Abstract:
The invention relates to a reactor (1) for producing phosgene by reacting carbon monoxide and chlorine in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst, which is arranged in the contact tubes (2) of a bundle of contact tubes (2), which are welded into a tube bottom (3) in each case at both ends of said contact tubes, the starting materials being fed at the upper end of the contact tubes (2) and the gaseous reaction mixture being drained at the lower end of the contact tubes (2), through a hood in each case, and having feed and discharge devices for a liquid heat exchanger (6) in the intermediate space (4) between the contact tubes (2), the flow of the heat exchanger (6) in the jacket space (4) between the contact tubes (2) being directed by means of baffle plates (5), which alternately leave open passage openings (7) located opposite each other at the reactor inner wall, the baffle plates (5) comprising circular segment-shaped holes in the passage openings, and the reactor (1) having no tubes in the area of the passage openings (7), characterized in that the heat transfer coefficients at the boundary layer between the catalyst tubes (2) and the heat exchanger (6) are homogenized over each reactor cross-section in that the flow paths of the heat exchanger (6) in each reactor cross-section, in each case measured from the first to the last contact tube (2) in the flow direction of the heat exchanger (6), are equalized through a changed arrangement of the contact tubes (2).
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 reactor (1) for producing phosgene by reacting carbon monoxide and chlorine in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst, which is provided in a plurality of contact tubes (2) which are arranged parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and which are welded into a tube bottom (3) in each case at both ends of said contact tubes, the starting materials being fed at the upper end of the contact tubes (2) and the gaseous reaction mixture being drained at the lower end of the contact tubes (2), through a hood in each case, and having feed and discharge devices for a liquid heat exchanger (7) in the jacket space (4) between the contact tubes (2), the flow of the heat exchanger (7) in the jacket space (4) between the contact tubes (2) being directed in a meandering manner by means of baffle plates (5), in each case a baffle plate (5) leaving open two circular segment-shaped passage openings (6) located opposite of each other at the reactor inner wall, and in each case the directly following baffle plate leaving open a central passage opening (11), which is bounded by two straight lines that are parallel and equidistant to each other and to a reactor diameter, and the reactor (1) having no tubes in the area of the circular segment-shaped passage openings (6) and in the area of the central passage opening (11), characterized in that the plurality of contact tubes (2) oriented parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) are arranged in two bundles of contact tubes (2) that are identical to each other and that are separated from each other by an area free of contact tubes that extends along a reactor diameter on both sides, and the heat transfer coefficients at the boundary layer between the contact tubes (2) and the heat exchanger (7) are homogenized over each reactor cross-section in that the flow paths of the heat exchanger (7) in each reactor cross-section, in each case measured from the first to the last contact tube (2) in the flow direction of the heat exchanger (7), are equalized through a changed arrangement of the contact tubes (2).
Abstract:
The present invention accordingly provides a process for preparing light-colored polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanates comprising the steps (a) providing an amount of chlorine, (b) separating the chlorine provided in the step (a) to obtain a first chlorine fraction having a content of free and bound bromine and iodine of
Abstract:
The present invention accordingly provides a process for preparing light-colored polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanates comprising the steps (a) providing an amount of chlorine, (b) separating the chlorine provided in the step (a) to obtain a first chlorine fraction having a content of free and bound bromine and iodine of