Continuous production system for alcohol ester C-12
AssigneeRuntai New Material Co., Ltd.
InventorsShiyuan Zhang, Wenguo Song, Xiaosong Lu
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Abstract
A continuous production system for alcohol ester C-12 is provided, comprising: a feedstock tank, a reaction tower, an atmospheric distillation tower, a vacuum distillation tower, a condenser, a water washing tower, a dehydration tower, an evaporator, a light component removal tower, and a rectifying tower that are all connected with each other through pipelines. The continuous production system for alcohol ester C-12 replaces the traditional intermittent production process with the advantages of good batch stability, less by-products, and high yield.
Claims6
A continuous production system for alcohol ester C-12, the system comprising:
- a first feedstock tank and a second feedstock tank arranged in parallel, wherein the first feedstock tank and the second feedstock tank comprise an inlet and an outlet, respectively;
- a reaction tower, wherein a first inlet and a second inlet of the reaction tower are respectively connected with the outlets of the first feedstock tank and the second feedstock tank, wherein the reaction tower comprises a first outlet and a second outlet end;
- wherein the reaction tower has a structure of an open-top perforated-base square compartment reactor comprising 4 to 6 layers of open-top perforated-base square compartments arranged in series;
- wherein a height of the reaction tower is in a range of 6 m to 8 m, a diameter of the reaction tower is in a range of 700 mm to 800 mm, a vertical distance between two adjacent open-top perforated-base square compartments in the open-top perforated-base square compartment reactor is in a range of 200 mm to 300 mm, and a height of an open-top perforated-base square compartment located at the bottom of the open-top perforated-base square compartment reactor is 0.5 to 0.6 times an overall height of the reaction tower;
- an atmospheric distillation tower, wherein an inlet of the atmospheric distillation tower is connected with the first outlet of the reaction tower, wherein the atmospheric distillation tower comprises a first outlet and a second outlet;
- a condenser, wherein the condenser comprises a first inlet and a second inlet, wherein the first inlet of the condenser is connected with the second outlet of the reaction tower, the second inlet of the condenser is connected with the second outlet of the atmospheric distillation tower, and an outlet of the condenser is connected with the inlet of the first feedstock tank;
- a vacuum distillation tower, wherein an inlet of the vacuum distillation tower is connected with the first outlet of the atmospheric distillation tower, wherein the vacuum distillation tower comprises a first outlet and a second outlet, and the second outlet of the vacuum distillation tower is connected with the first inlet of the reaction tower;
- a water washing tower, wherein an inlet of the water washing tower is connected with the first outlet of the vacuum distillation tower;
- a dehydration tower, wherein an inlet of the dehydration tower is connected with an outlet of the water washing tower;
- an evaporator, wherein an inlet of the evaporator is connected with an outlet of the dehydration tower;
- a light component removal tower, wherein an inlet of the light component removal tower is connected with an outlet of the evaporator;
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- a rectifying tower, wherein an inlet of the rectifying tower is connected with an outlet of the light component removal tower.
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