Heat recovery in the process of production of butadiene

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10544071-B2
Application number	US-201815968914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

The process to recover heat in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene is presented. The process utilizes heat recovered in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene to generate steam. The process utilizes the circulated water stream generated in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene for steam generation. A feedstream comprising butene is mixed with steam and preheated air at the inlet of the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A process for heat recovery in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene comprising:
passing a feedstream comprising butene along with steam and preheated air to an oxidative dehydrogenation reactor;
oxidatively dehydrogenating the feedstream over a dehydrogenation catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor to form a product stream comprising butadiene;
passing the product stream from the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor to a heat exchanger to cool the product stream to produce a cooled product stream;
passing the cooled product stream to a quench tower to generate a cooled stream with reduced water, and a condensed water stream; and
passing the condensed water stream to a disengaging drum to generate a steam stream, a circulating water stream, and a separate draw-off stream comprising hydrocarbons and oxygenates.

2. The process of claim 1 further comprising passing the generated steam from the disengaging drum to the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor.

3. The process of claim 1 further comprising mixing the feedstream comprising butene with the steam to obtain a mixture and superheating the mixture to a temperature of at least 205° C.

4. The process of claim 1 wherein the product stream is cooled with the circulating water stream obtained from the disengaging drum.

5. The process of claim 1 further comprising passing the circulating water stream to the heat exchanger to vaporize a portion of the circulating water stream and generate steam.

6. The process of claim 4 wherein the circulating water stream is partially vaporized by heat exchange with the product stream comprising butadiene.

7. The process of claim 1 wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor is a two stage reactor with the first stage generating an intermediate stream and passing the intermediate stream to the second stage, further comprising heat exchanging the generated steam stream with the intermediate stream.

8. The process of claim 1 further comprising superheating the generated steam stream to produce a superheated steam.

9. The process of claim 8 further comprising passing the superheated steam to the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor.

10. The process of claim 9 further comprising passing the product stream comprising butadiene to an oxygenate scrubber to generate a scrubbed stream.

11. The process of claim 10 further comprising passing the scrubbed stream to oxygenate stripper to generate a stripped stream and a vapor stream.

12. The process of claim 11 further comprising passing the stripped stream and an absorption oil to a C4 absorber to generate an absorption stream.

13. The process of claim 12 further comprising passing the absorption stream to a degasser tower to remove non-C4 volatiles and generate a degassed stream.

14. The process of claim 13 further comprising passing the degassed stream to a C4 stripper to generate a crude butadiene stream.

15. A process for steam generation by heat recovery in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene comprising:
passing a feedstream comprising butene along with steam and preheated air to an oxidative dehydrogenation reactor;
oxidatively dehydrogenating the feed stream over a dehydrogenation catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor to form a product stream;
passing the product stream to a quench tower to generate cooled product stream and a water stream;
passing the water stream to a disengaging drum to generate a steam stream, a circulating water stream, and a separate draw-off stream comprising hydrocarbons and oxygenates;
removing the draw-off stream from the disengaging drum; and
passing the generated steam stream to the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor.

16. The process of claim 15 further comprising mixing the feedstream comprising butene with the steam to obtain a mixture and superheating the mixture to a temperature of at least 205° C.

17. The process of claim 15 further comprising heat exchanging the circulating water stream with the product stream before passing the product stream to the quench tower to vaporize a portion of the circulating water stream.

18. The process of claim 17 further comprising passing the cooled product stream to a compressor, an oxygenate scrubber, and an oxygenate stripper to generate a scrubbed stream, and the scrubbed stream to a C4 absorber to generate an absorption stream.

19. The process of claim 18 further comprising passing the absorption stream to a degasser tower to remove non-C4 volatiles to generate a degassed stream.

20. The process of claim 19 further comprising passing the degassed stream to a C4 stripper to generate a crude butadiene stream.

Assignees

• Uop Llc
• Tpc Group Llc

Inventors

• Senetar John J
• Duff Joseph G
• Horn Jillian M
• Maat Clifford A
• Nutt Michael O

Classifications

• C07C5/48 Primary

  with oxygen as an acceptor · CPC title

• Y02P20/129

  Energy recovery, e.g. by cogeneration, H2recovery or pressure recovery turbines · CPC title

• C07C7/11

  by absorption, i.e. purification or separation of gaseous hydrocarbons with the aid of liquids · CPC title

• B01J2219/00074

  by indirect heating or cooling employing heat exchange fluids · CPC title

• Y02P20/10

  Process efficiency · CPC title