Bisphenol a preparation process and device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371395-B2
Application number	US-202418924505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2024
Priority date	Dec 14, 2023
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a bisphenol A preparation process and device thereof. Each stage of reaction system includes a cooler and reactors, each with four sections, the reactors are filled with bisphenol A synthetic resin catalysts before startup operation, and filling proportions of the catalysts are as follows: ⅓ of the catalysts for the first-section reactor, ⅔ for the second-section reactor, the full amount for the third-section reactor and the full amount for the fourth-section reactor. The three reactors operate in series connection through valves, the reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out and the reactor to be used is cut in to maintain the three reactors operating in series every time the system operates ⅓ of the service life of the catalyst, and the process can provide a larger air speed, which is beneficial to eliminating the influence of external diffusion, thereby obtaining higher product benefits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bisphenol A preparation process, comprising two stages of reaction systems and an interstage dehydration system, wherein each stage of reaction system comprises a cooler and reactors, each with four sections, the reactors are filled with bisphenol A synthetic resin catalysts before startup operation of each stage of reaction system, and filling proportions of the catalysts are as follows: ⅓ of the catalysts for the first-section reactor, ⅔ for the second-section reactor, the full amount for the third-section reactor and the full amount for the fourth-section reactor; the first-section reactor, the second-section reactor and the third-section reactor operate in series connection through valves, reaction raw materials enter an inlet of the first-section reactor, and products are extracted from an outlet of the third-section reactor; any three reactors are capable of operating in series connection, and the remaining reactor can independently stop operating without affecting an overall process flow; the filling proportions of the catalysts in the reactors before startup operation of each stage of reaction system are as follows: ⅓ of the catalysts for the first-section reactor, ⅔ for the second-section reactor, the full amount for the third-section reactor and the full amount for the fourth-section reactor respectively, after startup operation of each stage of reaction system, the reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out through the valve every ⅓ of the service life of the catalyst, and the remaining three reactors are controlled to operate in series to achieve continuous preparation;
a switching scheme of the reactors during operation of two stages of reaction systems is as follows:
1) Acetone, excess phenol and reaction circulating streams are cooled and then fed into a first-stage reaction system for a bisphenol A synthesis reaction, to obtain mixed liquid of bisphenol A, unreacted phenol and byproducts, and part of the mixed liquid returns to the first-stage reaction system to serve as circulating streams, such that a temperature of materials sent out by the first-stage reaction system is reduced below 76° C.; the sent-out materials and circulating reaction liquid from a second-stage reaction system enter the interstage dehydration system to be subjected to vacuum flash evaporation and dehydration after being preheated; the dehydrated materials are fed into the second-stage reaction system and cooled together with fresh acetone supplemented at a feeding inlet of the second-stage reaction system, the dehydrated materials and the fresh acetone react in the second-stage reaction system, to obtain bisphenol A reaction liquid, the reaction liquid is divided into two streams, one stream circulates back to the interstage dehydration system, the other stream is extracted and fed onto an adsorption column, and a temperature of the materials from outlets of second-stage reactors is reduced below 80° C. by adjusting a flow ratio of the stream circulating back to the interstage dehydration system to the stream extracted and fed onto an adsorption column;
2) When the catalyst in the first-section reactor is deactivated, the service life of the catalyst in the second-section reactor with the filling proportion of the catalyst of ⅔ is ⅓, and the service life of the catalyst in the third-section reactor with the filling proportion of the catalyst of 1 has ⅔ remaining; at this moment, the first-section reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut off through the valve, the fourth-section reactor is cut in to be connected with the second-section reactor and the third-section reactor in series, the reaction raw materials are input from the second-section reactor with the catalyst, the reaction products are extracted from the fourth-section reactor, the deactivated catalyst in the cut-out first-section reactor is discharged, and the first-section reactor is filled with a new catalyst with the filling proportion of 1 for later use;
3) When the catalyst in the second-section catalyst is deactivated, the second-section reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out through the valve, the first-section reactor is cut in to be connected with the third-section reactor and the fourth-section reactor in series, the deactivated catalyst in the cut-out second-section reactor is discharged, and the second-section reactor is filled with a new catalyst for later use; the raw materials are input from an inlet of the third-section reactor and extracted from an outlet of the first-section reactor;
4) When the catalyst in the third-section catalyst is deactivated, the third-section reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out through the valve, the second-section reactor is cut in to be connected with the first-section reactor and the fourth-section reactor in series, the deactivated catalyst in the cut-out third-section reactor is discharged, and the third-section reactor is filled with a new catalyst for later use; the raw materials are input from an inlet of the fourth-section reactor and extracted from an outlet of the second-section reactor;
5) When the catalyst in the fourth-section catalyst is deactivated, the fourth-section reactor with the deactivated catalyst is cut out through the valve, the third-section reactor is cut in to be connected with the first-section reactor and the second-section reactor in series, the deactivated catalyst in the cut-out fourth-section reactor is discharged, and the fourth-section reactor is filled with a new catalyst for later use; and the raw materials are input from the inlet of the first-section reactor and extracted from the outlet of the third-section reactor, and the two stages of reaction systems returns to an initial state in terms of an operating mode.

2. The bisphenol A preparation process according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is the bisphenol A synthetic resin catalyst comprising sulphydryl modified strong-acid cation exchange resin.

3. A device for implementing the bisphenol A preparation process according to claim 1 , wherein each reactor is provided with a raw material inlet and a product outlet, an inlet of each reactor in a first-stage reaction system is connected with an outlet of a first-stage cooler ( 109 ), an outlet of each reactor is respectively connected with an inlet of a first-stage circulating heat extraction pump ( 115 ) and an inlet of an interstage preheater ( 110 ), an outlet of a first-stage first-section reactor ( 101 ) is connected with an inlet of a first-stage second-section reactor ( 102 ), an outlet of the first-stage second-section reactor ( 102 ) is connected with an inlet of a first-stage third-section reactor ( 103 ), an outlet of the first-stage third-section reactor ( 103 ) is connected with an inlet of a first-stage fourth-section reactor ( 104 ), an outlet of the first-stage fourth-section reactor ( 104 ) is connected with an inlet of the first-stage first-section reactor ( 101 ), an outlet of the first-stage circulating heat extraction pump ( 115 ) is connected with an inlet of the first-stage cooler ( 109 ), an outlet of the interstage preheater ( 110 ) is connected with an inlet of a dehydration flash tank ( 114 ), a gaseous phase outlet of the dehydration flash tank ( 114 ) is connected with an inlet of a first-stage condenser ( 112 ), an outlet of the first-stage condenser ( 112 ) is respectively connected with a recovery system and an inlet of a second-stage condenser ( 113 ), an outlet of the second-stage condenser ( 113 ) is respectively connected with the recovery system and a vacuum unit, a liquid phase outlet of the dehydration flash tank ( 114 ) is connected with an inlet of a flash liquid pump ( 116 ), an outlet of the flash liquid pump ( 116 ) is connected with an inlet of a second-stage cooler ( 111 ), an acetone raw material pipeline is respectively connected with the inle

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Zhang Minhua
• Yu Yingzhe
• Gong Hao
• Dong He
• Shi Feng
• Jiang Haoxi

Classifications

• C07C37/685

  Processes comprising at least two steps in series · CPC title

• C07C37/16 Primary

  by condensation involving hydroxy groups of phenols or alcohols or the ether or mineral ester group derived therefrom · CPC title

• C07C37/20 Primary

  using aldehydes or ketones · CPC title