Acetone

Background technology

Acetone is a colorless transparent liquid with a special pungent smell. Miscible in water and methanol, ethanol, ether, chloroform, pyridine and other organic solvents, flammable, volatile, more active chemical properties. Acetone is mainly used as a solvent in the industry for explosives, plastics, rubber, fiber, leather, grease, paint and other industries, but also as a synthetic ketene, acetic anhydride, iodoform, polyisoprene rubber, methyl methacrylate, chloroform, epoxy resin and other substances important raw materials.

Process comparison

Taking 4000 tons/year of acetone dehydration as an example, the initial water content of acetone is 20wt.%, and the water content of acetone product is less than or equal to 0.5wt.%. The operation energy consumption of packed tower distillation, high gravity distillation and membrane dehydration technology are compared respectively.

Name

packed column distillation

high-gravity distillation

Molecular sieve membrane equipment

Steam t/t

1.45

1.22

0.41

Cooling water m3/t

150

110

36

Electricity kWh/t

15

50

28.7

Yield

Approximately 95%

95~96%

≥98%

Operation

The operation is complicated, so it is necessary to pay attention to the change of the composition of the tower top and adjust the operation in time.

Simple operation, high degree of automation, but high maintenance cost of high gravity rotating bed

Simple operation, high degree of automation, stable product quality

Operating expenses

407.5

377

138.4

Remarks

Electricity: 1 yuan/kWh; Steam: 250 yuan/t; Cooling water: 0.2 yuan/t

 

泰华医药化工(杭州)有限公司1200吨/年丙酮渗透汽化膜装置

Taihua Pharmaceutical Chemical (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. 1200 tons/year acetone pervaporation membrane device