METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE PURIFIED TEREPHTHALIC ACID Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC C07C63/26 C07C51/43 C07C51/265 

FIELD: chemical industry; methods of production of the purified crystalline terephthalic acid.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the improved method of production and separation of the crystalline terephthalic acid containing less than 150 mass ppm of the p-toluene acid in terms of the mass of the terephthalic acid. The method provides for the following stages: (1) loading of (i) para- xylene, (ii) the water reactionary acetic-acidic medium containing the resolved in it components of the oxidation catalyst, and (iii) the gas containing oxygen fed under pressure in the first zone of oxidation, in which the liquid-phase exothermal oxidization of the para-xylene takes place, in which the temperature and the pressure inside the first being under pressure reactor of the oxidization are maintained at from 150°С up to 180°С and from 3.5 up to 13 absolute bars; (2) removal from the reactor upper part of the steam containing the evaporated reactionary acetic-acidic medium and the gas depleted by the oxygen including carbon dioxide, the inertial components and less than 9 volumetric percents of oxygen in terms of the non-condensable components of the steam; (3) removal from the lower part of the first reactor of the oxidized product including (i) the solid and dissolved terephthalic acid and (ii) the products of the non-complete oxidation and (ii) the water reactionary acetic-acidic medium containing the dissolved oxidation catalyst; (4) loading of (i) the oxidized product from the stage (3) and (ii) the gas containing oxygen, into the second being under pressure zone of the oxidation in which the liquid-phase exothermal oxidization of the products of the non-complete oxidization takes place; at that the temperature and the pressure in the second being under pressure reactor of the oxidization are maintained from 185°С up to 230°С and from 4.5 up to 18.3 absolute bar; (5) removal from the upper part of the second steam reactor containing the evaporated water reactionary acetic-acidic medium and gas depleted by the oxygen, including carbon dioxide, the inertial components and less, than 5 volumetric percents of oxygen in terms of the non-condensable components of the steam; (6) removal from the lower part of the second reactor of the second oxidized product including (i) the solid and dissolved terephthalic acid and the products of the non-complete oxidation and (ii) the water reactionary acetic-acidic medium containing the dissolved oxidation catalyst; (7) separation of the terephthalic acid from (ii) the water reactionary acetic-acidic medium of the stage (6) for production the terephthalic acid containing less than 900 mass ppm of 4- carboxybenzaldehyde and the p-toluene acid; (8) dissolution of the terephthalic acid gained at the stage (7) in the water for formation of the solution containing from 10 up to 35 mass % of the dissolved terephthalic acid containing less than 900 mass ppm of the 4- carboxybenzaldehyde and the p-toluene acid in respect to the mass of the present terephthalic acid at the temperature from 260°С up to 320°С and the pressure sufficient for maintaining the solution in the liquid phase and introduction of the solution in contact with hydrogen at presence of the catalytic agent of hydrogenation with production of the solution of the hydrogenated product; (9) loading of the solution of the stage (8) into the crystallization zone including the set of the connected in series crystallizers, in which the solution is subjected to the evaporating cooling with the controlled velocity using the significant drop of the temperature and the pressure for initiation of the crystallization process of the terephthalic acid, at the pressure of the solution in the end of the zone of the crystallization is atmospheric or below; (10) conduct condensation of the dissolvent evaporated from the crystallizers and guide the condensed dissolvent back into the zone of the crystallization by feeding the part of the condensed dissolvent in the line of removal of the product of the crystallizer, from which the dissolvent is removed in the form of the vapor; and (11) conduct separation of the solid crystalline terephthalic acid containing less than 150 mass ppm of the p-toluene acid in terms of the mass of the terephthalic acid by separation of the solid material from the liquid under the atmospheric pressure. The method allows to obtain the target product in the improved crystalline form.

EFFECT: the invention ensures production of the target product in the improved crystalline form.

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