Abstract:
A process for esterifying (meth)acrylic acid with an alkanol in the presence of esterification catalyst comprises: (i) sepg. unreacted starting materials and the ester obtd. by distn., and (ii) producing a bottom prod. contg. an oxy-ester. The bottom prod. is isolated and processed by: (a) direct treatment with oligomeric (meth)acrylic acid (I) followed by heating in the presence of acid catalysts other than (I) to effect cleavage of the oxy-ester, or (b) sepn. of the oxy-ester by distn., followed by treatment of the distillate with (I) and thermal cleavage as above.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for continuously producing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, slightly causing ether of a by-product and high boiling point material in high space time yield and provide an apparatus therefor. SOLUTION: (Meth)acrylic acid is reacted with a 1-5C alkanol in (1:0.75) to (1:2) molar ratio and an organic phase from a rectifier III above a reaction zone is returned to the rectifier and water phase is removed from the system and water is added to a reaction mixture discharged from the reaction zone and the reaction mixture is fed to the rectifier I and separated into a product II containing residual (meth)acrylic acid and a product I containing residual alkanol and water in the rectifier I and the product 11 is returned to the reaction zone and the product from the rectifier I is separated into a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester-containing organic phase and water phase and the organic phase is fed to the rectifier II and the residual alkanol is separated from the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and returned to the reaction zone.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid production of ether which is a by-product from an alkanol in a method for continuously producing an alkyl ester of a (meth)acrylic acid by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with a 1-8C monohydric alkanol in a reaction zone in the presence of an acid esterification catalyst, discharging a product mixture containing the resultant alkyl (meth)acrylate, the catalyst and a by- product having higher boiling point than the alkyl (meth)acrylate and subjecting the alkyl (meth)acrylate to separation by distillation in a separation zone from the mixture. SOLUTION: A product mixture from a reaction zone is fed to a rectifier I and the product mixture discharged in the apparatus is separated into one or more products I containing an alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid and product II containing a catalyst by rectification and the product I is fed to other rectifier II and an alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid is separated by rectification in the apparatus.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for the esterification of (meth)acrylic acid with an alkanol, oxyesters formed as a by-product of esterification being cleaved in turn in an acid-catalysed manner by the addition of monomeric and/or oligomeric (meth)acrylic acid and water.
Abstract:
PLANT PARTS WHICH ARE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF (METH)ACRYLIC ESTERS ARE CLEANED BY (A) EMPTYING THE PLANT PARTS, (B) FLUSHING THE PLANT PARTS WITH AQUEOUS 5 TO 50% STRENGTH BY WEIGHT ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE SOLUTION, (C) REMOVING THE ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE SOLUTION FROM THE PLANT PARTS, (D) IF REQUIRED, WASHING THE PLANT PARTS WITH WATER AND (E) IF REQUIRED, DRYING THE PLANT PARTS.
Abstract:
In a process for esterifying (meth)acrylic acid with an alkanol in the presence of an esterification catalyst, in which unconverted starting compounds and (meth)acrylic ester to be formed are separated off by distillation and an oxyester-containing bottom product is formed, the bottom product is first separated off and then the oxyesters contained in it are cleaved in the presence of a relatively long-chain alkylbenzenesulfonic acid at elevated temperatures.
Abstract:
An assembly releases and dissolves gas into a charge of liquid rotated by a mixer arm within an upright circular tank. Centrifugal forces create a whirlpool with liquid rising up the tank wall. The wall has projections and gas inlets positioned between the fluid surface at rest and the crest. The projections skim fluid from the crest surface which falls over and through the incoming gas. An assembly releases and dissolves gas into a charge of liquid rotated by a mixer arm within an upright circular tank. Centrifugal forces create a whirlpool with liquid rising up the tank wall. The wall has a number of projections and gas inlets positioned between the fluid surface at rest and the crest. The projections skim fluid from the crest surface which falls over and through the incoming gas. The gas inlets extend up to two-thirds of the tank radius. Gas is released into the tank throughout the full depth, but especially in the zone between the whirlpool and skimmed liquid. The gas inlet is an array of straight pipes parallel to the axis of rotation. The pipes are of streamlined circular cross section. The ratio of pipe diameter to mixer tank is in the range 0.005 to 0.1. The gas outlet holes are 1 to several centimeters, or the pipes are of gas-porous material. Alternatively, the tank has a secondary gas-permeable inner wall which is a micro-porous membrane.
Abstract:
A process for esterifying (meth)acrylic acid with an alkanol in the presence of esterification catalyst comprises: (i) sepg. unreacted starting materials and the ester obtd. by distn., and (ii) producing a bottom prod. contg. an oxy-ester. The bottom prod. is isolated and processed by: (a) direct treatment with oligomeric (meth)acrylic acid (I) followed by heating in the presence of acid catalysts other than (I) to effect cleavage of the oxy-ester, or (b) sepn. of the oxy-ester by distn., followed by treatment of the distillate with (I) and thermal cleavage as above.