摘要:
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 at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to obtain a stream II which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and water as the secondary component, and a stream III which comprises trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components, and a stream X which comprises water, trioxane and formaldehyde, c) distilling the stream III, optionally after removing low boilers from the stream III in a low boiler removal stage, in a second distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar, 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 which consists substantially of trioxane and the recycle stream V which comprises trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components, d) feeding the stream X and if appropriate a stream IX which comprises water as the main component 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.
摘要:
The invention relates to an integrated process for preparing trioxane from formaldehyde, comprising the steps of: a) a stream A1 comprising water and formaldehyde and a recycle stream B2 consisting substantially of water and formaldehyde are fed to a trioxane synthesis reactor and allowed to react to obtain a product stream A2 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde; b) stream A2 is fed to a first low-pressure distillation column and distilled at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to obtain a stream B1 enriched in trioxane and additionally comprising water and formaldehyde, and the recycle stream B2 consisting substantially of formaldehyde and water; c) stream B1 and a recycle stream D1 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde are fed to a second low-pressure distillation column and distilled at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to obtain a stream C1 comprising predominantly trioxane and additionally formaldehyde and water, and a stream C2 consisting substantially of formaldehyde and water; d) stream C1 is fed to a high-pressure distillation column and distilled at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar to obtain the recycle stream D1 and a product stream D2 consisting substantially of trioxane, in which a removal of the low boilers present in streams B1 or C1 may be undertaken between steps b) and c) or c) and d).
摘要:
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) mixing the use stream I with a recycle stream VII which comprises trioxane as the main component and formaldehyde and water as the secondary components to obtain a feed stream Ia which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and trioxane and water as the secondary components, c) distilling the use stream Ia in a first distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to obtain a stream II which comprises formaldehyde as the main component and water as the secondary component, and a stream III which comprises trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components, d) distilling the stream III, optionally after removing low boilers from the stream III in a low boiler removal stage, in a second distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar, 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 which consists substantially of trioxane and a stream V which comprises trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components, e) optionally mixing the stream V with a stream IX which comprises water as the main component to obtain a stream Va having a higher water content than the stream V, the stream Va comprising trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components, f) distilling the stream V or Va in a third distillation stage at a pressure of from 1 to 10 bar to obtain a stream VI which consists substantially of water and the recycle stream VII which comprises trioxane as the main component and water and formaldehyde as the secondary components
摘要:
A process for preparing formaldehyde by gas-phase oxidation of methanol vapor by means of a gas stream comprising molecular oxygen in the presence of a fixed-bed catalyst comprising iron and molybdenum, wherein the process is carried out in a reactor (1) having heat-exchange plates (2) which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the reactor (1) and have a spacing between them and through which a heat transfer medium flows, inlet and outlet facilities (3, 4) for the heat transfer medium to the heat-exchange plates (2) and also gaps (5) between heat-exchange plates (2) in which the fixed-bed catalyst is present and into which the methanol vapor and the gas stream comprising molecular oxygen are passed, is described.
摘要:
A process for preparing polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7) by homopolymerization or copolymerization of trioxane, starting from methanol (1), in which methanol (1) is oxidized in a first reactor in a first production plant (A) to give an aqueous formaldehyde-comprising stream (2) which is fed to a second production plant (B) in which pure trioxane (6) is obtained and removal of low boilers (5) by distillation is carried out and the pure trioxane (6) is fed to a third production plant (C) in which it is homopolymerized or copolymerized to form polyoxymethylene homopolymers or copolymers (7), wherein the low boiler stream (5) from the low boiler removal column (K 2) is recycled to the feed stream into the first reactor in the first production plant (A), is proposed.
摘要:
A process for separating trioxane from a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde, trioxane and water, in which a) a feed stream I comprising formaldehyde as main component and trioxane and water as secondary components is provided, b) the feed stream I, a recycle stream V and a recycle stream VII comprising formaldehyde as main component and water and trioxane as secondary components are fed into a first distillation stage and distilled at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to give a stream II comprising formaldehyde as main component and water as secondary component and a stream III comprising trioxane as main component and water and formaldehyde as secondary components and a stream X comprising water, trioxane and formaldehyde, c) the stream III is, if appropriate after removal of low boilers from the stream III in a low boiler removal stage, distilled in a second distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.2 to 17.5 bar, with the pressure in the second distillation stage being from 0.1 to 15 bar higher than the pressure in the first distillation stage, to give a stream IV consisting essentially of trioxane and the recycle stream V comprising trioxane as main component and water and formaldehyde as secondary components, c1) the stream IV is purified in at least one further trioxane distillation stage at a pressure at the top of from 0.5 to 2 bar to give purified trioxane as side offtake stream XII in the enrichment section of the column, d) the stream X and, if appropriate, a stream IX comprising water as main component are fed into a third distillation stage and distilled at a pressure of from 1 to 10 bar to give a stream VI consisting essentially of water and a recycle stream VII comprising formaldehyde as main component and water and trioxane as secondary components, is described.
摘要:
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.
摘要:
The invention relates to an integrated process for preparing trioxane from formaldehyde in which, in a first step, a stream A1 comprising water and formaldehyde and a recycle stream B2 consisting substantially of water and formaldehyde are fed to a trioxane synthesis reactor in which the formaldehyde is converted to trioxane to obtain a product stream A2 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde. Stream A2 and a recycle stream D1 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde are fed to a first distillation column and distilled at a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 2.5 bar to obtain a stream B1 enriched in trioxane, and the stream B2 consisting substantially of water and formaldehyde. Stream B1 is fed to a second distillation column and distilled at a pressure in the range from 0.2 to 17.5 bar to obtain a product stream C2 consisting substantially of trioxane, and a stream C1 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde. Stream C1 is fed to a third distillation column and distilled at a pressure in the range from 1 to 10 bar to obtain the recycle stream D1 comprising trioxane, water and formaldehyde, and a stream D2 consisting substantially of water.
摘要:
Processes are disclosed comprising: (a) reacting an aqueous formaldehyde solution in a reactor in the presence of a suitable catalyst to obtain a reaction product mixture comprising trioxane, formaldehyde and water; (b) distilling the reaction product mixture to form a top stream comprising crude trioxane; and (c) treating the top stream in one or more additional stages to form pure trioxane; wherein an aqueous sidestream is drawn off during the distilling of the reaction mixture.
摘要:
Process for preparing high-concentration gaseous formaldehyde having a molar CH2O:H2O ratio of ≧0.6 from an aqueous formaldehyde solution by evaporation of at least part of the solution, in which the aqueous formaldehyde solution is heated to a vaporization temperature T and the gas phase formed is taken off, wherein the evaporation temperature T obeys the relationship: T[° C.]≧T′min[° C.] where T′min(c)=A+B×(c/100)+C×(c/100)2+D×(c/100)3 and A=+68.759, B=+124.77, C=−12.851, D=−10.095, where c is the instantaneous CH2O content of the aqueous formaldehyde solution during the evaporation in percent by weight and is from 20 to 99% by weight.