Cyclic process for producing taurine from monoethanolamine
AssigneeVitaworks IP, LLC
InventorSongzhou Hu
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Abstract
There is disclosed a cyclic process for producing taurine from monoethanolamine comprising the steps of: (a) recovering monoethanolamine sulfate from an aqueous mother liquor solution; (b) reacting the monoethanolamine sulfate with sulfuric acid to form an aqueous solution comprised of monoethanolamine bisulfate; (c) heating the aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate and optionally added monoethanolamine sulfate to yield 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester; and (d) reacting the ester with ammonium sulfite or an alkali sulfite to yield taurine.
Claims9
A process for recovering monoethanolamine sulfate from an aqueous mother liquor solution comprised of monoethanolamine sulfate and at least one additional component selected from the group of inorganic salts consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulfite, alkali sulfite, alkali sulfate, and a mixture thereof, wherein the alkali is lithium, sodium, potassium, or a mixture, said process comprising:
- (a) adding a solvent to an aqueous mother liquor solution, to precipitate the inorganic salts;
- (b) separating the inorganic salts by solid-liquid separation to yield a solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate;
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- (c) distilling off the solvent from the solution of step (b) to yield an aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate.
A process for producing taurine, comprising:
- (a) adding a solvent to an aqueous mother liquor solution comprised of monoethanolamine sulfate and at least one additional component selected from the group of inorganic salts consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulfite, alkali sulfite, and alkali sulfate, to precipitate the inorganic salts, wherein the alkali is lithium, sodium, potassium, or a mixture;
- (b) separating the inorganic salts by solid-liquid separation to yield a solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate;
- (c) distilling off the solvent from the solution of step (b) to yield an aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate;
- (d) adding sulfuric acid to the aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate of step (c) to form monoethanolamine bisulfate;
- (e) heating the aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine bisulfate of the step (d) to yield 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester;
- (f) reacting the 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester of step (e) with a sulfite salt in an aqueous solution to yield taurine, wherein the sulfite salt is selected from the group consisting of ammonium, lithium, sodium, potassium, and a mixture thereof;
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- (g) separating the taurine of step (f) by solid-liquid separation.
A process for producing taurine, comprising:
- (a) adding a solvent to an aqueous mother liquor solution comprised of monoethanolamine sulfate and at least one additional component selected from the group of inorganic salts consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulfite, alkali sulfite, and alkali sulfate, to precipitate the inorganic salts, wherein the alkali is lithium, sodium, potassium, or a mixture;
- (b) separating the inorganic salts by solid-liquid separation to yield a solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate;
- (c) distilling off the solvent from the solution of step (b) to yield an aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine sulfate;
- (d) mixing the aqueous solution of step (c) with additional monoethanolamine;
- (e) adding sulfuric acid to the aqueous solution of step (d) to form monoethanolamine bisulfate;
- (f) heating the aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine bisulfate of step (e) to yield 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester;
- (g) reacting the 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester of step (f) with a sulfite salt in an aqueous solution to yield taurine, wherein the sulfite salt is selected from the group consisting of ammonium, lithium, sodium, potassium, and a mixture thereof;
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- (h) separating the taurine of step (g) by solid-liquid separation.
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