Claims
- 1. In a process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane by chlorination of ethylene at 180.degree. to 300.degree. C. and 0.09 to 1.1 MPa in the presence of a solid fluidized catalyst containing a copper salt, removing the heat formed in the reaction space by indirect cooling and recovering 1,2-dichloroethane from the reaction products after having removed said products from said reaction space,
- the improvement which comprises introducing separately or at least partially separated from one another hydrogen chloride, ethylene, and an inert gas containing oxygen at one end of a tubular reactor, introducing chlorine into the same reactor at a distance of 40 to 85% of the total reaction space from the last of the gas inlets for the hydrogen chloride, ethylene or oxygen-containing inert gas in the direction of flow of the gas, and the reaction products are removed at the other end of the reactor, and
- wherein the molar proportions are 2 moles of hydrogen chloride, 1.01 to 3 moles of ethylene, at least 0.5 mole or oxygen and 0.009 to 2 moles of chlorine with the quantity of chlorine being adjusted such that less than 0.001% by weight of free elementary chlorine is found in the mixture of gases leaving the reaction space.
- 2. Process according to claim 1, wherein the substances to be reacted in the reaction space are introduced in the following molar ratios: 2 moles of HCl; 1.8 to 2.2 moles of C.sub.2 H.sub.4 ; 0.5 to 0.6 moles of O.sub.2 and 0.79 to 1.2 moles of Cl.sub.2.
- 3. Process according to claim 1, wherein the heat transfer medium in the indirect cooling system is passed countercurrent to the gases in the reaction space.
- 4. Process according to claim 1, wherein the oxygen is introduced in the form of air to the extent of at least 50% of its total quantity.
- 5. Process according to claim 1, wherein the process is carried out at temperatures, of the reaction mixture, of 190.degree. to 250.degree. C.
- 6. Process according to claim 1, wherein the process is carried out at pressures, in the reaction space, of 0.3 to 0.7 MPa.
- 7. Process according to claim 5 wherein the process is carried out at temperatures, of the reaction mixture, of 200.degree. to 230.degree. C.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 362,094 filed Mar. 26, 1982 which in turn was a continuation of application Ser. No. 152,996 filed May 27, 1980 now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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