130results about "Preparation by transesterification" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of polyester recycling, and relates to a method for efficiently producing terephthalate by depolymerizing waste polyester through carbonic ester, which comprises the following steps: depolymerizing waste polyester, carbonic ester and a catalyst under the protection of nitrogen or inert gas and solvent-free conditions, a is more than one of zinc acetate, sodium acetate, potassium chloride, lithium chloride, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, ethylene glycol antimony, antimony trioxide, antimony acetate, ethylene glycol titanium and titanium dioxide, and B is sodium ethoxide. The method solves the problems of limited conversion of the waste polyester chemical recovery monomer and long production process in the prior art, obviously improves the catalytic efficiency and the depolymerization speed through the compound catalyst, simplifies the depolymerization process, reduces the energy consumption, and is beneficial to industrial application.

The invention belongs to the technical field of regenerated polyester, and particularly relates to a waste cotton-polyester blended fabric recycling method which comprises the following steps: firstly, decolorizing a colored waste cotton-polyester blended fabric by adopting a decolorizing agent, then mixing a depolymerizing agent, isosorbide dimethyl ether, a first catalyst and the decolorized cotton-polyester blended fabric, and then carrying out depolymerization reaction, the decolorizing agent and the depolymerizing agent are more than one of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate and methyl ethyl carbonate, and the temperature of the depolymerizing reaction is 130-150 DEG C; washing the separated cotton fibers with water, and screening to remove residual polyester powder on the surfaces; firstly, terephthalate is converted into DMT, and then DMT, ethylene glycol, a second catalyst and a functional additive are subjected to a repolymerization reaction to obtain regenerated polyethylene glycol terephthalate. According to the method, depolymerization and polyester cotton separation processes are ingeniously fused, so that the operation steps are simplified, the energy consumption is reduced, and the purity of a depolymerization product is also improved.

This invention discloses a method for catalytically depolymerizing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to prepare terephthalate. Under catalyst-free conditions or with a salt as a catalyst, PET or its composite system is treated in diester carbonate to achieve chemical depolymerization of PET, yielding PET monomers terephthalate and ethylene carbonate, and achieving complete depolymerization of PET in the composite. This invention, through the reaction of diester carbonate with PET, enables the depolymerization of PET under mild conditions, and further facilitates the research and development of related technologies for the chemical recovery of PET monomers from PET composite or mixed systems. The method provided by this invention has advantages such as high efficiency, environmental friendliness, and mild reaction conditions, and can catalyze the depolymerization of PET to generate its monomer terephthalate, possessing strong industrial application value.

The recycled bis(4-hydroxybutyl) terephthalate according to one embodiment has a low amount of residual ethylene glycol derivatives and can therefore be used as a polymerization raw material for high crystallinity engineering polyester products or biodegradable polyesters, offering superior qualities, for example, color.

To provide an efficient method for recycling waste PET raw materials by depolymerizing and repolymerizing them.SOLUTION: In a preferred embodiment, waste PET raw material is decomposed by passing nitrogen or the like at a gas hourly space velocity in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent such as methanol and potassium carbonate (K2CO3) to obtain DMT (dimethyl terephthalate). Furthermore, potassium carbonate (K2CO3) and the like are used to manufacture (bis-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, BHET) and the like.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty alcohol esters of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and acylated derivatives thereof, and products obtained thereby and uses thereof.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polyester recycling, and relates to a method for efficiently producing terephthalate by depolymerizing waste polyester with carbonate, wherein waste polyester, carbonate and catalyst are subjected to depolymerization reaction under nitrogen or inert gas protection and solvent-free conditions, the catalyst is a mixture of A and B with a mass ratio of 10 to 20:1, A is one or more of zinc acetate, sodium acetate, potassium chloride, lithium chloride, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, antimony glycol, antimony trioxide, antimony acetate, titanium glycol and titanium dioxide, and B is sodium ethoxide. The invention solves the problems of limited monomer conversion and long production process in chemical recycling of waste polyester in the prior art, significantly improves catalytic efficiency and depolymerization speed by compounding catalysts, simplifies the depolymerization process, reduces energy consumption, and is conducive to industrial application.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a terephthalate derivative from dimethyl terephthalate, and more particularly to a method for producing a terephthalate derivative from dimethyl terephthalate with improved process efficiency and economic efficiency, by optimizing reaction conditions and a catalyst for transesterification, thereby enabling the production of a terephthalate derivative in a high yield through a simple process.

Through a transesterification reaction in which a predetermined amount of bis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate relative to glycol is fed in a divided or continuous manner, bis(glycol)terephthalate with a low residual amount of an ethylene glycol derivative is prepared, and polyester engineering products or biodegradable polyester products with high crystallinity can be produced therefrom.

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining dialkyl phthalates and recyclable target PVC plastics from a PVC feedstock containing at least one phthalate, comprising: a) solid-liquid extraction of a PVC feedstock in particulate form; n H 2n+1 (n is a positive integer less than 4 or greater than 8); producing a liquid phase rich in the phthalate and a solid phase comprising PVC plastic poor in the phthalate; (b) contacting the phthalate in the liquid phase with a solvent comprising a phthalate-rich, phthalate-poor PVC plastic; n H 2n+1 ) converting 2 to a dialkyl phthalate with said alcohol via transesterification; c) solid-liquid separation between said solid phase and said liquid phase; producing at least one solid stream comprising said phthalate-lean PVC plastic to obtain said target PVC plastic; d) liquid-liquid separation of a liquid phase; producing at least a first liquid effluent comprising said dialkyl phthalate and a second liquid effluent comprising said solvent.

Disclosed is a process for preparing a hydroxyphenyl carboxylic acid ester, the process comprising a catalytic transesterification step using an alkali metal carbonate or alkali metal bicarbonate as a catalyst. Disclosed is a transesterification process in which (a) a substituted phenol comprising a carboxylic acid methoxy ester moiety linked to the phenol ring directly or indirectly via an alkyl chain CmH2m and a fatty alcohol are charged into a container, (b) a mixture of the two components is heated above the melting points of the two components and a vacuum is applied, and an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal bicarbonate is already present in step (b) or added to the liquid mixture in step (c), and a transesterification reaction takes place. The use of alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate as a catalyst results in a safe, sustainable, environmentally friendly process that avoids toxic by-products and does not require large conditioning.

The present disclosure relates to a depolymerization method of a polymer comprising an ester functional group with or without pigments or dyes, a composition for the depolymerization, and a purification method for selectively separating foreign substances from a monomer of the polymer, and is characterized in that a compound represented by formula 1 is added as an additive. The depolymerization method according to the present disclosure enables depolymerization at low temperatures and may increase the yield of a target product. In addition, the purification method according to the present disclosure may remove foreign substances including pigments or dyes from a monomer of the polymer to prepare high-purity monomers.

The present invention provides a method for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the method comprising: (i) subjecting the PET to base-catalysed transesterification with a C6-C10 mono-alcohol to produce a composition comprising one or both of a mono-ester and di-ester terephthalate C6-C10mono-alcohol derivatives; and (ii) converting the so formed one or both of mono-ester and di-ester terephthalate C6-C10mono-alcohol derivatives into terephthalic acid using an esterase.

The invention discloses a method for catalyzing polyester depolymerization by halogen salt substances. The method comprises the following step: carrying out chemical depolymerization reaction on polyester or a polyester-containing composite material in diester carbonate under the condition of taking a halogen salt substance as a catalyst. The method has the advantages of high efficiency, greenness, mild reaction conditions and the like, polyester can be depolymerized to generate the polyester monomer, a new method is provided for chemical conversion of waste polyester plastic, and the method has high industrial application value.

To provide a membrane reactor capable of improving yield of a target product by progressing efficiently a catalyst reaction, in a reaction controlled by chemical equilibrium.SOLUTION: Concerning a membrane reactor for performing a reaction controlled by chemical equilibrium, the membrane reactor has a separation membrane for selectively and continuously separating, from reaction liquid, a by-product generated by the reaction. By selectively and continuously separating the by-product from the reaction liquid, the chemical equilibrium is shifted and the reaction is furthermore progressed.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The present invention primarily relates to a method for producing a compound of formula (I) and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof from vanillylmandelic acid and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to the simultaneous use of one or more iodide salt(s) or hydrate(s) thereof, one or more reducing agent(s), one or more inorganic and / or organic acid(s) other than phosphonic acid, and methanol and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof or an alcohol of formula (II) as defined herein and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for converting vanillylmandelic acid and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof into a compound of formula (I) and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof or into a compound of formula (III) as defined herein and / or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof.

The disclosure generally relates to a method for hydrolyzing a terephthalic acid monoester, the method comprising exposing the terephthalic acid monoester to a polypeptide having MHETase activity under conditions sufficient to allow the polypeptide to convert the terephthalic acid monoester to terephthalic acid and an alcohol, wherein the terephthalic acid monoester is not mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate.

A process for preparing an alkyl (meth) acrylate product by an esterification (transesterification) reaction of a reaction mixture in a reactor system is disclosed, the reactor system comprises a reaction chamber (1) comprising the reaction mixture comprising a (meth) acrylate starting material and a first alcohol, a feed line, a reboiler, a column having an overhead, a vapor transfer line, a condenser, a return tank, a return line, a distillate removal line and a receiving vessel, the (meth) acrylate starting material is methyl methacrylate, the first alcohol is ethylene glycol or hydroxyethyl methylacrylate, the second alcohol is ethylene glycol or hydroxyethyl methylacrylate, the third alcohol is ethylene glycol or hydroxyethyl methylacrylate, and the fourth alcohol is ethylene glycol or hydroxyethyl methylacrylate, in a reaction chamber at a reaction temperature and a given pressure, in the presence of a strongly basic catalyst, by an esterification (transesterification) reaction to an alkyl (meth) acrylate product and by-products. And wherein the product is ethylene glycol dimethacrylate wherein the strongly basic catalyst comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide (CaO), calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH) 2), lithium hydroxide (LiOH), sodium methoxide (NaOMe), lithium methoxide (LiOMe), lithium tert-butoxide (LiOt-Bu), lithium isopropoxide (LiOIPr), preferably wherein the strongly basic catalyst comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of lithium methoxide (LiOMe), and most preferably wherein the strongly basic catalyst comprises or is lithium methoxide (LiOMe) wherein at least a portion of the by-product is continuously removed by withdrawing the distillate within a major amount of time during the esterification (transesterification) reaction, and wherein at least a portion of the by-product is continuously removed by withdrawing the distillate within a major amount of time during the esterification (transesterification) reaction, and wherein at least a portion of the by-product is continuously removed by withdrawing the distillate within a major amount of time during the esterification (transesterification) reaction. The given pressure is repeatedly adjusted to maintain the range of the reaction temperature wherein the repeated adjustment of the given pressure is performed with pressure stages, preferably wherein the difference between two pressure stages is less than 500 mbar, and wherein the given pressure is repeatedly adjusted to maintain the reaction temperature in the range of 70 DEG C to not more than 130 DEG C.

A recycled bis(4-hydroxybutyl)terephthalate according to an embodiment has a low residual amount of ethylene glycol derivatives, and thus, can be used as a polymerization raw material for high-crystallinity engineering polyester products or biodegradable polyester, and provides excellent quality of, for example, color.

The present invention describes the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts of mixed oxides based upon niobium and mixed oxides of zinc, manganese, nickel, cobalt and / or aluminum, originating from hydrotalcites (HTs) as precursor phase of heterogeneous catalysts, and application thereof in the chemical recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) for the production of metal free bis(hydroxy)ethylene (BHET) monomers and oligomers having a processing performance similar to that of the homogeneous catalysis system.

According to the present invention, bis(glycol)terephthalate can be prepared by a transesterification reaction of glycol and bis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate and then introduced to a polymerization reaction to increase the content of recycled raw materials in a polyester resin. In addition, purity is improved through the removal of impurities by extracting glycol byproducts during the transesterification reaction, and thus the quality of the final resin can be improved while reducing the amount of byproducts from the polymerization reaction.

The invention relates to a method for producing fatty alcohols from alternative, renewable natural raw materials, to the use of fatty alcohols for producing surfactant intermediates or surfactants, and to fatty alcohol compositions. More specifically, the present invention describes the transesterification of triglycerides using insect oil, in particular oil from hermetia illucens larvae, as or as part of a feed stream and subsequent hydrogenation to fatty alcohols in the industrially desired carbon range.

A method for preparing a recycled raw material uses a waste copolyester. The method for preparing a recycled raw material includes (1) depolymerizing a waste copolyester to obtain a first reactant; (2) removing impurities present in the first reactant to obtain a second reactant; (3) distilling the second reactant to obtain a third reactant containing crude recycled bis-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate and a fourth reactant containing a recycled diol-ester; and (4) mixing the third reactant with an aqueous solvent and recrystallizing it to obtain a fifth reactant containing recycled bis-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate and a filtrate.

The present disclosure relates to a depolymerization method of a polymer comprising an ester functional group with or without pigments or dyes, a composition for the depolymerization, and a purification method for selectively separating foreign substances from a monomer of the polymer, and is characterized in that a compound represented by formula 1 is added as an additive. The depolymerization method according to the present disclosure enables depolymerization at low temperatures and may increase the yield of a target product. In addition, the purification method according to the present disclosure may remove foreign substances including pigments or dyes from a monomer of the polymer to prepare high-purity monomers.

The invention discloses a method for catalyzing depolymerization of polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET) by halogen anion inorganic salt. Under the condition that inorganic metal salt of halogen anions serves as a catalyst, PET or a composite system of PET is treated in diester carbonate, chemical depolymerization of PET is achieved, PET monomers of diester terephthalate and ethylene carbonate are obtained, and complete depolymerization of PET in a composite body is achieved. According to the method disclosed by the invention, through the reaction of the diester carbonate and the PET, the depolymerization of the PET under a mild condition can be realized, and the related technology research and development of chemical recovery of the PET monomer in a PET composite system or a mixed system are further carried out. The method provided by the invention has the advantages of high efficiency, greenness, mild reaction conditions and the like, can catalyze PET depolymerization to generate the monomer terephthalic acid diester, and has higher industrial application value.

Processes for recovering dialkyl terephthalates. The processes can include exposing a polyester composition to one or more glycols to depolymerization conditions thereby providing one or more depolymerization products. The one or more depolymerization products can be exposed to an alcoholysis process to recover dialkyl terephthalate. Optionally, the one or more glycols can be recycled and re-used in a subsequent dialkyl terephthalate recovery or other process.

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining dialkyl phthalates and recyclable target PVC plastic materials from a PVC feedstock containing at least one phthalate, comprising: a) solid-liquid extraction of said PVC feedstock in particulate form; said particles of PVC feedstock are subjected to a solid-liquid extraction of dialkyl phthalates of the ester, ether, ketal or acetal type, the solid-liquid extraction comprising: n H 2n+1 O) m Z is selected from R, COOR, CO, CR, CNRR', PO, P, SO, SO2, COR or HCO, where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups; b) contacting the phthalates in the liquid phase with a solvent containing at least one chemical molecule of formula CH(COOC) n H 2n+1 a) converting the phthalate-depleted PVC plastic material into a dialkyl phthalate of 2 by transesterification with said solvent; b) solid-liquid separation between a solid phase and a liquid phase; producing at least one solid stream comprising said phthalate-depleted PVC plastic material to obtain said target PVC plastic material; c) liquid-liquid separation of a liquid phase; producing at least a first liquid effluent comprising said dialkyl phthalate and a second liquid effluent comprising at least said solvent.

This invention provides a degradation process for composite polyester materials, relating to the field of polyester recycling technology. The degradation process involves depolymerizing a reaction system comprising at least raw material components (i) composite polyester material, (ii) organic ester compounds, (iii) a co-solvent, and (iv) an alkaline catalyst at a temperature not exceeding 100°C; the weight ratio of the co-solvent to the organic ester compound is ≥0.5. By adding a certain amount of co-solvent to the depolymerization system, this invention achieves directional depolymerization of polyester-containing composite polyester materials while essentially preventing depolymerization of other materials, such as spandex and nylon.

The application provides a process and system for recovering DMT and DMC from polyester-containing blended fabric, comprising: under the action of an ionic catalyst, a depolymerization reaction of polyester-containing blended fabric and DMC; after the reaction, the material is subjected to solid-liquid separation and first crystallization to obtain a crystallization mother liquor and a DMT crude product, the DMT crude product is subjected to dissolution, removal of solid impurities and recrystallization to obtain a DMT pure product; the crystallization mother liquor is subjected to light removal, reaction rectification and extractive rectification to obtain a second DMC fraction, which is recycled to the depolymerization reaction; a methanol fraction, which is recycled to the reaction rectification; and an extractant fraction, which is recycled to the extractive rectification. The operation conditions are mild, the material and energy are closely coupled between units, a multiple circulation network of DMC, methanol, extractant and catalyst is formed, the overall resource utilization rate is high, the degree of greenness is high, and an economic and feasible technical scheme which is easy to industrialize is provided for chemical recycling of waste polyester textiles.