WO2022034401A1 - Récupération de catalyseurs métalliques à partir de flux de purge d'oxydant - Google Patents

Récupération de catalyseurs métalliques à partir de flux de purge d'oxydant Download PDF

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WO2022034401A1
WO2022034401A1 PCT/IB2021/056614 IB2021056614W WO2022034401A1 WO 2022034401 A1 WO2022034401 A1 WO 2022034401A1 IB 2021056614 W IB2021056614 W IB 2021056614W WO 2022034401 A1 WO2022034401 A1 WO 2022034401A1
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Ashley James WELLS
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    • C22B47/0018—Treating ocean floor nodules
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  • the present application relates to the recovery of metal catalyst from the oxidizer purge streams produced in the synthesis of aromatic polycarboxylic acids.
  • Cobalt or manganese or a combination of cobalt and manganese e.g. in the form of their acetates, together with a source of bromide ion, is known to provide effective catalysis for the liquid phase oxidation of aromatic polycarboxylic acid precursors, such as para-xylene, to produce the aromatic polycarboxylic acids, such as terephthalic acid.
  • the liquid phase oxidation is carried out using a lower monocarboxylic aliphatic acid, such as acetic acid, as a solvent in which the catalyst system is dissolved.
  • the aromatic polycarboxylic acid produced by the oxidation process is withdrawn from the reactor as a slurry of crystals in a mother liquor comprising mainly the aliphatic carboxylic acid together with an aqueous phase containing dissolved catalyst components and an organic phase containing some polycarboxylic acid and precursors thereof. Further precipitation of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid is usually obtained by means of a crystallisation process before separating the crystals from the mother liquor.
  • the solids-liquid separation may be carried out by means of an integrated filtration and washing system, such as disclosed in EP-A-502628 and WO- A-93/24440, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the present application provides a process for the recovery of cobalt and/or manganese from a residue from a catalytic oxidation process for the production of an aromatic polycarboxylic acid, wherein the residue comprises an inorganic component containing water-soluble cobalt and/or manganese catalyst compounds and an acidic organic component, the process comprising:
  • the process further comprises the step following step (b) of stopping the addition of the at least one alkali metal compound when a maximum release rate of CO2 gas released from the first solution has been reached.
  • Figure 1 is a graph plotting first stage pH value against the ratio of the total weight of sodium carbonate solution to the weight of residue extract solution in the two-stage metal recovery process of Example 1.
  • Figure 2 is a graph plotting first stage pH value against CO2 release rate in the two- stage metal recovery process of Example 1
  • An important commercial process for the production of aromatic polycarboxylic acids involves the oxidation of polyalkyl aromatic compounds, such as paraxylene, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising cobalt or manganese or a combination of cobalt and manganese, together with a source of bromide ions.
  • the oxidation is typically conducted in the liquid phase using a lower monocarboxylic aliphatic acid, such as acetic acid, as a solvent in which the catalyst system is dissolved.
  • a residue slurry which comprises an inorganic component containing one or more water-soluble cobalt and/or manganese catalyst compounds and an acidic organic component containing one or more mono-, di- and tricarboxylic acids.
  • the catalyst compounds can be extracted from this residue slurry.
  • the residue slurry may be contacted with an aqueous medium, such as water, typically at a temperature of 50°C to 100°C, such that the metal catalyst components dissolve to produce an aqueous extract which is used as the first solution in the present process, while the organic contaminants remain largely undissolved.
  • a combined organic/aqueous medium such as a toluene/water mixture
  • a combined organic/aqueous medium extraction is disclosed in, for example, International Patent Publications Nos. WO2011/119395 A2 and WO2016/023958 and allows simultaneous extraction of both the organic and inorganic components of the residue slurry.
  • the residue slurry can be fed directly into the present process with the first solution being produced by dissolving the cobalt and/or manganese catalyst compounds in an aqueous solution of at least one alkali metal compound selected from an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal bicarbonate.
  • the aqueous extract or slurry is treated to precipitate out and recover the desired cobalt and/or manganese catalyst components so that these can be recycled to the oxidation reactor.
  • the present application is directed to an improved process for recovering cobalt and/or manganese, generally as their carbonate salts, from such feed streams.
  • the present process is conducted in at least two distinct stages, typically a first or neutralization stage, where organic acids are neutralized by adding alkali and then a second or precipitation stage, each of which can be conducted in the same vessel or each can be conducted in a different vessel.
  • the process can be operated on a batch basis or on a continuous basis.
  • the second or precipitation stage is carried out in a separate vessel from that used to perform the first or neutralization stage.
  • a first solution is provided either from a prior extraction step as described above or is produced in situ by dissolution of the water-soluble cobalt and/or manganese catalyst compounds in the residue slurry by an aqueous solution of at least one alkali metal compound selected from an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal bicarbonate.
  • a neutralizing agent comprising at least one alkali metal compound selected from an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal bicarbonate, optionally together with an alkali metal hydroxide in equal parts with the alkali metal carbonate is then added to the first solution to raise the pH thereof to a first value from >5 to ⁇ 7, preferably from >5.5 to ⁇ 6.5, neutralizing the organic acids and releasing CO2 from the first solution.
  • the preferred alkaline species used as the neutralizing agent is an alkali metal carbonate, especially sodium carbonate, and the alkali addition can be conducted at any temperature from ambient (25 °C) to 100°C, preferably from 60°C to 90°C.
  • Increasing the pH of the aqueous extract may be accompanied by the precipitation of so-called tramp metals, such as iron and chromium, which may also be present in small amounts in the first solution. Any precipitated tramp metals can readily be removed by filtration or centrifuging.
  • tramp metals such as iron and chromium
  • the first solution is treated during the neutralization step to facilitate release of CO2 from the first solution.
  • Suitable treatments include agitating the first solution, such as by stirring, passing of a gas, such as nitrogen, through the first solution and/or reducing the pressure of the headspace above the first solution.
  • the rate of CO2 release from the first solution per unit weight of the at least one alkali metal compound added increases eventually reaching a maximum before starting to decrease again.
  • the rate of CO2 release per unit weight of added alkali metal compound is monitored and the addition of the alkali metal compound is ceased when the rate decreases after reaching a maximum.
  • the release rate of CO2 gas from the first solution is between 350 and 400 kg/hour.
  • the method chosen to monitor the rate of CO2 release may differ according to whether the process is batch or continuous. For batch processes, the point at which the maximum release rate of CO2 has been reached may be determined in real time by observing the point at which CO2 gas bubbles cease being evolved within the pH range of >5 to ⁇ 7.
  • the point at which the maximum release rate of CO2 has been reached corresponds with the minimum total alkali addition which was found during experimentation and depicted in Figure 1.
  • the maximum CO2 release rate is typically between 350 and 400 kg/hour.
  • the minimum total alkali addition occurred for the two step neutralization when the first step took place within the pH range of >5 to ⁇ 7.
  • the first solution is then subjected to the second or precipitation stage of the present process, in which the pH of the first solution is raised from the first value to a second pH value greater than the first value and >7, such as from >7 to 9.5, for example from >8.5 to 9.5 giving more cobalt and manganese recovery, by adding an alkali metal carbonate, preferably sodium carbonate, to the first solution.
  • the alkali addition can be conducted at any temperature from ambient (25°C) to 100°C, preferably from 60°C to 90°C.
  • Raising the pH of the first solution to a value >7 by alkali metal carbonate addition results in precipitation of the cobalt and/or manganese from the solution as the associated carbonate-containing species.
  • the precipitated cobalt and/or manganese carbonate-containing species can then be recovered from the solution by any known method, such as filtration or centrifuging.
  • the second, precipitation step is conducted without the deliberate addition of alkali metal hydroxide beyond any added in the first, neutralization step, since the presence of hydroxide ions can result in the precipitation of cobalt and/or manganese as hydroxide-containing species that are more difficult to convert back to the acetate than the carbonate-containing species.
  • the significance of the two-stage recovery process disclosed herein may be better understood by reference to the following reversible reactions can occur when sodium carbonate is used to raise the pH of aqueous acidic medium:
  • Sodium carbonate is essentially fully ionized in solution.
  • low pH values i.e. high H+ concentrations
  • all the equilibria are forced to the right hand side, resulting in high concentrations of carbonic acid and the release of gaseous CO2.
  • incremental addition of carbonate results in the (almost) stoichiometric loss of carbonate as CO2, and the stoichiometric removal of H+ ions as water.
  • the molar ratio of [H+ removed] to [carbonate added] shifts from 2: 1 to 1:1.
  • the concentration of H+ is low, and the equilibria lie to the left hand side, such that the amount of dissolved CO2 is low and no CO2 is evolved as gas. Under these conditions the carbonate exists as (predominantly) bicarbonate and carbonate.
  • the release of CO2 is accompanied by removal H + ions as water; whereas in the single stage system more carbonate addition is required as H + ions are locked up as [HCO3]’.
  • the stoichiometric carbonate requirement is 1 mole per 2 mole H+ (plus 1 mole/mole total Co + Mn for metals precipitation).
  • the stoichiometric carbonate requirement is 1 mole/mole H+ (plus 1 mole/mole total Co + Mn).
  • a series of tests were run on a first solution obtained from the residue from a commercial plant for producing terephthalic acid by the liquid phase oxidation of para-xylene in the presence of a Co/Mn/Br catalyst dissolved in acetic acid.
  • the first solution contains part of the residue including at least part of the water-soluble cobalt and/or manganese catalyst compounds and has a composition as summarized in Table 1 below:
  • the first solution was initially neutralized with a 10 wt% sodium carbonate solution to a first pH value from 3.5 to 9 and then to a second pH value of 9-9.5.
  • the results are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the vertical axis shows the total alkali addition (stage 1+2) in relation to the weight of residues neutralised in the first solution. It can be seen there is a low point when the first pH value is 5.5-6.5, giving the minimum alkali addition.
  • the rate of CO2 release during the first neutralization stage is plotted against the pH of the first solution and it will be seen that the rate of release increases to a maximum and then decreases when the pH reaches a value of around 6. The point of maximum CO2 release represents the preferred time to cease the first neutralization step for a batch process.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de récupération de cobalt et/ou de manganèse à partir d'un résidu issu d'un procédé d'oxydation catalytique pour la production d'un acide polycarboxylique aromatique, le résidu comprenant des composés de cobalt et/ou de manganèse hydrosolubles et un constituant organique acide. Le procédé comprend la fourniture d'une première solution contenant une partie du résidu comprenant au moins une partie des composés de cobalt et/ou de manganèse hydrosolubles. Un composé de métal alcalin choisi parmi un carbonate de métal alcalin et un bicarbonate de métal alcalin est ajouté à la première solution pour augmenter son pH à ≥ 5 à ≤ 7 et libérer du CO2. La vitesse de libération du gaz CO2 à partir de la première solution est comprise entre 350 et 400 kg/heure. Un carbonate de métal alcalin est ensuite ajouté à la première solution pour augmenter davantage son pH à ≥ 7, précipitant ainsi des espèces contenant du carbonate de cobalt et/ou de manganèse.
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WO1993024440A1 (fr) 1992-05-29 1993-12-09 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Procede de production d'acide terephtalique purifie
WO2011119395A2 (fr) 2010-03-26 2011-09-29 Invista Technologies S.A.R.L. Récupération d'acides carboxyliques aromatiques et de catalyseur d'oxydation
WO2016023958A1 (fr) 2014-08-12 2016-02-18 Invista Technologies S.À R.L. Procédé de récupération d'un acide monocarboxylique aromatique

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GB1413829A (en) 1971-12-10 1975-11-12 Standard Oil Co Recovery of metal catalyst
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EP0502628A2 (fr) 1991-03-07 1992-09-09 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Procédé de production d'acide téréphtalique
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