CA1164014A - Process for the recovery of olefinic nitriles - Google Patents
Process for the recovery of olefinic nitrilesInfo
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- CA1164014A CA1164014A CA000392981A CA392981A CA1164014A CA 1164014 A CA1164014 A CA 1164014A CA 000392981 A CA000392981 A CA 000392981A CA 392981 A CA392981 A CA 392981A CA 1164014 A CA1164014 A CA 1164014A
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- acrylonitrile
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A multi-stage evaporator is used to remove water from the extracted distillation or stripper tower bottoms recycled as quench liquid to the quench tower of an acrylo-nitrile purification and recovery system. This results in a significant decrease in the amount of waste quench tower bottoms produced by the system. Use of a multi-effect evap-orator represents a significant energy savings as compared with other techniques for decreasing the water content of the recycle stream.
A multi-stage evaporator is used to remove water from the extracted distillation or stripper tower bottoms recycled as quench liquid to the quench tower of an acrylo-nitrile purification and recovery system. This results in a significant decrease in the amount of waste quench tower bottoms produced by the system. Use of a multi-effect evap-orator represents a significant energy savings as compared with other techniques for decreasing the water content of the recycle stream.
Claims (12)
1. In a process for the recovery and purification of acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from an ammoxidation reactor effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylo-nitrile, acetonitrile and heavy organic impurities which comprises:
(a) contacting said reactor effluent with an aqueous quench liquid to produce a gaseous quench effluent and a liquid quench bottoms product, (b) absorbing said gaseous quench effluent with water to produce a first aqueous solution con-taining acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, aceto-nitrile and said impurities, (c) extractively distilling said first aqueous solution with a water-containing stream to produce a gaseous effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile and a liquid bottoms product containing water, acetonitrile and said heavy organics, (d) stripping acetonitrile from said liquid bottoms product thereby producing a stripper bottoms product containing water and said heavy organic impurities, and (e) recycling said stripper bottoms product to step (a) to serve as said quench liquid, the improvement comprising removing water from said stripper bottoms product by multi-effect evaporation prior to returning said stripper bottoms to step (a).
(a) contacting said reactor effluent with an aqueous quench liquid to produce a gaseous quench effluent and a liquid quench bottoms product, (b) absorbing said gaseous quench effluent with water to produce a first aqueous solution con-taining acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, aceto-nitrile and said impurities, (c) extractively distilling said first aqueous solution with a water-containing stream to produce a gaseous effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile and a liquid bottoms product containing water, acetonitrile and said heavy organics, (d) stripping acetonitrile from said liquid bottoms product thereby producing a stripper bottoms product containing water and said heavy organic impurities, and (e) recycling said stripper bottoms product to step (a) to serve as said quench liquid, the improvement comprising removing water from said stripper bottoms product by multi-effect evaporation prior to returning said stripper bottoms to step (a).
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said reactor effluent contains acrylonitrile.
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3. The process of claim 2 wherein water is removed from said recycle splitter bottoms in a plurality of stages, said liquid stripper bottoms being partially evapo-rated in a first of said stages to produce a first vaporous product and a first liquid residue, said first vaporous pro-duct and first liquid residue being subjected to indirect heat exchange in a second of said stages whereby said first vaporous product condenses to form a first condensate and said first liquid product partially evaporates to form a second vaporous product and a second liquid residue.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein water is removed from said stripper bottoms in a multi-effect evapo-rator having at least three stages.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein said multi-effect evaporator has at least four stages.
6. In a process for the recovery and purification of acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from an ammoxidation reactor effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylo-nitrile, acetonitrile and heavy organic impurities which comprises:
(a) contacting said reactor effluent with an aqueous quench liquid to produce a gaseous quench effluent and a liquid quench bottoms product, (b) absorbing said gaseous quench effluent with water to produce a first aqueous solution con-taining acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, aceto-nitrile and said impurities, (c) extractively distilling said first aqueous solution with a water-containing stream to produce a gaseous effluent containing acrylonitrile 11.
(5468) and a liquid bottoms product containing water and said heavy organics, (d) removing a sidestream from the distilla-tion zone of step (c) to recover acetonitrile, and (e) recycling at least a part of said liquid bottoms product to step (a) to serve as said aqueous quench liquid, the improvement comprising removing water from said liquid bottoms product by multi-effect evaporation prior to returning said liquid bottoms product to step (a).
(a) contacting said reactor effluent with an aqueous quench liquid to produce a gaseous quench effluent and a liquid quench bottoms product, (b) absorbing said gaseous quench effluent with water to produce a first aqueous solution con-taining acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, aceto-nitrile and said impurities, (c) extractively distilling said first aqueous solution with a water-containing stream to produce a gaseous effluent containing acrylonitrile 11.
(5468) and a liquid bottoms product containing water and said heavy organics, (d) removing a sidestream from the distilla-tion zone of step (c) to recover acetonitrile, and (e) recycling at least a part of said liquid bottoms product to step (a) to serve as said aqueous quench liquid, the improvement comprising removing water from said liquid bottoms product by multi-effect evaporation prior to returning said liquid bottoms product to step (a).
7. The process of claim 6 wherein said reactor effluent contains acrylonitrile.
8. The process of claim 7 wherein water is removed from said liquid bottoms product in a plurality of stages, said liquid bottoms product being partially evapo-rated in a first of said stages to produce a first vaporous product and a first liquid residue, said first vaporous pro-duct and first liquid residue being subjected to indirect heat exchange in a second of said stages whereby said first vaporous product condenses to form a first condensate and said first liquid product partially evaporates to form a second vaporous product and a second liquid product.
9. The process of claim 8 wherein water is removed from said liquid bottoms product in a multi-effect evaporator having at least three stages.
10. The process of claim 9 wherein said multi-effect evaporator has at least four stages.
11. In a process for the recovery of acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from an ammoxidation reactor effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, acetonitrile
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(5468) and heavy organic impurities in which said reactor effluent is cooled by contact with an aqueous quench liquid to pro-duce a gaseous quench effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, and acetonitrile and a liquid quench bottoms, said quench liquid being obtained by contacting said gaseous quench effluent with water comprising removing water from said quench liquid by multiple effect evaporation prior to contacting said quench liquid with said reactor effluent.
(5468) and heavy organic impurities in which said reactor effluent is cooled by contact with an aqueous quench liquid to pro-duce a gaseous quench effluent containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile, and acetonitrile and a liquid quench bottoms, said quench liquid being obtained by contacting said gaseous quench effluent with water comprising removing water from said quench liquid by multiple effect evaporation prior to contacting said quench liquid with said reactor effluent.
Priority Applications (1)
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CA000392981A CA1164014A (en) | 1981-12-22 | 1981-12-22 | Process for the recovery of olefinic nitriles |
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CA000392981A CA1164014A (en) | 1981-12-22 | 1981-12-22 | Process for the recovery of olefinic nitriles |
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EP3300796A1 (en) * | 2014-09-29 | 2018-04-04 | Ineos Europe AG | Evaporation system for a process stream |
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