Abstract:
A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising(a) reacting propene, optionally admixed with propane, with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence of acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B, optionally propene and optionally propane, wherein the normal boiling point of the at least one component B is higher than the normal boiling point of acetonitrile and wherein the decadic logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient (log K ow ) of the at least one component B is greater than zero; (b) separating propylene oxidefrom S0, obtaining a stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and the at least one further component B; (c) dividing S1 into two streams S2 and S3;(d) subjecting S3 to a vapor-liquid fractionation in a fractionation unit, obtaining a vapor fraction stream S4 being depleted of the at least one component B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4, optionally after work-up, to (a).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a micropowder, wherein the particles of the micropowder have a Dv10 value of at least 2 micrometer and the micropowder comprises mesopores which have an average pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm and comprise, based on the weight of the micropowder, at least 95 weight-% of a microporous aluminum-free zeolitic material of structure type MWW containing titanium and zinc.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an olefin oxide from a reaction mixture stream in an epoxidation reactor R, wherein R contains z active reaction tubes T(i) arranged in parallel, z≥2, i=1...z, wherein each T(i) comprises a reaction zone Z(i) comprising a heterogeneous epoxidation catalyst, said reaction mixture stream comprising x components C(j), x≥3, j=1...x, the process comprising (i) providing m educt streams E(k), m≥1, k=1...m, wherein each E(k) exhibits a mass flow rate FE(k) and comprises y components C(j), y=1...x, wherein a given component C(j) is contained in at least one E(k); (ii) dividing each E(k) into n educt substreams S(k,i), n≤z, each S(k,i) exhibiting a mass flow rate Fs(k,i), wherein to at least one E(k), the inequality (1) applies: Formulas (1), (2), (3), (iii) providing n reaction mixtures streams M(i) comprising the x components C(j), said providing comprising, for each i, either combining and admixing the n educt substreams S(k,i) obtaining the n reaction mixtures M(i) if m>1, or passing on the n educt substreams S(k,i) as the n reaction mixtures M(i) if m=1; (iv) feeding each M(i) obtained according to (iii) into Z(i) and contacting each M(i) in Z(i) with the epoxidation catalyst under epoxidation reaction conditions; wherein the x components C(j) comprise hydrogen peroxide, an organic solvent, and the olefin. The present invention further relates to an olefin oxide obtained or obtainable from said process.
Abstract:
A method for separating acetonitrile from water, comprising (i) providing a stream S1 containing at least 95 wt.-%, based on the total weight of S1, acetonitrile and water, wherein the weight ratio of acetonitrile : water is greater than 1; (ii) adding a stream P, comprising at least 95 wt.-% C3, based on the total weight of stream P, to S1 to obtain a mixed stream S2, C3 being propene optionally admixed with propane with a minimum weight ratio of propene : propane of 7:3; (iii) subjecting S2 to a temperature of 92 °C at most and a pressure of at least 10 bar, obtaining a first liquid phase L1 essentially consisting of C3, acetonitrile, and water, and a second liquid phase 12 essentially consisting of water and acetonitrile wherein the weight ratio of acetonitrile : water in L2 is less than 1; (iv) separating L1 from L2.
Abstract:
A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.4; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MVVW comprising zinc, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation reactor, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, the at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid, optionally propene, and optionally propane; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least a portion of the at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid, optionally propene, and optionally propane.
Abstract:
A continuous process for the production of propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic solution in the presence of a titanium silicalite-1 catalyst to obtain propylene oxide, wherein a reaction feed comprising propene, methanol and hydrogen peroxide is introduced into a reactor, said reaction feed containing potassium cations and phosphorus in the form of anions of at least one phosphorus oxyacid.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the regeneration of a catalyst comprising a titanium-containing zeolite, said catalyst having been used in a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide and having phosphate deposited thereon, said process for the regeneration comprising the steps: (a) separating the reaction mixture from the catalyst, (b) washing the catalyst obtained from (a) with liquid aqueous system; (c) optionally drying the catalyst obtained from (b) in a gas stream comprising an inert gas at a temperature of less than 300 °C; (d) calcining the catalyst obtained from (c) in a gas stream comprising oxygen at a temperature of at least 300 °C.
Abstract:
A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and optionally propane; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor; wherein the concentration of the dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream is at least 10 % of the solubility limit of the potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream.
Abstract:
A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (Gl) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (Gl) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.