带共沸的乙醇/乙酸乙酯/2-丁酮三元物系变压精馏分离过程及其参数优化

提出了一种带两股循环的三塔变压精馏结构用于分离乙醇（C₂H₅OH）/乙酸乙酯（C₄H₈O₂-3）/2-丁酮（C₄H₈O-3）三元混合物。由该三元混合物的剩余曲线图（RCM）可知,在大气压下该混合物的每一对组元均形成二元最低共沸物,且乙醇/乙酸乙酯二元共沸物组成随压力变化敏感。三个最低共沸物的同时存在形成了精馏边界线夹紧点现象,而通常压力下的精馏塔无法跨越,以至于传统变压精馏无法应用。通过对精馏塔压力的最优化克服了这一困难,提出了新的分离流程,并对过程进行严格稳态模拟。针对初分塔（T1）塔压不同的6种流程,采用序贯迭代法对各塔的塔板数、进料板位置、回流比等参数进行了优化。通过对比6种流程的经济评价和比较,得到了T1塔的最优压力,并经过能量集成使得过程的年度总费用降低了14.88%。     

Design and Control Comparison of Alternative Separation Methods for n‐Heptane/Isobutanol

The binary mixture of n‐heptane and isobutanol forms an azeotrope at atmospheric pressure, with a composition of 66.9 mol % n‐heptane and a temperature of 364 K. Several methods of separation are possible. This study compares the steady‐state economics and the dynamic controllability of three alternative separation techniques: a two‐column extractive distillation process, a two‐column pressure‐swing distillation process, and a single column with a refrigerated condenser.     

Feasibility of new pressure swing batch distillation methods

The pressure swing distillation in different batch column configurations is investigated by feasibility study and rigorous simulation calculations. Besides studying the well known batch configurations (rectifier, stripper, middle vessel column) we also suggest two novel configurations such as double column batch rectifier (DCBR) and double column batch stripper (DCBS). The alternate application of a batch rectifier and a batch stripper is also studied. The feasibility method is based on the assumption of maximal separation. The results of the feasibility studies are verified by rigorous simulations based on less simplifying assumptions. The calculations are made by a professional dynamic flow-sheet simulator for the separation of a minimum (ethanol–toluene) and a maximum boiling (water–ethylene-diamine) azeotropic mixture. The different column configurations are compared. The DCBS (for the separation of the minimum azeotrope) and the DCBR (for the maximum azeotrope) showed several advantages (e.g. only one production step without pressure change, lower energy consumption) compared with the other configurations.     

萃取精馏分离丙酮-四氢呋喃的研究

为了分离丙酮-四氢呋喃共沸混合物,研究了萃取精馏在丙酮-四氢呋喃物系中的应用。通过溶剂选择原理初选出乙苯作为萃取精馏分离此共沸物系的溶剂,同时采用NRTL模型对常压下丙酮-四氢呋喃物系和加入溶剂乙苯后的汽液平衡进行模拟和实验验证,模拟结果与实验数据吻合较好。然后进行了间歇萃取精馏分离此共沸物的实验研究来进一步考察所选萃取剂的效果。结果表明:乙苯能够消除丙酮-四氢呋喃共沸物系的共沸点,采用有40块理论板的填料塔,回流比为5,溶剂摩尔比为2.5∶1时塔顶可以得到质量分数为99.34%的丙酮产品,说明采用乙苯作萃取剂分离丙酮-四氢呋喃共沸物是可行的。最后又对连续和间歇萃取精馏分离丙酮-四氢呋喃共沸物的流程进行了模拟,得到的工艺参数将为进一步的工业应用提供了理论依据。     

甲基氯硅烷精馏流程的模拟与优化

采用Aspen plus软件对工业七塔精馏过程进行全流程建模与模拟,优化工艺参数,研究了新的精馏节能工艺。对一甲塔等7个精馏塔采用双因素水平的灵敏度分析,考察了塔釜采出率、回流比、进料位置和塔顶压力对产品浓度和热负荷的影响,确定一甲塔最优的工艺参数：塔釜摩尔采出率为0.92,摩尔回流比为130,塔顶压力为0.18 MPa,总理论板数为400,在210块理论板位置进料。在此基础上,针对高能耗的脱高塔/脱低塔,模拟研究了双效精馏新工艺,新工艺可节省39.70%的年总成本;针对一甲塔模拟研究了热泵精馏新工艺,新工艺可降低41.42%的年总成本。     

甲基异丁基酮分离过程中精馏-渗透汽化集成工艺的研究

对丙酮一步法生产甲基异丁基酮(MIBK)部分精馏流程进行了工艺分析,MIBK脱轻塔进料液中少量水的存在使MI-BK脱轻塔运行不稳定,进而影响MIBK合成液的整个分离过程。针对这个问题,提出了精馏-渗透汽化集成的工艺方案,省去MIBK脱轻塔。建立了渗透汽化小试实验,研究了NaA分子筛膜的渗透汽化过程以及分离性能。用Aspen Plus软件对精馏-渗透汽化集成工艺进行了模拟,与精馏过程相比,在MIBK产品质量与收率相同情况下,操作成本降低了20%,总成本可降低15%。     

Separation of ethyl acetate–isooctane mixture by heteroazeotropic batch distillation

This paper studies the separation of an ethyl acetate–isooctane mixture by heterogeneous azeotropic distillation in a batch rectifying column. An initial list of 60 candidates was studied but only methanol and acetonitrile were obtained as potential heterogeneous entrainers. These entrainers form a low boiling heterogeneous azeotrope with isooctane. Experimental verification of the miscibility gap with isooctane was performed at 25 °C for each entrainer giving a smaller region for methanol than for acetonitrile. Feasibility of the heterogeneous azeotropic batch distillation was carried out experimentally in a laboratory batch distillation column having 44 theoretical equilibrium stages and using a high reflux ratio. Several distillate fractions were taken as a function of the temperature at the top of the column. For both methanol and acetonitrile, the main fraction was defined by the condensed vapor providing a liquid–liquid split of the isooctane/entrainer heteroazeotrope into the decanter. Ethyl acetate impurity was detected in both decanted phases, but in much lower amount when using acetonitrile as entrainer. The process with acetonitrile also resulted in a shorter operating time and higher purity and recovery yield of isooctane as the main distillate product. Pure ethyl acetate remained into the boiler at the end of each process.     

丙烯腈-乙腈-水热力学分析与萃取精馏过程模拟

应用模拟软件ASPEN PLUS对丙烯腈-乙腈萃取精馏进行模拟。采用NRTL热力学模型计算液相活度系数。模拟计算出的常压下气液平衡数据与文献相比较,较为吻合。通过C_3H_3N-C_2H_3N-H_2O三元物系剩余曲线与液液相平衡图分析了丙烯腈与乙腈萃取分离的可能性及丙烯腈-水共沸物分离的可能性。最后通过模拟计算得到了沿塔各组分浓度和温度分布曲线,均能达工艺分离要求。     

以苯胺为溶剂间歇萃取精馏分离甲醇-乙腈

提出和研究了以苯胺作为溶剂的甲醇-乙腈间歇萃取精馏分离工艺。根据溶剂极性相似相溶原理,结合ChemCAD软件模拟汽液平衡和汽液平衡实验确定苯胺为合适的溶剂。结果表明,不仅苯胺能够消除甲醇-乙腈物系的共沸现象,效果优于N,N-二甲基甲酰胺（DMF）,而且可以采用Wilson模型对苯胺作为溶剂的甲醇-乙腈共沸物系汽液平衡进行模拟。通过实验考察了间歇萃取精馏的分离效果。采用有33块理论板的填料塔进行间歇萃取精馏甲醇-乙腈共沸混合物分离实验,其中净化回收段填料层3块理论板,萃取精馏段填料层30块理论板,回流比为4,苯胺作为溶剂,溶剂质量比为2.5∶1时,在塔顶得到产品甲醇质量分数为98.97%,高于DMF作为溶剂时的95.76%;表明苯胺更加适合作为萃取精馏分离甲醇-乙腈共沸物系的溶剂。     

醋酸甲酯和甲醇热集成变压精馏分离工艺模拟与优化

基于对醋酸甲酯与甲醇二元共沸特性的分析,提出热集成变压精馏分离醋酸甲酯和甲醇的工艺. 利用Aspen Plus软件对该分离过程进行模拟,以NRTL活度系数方程为物性计算方法,其二元相互作用参数由气液相平衡数据回归,分析了加压塔和常压塔的理论板数、进料位置及回流比对分离效果的影响,并进行了能耗比较. 结果表明,该工艺能很好地分离醋酸甲酯和甲醇,较佳的工艺条件为：加压塔操作压力909 kPa,理论板数32,第21块板进料,回流比4.2,塔釜醋酸甲酯纯度99.8%;常压塔操作压力101 kPa,理论板数30,第20块板进料,回流比4.6,塔釜甲醇纯度99.0%. 与常规变压精馏相比,热集成变压精馏可节能达45.8%;与以水为萃取剂的萃取精馏分离工艺相比,热集成变压精馏分离工艺更适合醋酸甲酯与甲醇体系的分离.     

乙醇-乙酸乙酯体系的间歇萃取精馏研究

在常规的间歇萃取精馏实验装置中,研究了以N,N-二甲基酰胺(DMF)和二甲亚砜(DMSO)作萃取剂;在间歇萃取精馏塔中分离乙醇-乙酸乙酯体系的过程。对全回流时间、不同萃取剂、恒沸物组成、溶剂和混合物的体积比、加盐及加碱等因素考察,分析萃取精馏分离乙醇-乙酸乙酯共沸体系的影响,从而得出最佳的萃取条件。     

Design and control of transesterification reactive distillation with thermal coupling

In the study, the design and control strategies of a reactive distillation process with partially thermal coupling for the production of methanol and n-butyl acetate by transesterification reaction of methyl acetate and n-butanol are investigated. Since methanol and methyl acetate formed an azeotrope, the products of a reactive distillation column include n-butyl acetate and the mixture of methanol and methyl acetate, which must be separated by an additional column. Partially thermal coupling can be used to eliminate the condenser of the second column. Not only energy reduction but also better operability and controllability can be obtained for the thermally coupled reactive distillation process. Proper selection and pairing of controlled and manipulated variables chosen for three control objectives were determined by using steady-state analysis. A simple control scheme with three temperature control loops is sufficient to maintain product purities and stoichiometric balance between the reactant feeds.     

Experimental Reaction Equilibrium and Kinetics of the Liquid‐phase Butyl Acrylate Synthesis Applied to Reactive Distillation Simulations

Butyl acrylate, which can be produced in liquid phase from butanol and acrylic acid, is an important precursor for varnishes and adhesives. The reaction equilibrium and the kinetics of the butyl acrylate synthesis catalyzed by acid ion exchange resins were measured and the results are used to derive formulas for the equilibrium and the kinetics which is supposedly based on a Langmuir‐Hinshelwood‐Hougen‐Watson mechanism. Because of the highly nonideal reaction mixture, both the equilibrium and the kinetics are expressed in terms of activities. The equations are used in the modeling and simulation of a butyl acrylate production plant which consists of a catalytic tube reactor and a reactive distillation column. A column that is operated in the common manner, i.e. by heating only the reboiler, leads to a reactive azeotrope over a large part of the column. However, distributing the heat flow over the whole column improves the separation and the conversion significantly.     

萃取精馏分离乙腈-正丙醇的研究

采用萃取精馏的方法分离乙腈-正丙醇的共沸物系。首先利用溶剂选择原理和UNIFAC基团贡献法选出N-甲基吡咯烷酮作为萃取精馏的萃取剂,同时采用NRTL模型对常压下乙腈-正丙醇物系和加入萃取剂N-甲基吡咯烷酮后的汽液平衡进行模拟和实验验证,模拟结果与实验数据吻合较好。然后通过间歇萃取精馏实验进一步考察所选萃取剂的分离效果。结果表明,N-甲基吡咯烷酮能够打破共沸,有效分离乙腈-正丙醇共沸物系。采用有28块理论板的填料塔,萃取剂进料位置为第4块板,溶剂比为1.0,回流比为3,可以从塔顶得到质量分数为98.6%的乙腈产品。最后,用Aspen Plus软件对乙腈-正丙醇物系的连续萃取精馏流程进行了模拟,得出的参数为进一步的工业应用奠定基础。     

THE SEPARATION OF METHYL ACETATE FROM METHANOL BY EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION

Methyl acetate cannot be completely removed from methyl acetate-methanol mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the minimum binary azeotrope. Methyl acetate can be readily removed as overhead product from mixtures containing it and methanol by using extractive distillation in which the extractive distillation agent is a higher boiling oxygenated, nitrogenous and/or sulfur containing organic compound or a mixture of these. Typical examples of effective agents are dimethylsulfoxide, glycerine plus propylene glycol, ethylene glycol plus dimethylsulfoxide plus 1,5-pentanediol. Methanol can be removed as the overhead product from methyl acetate when the extractive distillation agent is nitrobenzene, propylene carbonate or ethylene glycol phenyl ether.     

THE SEPARATION OF METHYL ACETATE FROM METHANOL BY EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION

Methyl acetate cannot be completely removed from methyl acetate-methanol mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the minimum binary azeotrope. Methyl acetate can be readily removed as overhead product from mixtures containing it and methanol by using extractive distillation in which the extractive distillation agent is a higher boiling oxygenated, nitrogenous and/or sulfur containing organic compound or a mixture of these. Typical examples of effective agents are dimethylsulfoxide, glycerine plus propylene glycol, ethylene glycol plus dimethylsulfoxide plus 1,5-pentanediol. Methanol can be removed as the overhead product from methyl acetate when the extractive distillation agent is nitrobenzene, propylene carbonate or ethylene glycol phenyl ether.     

头孢噻肟钠生产中甲醇、丙酮与乙酸乙酯混合溶媒的分离

通过萃取精馏、精馏对甲醇、丙酮与乙酸乙酯的混合溶媒加以分离,通过对生产数据的调整,确定了萃取精馏过程中混合溶媒与萃取水加入比例为1∶1,此条件下,萃取效果最好。萃取塔顶可以得到丙酮与乙酸乙酯和水的共沸物,塔底可以得到纯度为99.5%的甲醇。     

DMC-甲醇-水三元混合物的萃取精馏分离工艺

运用Aspen Plus软件回归文献数据校正了碳酸二甲酯（DMC）-水（H₂O）混合物的UNIQUAC热力学模型参数,并以该模型为基础分析了水作为萃取剂萃取精馏分离DMC-甲醇（CH₃OH）-水三元混合物的分离原理,结合混合组分的三角相图和物料组成设计了反向萃取精馏工艺,发现选用水为萃取剂可以利用DMC-水的部分互溶特性,通过三塔精馏即可分离DMC-甲醇-水三元混合物,沸点较高的DMC和少量水由塔顶馏出,而沸点较低的甲醇和大部分水由塔底采出,避免了DMC-甲醇二元共沸物的形成。同时,在相同分离要求下设计了变压精馏工艺,通过对两个精馏工艺参数模拟优化,发现萃取精馏工艺的总冷凝负荷和总加热负荷分别为888.7kW和898.2kW,其总能耗较变压精馏工艺节约了47.2%,萃取精馏工艺的年总费用（TAC）比变压精馏工艺下降了48.8%。     

The use of dilute acetic acid for butyl acetate production in a reactive distillation: Simulation and control studies

The recovery of dilute acetic acid, which is widely found as a by-product in many chemical and petrochemical industries, becomes an important issue due to economic and environmental awareness. In general, separation of acetic acid in aqueous solution by conventional distillation columns is difficult, requiring a column with many stages and high energy consumption. As a result, the primary concern of the present study is the application of reactive distillation as a potential alternative method to recover dilute acetic acid. The direct use of dilute acetic acid as reactant for esterification with butanol to produce butyl acetate in the reactive distillation is investigated. Simulation studies are performed in order to investigate effect of the concentration of dilute acetic acid and key process parameters on the performance of the reactive distillation in terms of acetic acid conversion and butyl acetate production. In addition, three alternative control strategies are studied for the closed loop control of the reactive distillation. The control objective is to maintain the butyl acetate in a bottom product stream at the desired purity of 99.5 wt%.     

非均相间歇共沸精馏研究进展

非均相间歇共沸精馏广泛地应用于共沸物系的分离。本文在三元相图上,结合残余曲线、塔釜路径和塔的浓度轮廓线,对该过程中的关键问题,如回流比策略、可行性分析、操作模式等进行了定性讨论,对该过程的设计和操作有很大帮助。