申请人:JOHNSON MATTHEY DAVY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
公开号:US10717692B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
A process for the production of 2-alkylalkanol from an aldehyde is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: feeding aldehyde to a reactor (42) operated under condensation and dehydration conditions such that reaction occurs and an unsaturated aldehyde is produced; recovering a stream from the reactor (42) comprising the unsaturated aldehyde and feeding said stream to a first hydrogenation reactor (45) operated under conditions such that at least some of the unsaturated aldehyde is converted to 2-alkylalkanol; recovering the stream from the first hydrogenation reactor (45) comprising the 2-alkylalkanol, one or more of unreacted acrolein, alkylalkenol and alkylalkanal and heavies; passing the stream recovered from the first hydrogenation reactor (45) to a first distillation zone (48) where at least some of the heavies are separated from the stream; recovering a stream from the first distillation zone (48) comprising the 2-alkylalkanol, one or more of unreacted acrolein, alkylalkenol and alkylalkanal, said stream having a reduced heavies content when compared to the stream fed to the first distillation zone (48), and feeding said stream to a second hydrogenation reactor (51) operated under conditions such that at least one of the unreacted acrolein, alkylalkenol and alkylalkanal are converted to 2-alkylalkanol; and recovering a stream from the second hydrogenation reactor (51) comprising an increased 2-alkylalkanol content compared to the stream fed to the second hydrogenation reactor (51).
本发明公开了一种利用醛生产 2-烷基烷醇的工艺。该工艺包括以下步骤将醛送入在冷凝和脱水条件下运行的反应器(42),使其发生反应并生成不饱和醛;从反应器(42)中回收包含不饱和醛的气流,并将所述气流送入在至少部分不饱和醛转化为 2-烷基烷醇的条件下运行的第一氢化反应器(45);从第一氢化反应器 (45) 中回收包含 2-烷基烷醇、一种或多种未反应的丙烯醛、烷基烯醇和烷基醛以及重质物的料流;将从第一氢化反应器 (45) 中回收的料流送入第一蒸馏区 (48),在该区至少将部分重质物从料流中分离出来;从第一蒸馏区(48)回收包含 2-烷基烷醇、未反应的丙烯醛、烷基烯醇和烷基醛中的一种或多种的料流,与送入第一蒸馏区(48)的料流相比,所述料流的重质含量降低,并将所述料流送入第二氢化反应器(51),该反应器的运行条件是未反应的丙烯醛、烷基烯醇和烷基醛中的至少一种转化为 2-烷基烷醇;从第二氢化反应器 (51) 中回收与送入第二氢化反应器 (51) 的流体相比 2-烷基烷醇含量增加的流体。