The present invention relates to a method for purifying
ethylene carbonate from a crude
ethylene carbonate composition, and this method is a) A step of subjecting a crude composition containing
ethylene carbonate to at least one
distillation step to obtain a pre-purified composition containing at least 99.5% by weight of
ethylene carbonate, b) A step of subjecting the pre-purified composition obtained in step a) to at least one melt
crystallization step to obtain a purified
ethylene carbonate composition. Includes, This method is carried out in a
plant comprising at least one
distillation column, one vessel, at least one crystallizer, and a supply line for a crude composition containing
ethylene carbonate, wherein if the
plant comprises one
distillation column, the distillation column, or if the
plant comprises two or more distillation columns, the first distillation column, comprises a top
discharge line, a bottom
discharge line, and a side
discharge line, and at least one crystallizer comprises an inflow line for a pre-purified composition and a discharge line for the purified ethylene carbonate composition, and the side discharge line of the distillation column is directly or indirectly connected to the inflow line for the pre-purified composition of at least one crystallizer. i) The vessel is connected to a supply line and an inlet line for a crude composition containing ethylene carbonate, the inlet line being connected to the gas outlet of a first
reboiler, the first
reboiler being further connected to a bottom discharge line of a distillation column, the vessel further comprising a discharge line leading to the inlet line of the distillation column via a second
reboiler, the bottom fraction of the distillation column being taken out of the distillation column via the bottom discharge line being partially evaporated in the first reboiler to obtain a gaseous fraction and a
liquid fraction, or, ii) A
feed line for the crude composition containing ethylene carbonate leads to a distillation column, the bottom discharge line of the distillation column leads to a vessel via a first reboiler, the vessel has a gas outlet connected to the inlet line of the distillation column, the vessel has a liquid outlet connected to a line leading to a second reboiler, the second reboiler has a gas outlet connected to the inlet line of the distillation column, the bottom fraction of the distillation column taken out of the distillation column via the bottom discharge line is partially evaporated in the first reboiler, and at least a portion of the gaseous fraction obtained in the first reboiler is recirculated into the distillation column via the inlet line.