Production method of vinyl acetate

Abstract

The invention relates to a production method of vinyl acetate, which comprises a vinyl acetate synthesis process, a vinyl acetate refining process and a vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate separation process. The device comprises an acetic acid evaporator, an oxygen mixer, a vinyl acetate synthesis reactor, a first gas separation tower, a second gas separation tower, a degassing tank, a water washingtower, an absorption tower, a desorption tower, an ethylene recovery tower, a recycle gas compressor and a recovery gas compressor, and the vinyl acetate refining process comprises an acetic acid tower, a crude VAC tower, a refined VAC tower, an aldehyde ester concentration tower, an acetaldehyde tower, a dehydration tower, a water phase receiving tank, an extractive distillation tower and an acetic ether tower. In the separation process of vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate, an extractive distillation process taking acetic acid as an extracting agent is adopted. According to the method, acetic acid is adopted as an extracting agent, the content of vinyl acetate in the stream without the ethyl acetate impurities is reduced from 90% or above to 5% or below, the adopted extracting agent is acetic acid carried in the feeding stream, and the process greatly reduces the operation cost of the device.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method and a device for producing vinyl acetate, in particular to a production method for vinyl acetate that improves product yield, reduces waste discharge, and reduces material and energy consumption. Background technique [0002] Vinyl acetate (VAC), also known as vinyl acetate, is an important organic chemical raw material. Through self-polymerization or copolymerization with other monomers, vinyl acetate can produce polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (EVA), polyvinyl acetate (PVAC), vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride copolymer (EVC) and other products . These products have a wide range of uses, and are generally used in adhesives, sizing agents for paper or fabrics, paints, inks, leather processing, emulsifiers, water-soluble films, soil conditioners, etc. In 2018, my country's vinyl acetate production capacity was about 3.318 million tons per year, accounting for about 40% of the global production cap...

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Problems solved by technology

In order to remove the ethyl acetate impurity in the product, although at the cost of sacrificing energy consumption, vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate are separated under the condition of a large reflux ratio, the clear separation of the two cannot be realized, and the ethyl acetate impurity is discharged. Vinyl acetate is still the main stream in the stream, resulting in low product yield and high energy consumption. It is urgent to develop ethyl acetate removal technology in the vinyl acetate production process

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