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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 10-18.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.07.020

• Separation Science and Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Concentration of mixed acid by electrodialysis for the intensification of absorption process in acrylic acid production

Hanxiao Du1,2, Lixin Xie1,2, Jie Liu3,4, Shichang Xu1,2   

  1. 1 School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    2 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    3 School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China;
    4 Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-27 修回日期:2020-06-11 出版日期:2021-08-28 发布日期:2021-09-30
  • 通讯作者: Lixin Xie, Jie Liu
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0401202) and Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province (18394008D).

Concentration of mixed acid by electrodialysis for the intensification of absorption process in acrylic acid production

Hanxiao Du1,2, Lixin Xie1,2, Jie Liu3,4, Shichang Xu1,2   

  1. 1 School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    2 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    3 School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China;
    4 Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, China
  • Received:2020-04-27 Revised:2020-06-11 Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: Lixin Xie, Jie Liu
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0401202) and Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province (18394008D).

摘要: The absorption process in acrylic acid production was water-intensive. The concentration of acrylic acid before distillation process was low, which induced to large amount of wastewater and enormous energy consumption. In this work, a new method was proposed to concentrate the side stream of absorption column and thus increase the concentration in bottom product by electrodialysis. The influence of operating conditions on concentration rate and specific energy consumption were investigated by a laboratory-scale device. When the voltage drop was 1 V·cP-1 (1 cP=10-3 Pa·S), flow velocity was 3 cm·s-1 and the temperature was 35 ℃, the concentration rates of acrylic acid and acetic acid could be 203.3% and 156.6% in the continual-ED process. Based on the experimental data, the absorption process combined with ED was simulated, in which the diluted solution from ED process was used as spray water and the concentrated solution was feed back to the absorption column. The results shown that the flow rate of spray water was decreased by 37.1%, and the acrylic acid concentration at the bottom of the tower was increased by 4.56%. The ions exchange membranes before and after use 1200 h were tested by membrane surface morphology (scanning electron microscope), membrane chemical groups (infrared spectra), ion exchange capacity, and membrane area resistance, which indicated the membrane were stable in the acid system. This method provides new method for energy conservation and emission reduction in the traditional chemical industry.

关键词: Acrylic acid production, Electrodialysis, Concentration, Membranes, Absorption, Mixtures

Abstract: The absorption process in acrylic acid production was water-intensive. The concentration of acrylic acid before distillation process was low, which induced to large amount of wastewater and enormous energy consumption. In this work, a new method was proposed to concentrate the side stream of absorption column and thus increase the concentration in bottom product by electrodialysis. The influence of operating conditions on concentration rate and specific energy consumption were investigated by a laboratory-scale device. When the voltage drop was 1 V·cP-1 (1 cP=10-3 Pa·S), flow velocity was 3 cm·s-1 and the temperature was 35 ℃, the concentration rates of acrylic acid and acetic acid could be 203.3% and 156.6% in the continual-ED process. Based on the experimental data, the absorption process combined with ED was simulated, in which the diluted solution from ED process was used as spray water and the concentrated solution was feed back to the absorption column. The results shown that the flow rate of spray water was decreased by 37.1%, and the acrylic acid concentration at the bottom of the tower was increased by 4.56%. The ions exchange membranes before and after use 1200 h were tested by membrane surface morphology (scanning electron microscope), membrane chemical groups (infrared spectra), ion exchange capacity, and membrane area resistance, which indicated the membrane were stable in the acid system. This method provides new method for energy conservation and emission reduction in the traditional chemical industry.

Key words: Acrylic acid production, Electrodialysis, Concentration, Membranes, Absorption, Mixtures