Abstract:
Vapour-phase oxidation of propylene and/or acrolein with oxygen in the presence of steam to produce acrolein and/or acrylic acid, wherein post-reactions are inhibited. The oxidation is carried out in a reaction zone on a fixed bed catalyst at temperatures between 320.degree. and 450.degree.C. More particularly, the resulting hot reaction gas mixture leaving the reaction zone is directly introduced into a heat exchanger zone placed directly downstream of the reaction zone, and the reaction gas mixture is cooled in said heat exchanger zone, with water having a temperature at least 25.degree.C above the dew point of the reaction gas mixture, down to temperatures between 200.degree. and 300.degree.C. The reaction zone is bounded by a generally cylindrical casing receiving a plurality of individual tubular structures. The structures are adapted to have a fixed bed catalyst placed therein, bundled together and spaced apart from each other by means of two perforated plates sealing the upper end and lower end, respectively, of the casing, and heated by means of a salt melt. The heat exchanger zone receives a similar number of empty, watercoolable tubular structures. The tubular structures accommodated in the two zones are flanged together, so as to open directly into each other, by means of the perforated plates.
Abstract:
In a process for the purification and recovery of the contaminated solution of catalyst produced on carbonylation of methanol and/or methyl acetate and/or dimethyl ether and containing carbonyl complexes of rhodium, organic and/or inorganic promoters, undistillable organic impurities and acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ethylidene diacetate, the organic impurities and acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ethylidene diacetate are removed from the contaminated solution of catalyst by extraction at pressures from 35 to 450 bar and temperatures from 0 to 120.degree.C with a liquefied or supercritical gas, and the phase of the liquefied or supercritical gas is separated from the purified, promoter-containing catalyst solution, the phase of the liquefied or supercritical gas is separated by flash vaporization, the recovered gas is re-employed for extraction, acetic acid, acetic anhydride and ethylidene diacetate are separated off from the component which remains liquid, and are combined with the purified catalyst complex to prepare fresh catalyst solution and, finally, the organic impurities remaining as the residue on separation of the phase of the liquefied or supercritical gas is purged.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR SEPARATING IODINE AND ITS COMPOUNDS FROM THE CARBONYLATION PRODUCTS OBTAINED BY SUBJECTING DIMETHYLETHER, METHYL ACETATE OR METHANOL TO A CARBONYLATION REACTION The disclosure relates to a process for separating iodine and its compounds from the carbonylation products acetic acid, acetic anhydride or ethylidene diacetate obtained by subjecting dimethylether, methyl acetate or methanol to a carbonylation reaction. For reducing the quantity of total iodine cantaminating the carbonylation products to less than 20 ppb iodine, the disclosure provides for the carbonylation products to be treated at temperatures of 20 to 250.degree.C with an alkyl or aryl phosphine or a heterocyclic aromatic nitrogen compound and at least one of the metals copper, silver, zinc or cadmium or their compounds and to be distillatively separated from the iodine thereby fixed in non-volatile form.