Technique for producing ethyl benzene

Abstract

The invention provides a method for generating ethyl benzene through ethanol and benzene subjected to a catalytic dehydration reaction, and in particular to a method for taking discarded crop straw fermentation ethanol as a raw material to be synthesized with benzene. The method comprises the following steps: mixing the reaction raw materials in a fixed-bed reactor with the mol ratio of benzene to ethanol of 6:1, adding the mixed raw materials into a heating furnace for evaporation, then adding the raw materials into the fixed-bed reactor so as to be contacted with a catalyst containing a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, carrying out the reaction under at the reaction temperature of 250 to 550 DEG C, the reaction pressure of 0.1 and 3.0 MPa, a ethanol weight airspeed of between 1 and 10h<-1> so as to generate a reaction mixture containing ethyl benzene, and returning the unreacted benzene to the reactor after separation. Compared with the prior method of synthesizing the ethyl benzene through ethene and the benzene, the method has higher economic benefits in a high oil price era; in addition, the method has few reaction side products which can be easily separated. The method has a simple process and can be applied to the industrial production of the ethyl benzene.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a clean production method for synthesizing ethylbenzene, specifically, the present invention relates to the method for synthesizing ethylbenzene through catalytic dehydration reaction of benzene and ethanol in the presence of ZSM-5 molecular sieve catalyst, that is, in the same reactor, Ethanol is converted to ethylene by catalytic dehydration first, and ethylene and benzene are further alkylated to form ethylbenzene. Background technique [0002] As we all know, ethylbenzene is an important basic organic chemical raw material, and it is also the main raw material source of styrene. The traditional process is mainly through the direct synthesis of ethylene and benzene. In recent years, with the rapid growth of demand for styrene derivatives, the demand for The demand for ethylbenzene is also showing an increasing trend, but due to the sharp rise in crude oil prices after entering the 21st century, the prices of ethylene...

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[0002] As we all know, ethylbenzene is an important basic organic chemical raw material, and it is also the main raw material source of styrene. The traditional process is mainly through the direct synthesis of ethylene and benzene. In recent years, with the rapid growth of demand for styrene derivatives, the demand for The demand for ethylbenzene is also showing an increasing trend, but due to the sharp rise in crude oil prices after entering the 21st century, the prices of ethylene and petroleum benzene also remain high, resulting in the price of styrene rising steadily, and ethylene raw materials are also It is not convenient for storage and transportation, but using ethanol, especially cheap straw-fermented ethanol as raw material, and benzene to directly synthesize ethylbenzene through ZSM-5 molecular sieve catalytic dehydration can significantly reduce production costs and improve the economic benefits of enterprises. In addition, ethanol is a Renewable resources, making the process more attractive and socially important

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