Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for removing formic acid from a mixture that contains formaldehyde, trioxane, water and formic acid, by distillation. According to said method, at least one tertiary amine and/or an imine or a mixture thereof capable of deprotonation and conversion to a salt is added, prior to or during distillation, to the mixture in a catalytic amount or in an amount sufficient to form the salt with the entire amount of formic acid, and the formic acid/amine salt is removed in a liquid phase in the distillation sump.
Abstract:
Procedimiento para la obtención de trioxano crudo (1) con una concentración en el intervalo de un 50 a un 75 %en peso de trioxano, mediante trimerización de formaldehído a partir de una disolución acuosa de formaldehído (2)en presencia de un catalizador ácido (3), y concentración por destilación de trioxano a partir de la mezcla dereacción de trimerización, caracterizado porque - la trimerización de formaldehído y la concentración de trioxano a partir de la mezcla de reacción de trimerización sellevan a cabo en una única columna (K), - que está separada a través de una chapa de separación horizontal (T) en una zona de columna inferior (A) y unazona de columna superior (B), estando unidas la zona de columna inferior (A) y la zona de columna inferior (B) através de un conducto de vapor externo y un conducto de líquido externo, - llevándose a cabo una destilación de reactivos en la zona de columna inferior (A) a una presión entre 1 y 5 bar,trimerizándose el formaldehído para dar trioxano, y concentrándose el trioxano en la mezcla de reacción hasta límitede solubilidad de formaldehído, y - llevándose a cabo una destilación en la zona de columna superior (B) a una presión entre 200 y 900 mbar,concentrándose el trioxano crudo a una concentración en el intervalo de un 50 a un 75 % en peso.
Abstract:
Processes comprising: providing a reactive distillation column having an upper region, a middle region and a lower region; feeding ethylene glycol and an aqueous formaldehyde solution into the reactive distillation column in the middle region of the reactive distillation column; reacting the ethylene glycol and the aqueous formaldehyde solution in the reactive distillation column in the presence of a catalyst to form dioxolane; removing a product stream comprising dioxolane in an amount of at least 75% by weight from the upper region of the reactive distillation column; and removing a bottom stream comprising one or more components having boiling points higher than dioxolane from the lower region of the reactive distillation column.
Abstract:
A process for removing trioxane from a use stream I of formaldehyde, trioxane and water, by a) providing a use stream I which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and trioxane and water as the secondary components, b) feeding the use stream I, a recycle stream V and a recycle stream VII which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and water and trioxane as the secondary components into a first distillation stage and distilling to obtain a stream II a steam III and formaldehyde as the and a steam X c) distilling the stream III, in a second distillation stage the pressure in the second distillation stage being from 0.1 to 15 bar higher than the pressure in the first distillation stage, to obtain a stream IV and the recycle stream V as the secondary components, d) feeding the stream X and if appropriate a stream IX into a third distillation stage and distilling at a pressure of from 1 to 10 bar to obtain a stream VI which consists substantially of water and a recycle stream VII which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and water and trioxane as the secondary components.
Abstract:
A process for preparing trioxane from trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=3) by converting trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether in the presence of an acidic catalyst and subsequent distillative workup of the reaction mixture, comprising the steps of: a) feeding trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=3) or a mixture comprising trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether into a reactor and converting it in the presence of an acidic catalyst to a mixture a comprising trioxane, formaldehyde, water, methylene glycol (MG), polyoxymethylene glycols (MGn>1), methanol, hemiformals (HF), methylal (POMDMEn=1) and polyoxymethylene glycol dimethyl ethers (POMDMEn>1); b) distillatively separating the reaction mixture a into a low boiler fraction b1 comprising formaldehyde, water, methylene glycol, methanol, hemiformal (HFn=1), methylal and dioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=2), and a high boiler fraction b2 comprising trioxane, polyoxymethylene glycols (MGn>1), hemiformals (HFn>1) and polyoxymethylene glycol dimethyl ethers (POMDMEn>2); c) distillatively separating the high boiler fraction b2 into a low boiler fraction c1 comprising trioxane, and a high boiler fraction c2 comprising polyoxymethylene glycols (MGn>1), hemiformals (HFn>1) and polyoxymethylene glycol dimethyl ethers (POMDMEn>2).