Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for production of acrylic acid by means of heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propylene. SOLUTION: There is disclosed the method for producing acrylic acid by means of heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propylene in two steps, wherein the propylene used is obtained by previous dehydrogenation of propane; a first oxidation step is operated along with the limited propylene conversion; and unconverted propane and the propylene in the product gas mixture of a second step of partial oxidation are substantially recycled by supplying them into the previous propane dehydrogenation process. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein into acrylic acid, which has no drawbacks of a high-load method of technique level and guarantees a high space time yield of acrylic acid. SOLUTION: In the method for catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein into acrylic acid, the initial mixture of reaction gas, with an acrolein charge of 150 Nl/l h, is fed over a fixed-bed catalyst that is accommodated in two reaction zones A, B arranged in a spatially successive manner, whereby the temperature of reaction zone B is kept at a higher temperature than that of reaction zone A. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propene to acrylic acid.SOLUTION: A reaction gas starting mixture is oxidized, with an increased propene loading, in a first reaction stage, over a first fixed-bed catalyst, and subsequently the acrolein-containing product gas mixture of the first reaction stage is oxidized, in a second reaction stage, with an increased acrolein loading, over a second fixed-bed catalyst, thereby the catalyst moldings in both reaction stages having an annular geometry.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propene to acrylic acid. SOLUTION: The reaction gas starting mixture is oxidized, with an increased propene loading, in a first reaction stage, over a first fixed-bed catalyst and then the acrolein-containing product gas mixture of the first reaction stage is oxidized, in a second reaction stage, with an increased acrolein loading, over a second fixed-bed catalyst, the catalyst moldings in both reaction stages having an annular geometry. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for separating a raw acrylic acid from a product gas mixture comprising glyoxal as auxiliary product of a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of at least one C3-precursor compound, comprising the absorption of the acrylic acid in a high-boiling absorption agent and the rectificative processing of the resulting absorbent, and wherein, in a distillation unit, an absorption agent contained in the sump fluid that has been removed from the sump chamber of the absorption column is distilled and is fed back into the absorption before remaining high-boiling components are removed, and wherein the glyoxal content of the raw acrylic acid is reduced by limiting the duration of the high-boiling components in the distillation unit.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the restabilization of (meth)acrylic monomers, whereby phenothiazine is removed from phenothiazine-containing (meth)acrylic monomers by adsorption on activated carbon and optionally subsequent addition of a moderately effective polymerization inhibitor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1) which comprises a bundle of at least two heat exchanger tubes (3), wherein the bundle of heat exchanger tubes (3) is aligned vertically and terminated downward by a heat exchanger tube floor (31), a heat exchanger housing (5) enclosing the bundle of heat exchanger tubes (3), wherein a liquid heat transfer medium (7) circulates in the bundle of heat exchanger tubes (3) in the heat exchanger housing (5), a heat exchanger hood (9) terminating the heat exchanger housing (5) upward, a heat exchanger floor (11) terminating the heat exchanger housing (5) downward, an inlet (13) into the heat exchanger (1) on the heat exchanger housing (5) for the heat transfer medium (7), an outlet (15) out of the heat exchanger (1) on the heat exchanger housing (5) for the heat transfer medium (7), and an emergency relief connection (17) which is arranged near the heat exchanger hood (9). The heat exchanger (1) is characterized in that the heat exchanger (1) has a safety device (19) which is arranged near the heat exchanger floor (11). The invention furthermore relates to a reactor arrangement (101) which comprises a reactor (27), a heat exchanger (1) connected to the reactor (27) according to the present invention and a pump (29) connected to the reactor (27) and/or the heat exchanger (1) for circulating at least one part of the liquid heat transfer medium (7). Finally, the invention relates to a method for temperature control of a reactor (27) and the use of the heat exchanger (1) according to the invention.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for starting a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of acrolein into acrylic acid or of methacrolein into methacrylic acid at a fixed catalyst bed that is located in a shell-and-tube reactor cooled with a heat exchanger means, wherein the temperature of the heat exchanger means is = 290°C, and wherein the temperature of the reactor bottom surface facing the reactor gas inlet mixture and the temperature of the reaction gas inlet mixture are = 285°C.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an extraction column 1 having a vertically aligned column body 2 which is cylindrical at least in sections and forms a column cavity 3 having a horizontal maximum extent, with provision in the column body 2 of at least one first feed 4 for an extractant, at least one second feed 5 for the fluid to be extracted and at least one outlet 6 for the extract mixture and at least one outlet for the raffinate. In the inventive extraction column 1, a vertically aligned divider 7 arranged within the column cavity 3 subdivides the column cavity 3 into a plurality of vertically aligned and horizontally divided regions, the horizontal maximum extent of each region being less than the horizontal maximum extent of the column cavity 3. The invention further relates to a process for extracting a constituent from a fluid by means of such an extraction column 1.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein System (1) zum Betreiben eines Flüssiggasverdampfers (3), umfassend – einen Verdampfer (3) zum Verdampfen eines Flüssiggases in sein gasförmiges Aggregat, – eine den Verdampfer (3) tragende Wanne (5), – eine den Verdampfer (3) an drei Seiten umgebende Einhausung (7), die bündig mit der Wanne (5) abschließt, – zumindest einen für das Flüssiggas und sein gasförmiges Aggregat empfindlichen Detektor (9), der in der Wanne (5) angeordnet ist, – eine auf der vierten, nicht eingehausten Seite des Verdampfers (3) vorgesehene Leitung (11) zur Verteilung von Dampf D, die an dem nicht von der Einhausung (7) abgeschlossenen Rand der Wanne (5) angeordnet ist, – eine mit der Leitung (11) verbundene Zufuhr (13) für den Dampf D und – eine an der Zufuhr (13) vorgesehene und mit dem Detektor (9) verbundene Regelarmatur (15) und mindestens eine Absperrarmatur (17). Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich ferner auf ein Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Flüssiggasverdampfers (3).