环氧反应单元工艺描述及安全控制要点.pdfVIP

IntheEpoxidationUnitU-300,theethylbenzenehydroperoxide(EBHP)fromU-200

reactswithpropylene(C3=)toobtainpropyleneoxide(PO)andmethylbenzylalcohol

(MBA).ThereactioneffluentcontainsEB,MBA,ACP,PO,C3=andbyproductsformedin

theepoxidationreactions.Also,smallquantitiesofunreactedEBHParepresent(*).

(*)umamountofEBHPinthereactoreffluentshallbelimited,sinceisimportantfromasafety

pointofviewtopreventthepossibleEBHPcatalyticdecompositionindownstreamprocessingsteps

(HPDepropanizerColumnbottoms)thatcanreleaseoxygenresultinginanexplosiveatmosphere.

TheunitalsohasthenecessaryequipmenttorecoverexcesspropyleneC3=fedtothe

reaction(inordertooptimizeC3=/POratio),neutralizeacidityandphenolfromthe

reactioneffluentstream,andtoobtainbydistillationinC-1390columntwomainproduct

streamsfromtheUnit:

-Overheadstream:ConsistsofCrudePOthatissenttothePropyleneOxide

PurificationUnitU-400forpurification.

-Bottomsstream:ConsistsmainlyofEB,MBA,ACPandheaviesthataresenttotheEB

RecoveryUnitU-500.

TheEpoxidationUnitisdividedintosixsections:

-CatalystPreparationSection(section131)

-ReactionSection(section132)

-PropyleneRecoverySection(section133)

-WashingSection(section134/1)

-LPDepropanizerSection(section134/2)

-CrudePOSeparationSection(section135)

1.4.1.1CatalystPreparationSection

IntheEpoxidationreaction,aMolybdenumcomplexbasedcatalystisused.Itisprepared

bymixingasolidammoniummolybdate(containing50%Molybdenumapprox.)with

isocaprylicacid(2-ethylhexanoicacid),addingethylbenzenethatactsasadiluent.The

catalystisconsumedinthereactionitself,sothereisn