while supplying a gas into the chamber, through a filter arranged in the chamber. Separating the mother liquor from the slurry.
- the slurry can be obtained, for example, by mixing crude (meth) acrylic acid obtained by a direct oxidation method or the like with a solvent, and then cooling the mixed solution in a crystallization tank for crystallization.
- the slurry thus formed contains at least crude (meth) acrylic acid crystals and a solvent. More specifically, it contains a non-crystallized (meth) acrylic acid, a solvent, a mother liquor containing impurities derived from the production of crude (meth) acrylic acid, and (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals.
- the method for producing crude (meth) acrylic acid is not limited to the direct oxidation method, and it can be produced by other methods such as the known ACH method.
- the impurities are not particularly limited, but as described above, usually, impurities derived from the production of crude (meth) acrylic acid are mentioned, and examples thereof include phenol, formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, maleic acid, citraconic acid, and benzoic acid.
- examples thereof include carboxylic acids such as acids, toluic acid and terephthalic acid, and aldehydes such as formaldehyde, propionaldehyde, methacrolein, benzaldehyde, tolualdehyde and furfural.
- the solvent is mainly mixed with crude (meth) acrylic acid in order to improve operability in crystallization.
- the solvent include methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, diethyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl formate, ethyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl (meth) acrylate and (meth) acrylic.
- Ethyl acid or the like can be used.
- the composition ratio of the slurry is not particularly limited, but the (meth) acrylic acid amount relative to the total amount of the slurry, that is, the sum of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal amount and the uncrystallized (meth) acrylic acid amount relative to the total amount of the slurry, It is preferably 80% by mass or more, more preferably 90% by mass or more, particularly preferably 95% by mass or more, while preferably 99% by mass or less and 98% by mass or less. It is more preferable that the content is 97% by mass or less.
- the amount of the solvent with respect to the total amount of the slurry is not particularly limited, but is preferably 1% by mass or more, more preferably 2% by mass or more, particularly preferably 3% by mass or more, while 20% by mass. % Or less, more preferably 10% by mass or less, and particularly preferably 5% by mass or less.
- the amount of impurities with respect to the total amount of slurry is not particularly limited, but the present invention is more effective when it is 0.1% by mass or more, and particularly effective when it is 0.3% by mass or more. There is no particular upper limit.
- the ratio of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals to the total amount of the slurry is not particularly limited, but 5 It is preferably not less than mass%, more preferably not less than 10 mass%, particularly preferably not less than 20 mass%, preferably not more than 60 mass% and not more than 55 mass%. Is more preferable, and particularly preferably 50% by mass or less.
- the ratio of the mother liquor to the total amount of the slurry is not particularly limited, but is preferably 40% by mass or more, more preferably 45% by mass or more, particularly preferably 50% by mass or more, while 95 It is preferably not more than 90% by mass, more preferably not more than 90% by mass, particularly preferably not more than 80% by mass.
- composition of the slurry means the slurry to be subjected to solid-liquid separation, that is, the slurry composition before being put into the solid-liquid separation device.
- a slurry containing crude (meth) acrylic acid crystals (hereinafter, simply referred to as “slurry”) obtained by the crystallization operation is extracted from a crystallization tank, and then the slurry 1 is fed into a chamber as shown in FIG. According to 2, it is transported to the purification tower while being filtered.
- the mother liquor is removed and the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals are deposited to form layered (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals.
- the mother liquor mainly contains uncrystallized (meth) acrylic acid, solvent, and impurities. Therefore, by removing the mother liquor, a large amount of impurities and solvent should be removed.
- the solid-liquid separation device 10 in FIG. 1 has a chamber 4 in which a belt filter 3 is arranged, and a slurry inlet 5 is provided above one end of the belt filter 3 in the chamber 4.
- the slurry 1 containing crude (meth) acrylic acid crystals and the mother liquor is introduced into the chamber 4 through the slurry inlet 5, and the mother liquor is removed while the belt filter 3 conveys the slurry.
- the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals 2 having a desired mother liquor content (liquid content) can be obtained.
- the mother liquor solid-liquid separated by the belt filter 3 can be recovered from the discharge port 8 at the lower part of the chamber and returned to the crystallization tank (not shown) for reuse.
- the chamber 4 is provided with a means for supplying gas into the chamber, and, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, introduces gas (called gas) set to a predetermined temperature via pipes A and B. It has a configuration that can.
- the pipe A can supply gas from the supply port 6 in the substantially central portion above the chamber, and can flow the gas in the chamber.
- the pipe B is connected to the support portion of the belt filter 3 and is arranged so that gas can be supplied from below the slurry 1.
- the gas in the chamber flows by supplying the gas from the outside of the chamber into the chamber through these pipes.
- the upper portion of the slurry has a large proportion of (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals, while the lower portion of the slurry, that is, near the surface of the belt filter, contains impurities.
- the existence ratio of the mother liquor that contains a large amount tends to increase.
- the mother liquor cannot be removed efficiently, and it may be difficult to obtain highly pure (meth) acrylic acid crystals in the above-described purification step S4 with high productivity. did.
- gas is supplied from the outside of the chamber to the inside of the chamber during solid-liquid separation, and the gas is replaced through the vent 9.
- the atmosphere in the chamber from becoming saturated with the solvent, so that the vaporization of the solvent in the slurry can be efficiently promoted. Therefore, highly pure (meth) acrylic acid can be efficiently obtained without significantly losing the (meth) acrylic acid crystals.
- the temperature of the gas when supplied into the chamber is preferably the temperature of the slurry charged into the solid-liquid separation device or higher, more preferably 10 ° C. or higher, and further preferably 20 ° C. or higher.
- the temperature is preferably 30 ° C. or higher, particularly preferably 40 ° C. or higher.
- the amount of (meth) acrylic acid crystals that can be melted can be suppressed when considering the same amount of heat to bring in, resulting in high productivity. It is possible to obtain highly pure (meth) acrylic acid crystals.
- the temperature of the gas to be supplied is preferably 80 ° C. or lower, more preferably 70 ° C. or lower, particularly preferably 65 ° C. or lower, in order to prevent a large loss of the crystal melting amount.
- the gas supplied into the chamber may further flow inside the chamber.
- a blower such as a fan may be provided on the upstream side of the belt filter 3 to allow the gas in the chamber to flow.
- a heating means may be provided inside or outside the chamber to heat the slurry within a range in which the (meth) acrylic acid crystal is not significantly melted.
- the gas supplied from the outside of the chamber to the inside of the chamber is not particularly limited, but is preferably a gas having low reactivity, preferably air or an inert gas, and particularly preferably air.
- the inert gas is not particularly limited, but nitrogen is preferable.
- the pipe A supplies gas from one gas supply port and the pipe B supplies gas from four gas supply ports
- the supply amount of the pipe B is four times that of the pipe A.
- the arrangement of the gas supply port 6 is not limited to the example of FIG. 1 and can be variously changed.
- the number of gas supply ports is not particularly limited. That is, the gas may be supplied from one gas supply port, or the gas may be supplied from a plurality of gas supply ports. If gas is supplied into the chamber from at least one gas supply port, the gas in the entire chamber flows and the entire slurry is heated, so that the effect of the present invention can be obtained.
- the gas into the chamber from a position higher than the belt filter, and above all, supply the gas from the upper part of the chamber. It is preferable.
- the amount of gas supplied per hour per chamber volume is not particularly limited, but in order to promote vaporization of a solvent such as methanol, it should be 100% by volume / h or more with respect to the chamber internal volume. Is preferable, and 200% by volume / h or more is more preferable.
- it is preferably 10000 volume% / h or less, more preferably 8000 volume% / h or less, and 1000 It is more preferably not more than volume%, particularly preferably not more than 800 volume%.
- the amount of gas supplied to the amount of (meth) acrylic acid crude crystals in the slurry is not particularly limited, but is 1 Nm 3 / (m 3 ⁇ h) or more in order to promote vaporization of a solvent such as methanol. Is preferable and 10 Nm 3 / (m 3 ⁇ h) or more is more preferable. Meanwhile, in order to prevent melting of the (meth) acrylic acid crystals, preferably 500Nm 3 / (m 3 ⁇ h ) or less, still more preferably 350Nm 3 / (m 3 ⁇ h ) or less.
- the crude crystal amount of (meth) acrylic acid means the total crystal amount of (meth) acrylic acid existing on the belt filter in the case of the solid-liquid separator shown in FIG.
- Bringing heat for the chamber volume is no particular limitation, to promote vaporization of solvent such as methanol, is preferably 0.005kW / m 3 or more, it is 0.01 kW / m 3 or more More preferable.
- solvent such as methanol
- it is preferably 5.0 kW / m 3 or less, more preferably 3.0 kW / or less, and particularly preferably 1.0 kW / or less. .
- the amount of heat brought into the slurry with respect to the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal amount is not particularly limited, but is preferably 0.005 kW / m 3 or more in order to promote vaporization of a solvent such as methanol, and More preferably, it is 01 kW / m 3 or more.
- it is preferably 100 kW / m 3 or less, and more preferably 50 kW / m 3 or less.
- the pressure inside the chamber is not particularly limited, but it is preferably atmospheric pressure in order to avoid complication of the device.
- the gas in the solid-liquid separation device is discharged by the vent 9, but the vent 9 may have equipment for sucking the atmosphere in the chamber. Specifically, a blower may be provided.
- the temperature of the gas supplied from each gas supply port may be the same or different.
- the temperature of the gas when it is supplied into the chamber is determined by considering the temperature and supply amount of each gas supplied from each gas supply port. It shall mean the average temperature. Further, during the solid-liquid separation, it is preferable to remove the gas from the vent 9 to keep the chamber pressure constant.
- the atmosphere temperature in the chamber is not particularly limited as long as solid-liquid separation can be efficiently performed, but it is preferably 10 ° C. or higher in order to efficiently melt the mother liquor, while melting the (meth) acrylic acid In order to suppress the temperature, it is preferably 40 ° C. or lower.
- the ambient temperature can be adjusted by controlling the gas temperature, the gas supply amount, and the like.
- the atmospheric temperature in the chamber means the temperature in the upper part of the chamber above the belt filter.
- the temperature outside the chamber is not particularly limited, but the present invention is particularly effective when the temperature of the mother liquor is likely to freeze. Therefore, the present invention is more effective when the temperature outside the chamber is 15 ° C. or lower. And is particularly effective when the temperature is 10 ° C. or lower.
- the volume of the chamber is not particularly limited, but in the case of the continuous solid-liquid separation device 10 using a belt filter as shown in FIG. 1, it is preferably 2 m 3 or more, and more preferably 3 m 3 or more. It is preferably 4 m 3 or more, more preferably 5 m 3 or more, and particularly preferably 8 m 3 or less, particularly preferably 7 m 3 or less.
- the slurry temperature when charged into the solid-liquid separation device 10 is not particularly limited, but from the viewpoint of operation stability in the crystallization step S2, it is preferably ⁇ 2 ° C. or higher and 12 ° C. or lower, and particularly 3 It is more preferable that the temperature is not lower than 0 ° C, and even if it is not higher than 10 ° C.
- the amount of slurry charged into the solid-liquid separator 10 from the crystallization tank depends on the size of the solid-liquid separator, but is preferably 80 kg / h or more and 5000 kg / h or less, and particularly 1000 kg / h. It is more preferably h or more, and more preferably 4000 kg / h or less. Within this range, stable operation in the purification tower can be ensured while ensuring productivity.
- the concentration of the solid content in the slurry (slurry concentration) is preferably 25 to 50% by mass when methanol is used as the solvent, from the viewpoint of stable operation of the crystallization tank.
- the height of the slurry on the belt filter 3 is preferably 10 to 200 cm, more preferably 40 to 100 cm. Since a certain amount of mother liquor remains in the coarse crystals due to the capillary force, if the slurry height is within this range, the mother liquor liquid content will not be too high, and the mother liquor separation time will be appropriate.
- a known belt filter can be used as the belt filter.
- the width of the belt may be selected from the viewpoint of productivity (relationship between the slurry supply amount and height range) and the cost of the apparatus, but is preferably 10 to 200 cm, more preferably 50 to 150 cm. , 75 to 125 cm is more preferable.
- the length of the belt to be laid may be selected from the viewpoint of separating the mother liquor and the cost of the apparatus, but is preferably 1 to 10 m, more preferably 4 to 8 m.
- the "belt laying length” is the length between the stretching rollers that stretch the belt, and is substantially the same as the length of the belt that is in contact with the slurry.
- the belt filter stainless steel is preferable from the viewpoint of not being affected by the slurry that undergoes solid-liquid separation and preventing impurities from adhering to the slurry, and SUS316 is more preferable from the viewpoint of corrosion resistance and economy.
- the belt filter is provided with a large number of holes such as a mesh structure for solid-liquid separation.
- the mesh size (mesh size) is preferably 1.5 mm or less, and more preferably 1.2 mm or less.
- the pore size is preferably 0.6 mm or more, more preferably 0.9 mm or more.
- the belt speed at the time of solid-liquid separation depends on the belt width, laying length, slurry supply amount and height, etc., but is 2 to 8 m / h for productivity and solid-liquid separation performance. Is preferred.
- the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2 in which the amount of mother liquor is reduced by the solid-liquid separation in this way is further purified.
- the purification step is not particularly limited, and a known method can be used. Among them, in the purification tower 20 shown in FIG. 2, a step of countercurrently contacting the refluxed liquid in which the purified crystals are melted, or the purified crystals are once taken out to the outside and heated and melted in the refluxed liquid 21 in the outside is preferable. Thereby, (meth) acrylic acid can be purified.
- the supply amount of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2 to the purification tower 20 may be appropriately set depending on the type of the purification tower 20 and the outer diameter and height of the purification tower can 24.
- a stirrer 25 is disposed inside the purification tower can 24 to control the rise of the crude crystals and the fall of the reflux liquid.
- the temperature of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2 when supplied to the purification tower 20 is preferably 5 to 6 ° C.
- the discharge amount of the concentrated mother liquor 23 containing impurities from the purification tower 20 may be appropriately adjusted depending on the supply amount of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2 and the distillation amount of the product 22.
- the supply amount (REF) of the external reflux liquid 21 to the top of the purification column 20 needs to be set to a minimum amount REF min or more in order to maintain the quality of the product 22 by the effect of the cleaning action. It has been found by the present inventors that the REF min that can sufficiently exert the cleaning effect is the same as the liquid content of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2. That is, REF min can be calculated by the following equation (1).
- REF min (supply amount of (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2) x qm / (100-qm) (1) (In the formula (1), qm is the liquid content of the (meth) acrylic acid crude crystal 2).
- REF is preferably 1.0 to 1.1 times REF min .
- the temperature of the external reflux liquid 21 is preferably 35 to 40 ° C. When the temperature of the external reflux liquid 21 is 35 ° C. or higher, it is easy to sufficiently exert the sweating action. Further, if the temperature of the external reflux liquid 21 is set to 40 ° C. or lower, it is easy to suppress deterioration of the purification efficiency and deterioration of the quality of the product 22.
- the temperature of the external reflux liquid 21 can be adjusted by the heating amount supplied to the external heater 27.
- the temperature of the refinery column distillate 26 is the same as the temperature of the external reflux liquid 21.
- the refining method according to the present invention is not limited to the method using the refining tower 20 illustrated in FIG.
- Purified (meth) acrylic acid can be produced by the above purification steps.
- a solid-liquid separation method for separating the mother liquor from the slurry through a filter disposed in the chamber is provided.
- a method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid which comprises a step of obtaining crude crystals of (meth) acrylic acid by the solid-liquid separation method.
- a method for producing purified (meth) acrylic acid including the method for purifying (meth) acrylic acid.
- the residual ratio of methacrylic acid (MAA) crystals was calculated by the following formula.
- Example 1 The solid-liquid separation device shown in FIG. 1 was prepared.
- the outline of the solid-liquid separation device shown in FIG. 1 is as follows.
- a slurry containing methacrylic acid (MAA) crystals and a solvent (methanol), which is put into this solid-liquid separator, has a slurry flow rate of 2200 kg / h, a slurry concentration of 44.3 mass% and a slurry temperature of 5 ° C.
- the operating conditions on the side of the crystallization tank were adjusted, and continuous operation was performed so that the amount of crude crystals obtained by the solid-liquid separator shown in FIG. 1 was 950 kg / h (theoretical value).
- solid-liquid separation device in the piping 3Nm to 60 ° C. air from A 3 / h, the feed while MAA crude crystals were conveyed at 4m / h to 60 ° C.
- the amount of air supplied into the chamber with respect to the chamber volume was set to about 375% by volume.
- the outlet air temperature at the top of the chamber was 13 ° C.
- the residual rate of methacrylic acid crystals in the solid-liquid separator was 99.8% by mass
- the amount of external reflux supplied to the purification column was 230 kg / h
- the amount of purified methacrylic acid obtained from the top of the purification column was Was 626 kg / h
- the ratio of the amount of external reflux to the amount of purified methacrylic acid in the purification tower was 0.37.
- Example 2 Purification was performed in the solid-liquid separation operation and the purification tower by the same method as in Example 1 except that the temperature of the air supplied into the chamber was 15 ° C. At this time, the residual rate of methacrylic acid crystals was 99.9% by mass, and the amount of crude crystals obtained by the solid-liquid separator was 951 kg / h.
- the amount of the external reflux liquid supplied to the purification tower was 265 kg / h
- the amount of purified methacrylic acid obtained from the top of the purification tower was 577 kg / h
- the amount of the external reflux was relative to the amount of purified methacrylic acid in the purification column. The ratio was 0.46.
- Example 1 shows the inlet air temperature, the outlet air temperature, the MAA crude crystal amount (A), the gas supply amount (B), the heat amount (C), and the chamber volume (D) in Examples 1 and 2.
- the MAA crude crystal amount, the gas supply amount (B / A and B / D) and the carry-in amount (C / A and C / D) with respect to the chamber volume are also shown.
- a crystallization operation was performed using a stainless steel continuous jacket cooling type crystallization tank (volume: 4 L) equipped with a stirring mechanism with a flat paddle blade, a scraper unit, and a baffle plate as a crystallization device.
- a 40 mass% ethylene glycol aqueous solution was used as the heat medium.
- Gas chromatography (main body: GC-17A (product name), manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation, analytical column: HP-FFAP (trade name), manufactured by Agilent Technologies) was used to measure the concentrations of the components. Further, the outline of the experimental apparatus is shown in FIG. The experiment apparatus was carried out by using a sieve 41 instead of the filter of the solid-liquid separation apparatus of FIG.
- Methacrylic acid was extracted from n-heptane from an aqueous solution of methacrylic acid obtained by catalytically vapor-phase oxidizing tertiary butyl alcohol with molecular oxygen and absorbing the resulting reaction gas in water, and distilling this extract. By doing so, the organic solvent and the non-volatile components were removed to obtain crude methacrylic acid.
- a mixed solution in which 3.8% by mass of methanol was mixed with this crude methacrylic acid was used as a raw material. After cooling this mixed solution to 10 ° C., 3.4 L thereof was charged into a crystallization tank, and a heating medium of 10 ° C.
- the sieve 41 was further made into a polypropylene container. It was installed in 43 (capacity: 7.8 L). The container containing the sieve was installed in an incubator kept at 3 ° C. Air at 16 ° C. was supplied at a flow rate of 10 L / min for 20 minutes from the gas supply port 44 at the bottom of the sieve and exhausted from the gas discharge port 45.
- Table 1 shows the inlet air temperature, the outlet air temperature, the MAA crude crystal amount (A), the gas supply amount (B), the heat amount (C), and the chamber volume (D) in Example 3.
- the MAA crude crystal amount, the gas supply amount (B / A and B / D) with respect to the chamber volume, and the carry-in heat amount (C / A and C / D) are also shown.
- the heat quantity (heat quantity (W)) applied to the entire container by the air was calculated from the temperature difference between the inlet air temperature and the outlet air temperature.
- the methanol concentration in the slurry was measured by gas chromatography after melting the slurry after filtration.
- the removal rate was calculated by comparing with the methanol concentration in the slurry before the treatment.
- the crystal residual rate was calculated by comparing the initial crystal mass with the crystal mass after filtration. Table 2 shows the results.
- Example 4 A filtration experiment was conducted in the same manner as in Example 3 except that the temperature of the air supplied from the lower part of the sieve was changed to 60 ° C., and mass measurement and methanol concentration measurement were carried out in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.
- ⁇ Comparative Example 1> A filtration experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that air was not supplied from the lower part of the sieve, and mass measurement and methanol concentration measurement were performed in the same manner as in Example 3. The results are summarized in Table 1.
- ⁇ Comparative Example 2> Instead of supplying air from the bottom of the sieve, a SUS316 pipe (inner diameter: 2 mm, outer diameter: 3 mm) wound on the sieve was installed on the sieve, and the crystal was transferred onto the pipe. After hot water of 30 ° C. was passed through the pipe at a flow rate of 150 mL / min for 2 minutes, mass measurement and methanol concentration measurement were performed in the same manner as in Example 3. The results are summarized in Table 1.
- the amount of heat applied was obtained by measuring the water temperature after passing through the pipe and calculating the amount of heat (heat amount (J)) that the hot water gave to the entire container from the temperature difference from the supply water temperature.
- heat amount (J) the amount of heat that the hot water gave to the entire container from the temperature difference from the supply water temperature.
- the amount of methanol in the slurry after solid-liquid separation should be reduced as much as possible, and the throughput and productivity of the equipment in the high-purification operation should be reduced. From the viewpoint, it is important that the crystal residual rate is 80% by mass or more.
- the crystal residual rate can be set to 80% or more and the amount of methanol can be significantly reduced. From these results, in the present invention, highly productive and highly pure (meth) acrylic acid can be obtained. Further, as shown in Examples 1 and 2, even in the solid-liquid separation device using the actual belt filter, the high residual crystal ratio of 99.8% or more was achieved.
- Solid-Liquid Separator 1 Slurry 2 (Crystalline (meth) acrylic acid crystal 3) Belt filter 4 Chamber 5 Slurry inlet 6 Gas supply port 8 Outlet 9 Vent 20 Purification tower 21 (External) reflux liquid 22 Product ((meth) acrylic acid) crystal) 23 Mother Liquor Containing Impurities 24 Purifying Tower Can 25 Stirrer 26 Purifying Tower Distillate 27 External Heater
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精製塔での精製には、精製した結晶を融解した還流液、もしくは精製した結晶を一旦外部に取り出して外部で加熱融解した還流液と、精製前の原料粗結晶とを向流接触させて精製する方法が知られている。本出願人は、精製効率を向上する方法として、特許文献1及び2に記載の方法を提案している。
[2] 前記チャンバー内に供給する気体の温度が前記スラリーの温度よりも高い、[1]に記載の固液分離方法。
[3] 前記チャンバー内に供給する気体の温度が、10℃以上65℃以下である[1]または[2]に記載の固液分離方法。
[4] 前記気体が空気である、[1]又は~[3]のいずれかに記載の固液分離方法。
[5] 前記母液がメタノールを含む、[1]~[4]のいずれかに記載の固液分離方法。
[6] 前記スラリー中のメタノール濃度が1質量%以上5質量%以下である[5]に記載の固液分離方法。
[7] [1]~[6]のいずれかに記載の固液分離方法により(メタ)アクリル酸の粗結晶を得る工程を含む、(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法。
[8] [7]に記載の(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法を含む、精製(メタ)アクリル酸の製造方法。
(スラリー)
本発明において、スラリーは、例えば、直接酸化法等により得られた粗(メタ)アクリル酸を溶媒と混合した後、該混合液を晶析槽において冷却し晶析させることにより得ることができる。このようにして形成されたスラリーは、少なくとも、(メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶と、溶媒と、を含有する。より詳細には、結晶化していない(メタ)アクリル酸と、溶媒と、粗(メタ)アクリル酸の製造由来の不純物と、を含有する母液と、(メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶とを含有する。
チャンバー4には、チャンバー内に気体を供給するための手段が設けられており、例えば、図1に示すように、配管A及びBを介して所定温度に設定された気体(ガスという)を導入できる構成を有している。配管Aはチャンバー上方のほぼ中央部分の供給口6からガスを供給することができ、チャンバー内の気体を流動させることができる。また、配管Bは、ベルトフィルター3の支持部に連結されており、スラリー1の下方からガスを供給できるように配されている。本実施形態においては、これらの配管を介して、チャンバー外部からチャンバー内に気体を供給することで、チャンバー内の気体が流動する。
ベルトフィルターとしては、公知のベルトフィルターが使用できる。ベルトの幅は生産性(上記スラリーの供給量と高さの範囲との関係)と装置コストの観点から最適な幅を選択すればよいが、10~200cmが好ましく、50~150cmがより好ましくは、75~125cmがさらに好ましい。また、ベルトの敷設長さは、母液の分離性と装置コストの観点から最適な長さを選択すればよいが、1~10mが好ましく、4~8mがより好ましい。なお、「ベルトの敷設長さ」とは、ベルトを張架している張架ローラ間の長さであり、スラリーと接しているベルトの長さとほぼ同じである。
固液分離時のベルト速度としては、ベルトの幅や敷設長さ、スラリーの供給量や高さなどにもよるが、2~8m/hであることが、生産性と固液分離性能の点で好ましい。
(式(1)中、qmは(メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶2の含液率である)。
このように,本発明の一態様によれば、(メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶と、母液と、を含むスラリーをチャンバー内で固液分離する方法において、前記チャンバー内に気体を供給しながら、前記チャンバー内に配置されたフィルターを介して、前記スラリーから前記母液を分離する固液分離方法が提供される。
また、本発明の他の態様によれば、上記固液分離方法により(メタ)アクリル酸の粗結晶を得る工程を含む、(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法が提供される。
加えて、本発明のさらに他の態様によれば、上記(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法を含む、精製(メタ)アクリル酸の製造方法が提供される。
融解率(%)=(固液分離操作により融解した結晶量/粗結晶量)×100
結晶の残存率(%)=100(%)-融解率(%)
図1に示す固液分離装置を用意した。なお、図1に示す固液分離装置の概要は下記の通りである。
ベルトフィルターの幅:600mm
ベルトフィルターの敷設長さ:4m
ベルトフィルターの材質:SUS316(螺旋メッシュタイプ、孔径:約1mm)
チャンバー容積:約4m3
チャンバー内に供給する空気の温度を15℃とした以外は、実施例1と同様の方法により、固液分離操作と精製塔において精製を行った。このとき、メタクリル酸結晶の残存率は99.9質量%であり、固液分離装置で得られた粗結晶量は951kg/hであった。また、精製塔に供給する外部還流液の量は265kg/hであり、精製塔の塔頂から得られる精製メタクリル酸量は577kg/hであり、精製塔での精製メタクリル酸量に対する外部還流量の比率は0.46であった。
実施例1,2における入口空気温度、出口空気温度、MAA粗結晶量(A)、気体供給量(B)、熱量(C)、チャンバー容積(D)を表1に示す。又、MAA粗結晶量及びチャンバー容積に対する気体供給量(B/A及びB/D)及び持ち込み量(C/A及びC/D)を合わせて示す。
成分の濃度測定には、ガスクロマトグラフィー(本体:GC-17A(製品名)、(株)島津製作所製、分析カラム:HP-FFAP(商品名)、Agilent Technologies製)を用いた。
又、実験装置の概略を図4に示す。該実験装置は、図1の固液分離装置のフィルタの代わりにふるい41を用い、ふるい41の網目上にスラリー42を配置し、ガス供給口44及びガス排出口を備えた容器43にて実施した。なお、ろ過された母液はふるい41の下に不図示のトレーを配置して受けるようにした。また、比較例2,3については、ふるい41の網目上にらせん状のステンレス配管を配置して、温水を供給できる様にした。
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、3.8質量%のメタノールが混合された混合溶液を原料として用いた。
この混合溶液を10℃に冷却した後、その3.4Lを晶析槽内に仕込み、125rpmの撹拌条件下、晶析槽のジャケットに10℃の熱媒体を供給した。
その後、熱媒体温度を2.0℃/hrにて降温した。熱媒体温度が4.5℃となった時点で、1時間保持し、原料のスラリーを作製した。
そしてスラリーを下部にフィルターを設置したガラスカラム(内径:50mm、高さ:300mm)に移し、重力濾過した。
重力ろ過は3℃に保たれたインキュベーター内で10分間行った。重力ろ過後のフィルター上に残った粗結晶42を、図4に示すように、SUS304製のふるい(直径:15cm、目開き:180μm)41の網目上に移し、さらにこのふるい41をポリプロピレン製容器43(容量:7.8L)の中に設置した。
ふるいが収納された容器は3℃に保たれたインキュベーター内に設置した。ふるいの下部の気体供給口44から16℃の空気を10L/分の流量で20分間供給し、気体排出口45から排気した。
実施例3における入口空気温度、出口空気温度、MAA粗結晶量(A)、気体供給量(B)、熱量(C)、チャンバー容積(D)を表1に示す。又、MAA粗結晶量及びチャンバー容積に対する気体供給量(B/A及びB/D)及び持ち込み熱量(C/A及びC/D)を合わせて示す。
また、入口空気温度と出口空気温度の温度差から空気により容器全体に与えた熱量(与熱量(W))を算出した。
スラリー中のメタノール濃度を、ろ過後のスラリーを融解し、ガスクロマトグラフィーで測定した。処理前のスラリー中のメタノール濃度と比較して、その除去率を求めた。初期結晶質量とろ過後結晶質量とを比較して結晶残存率を求めた。結果を表2に示す。
ふるい下部から供給する空気の温度を60℃にする以外は実施例3と同様にしてろ過実験を行い、実施例1と同様に質量測定、メタノール濃度測定を行った。結果を表1及び表2にまとめて示す。
ふるい下部から空気を供給しない以外は実施例1と同様にしてろ過実験を行い、実施例3と同様に質量測定、メタノール濃度測定を行った。結果を表1にまとめて示す。
<比較例2>
ふるい下部から空気を供給する代わりにふるい上に渦上に巻いたSUS316配管(内径:2mm、外径:3mm)を設置し、配管の上に結晶を移した。
配管に30℃の温水を150mL/分の流量で2分間流通させた後、実施例3と同様に質量測定、メタノール濃度測定を行った。結果を表1にまとめて示す。なお、与熱量は配管通過後の水温を測定し、供給水温との温度差から温水が容器全体に与えた熱量(与熱量(J))を算出した。
<比較例3>
配管に50℃の温水を流通させる以外は、比較例2と同様に行った。その後、実施例3と同様に質量測定、メタノール濃度測定を行った。結果を表1にまとめて示す。
しかしながら、表2の結果から分かるように、フィルター下部に温水配管を設けて30℃の温水でスラリーを加熱した比較例2の場合、温水配管による加熱を行わなかった比較例1と比較して、メタノールの残存率にほとんど差はなく、むしろ、加熱することにより結晶残存率が低下していることが分かる。また、50℃の温水で加熱した比較例3では、メタノールの除去率は比較例1と比較して向上させることができているものの、結晶残存量が極めて低くなっているために生産性が大幅に低下することが予測される。一方、本発明のように実施例3及び4では、いずれも結晶残存率を80%以上とすることができているとともに、メタノール量も大幅に低減できていることが分かる。これらの結果から、本発明においては、生産性高く純度の高い(メタ)アクリル酸を得ることができる。また、実施例1,2に示すように、実際のベルトフィルターを用いた固液分離装置でも、99.8%以上という高い結晶残存率が達成されている。
1 スラリー
2 (メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶
3 ベルトフィルター
4 チャンバー
5 スラリー投入口
6 ガス供給口
8 排出口
9 ベント
20 精製塔
21 (外部)還流液
22 製品((メタ)アクリル酸結晶)
23 不純物を含む母液
24 精製塔缶体
25 攪拌装置
26 精製塔留出分
27 外部加熱器
Claims (8)
- (メタ)アクリル酸粗結晶と、母液と、を含むスラリーをチャンバー内で固液分離する方法において、前記チャンバー内に気体を供給しながら、前記チャンバー内に配置されたフィルターを介して、前記スラリーから前記母液を分離する固液分離方法。
- 前記チャンバー内に供給する気体の温度が前記スラリーの温度よりも高い、請求項1に記載の固液分離方法。
- 前記チャンバー内に供給する気体の温度が、10℃以上65℃以下である請求項1又は2に記載の固液分離方法。
- 前記気体が空気である、請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の(固液分離方法。
- 前記母液がメタノールを含む、請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の固液分離方法。
- 前記スラリー中のメタノール濃度が1質量%以上5質量%以下である、請求項5に記載の固液分離方法。
- 請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の固液分離方法により(メタ)アクリル酸の粗結晶を得る工程を含む、(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法。
- 請求項7に記載の(メタ)アクリル酸の精製方法を含む、精製(メタ)アクリル酸の製造方法。
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