Method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958820-B2
Application number	US-202218081715-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2022
Priority date	Oct 18, 2021
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of chemical industry, and in particular to a method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization, which includes the following steps: adding an ethylene carbonate-containing raw material into a cavity of a crystallization device under a condition of stirring for dynamic crystallization, wherein the crystallization device further includes a jacket attached and circumferentially disposed along the outer wall of the cavity, the jacket is provided with cooling water therein, a temperature of the cooling water is 1-2.5° C. lower than the temperature in the cavity until a granular ethylene carbonate crystal is generated. The present invention using a rake dryer as the crystallization device to realize dynamic crystallization at a certain rotating speed. The technical solution is simple to operate and short in processing cycle, which facilitates improvement in production efficiency and product quality and is suitable for industrial application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization, comprising the following steps: adding an ethylene carbonate-containing raw material into a cavity of a crystallization device through a feeding port of the crystallization device under a condition of stirring for dynamic crystallization, wherein the crystallization device further comprises a jacket attached to an outer wall of the cavity and circumferentially disposed along the outer wall of the cavity, the jacket is provided with cooling water therein, a water temperature of the cooling water in the jacket is controlled to be 1-2.5° C. lower than the temperature in the cavity, and a seed crystal is put to initiate crystallization until a granular ethylene carbonate crystal is generated; and the crystallization device is a rake dryer;
wherein the dynamic crystallization comprises stirring performed by rotating a plurality of stirring parts disposed on an inner wall of the cavity at a rotating speed of 15-25 r/min;
wherein a temperature of the ethylene carbonate-containing raw material entering the cavity is 40-80° C., a water temperature of the cooling water in the jacket is 25-35° C., and when the temperature in the cavity is decreased to 33° C., the water temperature of the cooling water in the jacket is controlled to be 1-2.5° C. lower than the temperature in the cavity;
wherein the crystal formation in the process of crystallization is initiated by adding the seed crystal at a temperature of 28-29° C.;
wherein a time for the crystallization is 2-8 h, and the temperature in the cavity during the crystallization is 29-31° C.

2. The method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization according to claim 1 , wherein the water temperature of the cooling water in the jacket is controlled by a setting program.

3. The method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization according to claim 1 , wherein the ethylene carbonate-containing raw material is a direct reaction product and/or an ethylene carbonate material with a content greater than or equal to 80% obtained after preliminary purification of a reaction product.

4. The method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the ethylene carbonate-containing raw material entering the cavity is no more than two thirds of an inner cavity volume of the cavity.

5. The method for purifying ethylene carbonate through dynamic crystallization according to claim 1 , wherein the crystallized material is introduced into a centrifuge to separate mother liquor from a crystal.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Baichun
• Huang Qiyou
• Ye Zihao
• He Ao

Classifications

• C07D317/38 Primary

  Ethylene carbonate · CPC title

• Y02P20/141

  Feedstock · CPC title

• B01D9/0013

  by indirect heat exchange · CPC title

• B01D9/0036

  Crystallisation on to a bed of product crystals; Seeding · CPC title

• B01D9/005

  Selection of auxiliary, e.g. for control of crystallisation nuclei, of crystal growth, of adherence to walls; Arrangements for introduction thereof · CPC title