Patent Grant
10138209
The present application claims priority under 35 USC § 119 to German application, DE 102016210481.0, filed on Jun. 14, 2016, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The invention relates to a process for purifying an ionic liquid comprising dialkylimidazolium ions by means of stripping, wherein water vapour is used at a particular temperature. The process according to the invention is characterized in that the decomposition of the ionic liquid is minimized during the process.
In air conditioning systems for the aeration and conditioning of buildings or vehicles, the air generally not only has to be cooled, but also dehumidified since the air to be cooled often has such a high humidity that, upon cooling to the desired temperature, the dew point is fallen below. Hence in conventional air conditioning systems, dehumidification of the air accounts for a large part of electricity consumption.
One option for reducing the electricity consumption of air conditioning systems for buildings is the dehumidification of air by adsorption or absorption of water using a drying medium and regeneration of the drying medium laden with water by heating to a temperature at which the water is desorbed again. Compared to adsorption on a solid adsorbent, the advantage of absorption in a liquid absorption medium is that air dehumidification can be carried out with reduced equipment complexity and with less drying medium and that regeneration of the water-laden drying medium using solar heat is easier to carry out.
The aqueous solutions of lithium bromide, lithium chloride or calcium chloride hitherto employed as liquid absorption media in commercial air conditioning systems have the disadvantage that they are corrosive towards the metallic materials of construction typically employed in air conditioning systems and that they thus necessitate the use of expensive specific materials of construction. These solutions can additionally cause problems due to salt crystallizing out of the absorption medium.
Y. Luo, et al., Appl. Thermal Eng. 31 (2011) 2772-2777, proposes using the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate in place of aqueous solutions of lithium bromide for air dehumidification.
Y. Luo, et al., Solar Energy 86 (2012) 2718-2724, proposes using the ionic liquid 1,3-dimethyimidazolium acetate as an alternative to 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate for air dehumidification.
US 2011/0247494 A1 proposes, in paragraph [0145], the use of trimethylammonium acetate or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate as liquid drying agent instead of aqueous lithium chloride solution. Example 3 compares water uptake from humid air for a series of further ionic liquids.
CN 102335545 A describes aqueous solutions of ionic liquids as absorption media for air dehumidification. The ionic liquids can contain the anions [BF4]−, [CF3SO3]−, [CH3COO]−, [CF3COO]−, [C3F7COO]−, [(CF3SO2)2N]−, [(CH3)2PO4]−, [C4F9SO3]−, [(C2F5SO2)N]− and [(CF3SO2)3C]−.
Commercially available ionic liquids generally comprise impurities which lead to substances that are odour-intensive or are injurious to health entering the dehumidified air upon dehumidification of air using the ionic liquid. In the desorption of water from ionic liquids which contain a basic anion, such as a carboxylate ion, odour-intensive decomposition products are formed which, in the event of a subsequent use of the ionic liquid for the dehumidification of air, enter the dehumidified air.
The problem was also observed that, in the case of purifying ionic liquids containing dialkylimidazolium ions by conventional purification processes, an at least partial decomposition of these ionic liquids occurs. This is apparent on occurrence of foul-smelling decomposition products in the ionic liquid obtained after the purification step.
The object of the present invention therefore consisted of providing a process for purifying an ionic liquid in which the aforementioned problems are minimized and ideally do not arise.
The present invention relates to a process for purifying an ionic liquid of the structure Q+A−, wherein Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, and wherein A− is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phosphate, alkyl sulphate, alkyl sulphonate, alkyl carboxylate, chloride, hydrogen sulphate, dihydrogen phosphate, monoalkyl hydrogen phosphate, nitrate, characterized in that the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A− is subjected to a stripping with water vapour having a temperature of ≤99° C.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A−, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, and A− is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, alkyl sulphate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl sulphonate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl carboxylate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, chloride, hydrogen sulphate, dihydrogen phosphate, monoalkyl hydrogen phosphate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group and nitrate.
A C1-C10-alkyl group is unbranched or branched and preferably an unbranched or branched C1-C8-alkyl group, more preferably an unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, even more preferably an unbranched or branched C1-C4-alkyl group, which is preferably selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, even more preferably selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, more especially preferably selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl.
In a more preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A−, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, and A− is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, alkyl sulphate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl sulphonate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl carboxylate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, dihydrogen phosphate, monoalkyl hydrogen phosphate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group.
In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A−, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, and A− is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, alkyl sulphate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl sulphonate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group, alkyl carboxylate, in which the alkyl group is a C1-C10-alkyl group.
In an even more preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A−, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups, and A− is dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently C1-C10-alkyl groups. Even more preferably, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkyl groups, and A− is dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkyl groups. Still more preferably, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently unbranched or branched C1-C4-alkyl groups, and A− is dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently unbranched or branched C1-C4-alkyl groups. Still more preferably, Q+ is a 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ion, in which the alkyl groups are each independently methyl or ethyl, and A− is dialkyl phosphate, in which the alkyl groups are each independently methyl or ethyl. Even more preferably, Q+ is a 1,3-dimethylimidazolium cation or a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation, preferably a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation, and A− is diethyl phosphate.
In the process according to the present invention, the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A− is subjected to a stripping with water vapour having a temperature of ≤99° C. It has been found, surprisingly, that with this process a particularly mild purification of the ionic liquid is possible and, in particular, the problem of odour-forming substances, which occurs due to the decomposition of the ionic liquids when purified by conventional methods, is avoided.
“Stripping” is a physical separation process known to those skilled in the art which is used in many fields for purifying liquids (described for example in M. Kriebel: “Absorption, 2. Design of Systems and Equipment”, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Electronic Release, chap. 3, Wiley VCH, Weinheim October 2008). In this case, a gas phase (in the case of the present invention water vapour having a temperature of ≤99° C.) is contacted in countercurrent flow with a phase to be purified. In accordance with the invention, this contacting occurs in particular in a column.
Here, the water vapour has a temperature of ≤99° C., particularly in the range from 10° C. to 90° C., preferably in the range from 10° C. to 70° C., more preferably in the range from 10° C. to 60° C., more preferably in the range from 20° C. to 50° C., and even more preferably in the range from 23° C. to 34° C. The temperature of the water vapour can be adjusted by adjusting an appropriate negative pressure in the column in a routine manner by those skilled in the art.
In the process according to the invention, the ionic liquid of the structure Q+A− has, in particular, a temperature which is higher than the temperature of the water vapour used. It has been shown specifically that a particularly efficient purification of the ionic liquid is possible by this means. The temperature of the ionic liquid used is preferably at least 1° C. above the temperature of the water vapour used, more preferably at least 5° C., still more preferably at least 10° C., even more preferably at least 30° C., even more especially preferably at least 56° C.
The purification of the ionic liquid may be improved by enlarging the surface area of the ionic liquid. Preferably, for this purpose, the ionic liquid in the process according to the invention is passed at least partially over a bed of filling materials or over a structured packing. Of suitability for this purpose are all filling materials and structured packings which are known to the person skilled in the art from the prior art for distillations and for absorption processes.
Alternatively, the desorption can take place in a falling film apparatus. Suitable falling film apparatuses are falling film evaporators known from the prior art for distillations.
The experiments which follow are intended to illustrate the invention, but without restricting it thereto.
Several mixtures of EMIM DEP with water were subjected to purification in a thin film evaporator. The EMIM DEP was obtained by reaction of N-methylimidazole and triethyl phosphate by reaction according to WO 2004/016631 A1.
The thin film evaporator, abbreviated to TFE, had a diameter of 50 mm and had a length of 650 mm, which resulted in an overall evaporator surface of ca. 0.1 m2. The wiper basket of the evaporator was provided with block wipers composed of PTFE and was driven by a motor via magnetic coupling. The evaporator jacket was heated using a thermostat and dibenzyltoluene (“Marlotherm”) as heat transfer medium.
Four purification passes were carried out in which, in each case, an aqueous solution of EMIM DEP with a water content specified in each case below was used. For this purpose, water was firstly added to EMIM DEP with stirring in order to set a defined water content.
The water content of the solutions in the various passes were:
Example C1: 5% by weight; Example C2: 10% by weight; Example C3: 15% by weight;
Example C4: 20% by weight. The % by weight signifies the proportion of water, based on the total aqueous solution of EMIM DEP, which was supplied as feed to the TFE.
The use of aqueous solutions in the comparative experiments with the TFE ensures better comparability of the results with those of the stripping experiments according to the invention in which a certain proportion of the water vapour is always passed into the ionic liquid to be purified.
Before use in the TFE, the aqueous mixtures of EMIM DEP investigated were adjusted to a temperature of 24° C. The feed was then conveyed for the experiments from a storage vessel via a toothed wheel pump into the evaporator at ˜2.00 to 2.29 kg/h. The TFE jacket had a temperature of 150° C. There, the water and also a majority of the odour-forming components were evaporated out of the ionic liquid, condensed and collected in a distillate container which had a temperature of 5° C.
The vapour stream formed in the evaporator was condensed by means of an external condenser and the resulting distillate collected in a storage container. The unevaporated portion of the feed ran at the base of the evaporator into a further storage container. The whole system was operated at a negative pressure of 40 mbar by means of a vacuum pump (Vacubrand).
After the experiment, the ionic liquid remaining in the TFE was assessed with respect to the N-methylimidazole content.
The N-methylimidazole impurity is due to the residue content of reactant from the synthesis of the EMIM DEPs investigated but also to decomposition of the EMIM DEP in the TFE. N-Methylimidazole is constantly removed from the EMIM DEP during the purification process in the TFE, but is constantly “replenished” by decomposition of the EMIM DEP during the reaction. The residual content of N-methylimidazole therefore provides information about the extent of EMIM DEP decomposition during the purification process.
For the N-methylimidazole analysis, headspace GC-MS analysis was carried out on the starting material and also on the samples from the individual experimental settings. For this purpose, 0.1 g of the sample were incubated at 70° C. for 20 minutes in a sampler and the composition of the gas phase was analysed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
For the gas chromatography (“GC”), an instrument from Hewlett Packard (“HP 6890”) was used (sampler: Turbomatrix 40 from Perkin Elmer). For the mass-spectrometric analysis, an instrument from Hewlett Packard (“HP 5973”) was used.
The N-methylimidazole contents determined in the EMIM DEP after carrying out Examples C1 to C4, based on the N-methylimidazole content in the feed, which was set to 100%, were: C1: 12%; C2: 30%; C3: 36%; C4: 40%.
Thus, in the gas phase of the purified EMIM DEP, a high fraction of N-methylimidazole was still detectable. This indicates decomposition of the EMIM DEP in the TFE during the purification.
For the stripping experiments, a glass column (internal diameter 50 mm) was used, which was equipped in total with 2 m of a fabric structure packing (type A3-500) from Montz. The column was composed of two segments each of one meter length. Both segments were equipped with an electrical compensation heater. The EMIM DEP (obtained by reaction of N-methylimidazole and triethyl phosphate according to a reaction according to WO 2004/016631 A1) was fed to the top of the column, where the feed from EMIM DEP was pre-heated to a temperature of ˜90° C. Via the feed into the column, two condensers were located at which the stripping vapour was condensed with the stripped components and then was passed from the column via a vapour dome.
The water vapour required for the stripping was generated in a falling-film evaporator in the bottom region of the column. Here, water was pumped into the evaporator by means of a metering pump, fully evaporated there and then passed into the column. The temperature of the stripping vapour was 34° C. The water vapour feed was fed to the column at a mass rate of 0.75 kg/h. At the base of the column a so-called vapour dome was located at which the liquid trickling from above was collected and then was discharged from the column.
To deodorize the ionic liquid in the stripping column, the column was initially heated to a temperature of 95° C. and then adjusted to the operating pressure of 48 mbar. Subsequently the water evaporation was put into operation on the falling film evaporator. Once this was running in stationary fashion, the preheated feed of the ionic liquid EMIM DEP was started at the top of the column. During the operation at the respective settings, the distillate generated on the condenser, consisting of water and the odour-forming components, was discharged into a distillate container. The deodourized ionic liquid was discharged at the base of the column and cooled in so doing.
6 runs, I1-I6, were carried out in which only the amount of feed of ionic liquid was varied at a constant amount of stripping vapour in order to obtain different mass flow ratios of ionic liquid to stripping vapour.
The amount of feed of ionic liquid in the various experiments I1 to I6 was respectively:
I1: 1.3 kg/h; I2: 2.8 kg/h; I3: 3.6 kg/h; I4: 4.8 kg/h; I5: 5.5 kg/h; I6: 7.6 kg/h.
During the experiments, the ionic liquid discharging at the bottom of the column was regularly sampled. The experimental settings were run for 6 h in each case in order to establish steady-state operating conditions.
The ionic liquid discharged at the base of the column (bottoms) was analysed for its water content. The Karl Fischer method was used for the water analysis using a titrator from Mettler (Mettler Toledo DL-38). The water content of the purified ionic liquid EMIM DEP was from 5.0 to 6.2% in all runs I1 to I6. For the samples of the individual experiments I1 to 16 in the stripping column, a headspace GC-MS analysis was carried out (procedure and equipment details see C1 to C4) to be able to assess the content of N-methylimidazole. The analytical results showed that the component N-methylimidazole was no longer detectable in the gas phases from the individual experimental settings, i.e. was far below the values which could be obtained with the TFE.
Accordingly, it is evident from the experiments that purification of an ionic liquid having a dialkylimidazolium ion is possible with the process according to the invention, wherein the decomposition or reverse reaction of this ionic liquid can be suppressed. This is distinctly evident on the basis of the disappearance of the typical N-methylimidazole decomposition product in the gas phase of the EMIM DEP purified by means of stripping. This result was completely surprising.
All references cited herein are fully incorporated by reference. Having now fully described the invention, it will be understood by those of skill in the art that the invention may be practiced within a wide and equivalent range of conditions, parameters and the like, without affecting the spirit or scope of the invention or any embodiment thereof.
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