Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the catalytic oxidation of hydrogen chloride with oxygen to form chloride in a fluidized bed method in the presence of a catalyst containing ruthenium on a particulate carrier made of alpha-aluminum oxide having an average particle size of 10 to 200 µm, characterized in that the catalyst carrier has a low surface roughness and can be obtained from a used catalyst, which has been used for at least 500 operating hours in a fluidized bed method.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for producing phosgene by reacting a feed stream (1) obtained by combining and mixing a chlorine feed stream (2) and a carbon monoxide feed stream (3), wherein the carbon monoxide is fed in a stoichiometric excess over chlorine, on contact tubes that are filled with activated-carbon beds, of a reactor R having a bundle of contact tubes, obtaining a product gas mixture (4) that is separated into a liquid, phosgene-containing product stream (5), and also an exhaust gas stream (6) containing carbon monoxide which is ejected via a pressure-retaining valve, and wherein the feed stream (1) is reacted in the reactor R and also the product gas mixture (4) is separated at a pressure in the range from 2.0 to 6.0 bar superatmospheric pressure, which is characterized in that the carbon monoxide excess in the feed steam (1) to the reactor R is controlled by continuously measuring the flow rate and the concentration of carbon monoxide in the exhaust gas stream (6), herefrom, in combination with the continuously determined measured values of the flow rate of the carbon monoxide feed stream (3), the flow rate and the chlorine concentration of the chlorine feed stream (2), the actual value of the carbon monoxide excess in the feed stream (1) to the reactor R is calculated and matched to the theoretical value of the carbon monoxide excess in the feed stream (1) to the reactor R by adapting the flow rate of the carbon monoxide feed stream (3).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling the viscosity of a mixture (125; 210) containing at least two components having different viscosities, comprising the following steps: • (a) determining the viscosity (132; 222) of the mixture (125; 210) by means of ultrasound measurements, • (b) standardizing the determined viscosity (132; 222) to standard conditions, • (c) comparing the standardized viscosity (14) with a specified target value (134; 224), • (d) adjusting the viscosity of the mixture (125; 210) by increasing or decreasing the fraction of at least one component of the mixture.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, comprising (a) the phosgenation of di- and/or polycyclic methylene diphenyl diamine, (b) the separation of the crude methylene diphenyl diisocyanate obtained into di- and polycyclic isomers, (c) the purification and/or separation of the mixture of bicyclic isomers of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate obtained, and (d) the storage of the mixtures obtained in step (c) or in step (b), wherein a portion of the stored mixtures is used again by means of recycling in at least one of steps (b) and (c).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing isocyanates through reaction of the corresponding amines with phosgene in the liquid phase, optionally in the presence of at least one inert medium, in which first the amine and the phosgene are mixed in a mixing chamber (1) to form a reaction mixture and the reaction mixture is fed to a reactor, wherein the amine is added through an opening (3) that is disposed coaxially to the mixing chamber (1) and wherein the phosgene is added through feed openings (5) in at least two planes (7, 9) disposed perpendicular to the axis (11) of the mixing chamber (1), or the phosgene is added through the opening (3) that is coaxial to the mixing chamber and the amine is added through the feed openings (5) in at least two planes (7, 9) disposed perpendicular to the axis (11) of the mixing chamber (1). At least one plane (9) is disposed upstream in the main flow direction of the reaction mixture and at least one plane (7) is disposed downstream relative to the opening (3) disposed coaxially to the mixing chamber (1). The average residence time of the reaction mixture in the mixing chamber (1) is no more than 20 ms.