PROCESS FOR PREPARING 1,3-BUTADIENE FROM N-BUTENES BY OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION

    公开(公告)号:US20180072638A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15561623

    申请日:2016-03-14

    申请人: BASF SE Linde AG

    摘要: The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from n-butenes, comprising the steps of: A) providing an n-butenes-comprising input gas stream a1, B) feeding the n-butenes-comprising input gas stream al, an oxygenous gas and an oxygenous cycle gas stream a2 into at least one oxidative dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butenes to butadiene to obtain a product gas stream b comprising butadiene, unconverted n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, high-boiling secondary components, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases, Ca) cooling down the product gas stream b and optionally at least partially removing high-boiling secondary components and steam to obtain a product gas stream b′, Cb) compressing and cooling the product gas stream b′ in at least one compression and cooling stage to obtain at least one aqueous condensate stream c1 and one gas stream c2 comprising butadiene, n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases, Da) absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising butadiene and n-butenes into an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent absorption medium stream A1 in an absorption column K1 and removing noncondensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, possibly carbon oxides, aromatic hydrocarbon solvent and possibly inert gases as gas stream d2 from the gas stream c2 to obtain a C4 hydrocarbons-laden absorption medium stream A1′ and the gas stream d2 and subsequently desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorption medium stream A1′ to obtain a C4 product gas stream d1, Db) at least partially recycling the gas stream d2 into the oxidative dehydrogenation zone as cycle gas stream a2, wherein said process comprises limiting the content of aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the cycle gas stream a2 to less than 1 vol % by contacting in a further column K2 the gas stream d2 exiting the removal stage Da) with an at least partially recirculating liquid absorption medium stream A2 for the aromatic hydrocarbon solvent A1, and limiting the water content of the liquid absorption medium stream A2 in the column K2 to no more than 80 wt %.