Liquid Sodium Methoxide Temperature Control Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reaction towers for preparing liquid sodium methoxide fail to maintain the required temperature for the reaction and achieve secondary mixing with the mixed solution, resulting in a low utilization rate of methanol vapor.
Innovation Solution
The intelligent temperature control equipment includes a feeding hopper, throat pipe, shunting hood, and third shell with water pumps, electric heating films, and corrugated packing, allowing for secondary spraying and heating of the mixed solution to ensure temperature requirements are met, increasing methanol vapor utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If methanol vapor is injected into the reaction tower for reaction, then the reaction process can proceed, but the temperature cannot be maintained and secondary mixing cannot be achieved, resulting in low utilization rate of methanol vapor
Solution Approach 1:
The reaction tower is divided into multiple functional sections: a reaction section with corrugated packing for primary reaction and temperature maintenance, and a secondary mixing section with spray nozzles for secondary mixing. This segmentation allows different zones to perform specialized functions - the reaction section maintains temperature through large surface area contact, while the secondary mixing section ensures complete utilization of methanol vapor through additional mixing stages.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a vertical dimension to the reaction process by implementing multi-level spray nozzles that inject liquid at different heights and angles. This creates multiple interaction planes between vapor and liquid phases, enabling secondary mixing to occur in three-dimensional space rather than a single plane, thereby increasing methanol vapor utilization.
2Device complexity
If the reaction tower structure is simplified, then the device complexity is reduced, but the temperature control and secondary mixing functions are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The reaction tower is designed as a multi-functional integrated structure that simultaneously performs reaction, temperature maintenance, and secondary mixing functions. The corrugated packing serves both as a reaction medium and a heat exchange surface, while the spray nozzles function both for liquid distribution and temperature control, eliminating the need for separate dedicated components for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The reaction mixture itself serves as the heating medium through the exothermic reaction heat, which is retained and distributed within the tower through the corrugated packing structure. The system uses its own reaction heat to maintain temperature without requiring external heating devices, achieving self-temperature maintenance.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The equipment effectively increases the utilization rate of methanol vapor by ensuring the mixed solution undergoes secondary reactions and maintains the required temperature, promoting a stable reaction process.
Implementation Method 1
an electric heating film is mounted at the top of each arc fan plate
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of water pumps is mounted on the top of the mounting disc
Implementation Method 3
corrugated packing is disposed on the inner side of the second shell
Implementation Method 4
methanol vapor which is injected from the inner side of the reaction tower and flows from bottom to top fully react to prepare liquid sodium methoxide
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AI summary
The present invention discloses intelligent temperature control equipment for the preparation of liquid sodium methoxide, and belongs to the technical field of temperature control equipment. The intelligent temperature control equipment sequentially includes a feeding hopper, a throat pipe, a shunting hood, a second shell and a third shell which are sequentially connected from top to bottom, wherein a first coil pipe, a second coil pipe and a third coil pipe are mounted on the outer sides of the feeding hopper, the second shell and the third shell, respectively; a discharging pipe is connected to the bottom of the third shell, and a plurality of air inlet pipes is mounted on one side of the discharging pipe; corrugated packing is disposed on the inner side of the second shell.