This application claims priority to PCT Application No. PCT/CN2012/076045, having a filing date of May 25, 2012, based off of CN Application No. 2011101892765, having a filing date of July 7, 2011, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to an integrated process formed by coupling reactors of fixed bed and jet floating bed with a separating unit.
Fixed bed reactor is also referred to as packed bed reactor. It is filled with solid catalyst or solid reactant to realize heterogeneous reaction. The solid substance is normally in the form of particles, stacked to constitute a bed of certain height (or thickness). This bed is static and fluid flows through it for reaction. The difference between this reactor and fluidized bed reactor/moving bed reactor is that the solid particles are static. At present, liquid-solid catalytic reaction using solid catalyst and liquid reaction raw materials mainly adopts fixed bed reactor, e.g. esterification reaction and hydration reaction etc.
Advantages of fixed bed reactor: {circle around (1)} weak back-mixing, effective contact between fluid and catalyst, and relatively high selectivity in case the reaction is accompanied by side reaction in series; {circle around (2)} small mechanical loss of catalyst; {circle around (3)} simple structure; {circle around (3)} stable reaction. Disadvantages of fixed bed reactor: {circle around (1)} poor heat transfer; {circle around (2)} difficult replacement of catalyst during operation, hence not suitable for reactions that require frequent catalyst regeneration, which shall normally adopt fluidized bed reactor or moving bed reactor instead; {circle around (3)} relatively low reaction efficiency; {circle around (4)} difficult mixing of reactants involving two phases of materials, e.g. oil and water.
Jet floating bed reactor (JFBR) is a new type of intensified reactor. Its operating principle is use of high velocity mobile phase to suck other phases, generating intense stirring effect, promoting close contact among phases, and quickly completing the reaction. When used for liquid-solid catalytic reaction that adopts solid catalyst and liquid reaction raw materials, the JFBR allows full mixing of reactants and catalyst, greatly intensifies mass and heat transfer rate, improves concentration and temperature distribution inside reactor, accelerates reaction, effectively suppresses side reaction, and improves reaction selectivity.
JFBR has many unique outstanding performances: {circle around (1)} high mass transfer and heat transfer efficiency; {circle around (2)} high operation flexibility; {circle around (3)} large input power per unit volume and low energy consumption; {circle around (4)} simple reactor structure without rigid stirring, hence suitable for dangerous reactions such as oxidation and hydrogenation; {circle around (5)} good sealing performance, in particular, suitable for high pressure system; {circle around (6)} small effect of reactor scale on mixing effect and mass transfer rate, facilitating engineering amplification.
At present, industrial integrated reaction and separation system consists of reaction equipment and separation equipment combined together, and has certain defects. Examples include integrated fixed bed reaction-separation system, referred to as reaction rectifying tower, e.g. esterification reaction rectifying tower. Since relatively long reaction time is required to attain a relatively high conversion rate by means of fixed bed reactor, residence time is relatively long and equipment volume is relatively large. For other integrated reaction-separation systems, e.g. those consisting of oxidation or hydrogenation equipment and separating unit, the problem of difficult coupling between reaction and separation exists.
The purpose of this invention is to provide a type of an integrated process coupling reactors of fixed bed and jet floating bed with separating unit, as shown in
The purpose of this invention can be realized by the following technical solution:
The process of the integrated process coupling reactors of fixed bed and jet floating bed with a separating unit, comprising the following steps:
In the above process of integrated system, the separation unit described in step 4 is equipped with a packed column distillation unit or a trayed column distillation unit. This invention has replenished and optimized traditional process of integrated system formed by coupling of single type reactor and separating unit. The reaction system described here includes all reaction systems that can adopt FBR. Preliminary reaction of reactants in the FBR is first carried out, followed by intensified reaction in JFBR. According to delamination of the material after reaction, this material is transferred to the separation unit for subsequent separation. During the process, unreacted material will be returned to the raw material intermediate tank, to be used as raw material for continued reaction. During the whole process, the FBR and the JFBR are coupled to the separating unit, thus forming an integrated multi-type reactors-separation system of higher efficiency, effectively shortening reaction time, reducing energy consumption, while reducing solid catalyst failure rate and extending catalyst service life.
The integrated system of this invention has the following advantages: (1) preliminary reaction of the material in FBR adopts one time passing, i.e. without cycles, thus reaction time is relatively short and energy consumption is relatively low; (2) resultant material of preliminary reaction enters the JFBR for intensified reaction, which can effectively shorten reaction time, reduce solid catalyst broken, and extend catalyst service life; (3) during the whole process, the reaction system formed by coupling of a FBR with a JFBR with a separation unit, so that the flow path and heat balance are more integrated, reaction time is greatly shortened, and process energy consumption is further lowered.
This invention is further described by the following preferred embodiments. Preferred embodiment 1: production of 3000t/a of dihydromyrcenol using the process of this invention
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Preferred embodiment 2: production of 5000t/a of terpineol using the process of this invention
Operation method is the same as that of preferred embodiment 1. The liquid pump P-1 is used to deliver turpentine hydration raw materials of certain compounding ratio (mass ratio: turpentine/water/solvent=1:1:2, with solvent being isopropyl alcohol) from raw material intermediate storage tank V-1 to the FBR R-1, via valve F-1, flowmeter FM-1, heat exchanger E-1 (where the materials are heated), and pipeline 3, for reaction. The FBR R-1 is filled with wet type catalyst Amberlyst 15 (Amberlyst 15 is provided by Rohm & Haas of USA, same below). Filling capacity is 7 m3, aspect ratio is 2:1, and reaction temperature is 75° C. After fresh raw materials pass the FBR R-1 once (residence time is 30 min), yield of terpineol is 7%. The resultant material is collected in intermediate buffer tank V-2, and then pumped by the liquid pump P-2 to pass valve F-3, flowmeter FM-2, heat exchanger E-2, and pipeline 5, and to enter the JFBR R-2 for intensified reaction. Volume of the JFBR is 4.5 m3 and its aspect ratio is 1.3:1. 8kg of wet type catalyst Amberlyst 15 is suspended in the JFBR. Samples are taken from sampling port 16 for analysis. When terpineol reaches required concentration of 22.8%, the material will be delivered via pipeline 8, valve F-5, flowmeter FM-4, heat exchanger E-4, and pipeline 9, to enter phase separator V-4 for phase separation. The oil phase will enter buffer tank V-5 and be pumped by the liquid pump P-5 to pass valve F-9, flowmeter FM-5, heat exchanger E-5, and pipeline 12, and enter the separation unit T-1 for subsequent separation. Said separation unit T-1 is a sieve-plate column. After separation, terpineol of purity of 98.5% will be obtained. Unreacted raw materials will be returned to raw material intermediate storage tank V-1 for reaction along with fresh materials. By means of the process of this invention, energy consumption is lowered by 30% as compared with traditional process.
Preferred embodiment 3: production of 6000t/a of butyl acetate using the process of this invention
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Preferred embodiment 4: production of 8000t/a of acetic ether using the process of this invention
The operation method is the same as that of preferred embodiment 3. The liquid pump P-1 is used to deliver acetic acid and ethanol of certain compounding ratio (acetic acid/ethanol =1:2) from raw material intermediate storage tank V-1 to the FBR R-1, via valve F-1, flowmeter FM-1, heat exchanger E-1 (where they are heated), and pipeline 3, for reaction. The FBR R-1 is filled by dry type catalyst D72. Filling capacity is 6 m3 and aspect ratio is 2:1. Water separator is installed. Reaction temperature is 85° C. After fresh raw materials pass the FBR R-1 once (residence time is 45 min), yield of acetic ethanol is 14%. The resultant material is collected in intermediate buffer tank V-2, and then pumped by the liquid pump P-2 to pass valve F-3, flowmeter FM-2, heat exchanger E-2, and pipeline 5, and to enter the JFBR R-2 for intensified reaction. Volume of the JFBR is 4.5 m3 and its aspect ratio is 1.25:1. 12 kg of dry type catalyst D72 is suspended in this reactor. Samples are taken from sampling port 16 for analysis. When concentration of acetic ether reaches 81%, the material will be delivered via pipeline 8, flowmeter FM-4, heat exchanger E-4, valve F-6, and pipeline 11, to enter buffer tank V-5. This material will be pumped by the liquid pump P-5 to pass valve F-9, flowmeter FM-5, heat exchanger E-5, and pipeline 12, and enter the separation unit T-1 for the subsequent separation. Said the separation unit T-1 is a packed column. After separation, acetic ether of purity of 99.4% will be obtained. Unreacted raw materials will be returned to raw material intermediate storage tank V-1 for reaction along with fresh materials. By means of the new process of this invention, energy consumption is lowered by 41% as compared with traditional process.
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