METHOD FOR ISOLATING AMINES FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:CA2465811A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-22

    申请号:CA2465811

    申请日:2002-11-12

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for isolating amines from aqueous solution s by means of continuous distillation of aqueous solutions of the amines according to a dual-pressure method for the rectification of aqueous solutio ns of amines forming an azeotrope with water, the composition of said azeotrope being pressure-dependent. The distillation is carried out in two columns und er different pressures. According to the inventive method, a) the pressure in t he second column is set at least 0.5 bar higher than the pressure in the first column, b) the aqueous amine solution is supplied to the first column in a side stream, and water and parts which boil at a higher temperature than the amines or are non-volatile are exfiltrated out of the bottom of the column, c) a mixture of amine and water is removed at the head of the first column and is guided into the second column in a side stream, d) an azeotrope of water and amine is removed at the head of the second column and is redirected into the first column, and e) the purified amines are extracted at the bottom of the second column.

Patent Agency Ranking