申请人:BASF SE
公开号:US20210213383A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
A process for producing a deacidified fluid stream from a fluid stream comprising methanol and at least one acid gas, comprising
a) an absorption step in which the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent in an absorber to obtain an absorbent laden with methanol and acid gases and an least partly deacidified fluid stream;
b) a regeneration step in which at least a portion of the laden absorbent obtained from step a) is regenerated in a regenerator to obtain an at least partly regenerated absorbent and a gaseous stream comprising methanol, water and at least one acid gas;
c) a recycling step in which at least a substream of the regenerated absorbent from step b) is recycled into the absorption step a);
d) a condensation step in which a condensate comprising methanol and water is condensed out of the gaseous stream from step b);
e) a distillation step in which at least a portion of the condensate from step d) is guided into a distillation column to obtain a top stream comprising methanol and a bottom stream comprising water;
which comprises recycling at least a portion of the bottom stream from step e) into the regenerator.
An apparatus for deacidifying a fluid stream, comprising methanol and at least one acid gas, according to claim
1,
comprising
a) an absorber comprising an absorption zone, at least one feed for absorbent, a feed for the fluid stream to be deacidified, a liquid draw for the laden absorbent, a draw point for the deacidified fluid stream and optionally a rescrubbing zone with a feed for scrubbing agent;
b) a regenerator comprising a regeneration zone, an evaporator, a feed for the laden absorbent, a liquid draw in the bottom of the regenerator and a gas draw in the top region of the regenerator;
c) at least one top condenser connected to the gas draw of the regenerator, comprising a gas draw and a condensate outlet; and
d) a distillation column comprising a condenser, an evaporator, a feed for the condensate outlet of the top condenser, a vapor draw in the top region of the column and a liquid draw at the bottom of the distillation column,
wherein the regenerator has a feed connected to the liquid draw at the bottom of the distillation column.