Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
公开了一种优化的工艺和装置,用于更有效和经济地进行可氧化化合物的液相氧化。这种液相氧化是在气泡柱反应器中进行的,可以在相对较低的温度下提供高效的反应。当被氧化的化合物是
对二甲苯,氧化反应的产物是粗
对苯二甲酸(CTA)时,这种CTA产物可以通过比传统高温氧化工艺更经济的技术进行纯化和分离。