System for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol and using method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of rectification separation, in particular to a system for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol and a using method thereof.
Background
Methyl acetate, also known as methyl acetate (C3H6O2), is a colorless, transparent, odorous liquid with a density approaching that of water, up to 0.92 kg/L. Methyl acetate is slightly soluble in water, can be mixed with most of organic solutions, has relatively high dissolving power, can effectively dissolve vinyl, epoxy, polyester and phenolic resin substances, can replace ethyl ester, acetone, chlorofluorocarbon and other substances to a certain extent, and has higher practicability.
Methyl acetate can be used for preparing various chemical products, and is a very common organic chemical product raw material. The methyl acetate can be used for preparing ethanol, and the C-O bond and the C-C bond can be adsorbed and dissociated by noble metal catalysts such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium and the like to prepare the ethanol; or the C-O bond is selectively hydrogenated to prepare the ethanol by adopting a copper-based or copper-zinc catalyst.
The standard boiling points of methyl acetate and ethanol at atmospheric pressure are 57.1 ℃ and 78.3 ℃, the two compounds form binary minimum azeotrope when the ethanol composition is 3.1wt%, the azeotropic temperature is 57.0 ℃, and the two compounds can not be efficiently separated by using the traditional separation method.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the technical problems, the invention provides a system for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol and a using method thereof.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a system for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol and a using method thereof comprise an extraction rectifying tower and a flash tank, wherein an extraction outlet of the extraction rectifying tower is connected with a first condenser capable of controlling condensation reflux quantity, a discharge end of the first condenser is connected with an extraction pipe and a return pipe, and the other end of the return pipe is connected with the extraction rectifying tower; the discharge gate of extraction rectifying column pass through the discharging pipe with the feed end of flash tank is connected, be equipped with on the discharging pipe with the reboiler of extraction rectifying column intercommunication, the discharge gate of flash tank through the flow tube with the charge door of extraction rectifying column is connected, be equipped with the heat exchanger on the flow tube, the extraction end of flash tank is connected with the second condenser.
Preferably, the number of the plates of the extractive distillation column is 31-41.
Preferably, the reflux ratio of the extractive distillation tower is 0.2-4.0: 1.
The use method of the system for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol comprises the following steps:
s1, adding a mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol into the extractive distillation tower from a feed inlet of the extractive distillation tower, adding an extracting agent into the extractive distillation tower from a feed inlet of the extractive distillation tower, allowing the extracted methyl acetate to enter the first condenser through a production outlet at the top of the extractive distillation tower for reflux and production, wherein the reflux ratio is 0.2-4.0: 1, and allowing tower kettle material flow to enter the flash tank through a discharge outlet;
s2, carrying out flash evaporation on tower bottom material flow of the extractive distillation tower in the flash evaporation tank, and collecting ethanol after the ethanol flash evaporation is condensed from the top of the flash evaporation tank through the second condenser;
and S3, conveying the residual extractant in the flash tank to the extractive distillation column from the feed inlet of the extractive distillation column after the heat exchange of the flowing pipe and the heat exchanger, and simultaneously adding fresh extractant from the feed inlet of the extractive distillation column to mix with the residual extractant.
Preferably, the operating pressure of the extraction and rectification tower is 101kPa, the tower top temperature is 56-58 ℃, and the tower bottom temperature is 101-103 ℃.
Preferably, the operating pressure of the flash tank is 10-50 kPa, and the flash temperature is 100-180 ℃.
Preferably, the position of the feed inlet on the extractive distillation tower corresponds to 8-25 trays of the extractive distillation tower; and the position of the feed inlet on the extractive distillation tower corresponds to 1-5 tower plates of the extractive distillation tower.
Preferably, the extracting agent is a hydrogen bond acceptor choline chloride and a hydrogen bond donor urea according to a molar ratio of 1: 2 to form a eutectic solvent.
Preferably, the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.7-1.2: 1.
preferably, the mass fractions of methyl acetate and ethanol in the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol are 96.9wt% and 3.1wt%, respectively.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the high-purity separation of the components in the binary minimum azeotrope is realized by adopting single-tower rectification and flash tank operation, and the process is simple and easy to implement;
2. the purity of the separated methyl acetate is as high as 99.0-99.6%, and the purity of the ethanol is as high as 99.0-99.6%;
3. the extractant is recycled through flash evaporation of the flash tank, and the separation cost is reduced.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-an extractive distillation tower, 2-a flash tank, 3-a first condenser, 4-a return pipe, 5-an extraction pipe, 6-a discharge pipe, 7-a reboiler, 8-a flow pipe, 9-a heat exchanger and 10-a second condenser.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the system for extractive distillation of methyl acetate and ethanol according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an extractive distillation column 1 and a flash tank 2, wherein the upper portion of the extractive distillation column 1 is provided with a feed inlet 103, the middle portion of the extractive distillation column 1 is provided with a feed inlet 104, the top portion of the extractive distillation column is provided with a feed outlet 102, the bottom portion of the extractive distillation column 1 is provided with a discharge outlet 101, the feed outlet 102 of the extractive distillation column 1 is connected with a first condenser 3 capable of controlling condensation reflux amount, the discharge end of the first condenser 3 is connected with a feed outlet pipe 5 and a return pipe 4, and the other end of the return pipe 4 is connected with the extractive distillation column 1; the discharge port 101 of the extraction and rectification tower 1 is connected with the feed end of the flash tank 2 through a discharge pipe 6, the discharge pipe 6 is provided with a reboiler 7 communicated with the extraction and rectification tower 1, the discharge port 201 of the flash tank 2 is connected with the feed port 103 of the extraction and rectification tower 1 through a flow pipe 8, and the flow pipe 8 is provided with a heat exchanger 9; the extraction end of the flash tank 2 is connected with a second condenser 10.
Preferably, the number of the plates of the extractive distillation column 1 is 31-41.
Preferably, the reflux ratio of the extractive distillation column 1 is 0.2-4.0: 1.
The use method of the system for extracting and rectifying methyl acetate and ethanol comprises the following steps:
s1, adding a mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol into the extractive distillation tower 1 from a feed inlet 104 of the extractive distillation tower 1, adding an extracting agent into the extractive distillation tower 1 from a feed inlet 103 of the extractive distillation tower 1, allowing the extracted methyl acetate to enter the first condenser 3 through a discharge outlet 102 of the extractive distillation tower top 1 for reflux and extraction, wherein the reflux ratio is 0.2-4.0: 1, and allowing tower bottom material flow to enter the flash tank 2 through a discharge outlet 101;
s2, carrying out flash evaporation on tower bottom material flow of the extraction and rectification tower 1 in the flash evaporation tank 2, and condensing the flash-evaporated ethanol from the top of the flash evaporation tank 2 through the second condenser 10 and then extracting the ethanol;
s3, conveying the residual extracting agent in the flash tank 2 to the extractive distillation column 1 from the feed inlet 103 of the extractive distillation column 1 after passing through the flow pipe 8 and exchanging heat by the heat exchanger 9, and simultaneously adding fresh extracting agent from the feed inlet 103 of the extractive distillation column 1 to mix with the residual extracting agent.
Preferably, the operating pressure of the extractive distillation column 1 is 101kPa, the temperature at the top of the column is 56-58 ℃, and the temperature at the bottom of the column is 101-103 ℃.
Preferably, the operating pressure of the flash tank 2 is 10-50 kPa, and the flash temperature is 100-180 ℃.
Preferably, the position of the feed inlet 104 on the extractive distillation column 1 corresponds to 8-25 trays of the extractive distillation column 1; the position of the feed inlet 103 on the extractive distillation column 1 corresponds to 1-5 tower plates of the extractive distillation column 1.
Preferably, the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.7-1.2: 1.
preferably, the mass fractions of methyl acetate and ethanol in the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol are 96.9wt% and 3.1wt%, respectively.
Example 1:
the number of the tower plates of the extraction rectifying tower 1 is 31 (the number of the tower plates is counted from top to bottom), the extracting agent is a mixture of hydrogen bond acceptor choline chloride and hydrogen bond donor urea according to the molar ratio of 1: 2 the eutectic solvent formed is added from the 3 rd plate with the flow rate of 8500 kg/h; the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is added from the 10 th plate, the flow rate is 10000kg/h, and the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.85: 1, the components of which are 3.1wt percent of ethanol and 96.9wt percent of methyl acetate; the extractive distillation column 1 was operated at 101kPa with a top temperature of 56 ℃ and a bottom temperature of 101 ℃ and a top reflux ratio of 2: 1.
The pressure of the flash tank 2 is 10kPa, the flash temperature is 100 ℃, the mass fraction of methyl acetate after separation is 99.6%, the mass fraction of ethanol is 99.6%, the recovery rate of the solvent is 99.99%, and the mass fraction of the solvent is 99.99%.
Example 2:
the number of the tower plates of the extraction rectifying tower 1 is 31 (the number of the tower plates is counted from top to bottom), the extracting agent is a mixture of hydrogen bond acceptor choline chloride and hydrogen bond donor urea according to the molar ratio of 1: 2 the eutectic solvent formed is added from the 5 th plate with a flow rate of 8500 kg/h; the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is added from the 10 th plate, the flow rate is 10000kg/h, and the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.85: 1, the components of which are 3.1wt percent of ethanol and 96.9wt percent of methyl acetate; the extractive distillation column 1 was operated at 101kPa with a top temperature of 56 ℃ and a bottom temperature of 101 ℃ and a top reflux ratio of 1: 1.
The pressure of the flash tank 2 is 30kPa, the flash temperature is 140 ℃, the mass fraction of the separated methyl acetate is 99.5%, the mass fraction of the ethanol is 99.6%, the recovery rate of the solvent is 99.99%, and the mass fraction of the solvent is 99.99%.
Example 3:
the number of the tower plates of the extraction rectifying tower 1 is 31 (the number of the tower plates is counted from top to bottom), the extracting agent is a mixture of hydrogen bond acceptor choline chloride and hydrogen bond donor urea according to the molar ratio of 1: 2 the eutectic solvent formed is added from the 3 rd plate with the flow rate of 8500 kg/h; the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is fed from the 20 th plate, the flow rate is 10000kg/h, and the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.85: 1, the components of which are 3.1wt percent of ethanol and 96.9wt percent of methyl acetate; the extractive distillation column 1 was operated at 101kPa with a top temperature of 57 ℃ and a bottom temperature of 102 ℃ and a top reflux ratio of 0.5: 1.
The pressure of the flash tank 2 is 40kPa, the flash temperature is 140 ℃, the mass fraction of methyl acetate after separation is 99.0%, the mass fraction of ethanol is 99.3%, the recovery rate of the solvent is 99.99%, and the mass fraction of the solvent is 99.99%.
Example 4:
the number of the tower plates of the extraction rectifying tower 1 is 31 (the number of the tower plates is counted from top to bottom), the extracting agent is a mixture of hydrogen bond acceptor choline chloride and hydrogen bond donor urea according to the molar ratio of 1: 2 the eutectic solvent formed is added from the 3 rd plate with the flow rate of 8500 kg/h; the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is added from the 10 th plate, the flow rate is 10000kg/h, and the feeding mass ratio of the extracting agent to the feeding liquid of the mixture of methyl acetate and ethanol is 0.85: 1, the components of which are 3.1wt percent of ethanol and 96.9wt percent of methyl acetate; the extractive distillation column 1 was operated at 101kPa with a top temperature of 58 ℃ and a bottom temperature of 103 ℃ and a top reflux ratio of 0.8: 1.
The pressure of the flash tank 2 is 20kPa, the flash temperature is 120 ℃, the mass fraction of methyl acetate after separation is 99.3%, the mass fraction of ethanol is 99.6%, the recovery rate of the solvent is 99.99%, and the mass fraction of the solvent is 99.99%.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.