Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing butadiene from n-butenes, comprising the steps of: A) providing a feedstock gas stream a containing n-butenes; B) feeding the feedstock gas stream a containing n-butenes and a gas containing oxygen into at least one oxidative dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butenes to butadiene, resulting in a product gas stream b containing butadiene, unreacted n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, high-boiling secondary components, optionally carbon oxides and optionally inert gases; Ca) cooling the product gas stream b by bringing same in contact with a coolant, and condensing at least some of the high-boiling secondary components; Cb) compressing the remaining product gas stream b in at least one compression stage, resulting in at least one aqueous condensate stream c1 and one gas stream c2 containing butadiene, n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, optionally carbon oxides and optionally inert gases; Da) removing non-condensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, optionally carbon oxides and optionally inert gases as a gas stream d2 from gas stream c2 by absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising butadiene and n-butenes in an absorbent, resulting in an absorbent stream laden with C4 hydrocarbons and gas stream d2, and Db) subsequently desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorbent stream in a desorption column, resulting in a C4 product gas stream d1. The invention is characterized in that a polymerization inhibitor is added in step Db) at the column head of the desorption column.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the separation of water from a liquid phase medium containing an aliphatic carboxylic acid using azeotropic distillation in the presence of an entrainer. The entrainer, water, and organics are subsequently separated, wherein the entrainer is recycled back to the azeotropic distillation column and organics recycled back to the oxidation reactor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for removing volatile compounds from slow-evaporating fluids by rectification, using a separating agent. The invention also relates to separation methods and chemical reactions, in which slow-evaporating fluids are used, the purification of said fluids being carried out by rectification using a separating agent.
Abstract:
A process for dehydrogenation of alkylaromatic hydrocarbon, including: contacting a reactant vapor stream, comprising an alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and steam and having a first steam to alkylaromatic hydrocarbon ratio, with a dehydrogenation catalyst to form a vapor phase effluent comprising a product hydrocarbon, the steam, and unreacted alkylaromatic hydrocarbon; feeding at least a portion of the effluent to a splitter to separate the product hydrocarbon from the unreacted alkylaromatic hydrocarbon; recovered from the splitter as bottoms and overheads fractions, respectively; recovering heat from a first portion of said overheads fraction by indirect heat exchange with a mixture comprising alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and water to at least partially condense said portion and to form an azeotropic vaporization product comprising alkylaromatic vapor and steam having a second steam to alkylaromatic hydrocarbon ratio; and combining the azeotropic vaporization product with additional alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and additional steam, together or separately, to form the reactant vapor stream.
Abstract:
Indene is produced from an indene-containing coal tar distillate by adding a glycol to the indene-containing coal tar distillate and then conducting azeotropic distillation to obtain an indene fraction while eliminating benzonitrile from the indene-containing coal tar distillate.
Abstract:
An azeotropic distillation method is disclosed for separating diamondoids from a near-boiling solvent. The method is particularly useful for recovering diamondoids extracted from a produced natural gas stream via hydrocarbon solvent injection. The method involves adding water or water/furfural to form an azeotrope with the diamondoid compounds.