A continuous process for the separation of phenol is disclosed. The process includes (a) feeding a stream of material containing 40 to 90% phenol, 5 to 40% bisphenol A and 5 to 40% of side products into a distillation column containing at least 5 theoretical separation stages, b) distilling-off the phenol as a top product and discharging from the column a first portion of the bottom product c) continuously introducing a second portion of the bottom product into a dwell-time container operating at process parameters sufficient to cause, in the presence of an acidic catalyst, an at least partial isomerization of the side products to form an isomerized product and d) introducing the isomerized product to the distillation column. The introducing of said portion of the bottom product is at a rate, in Kg/hour, that is more than 30% of the rate of feeding of the stream, and said process parameters include temperatures greater than 190° C. and hydrodynamic dwell time of at least 120 minutes. The said stream of material is produced in the course of preparing bisphenol A by reacting phenol with acetone.
揭示了一种分离
苯酚的连续过程。该过程包括(a)将含有40%至90%
苯酚,5%至40%
双酚A和5%至40%副产物的物料流送入至少具有5个理论分离级的蒸馏塔中,(b)将
苯酚蒸馏出作为顶部产品,并从底部产品中排放第一部分,(c)连续将底部产品的第二部分引入在过程参数下操作的停留时间容器中,在酸性催化剂的存在下,至少部分异构化副产物形成异构产物,(d)将异构产物引入蒸馏塔中。所述底部产品的引入速率为每小时千克,其比物料流的进料速率高30%以上,所述过程参数包括大于190°C的温度和至少120分钟的流体停留时间。所述物料流在制备
双酚A的过程中通过
苯酚与
丙酮反应而产生。