Method for separating and purifying mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of separation and purification, and particularly relates to a method for separating and purifying a mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water.
Background
Toluene and acetonitrile are important solvents in the chemical industry. Because acetonitrile and toluene can form the lowest azeotrope, the azeotropic mixture of acetonitrile and toluene generated in the chemical production process cannot be separated by direct rectification. The extraction and batch rectification are particularly suitable for the separation of products in the field of chemical plants, and have low requirements on equipment and wide application prospects. Therefore, the azeotropic mixture of acetonitrile and toluene needs to be separated by extraction and intermittent azeotropic distillation
At present, in the separation process of toluene and acetonitrile, extracting and rectifying by using extracting agents such as dimethylbenzene, diethylbenzene and the like are generally used, but the defects that a new solvent is brought in, pure toluene is difficult to obtain, the added extracting agent is large in dosage, and the energy consumption in the separation process is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a method for separating and purifying a mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water, which can simultaneously obtain two pure solvents of the toluene and the acetonitrile without introducing substances such as an extracting agent and the like, has the advantages of 99 percent of yield, small environmental pollution and low requirement on equipment, and is beneficial to the recovery of the two solvents of the toluene and the acetonitrile in factories.
The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a method for separating and purifying a mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water comprises the following steps:
1) extracting and layering;
adding water into the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent, stirring and layering, and collecting a toluene layer and a water layer;
2) recovering acetonitrile;
a1) heating and rectifying the water layer obtained in the step 1), and collecting acetonitrile water azeotropic fraction when the temperature is 78 ℃;
b1) adding dichloromethane into the acetonitrile water azeotrope collected in the step b1), heating, refluxing and carrying out water carrying till no water exists;
c1) heating, rectifying and collecting dichloromethane;
d1) continuously rectifying, and collecting pure acetonitrile fraction at 82 ℃;
3) recovering the toluene;
a2) directly heating the toluene layer obtained in the step 1) to reflux and carry out water until no water exists;
b2) heating and rectifying the toluene layer obtained in the step a2), and heating to 110 ℃ to obtain pure toluene fraction.
Further, in step 1), the amount of water added was 3 times the volume of the tolylacetonitrile azeotropic mixture solvent.
Further, in the step 2), heating and rectifying the water layer to 76 ℃, collecting the ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water, and mechanically applying the collected ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water to the step 1) and mixing the ternary azeotropic fraction with the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent.
Further, in the step 2), heating and rectifying to 82 ℃, collecting the toluene acetonitrile azeotrope, and mechanically applying the toluene acetonitrile azeotrope to the step 1) to be mixed with the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent;
further, in step c1), the collected dichloromethane was added to the kit in step b 1).
The invention provides a method for separating and purifying a mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water, which has the following advantages:
1) the separation and purification process of the invention is divided into two stages: in the first stage, water extraction and layering are carried out, a small amount of toluene in a water layer is removed by ternary azeotropy of toluene, acetonitrile and water in the rectification of the water layer, acetonitrile and water azeotropy is obtained by binary azeotropy of ethylene, dichloromethane reflux is utilized to carry water to remove water, and pure acetonitrile fraction is obtained by rectification; and in the second stage, the toluene layer is heated, water in the toluene layer is removed by utilizing toluene reflux with water, the binary azeotropic distillation is carried out to remove a small amount of acetonitrile in the toluene, and then the pure toluene is obtained by rectification.
2) The invention utilizes the binary azeotropic property and the ternary azeotropic property of the material for purification, does not introduce substances such as an extractant and the like, and can simultaneously obtain two pure solvents of toluene and acetonitrile; the material is not extracted in the process, so the product yield is high.
3) The method can effectively recover the toluene and acetonitrile waste liquid, has no loss in the process, has the yield of 99 percent, has small environmental pollution and low requirement on equipment, and is beneficial to the recovery of two solvents of toluene and acetonitrile in factories.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of an extraction layering process of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a process flow diagram for the recovery of acetonitrile according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the process of adding methylene chloride for applying step b1) according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a constant flow chart of the process for rectifying acetonitrile of the present invention
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a process for recovering toluene in accordance with the present invention.
Detailed Description
With reference to fig. 1-5, the method for separating and purifying the mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water provided by the invention comprises the following steps:
1) extracting and layering;
adding water into the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent, stirring and layering, and collecting a toluene layer and a water layer;
2) recovering acetonitrile;
a1) heating and rectifying the water layer obtained in the step 1), and collecting acetonitrile water azeotropic fraction when the temperature is 78 ℃;
b1) adding dichloromethane into the acetonitrile water azeotrope collected in the step b1), heating, refluxing and carrying out water carrying till no water exists;
c1) heating, rectifying and collecting dichloromethane;
d1) continuously rectifying, and collecting pure acetonitrile fraction at 82 ℃;
3) recovering the toluene;
a2) directly heating the toluene layer obtained in the step 1) to reflux and carry out water until no water exists;
b2) heating and rectifying the toluene layer obtained in the step a2), and heating to 110 ℃ to obtain pure toluene fraction.
Adding water into the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent, stirring and layering to form a toluene layer and a water layer; wherein the toluene layer contains a large amount of toluene and a part of acetonitrile; the aqueous layer contained a significant amount of acetonitrile and some toluene. The amount of water added was 3 times the volume of the tolylacetonitrile azeotropic mixture solvent.
In the present invention, the process flow for recovering acetonitrile from the water layer is shown in FIG. 1. In order to remove toluene in the water layer, the water layer is heated and rectified firstly, and acetonitrile water azeotropic fraction is collected when the temperature is 78 ℃; adding dichloromethane into acetonitrile water azeotrope, heating and refluxing to carry water until no water exists; ) Heating, rectifying and collecting dichloromethane; continuing rectification and collecting pure acetonitrile fraction at 82 ℃. The temperature is raised and the distillation is carried out to obtain acetonitrile and water azeotrope, methylene dichloride reflux with water is utilized to remove water, the distillation is carried out to obtain pure acetonitrile fraction, and the recovered acetonitrile has high purity and high yield.
In the process of heating and rectifying the water layer, when the temperature of the water layer is raised and rectified to 76 ℃, ternary azeotropic fractions of toluene, acetonitrile and water are generated; in order to avoid the waste of the ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water, the ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water is collected, the collected ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water is applied to the step 1), and the ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water is mixed with the azeotropic mixed solvent of toluene and acetonitrile.
The process flow for recovering toluene from the toluene layer is shown in FIG. 2. Because the toluene layer contains part of acetonitrile, in order to remove the acetonitrile in the toluene layer, the toluene layer is directly heated and refluxed with water until no water exists; then heating the toluene layer for rectification, and heating to 110 ℃ to obtain pure toluene fraction. No other substances are introduced in the steps, so that the purity and the yield of the toluene can be improved.
It is noted that in the toluene layer heating process, when the toluene layer is heated and rectified to 82 ℃, a toluene acetonitrile azeotrope is generated; in order to avoid the waste of the tolunitrile azeotrope, the tolunitrile azeotrope can be recycled, the collected tolunitrile azeotrope is applied to the step 1) and mixed with a tolunitrile azeotropic mixed solvent;
wherein, in order to recycle the dichloromethane, the collected dichloromethane is added to the step b 1).
In order to further illustrate the present invention, the following examples are provided to describe the separation and purification method of a mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water according to the present invention in detail, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
The method for separating and purifying the mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water comprises the following steps:
1) extracting and layering;
adding water into the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent, stirring and layering, and collecting a toluene layer and a water layer; the adding amount of water is 3 times of the volume amount of the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent;
2) recovering acetonitrile;
a1) heating and rectifying the water layer obtained in the step 1), and collecting acetonitrile water azeotropic fraction when the temperature is 78 ℃;
b1) adding dichloromethane into the acetonitrile water azeotrope collected in the step b)1, and heating and refluxing to carry water until no water exists;
c1) heating, rectifying and collecting dichloromethane;
d1) continuously rectifying, and collecting pure acetonitrile fraction at 82 ℃;
3) recovering the toluene;
a2) directly heating the toluene layer obtained in the step 1) to reflux and carry out water until no water exists;
b2) heating and rectifying the toluene layer obtained in the step a2), and heating to 110 ℃ to obtain pure toluene fraction.
Example 2
The method for separating and purifying the mixed solvent containing acetonitrile, toluene and water comprises the following steps:
1) extracting and layering;
adding water into the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent, stirring and layering, and collecting a toluene layer and a water layer; the adding amount of water is 3 times of the volume amount of the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent;
2) recovering acetonitrile;
a1) heating and rectifying the water layer obtained in the step 1), heating and rectifying the water layer to 76 ℃, collecting the ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water, applying the collected ternary azeotropic fraction of toluene, acetonitrile and water to the step 1), and mixing the ternary azeotropic fraction with the toluene and acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent; raising the temperature to 78 ℃ again and collecting acetonitrile water azeotropic fraction;
b1) adding dichloromethane into the acetonitrile water azeotrope collected in the step b)1, and heating and refluxing to carry water until no water exists;
c1) heating, rectifying and collecting dichloromethane; the collected dichloromethane is added and reused in the step b 1);
d1) continuously rectifying, and collecting pure acetonitrile fraction at 82 ℃, wherein the purity of acetonitrile is more than 99 percent, and the application yield is 99 percent;
3) recovering the toluene;
a2) directly heating the toluene layer obtained in the step 1) to reflux and carry out water until no water exists;
b2) heating and rectifying the toluene layer obtained in the step a2), heating and rectifying to 82 ℃, collecting a toluene acetonitrile azeotrope, mechanically applying the toluene acetonitrile azeotrope to the step 1), and mixing the toluene acetonitrile azeotrope with a toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent; and then heating to 110 ℃ to obtain pure toluene fraction, wherein the purity of the toluene is more than 99 percent, and the recycling yield is 99 percent.
Taking the separation and purification method provided in example 2 as an example, the separation and purification of the mixed solvent of acetonitrile, toluene and water is performed, and the purity and the rate of use of acetonitrile and toluene are measured.
In the test process, the acetonitrile in the toluene acetonitrile azeotropic mixed solvent in the step 1) is 76.26 percent, and the toluene is 23.74 percent (volume percentage). The test result is that the toluene purity of the toluene, acetonitrile and water ternary azeotropic fraction collected at 76 ℃ in the step a1) is 65 percent, and the acetonitrile purity is 35 percent; collecting acetonitrile water azeotropic distillation at 78 ℃, wherein the acetonitrile water azeotropic distillation consists of 15% of water and 75% of acetonitrile (volume percentage); the dichloromethane collected in step c1) consisted of 1.5% water, 98.5% dichloromethane (volume percent); the purity of acetonitrile in the pure acetonitrile fraction collected at 82 ℃ in step d1) is more than 99%; the purity of toluene in the pure toluene fraction obtained at 110 ℃ in step b2) was more than 99%.
And the application yield of the step 2) and the step 3) is 99 percent.
In conclusion, the above embodiments are merely intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention and not to limit, although the present invention has been described by referring to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.