The process to methyl-ethyl benzene is produced in the rare ethene of the present invention and toluene reaction, comprise alkylation reaction, aromatic recovery, methyl-ethyl benzene is steamed, take off dimethylbenzene, several parts of ethylbenzene form, the characteristics of this process are: alkene ethene enters stable can 35 by pipeline 16, behind tank 35 interior dehydration condensate drains, measure respectively through pipeline 16 ' minute three parts or four parts and to be sent to first of reactor 1, two, three or four sections entrance A, B, C or D, toluene is to steam the circulation toluene that tower 11 overhead line 30 send by the fresh toluene of pipeline 26 and toluene to mix, after pipeline 31 and heat exchanger 3 heat exchange, enter toluene heating furnace 5, be heated to 440---480 ℃, first paragraph entrance A from reactor 1 top adds again, the rare ethene that is added to reactor 1 first paragraph is mixed with the hot toluene of gas phase, rare ethene is heated to 330---and 370 ℃, under the effect of catalyst, rare ethene and toluene carry out alkylation reaction generate contain a methyl-ethyl benzene to methyl-ethyl benzene, reaction temperature is 290---450 ℃, pressure 0.4---2.5MPa, toluene is 2.5 with the ethylene molecule ratio---10, and weight ethylene air speed 0.2---1.5h-1。
Alkene and toluene reaction are thermopositive reaction, and after material came out from 1 first section beds of reactor, material and bed temperature just were upgraded to 390---430 ℃; Material mixed with rare ethene of second section inlet B before entering second section beds, and making the population temperature is 330---and 370 ℃, all the other each section reactions are the same.Through remaining ethene in the material of the 3rd section (or the 4th section) catalyst bed reaction four sections (or the 5th sections) almost with the toluene total overall reaction.
Reactor 1 outlet at bottom temperature is 390---430 ℃, the material of alkylation reaction is by pipeline 18 or 18 ' or 18 " ' or 18 ", successively through interchanger 4 and tower 10 bottom material heat exchange and interchanger 3 and the heat exchange of raw material toluene, temperature is by 390---and 430 ℃ drop to about 180 ℃, except that reaction end gas, all the other all are condensed and are liquid phase.Enter water cooler 2 then, temperature of charge drops to 40---and 60 ℃, enter first grade absorption tower 7 again from the bottom, alkylation liquid through oil-gas separator 7 ', the reaction end gas of separating from tower 7, with from contain a methyl-ethyl benzene methyl-ethyl benzene is steamed tower 13 bottom line 27 and contain raffinate etc. mixture be reverse by the absorption agent polyalkylbenzene that tower 7 tops enter and contact, after aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene were absorbed, tail gas entered the high pressure gas pipe network from tower 7 overhead line 32; The absorption agent that has absorbed aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene enters two-level absorption tower 8 from tower 7 bottom tube lines 19 together with alkylation liquid, be dissolved in the gas in alkylation liquid and the absorption agent, the absorption agent of going into tower 8 jackings in tower 8 (the same absorption tower of originating) carries out reverse the contact, light component from stabilizer tower 10 tops also contacts with absorption agent is reverse simultaneously, after trace toluene is absorbed once more, tail gas is sent as process furnace fuel from tower 8 napex pipelines 33, the temperature on absorption tower is 10---100 ℃, absorption pressure is 0.1---1.0MPa, and agent gas volume ratio (V) 0.0001---0.06.Absorption agent and alkylation liquid from tower 8 through pipeline 19 ' and interchanger 9 send into stabilizer tower 10, tower 10 top temperature 80---100 ℃, end temperature 140---200 ℃, pressure 0.1---0.6MPa, thermal source is made with thermal barrier in tower 10 bottoms, steam the light component of a part, return two-level absorption tower 8 bottoms through pipeline 34, tower 10 substrate material go toluene to steam tower 11 by self pressure through pipeline 20, steam the circulation toluene that tower 11 tops steam from toluene, it is part of raw materials, tower 11 top temperature 95---130 ℃, end temperature 150---185 ℃, pressure 0.1---0.4MPa, steam tower 11 middle and upper parts at toluene, offer a pipeline 21, extract 10 out---35% dimethylbenzene, the ethylbenzene fraction is sent into and is taken off dimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene tower 12, this cat head temperature 130---160 ℃, end temperature 230---250 ℃, pressure 0.1---0.4MPa.From by product carrying devices such as tower 12 top separating dimethyl benzenes, ethylbenzene; The bottoms material is through reboiler 12 ' steam light constituents such as dimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene, extracts the mixing of materials with 11 ends of tower out, through pipeline 23 send into contain a methyl-ethyl benzene methyl-ethyl benzene is steamed tower 13.What contain a methyl-ethyl benzene steams tower 13 top temperature 130 to methyl-ethyl benzene---and 180 ℃, end temperature 210---270 ℃, pressure 0.06---0.4MPa, 13 ends of tower,, all material was a part of through reboiler 13 ' extraction, enter one through pipeline 27, two-level absorption tower 7,8, recycle as absorption agent, another partly enters and takes off polyalkylbenzene tower 14, these tower 14 top temperature 140---180 ℃, end temperature 200---270 ℃, pressure 0.04---0.2MPa goes out device from the isolated polyalkylbenzene in tower 14 tops, at the bottom of tower, isolate high boiling mixture through pipeline 29 carrying devices, as fcc raw material or diesel component.
The used rare ethylene raw of processing method of the present invention can directly be used the refinery catalytic cracked dry gas, does not need to remove H
2S, O
2, CO
2, impurity such as CO and a small amount of propylene pre-refining processing.
Processing method of the present invention has adopted ET3228 zeolite catalyst (application number 89105098,1).
The alkylation reaction device of processing method of the present invention is the fixed bed that multistage changes, totally five sections, during entry into service with first section to the 4th section, when current four sections catalyst activity reduction arrive to a certain degree, again with in the 5th section incision system with preceding four sections runnings.
Process using of the present invention the reaction in by product polyalkylbenzene and high boiling material make absorption agent.
Processing method of the present invention has following advantage:
1, with rare ethene and toluene reaction, produce methyl-ethyl benzene, pressure is lower, as participating in reaction as rare ethylene raw with plant catalytic cracking dry gas, then need not pressurize, can save gas booster compressor and energy consumption, produce the process matched therewith that methyl-ethyl benzene is just become catalytic cracking.
2, in reaction process, rare ethene is again the cold shock agent, the heat of output when reacting for it is constantly taken away, rare ethene is that segmentation adds reactor, be that the thermal material that comes out of the preceding paragraph is before entering next section beds, first and rare ethene mixes, thereby reduction temperature of charge, sectional feeding is not only taken reaction heat away, temperature of reactor is evenly distributed, and the may command temperature rise has improved the molecular ratio of each section toluene and alkene simultaneously less than 60 ℃, and then the selectivity of the process of raising, ethene is generated methyl-ethyl benzene (containing a methyl-ethyl benzene) selectivity is reached 90---95%, methyl-ethyl benzene/(right+) methyl-ethyl benzene is reached about 90%, conversion of ethylene reaches 50---and 85%, prolonged catalyst life, the one way life-span reached more than 15 days.
3, the fixed reactor of alkylation reaction device for changing, totally five sections, during entry into service with first to fourth section, when current four sections catalyst activity reduction arrive to a certain degree, again with in the 5th section incision system with preceding four sections runnings, like this, can prolong the operational use time of catalyzer.
4, owing to adopted a part of by product polyalkylbenzene in the reaction and high boiling material, the aromatic hydrocarbons such as small amount of toluene in the tail gas can be reclaimed more than 98%, reduced the waste of aromatic hydrocarbons, reduce toluene consumption as absorption agent.
5, processing method of the present invention has adopted toluene to steam the tower middle and upper part and has offered a pipeline, extraction dimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene fraction enter and take off dimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene tower, separating dimethyl benzene, ethyl benzene mixtures, to reduce dimethylbenzene, ethylbenzene accumulation volume, can guarantee to contain the purity to methyl-ethyl benzene of a methyl-ethyl benzene, and reduce the impurity generation.
Lift several examples according to above-mentioned processing method:
Example 1, with the refinery catalysis drying gas through the metering average mark send into one, two, three sections hot toluene vapor mixing that enter with reactor head of reactor for three parts, under the ET3228 catalyst action, react 400 ℃ of temperature of reaction, pressure 0.5MPa, toluene and ethylene molecule be than 5/1, weight ethylene air speed 0.4h
-1, conversion of ethylene 72.42%, ethene generates the methyl-ethyl benzene selectivity 95.18% of (containing a methyl-ethyl benzene), and to methyl-ethyl benzene/(right+) methyl-ethyl benzene 91.74%.
Example 2, the alkylation reaction tail gas of this processing method enters from the bottom, absorption tower after coming out from oil-gas separator, 50 ℃ of population temperatures, absorption tower pressure 0.55MPa, the tower inner filling material, absorption agent adopts triethylene glycol ether, enter by tower top, fully contact with reaction end gas at Ta Nei, aromatic hydrocarbons such as the toluene in the tail gas are stayed in the absorption agent, when agent gas volume ratio 0.0018 (V), recycle ratio 0.136, gas space velocity 2.88h
-1The time, aromatic recovery rate 88.22% (W) such as toluene in the tail gas.
Example 3 in technology of the present invention, adopts polyalkylbenzene and height to boil mixture as absorption agent, reclaim in the tail gas aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene, enter, fully contact with reaction end gas at Ta Nei by top, absorption tower, aromatic hydrocarbons such as the toluene in the tail gas are stayed in the absorption agent, and aromatic recovery rates such as toluene are more than 99%.