用于生产TAEE的反应精馏和全蒸发的混合过程

In this study, a reactive distillation column in which chemical reaction and separation occur simultaneously is applied for the synthesis of tert-amyl ethyl ether （TAEE） from ethanol （EtOH） and tert-amyl alcohol （TAA）. Pervaporation, an efficient membrane separation technique, is integrated with the reactive distillation for enhancing the efficiency of TAEE production. A user-defined Fortran subroutine of a pervaporation unit is developed, allowing the design and simulation of the hybrid process of reactive distillation and pervaporation in Aspen Plus simulator. The performance of such a hybrid process is analyzed and the results indicate that the integration of the reactive distillation with the pervaporation increases the conversion of TAA and the purity of TAEE product, compared with the conventional reactive distillation.     

乙酰丙酸乙酯的反应精馏模型及隔壁塔节能优化设计

乙酰丙酸乙酯是一种潜在的生物质基平台化合物,在工业上具有很高的应用价值。乙酰丙酸乙酯传统的生产方法主要为间歇反应法,效率较低,产物分离困难且工艺流程较长。因此,本文提出了反应精馏工艺生产乙酰丙酸乙酯,在以中试实验结果为依据的基础上,使用Aspen Plus模拟软件建立了工艺流程,并考察了回流比、进料位置、进料摩尔比以及理论塔板数等关键参数,得到了常规单塔反应精馏工艺生产乙酰丙酸乙酯的最优配置。而后,为了得到纯度大于99.9%的乙酰丙酸乙酯,本文进一步提出了反应精馏双塔精制流程以及反应精馏隔壁塔流程,并通过对两种流程所得到的产品纯度以及能耗的对比,验证了反应精馏隔壁塔工艺生产乙酰丙酸乙酯的有效性以及在节能方面较大的优势。     

A novel multistage vapor recompression reactive distillation system with intermediate reboilers

Most of the published studies have focused on the thermal integration of nonreactive distillation columns. The key limitation of reactive distillation (RD) technology is that the necessary conditions (such as pressure and temperature) for the reaction must match those of distillation. Owing to this constraint, the reaction conversion may be adversely affected at the elevated pressure in the reactive section of an internally heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC). This fact forces us to adopt an external heat integration approach for an industrial heterogeneously catalyzed ethyl tert‐butyl ether (ETBE) RD column. The direct vapor recompression column (VRC) is an external heat integration scheme that is successfully used as an energy efficient scheme for separating a close‐boiling mixture. Interestingly, there exists a large temperature difference between the two ends of the representative ETBE column, and it makes the external heat integration more challenging. Aiming to improve the thermal efficiency of the ETBE column under the VRC framework, various heat pump arrangements with intermediate reboiler(s) (IR(s)) are explored and analyzed with performing a comparative study in terms of energy consumption and economics. To improve further the thermal efficiency, in this contribution, a novel multistage vapor recompression RD column with IRs is introduced addressing a number of practical concerns. An algorithm for the proposed column is formulated showing the sequential steps involved in heat integration. It is inspected that the proposed multistage vapor recompression RD system appears overwhelmingly superior to the classical vapor recompression RD and its conventional stand alone column providing a significant savings in energy as well as cost. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 761–771, 2013     

反应精馏过程耦合强化技术基础与应用研究述评

反应精馏技术是过程强化概念在化学工业成功应用的典范。由于反应与精馏耦合的高度复杂性和非线性,反应-精馏相互影响机制、耦合方式及其过程能效调控与优化成为制约该技术广泛应用的关键科学问题。综述了近二十年来国内外反应精馏技术从基础研究到工业应用的概况,包括反应精馏过程的可行性分析与概念设计方法、稳态模拟过程优化与动态模拟控制策略设计、兼具催化反应与气液传质的高效内构件开发以及反应精馏在各领域的应用。探讨了目前制约反应精馏广泛应用关键问题的解决方法与途径,阐明了普适性的反应精馏过程开发方法,总结了基于反应精馏过程耦合的新型过程强化技术,指出了反应精馏技术的发展趋势。     

酶反应精馏耦合技术研究进展

酶反应精馏是将酶催化反应与精馏过程进行耦合,可有效打破反应化学平衡的限制,提高酶反应转化率和选择性,是一种新型化工过程强化技术。本文分别从酶催化剂及其催化反应机制、酶催化剂装填方式、酶催化反应与精馏耦合型式、酶反应精馏耦合技术的应用案例等方面综述了酶反应精馏耦合技术的研究进展,分析表明:目前酶反应精馏耦合技术的开发尚不成熟,且与化学催化剂催化的反应精馏过程不同,酶反应精馏工艺过程开发还需考虑酶催化反应温度、底物浓度等因素对酶催化活性影响。在后续研究中,可分别从研究体系、酶的固定化技术、酶催化剂装填方式、酶反应精馏理论研究、酶反应精馏耦合工艺开发等方面开展强化研究。     

Design and optimization of reactive distillation: a review

Reactive distillation process, a representative process intensification technology, has been widely applied in the chemical industry. However, due to the strong interaction between reaction and separation, the extension of reactive distillation technology is restricted by the difficulties in process analysis and design. To overcome this problem, the design and optimization of reactive distillation have been widely studied and illustrated for plenty of reactive mixtures over the past three decades. These design and optimization methods of the reactive distillation process are classified into three categories: graphical, optimization-based, and evolutionary/heuristic methods. The primary objective of this article is to provide an up-to-date review of the existing design and optimization methods. Desired and output information, advantages and limitations of each method are stated, the modification and development for original methodologies are also reviewed. Perspectives on future research on the design and optimization of reactive distillation method are proposed for further research.     

一种通用的反应蒸馏塔综合与设计方法

反应精馏是反应过程和分离过程耦合为一体的单元操作,已成为当今研究的重要领域。然而,到目前为止并没有一套通用简便的方法去指导反应精馏过程的综合与设计,严重限制了它的广泛应用。本文在过程强化原理的基础上提出了一种反应蒸馏塔通用的综合与设计方法,并利用2种反应蒸馏系统来评价所提出的设计策略。结果表明,该综合设计方法可以简便高效地搜索出反应蒸馏塔的最优结构,适用于不同类型的反应蒸馏塔的综合与设计。     

醚化反应精馏研究进展

醚化反应是生产燃油添加剂这一关系国计民生重要化工产品的关键途径,反应精馏是其生产的核心技术。对醚化反应精馏技术进行总结和回顾,既有利于推进反应精馏基础理论的发展,也可促进醚化产品生产技术的升级。本文全面系统地介绍了生产甲基叔丁基醚、乙基叔丁基醚、甲基叔戊基醚、乙基叔戊基醚和二甲醚这几种燃油添加剂的反应精馏技术研究进展,涉及基础研究和工业应用,包括反应原料选择、工艺系统开发和多稳态现象调控,分析了不同反应路径和工艺系统的优缺点,总结了反应精馏多稳态研究的基本问题和结论。展望了反应精馏技术在聚甲氧基二甲醚合成和甘油、5-羟甲基糠醛、糠醇等生物质平台化合物制备新型醚类化合物的应用前景和挑战。指出了醚化反应精馏技术在工艺系统开发和催化填料设计方面存在的核心共性问题,并提出了相应的解决方案。     

Enhancing mass and energy integration by external recycle in reactive distillation columns

The synthesis and design of reactive distillation columns separating reacting mixtures with the most unfavorable relative volatilities (i.e., the reactants are the heaviest and lightest components with the products being the intermediate ones) are described. The unfavorable thermodynamics poses great difficulties in combining the reaction operation and the separation operation involved and limits severely the potential of reactive distillation columns in the reduction of capital investment (CI) and operating cost. To remove the limitation, we propose two strategies for facilitating the synthesis and design of this kind of reactive distillation columns in this article. One is to arrange prudentially the reactive section so as to strengthen internal energy integration between the reaction operation and the separation operation involved; that is, while the reactive section should be placed at the bottom of the reactive distillation columns separating exothermic reactions, it should be at the top of the reactive distillation columns separating endothermic reactions. The other is to introduce an external recycle flow between the two ends of the reactive distillation columns to reinforce internal mass integration and internal energy integration between the reaction operation and the separation operation involved; that is, whereas the external recycle flow should be directed from the top to bottom of the reactive distillation columns separating exothermic reactions, it should be from the bottom to top of the reactive distillation columns separating endothermic reactions. Separation of four hypothetical ideal (i.e., two quaternary and two ternary systems, respectively) and two real nonideal (i.e., two quaternary systems) reacting mixtures is chosen to evaluate the proposed strategies. The results show that they can considerably lower energy requirement besides a further reduction in CI. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 2015–2032, 2013     

带侧线反应精馏-渗透汽化生产乙酸乙酯集成过程模拟与分析

针对乙酸酯化法生产乙酸乙酯分离过程复杂、能耗大的缺点,提出了一种带侧线反应精馏-渗透汽化（RD-PV）集成过程。通过反应精馏塔侧线采出和渗透汽化膜组件及时移出水分,促进酯化反应向正反应方向进行,在达到乙酸高转化率的同时使乙酸乙酯产品达到高纯度。研究了反应精馏塔侧线采出位置、采出比、反应段塔板数、精馏段塔板数以及膜组件个数等对年度总成本（TAC）的影响,获得了TAC达到最小的过程参数。与传统双塔精馏分离过程对比,RD-PV集成过程节省能耗26.6%,但膜材料价格对RD-PV集成过程的TAC有较大影响,随着渗透汽化技术的成熟,当膜材料价格低于1913 CNY·m^-2时,RD-PV集成过程在经济上占据优势。     

二异丁烯反应精馏生产过程控制策略设计

二异丁烯是一种重要的化工中间体,近年来研究者提出了以催化裂化C₄为原料、采用反应精馏技术同时生产高纯二异丁烯和汽油添加剂的新工艺。由于反应精馏过程中非线性程度高,稳定控制困难,使得采用反应精馏技术生产二异丁烯过程的控制策略研究较少。采用Aspen dynamic软件进行动态模拟,针对反应精馏生产二异丁烯过程开发了温度控制方案、组分温度联合控制方案和组分温度串级控制方案。对3个控制系统进行（±10）%的进料流量扰动和（±5）%组成扰动测试并进行对比。结果表明：组分温度串级控制方案在添加扰动的情况下依然保证了二异丁烯质量分数99%,三异丁烯质量分数小于10%以及异丁烯转化率大于99%的要求,并且最终稳定时间约5 h,具有更好的抗干扰性能。研究结果能够为二异丁烯产品的生产工艺工业化应用提供设计依据。     

Experimental validation of hybrid distillation‐vapor permeation process for energy efficient ethanol–water separation

BACKGROUND: The energy demand of distillation‐based systems for ethanol recovery and dehydration can be significant, particularly for dilute solutions. An alternative separation process integrating vapor stripping with a vapor compression step and a vapor permeation membrane separation step, termed membrane assisted vapor stripping (MAVS), has been proposed. The hydrophilic membrane separates the ethanol–water vapor into water‐rich permeate and ethanol‐enriched retentate vapor streams from which latent and sensible heat can be recovered. The objective of this work was to demonstrate experimentally the performance of a MAVS system and to compare the observed performance with chemical process simulation results using a 5 wt% ethanol aqueous feed stream as the benchmark. RESULTS: Performance of the steam stripping column alone was consistent with chemical process simulations of a stripping tower with six stages of vapor liquid equilibria (VLE). The overhead vapor from the stripper contained about 40 wt% ethanol and required 6.0 MJ of fuel‐equivalent energy per kg of ethanol recovered in the concentrate. Introduction of the vapor compressor and membrane separation unit and recovery of heat from both membrane permeate and retentate streams resulted in a retentate ethanol concentrate containing ca 80 wt% ethanol, but requiring only 2.2 MJ fuel kg^?1 ethanol, significantly less than steam stripping alone. CONCLUSION: Performance of the experimental unit with a 5 wt% ethanol feed liquid corroborated chemical process simulation predictions for the energy requirement of the MAVS system, demonstrating a 63% reduction in the fuel‐equivalent energy requirement for MAVS compared with conventional steam stripping or distillation. Published 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

隔壁反应精馏合成碳酸甲乙酯节能新工艺

提出了隔壁反应精馏合成碳酸甲乙酯的新工艺,除考虑碳酸二甲酯与乙醇酯交换反应外,还考虑了碳酸二甲酯与碳酸二乙酯反歧化反应的影响,并集成上述反应于一台隔壁反应精馏塔中,优化了碳酸甲乙酯的生产过程。首先,进行了碳酸二甲酯与碳酸二乙酯反歧化反应动力学实验,建立反应动力学模型,并验证了该工艺流程中此模型计算结果的可靠性。然后,运用Aspen Plus对隔壁反应精馏新工艺进行了流程模拟和优化设计,分别确定了酯交换反应段、反歧化反应段、产品精馏段和公共提馏段的理论塔板数,最佳进料位置、回流比等主要操作参数。隔壁反应精馏新工艺与常规反应精馏三塔工艺相比,新工艺将塔釜产品碳酸二乙酯返回隔壁塔内,增加了反歧化反应区,显著提高了碳酸甲乙酯选择性和收率,避免了低价值副产物碳酸二乙酯的产生,并有效减少了设备投资和运行能耗。     

Novel eco-efficient reactive distillation process for dimethyl carbonate production by indirect alcoholysis of urea

Dimethyl carbonate is an eco-friendly essential chemical that can be sustainably produced from CO₂,which is available from carbon capture activities or can even be captured from the air.The rapid increase in dimethyl carbonate demand is driven by the fast growth of polycarbonates,solvent,pharmaceutical,and lithium-ion battery industries.Dimethyl carbonate can be produced from CO₂through various chemical pathways,but the most convenient route reported is the indirect alcoholysis of urea.Previous research used techniques such as heat integration and reactive distillation to reduce the energy use and costs,but the use of an excess of methanol in the trans-esterification step led to an energy intensive extractive distillation required to break the dimethyl carbonate-methanol azeotrope.This work shows that the production of dimethyl carbonate by indirect alcoholysis of urea can be improved by using an excess of propylene carbonate(instead of an excess of methanol),a neat feat that we showed it requires only 2.64 kW·h·kg^-1 dimethyl carbonate in a reaction-separation-recycle process,and a reactive distillation column that effectively replaces two conventional distillation columns and the reactor for dimethyl carbonate synthesis.Therefore,less equipment is required,the methanol-dimethyl carbonate azeotrope does not need to be recycled,and the overall savings are higher.Moreover,we propose the use of a reactive distillation column in a heat integrated process to obtain high purity dimethyl carbonate(>99.8 wt-%).The energy requirement is reduced by heat integration to just 1.25 kW·h·kg^-1 dimethyl carbonate,which is about 52%lower than the reaction-separation-recycle process.To benefit from the energy savings,the dynamics and control of the process are provided for
10%changes in the nominal rate of 32 ktpy dimethyl carbonate,and for uncertainties in reaction kinetics.     

Process intensification and energy saving of reactive distillation for production of ester compounds

Reactive distillation(RD) process is an innovative hybrid process combining reaction with distillation, which has recently come into sharp focus as a successful case of process intensification. Considered as the most representative case of process intensification, it has been applied for many productions, especially for production of ester compounds. However, such problems existing in the RD system for ester productions are still hard to solve,as the removal of the water which comes from the esterification, and the separation of the azeotropes of ester–alcohol(–water). Many methods have been studying on the process to solve the problems resulting in further intensification and energy saving. In this paper, azeotropic–reactive distillation or entrainer enhanced reactive distillation(ERD) process, reactive extractive distillation(RED) process, the method of co-production in RD process, pressure-swing reactive distillation(PSRD) process, reactive distillation–pervaporation coupled process(RD–PV), are introduced to solve the problems above, so the product(s) can be separated efficiently and the chemical equilibrium can be shifted. Dividing-wall column(DWC) structure and novel methods of loading catalyst are also introduced as the measures to intensify the process and save energy.     

Improved measurement device for vapor permeation and pervaporation

A precision measurement method of vapor permeability through polymer membranes was developed and tested for cellulose acetate membranes. An apparatus with a differential transformer and a float on the liquid source could precisely measure the vapor permeation rate as well as pervaporation flux by sensing the level of the source liquid. The permeation rates with vapor feed and liquid feed of water, alcohols, and organic solvents were measured for silicone rubber and cellulose acetate, cellulose triacetate, and water-soluble cellulose acetate membranes. The measured vapor permeability directly predicted the pervaporation flux through silicone rubber. In the case of swollen material due to the feed liquid, the vapor permeability was not a controlling property of the pervaporation flux, but became an analysis base for it. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 63: 433–438, 1997