Process for producing pure concentrated ammonia

• US 4,049,782 A
• Filed: 03/03/1976
• Issued: 09/20/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Metallgesellschaft AG (GEA Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Metallgesellschaft AG (GEA Group AG)
• Inventors: Wiesner, Paul, Stonner, Hans-Martin, Wohler, Fritz
• Primary Examiner(s): Meros,Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US05/663,233
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 423/352, 423/236, 423/237, 423/238, 55/70, 55/68, 55/46, 210/59, 210/60, 210/2, 210/3, 210/18, 210/21
• US Class Current: 423/352
• CPC Class Codes: C01C 1/10 Separation of ammonia from ammonia liquors, e.g. gas liquors as part of the ammonia synthesis process C01C1/04

Abstract

A process for the recovery of pure concentrated ammonia in which the gaseous products of coal gasification or degassing are condensed or are washed with water to produce a phenolic-containing liquid phase (gas water), this liquid is dephenolated by extraction with a solvent, the phenol is recovered from the solvent and the gas is driven from the liquid phase. The gas is washed with circulated phenol and residual solvent is eliminated therefrom after NH₃ is removed by washing.

Claims

1. A process for the recovery of pure concentrated ammonia from a gas water resulting from the condensation or washing of coal degasification or coal gasification gases comprising the steps of:

a. filtering said gas water;

b. extracting the filtered gas water of step (a) with di-isopropyl ether as a dephenolating solvent to produce a dephenolated water containing NH₃, HCN and traces of residual solvent and a phenol-laden solvent phase;

c. recovering solvent from phenols of said solvent phase and recycling the recovered solvent to step (b);

d. stripping the dephenolated gas water of step (b) to produce a gas phase containing CO₂, H₂ S, HCN, NH₃ and residual solvent;

e. chemically washing ammonia from the gas phase of step (d) to produce a substantially ammonia-free gas phase and an ammonia-laden absorbent phase;

f. separating ammonia from said absorbent of the ammonia-laden absorbent phase, collecting the separated ammonia product, and recycling said absorbent to step (e);

g. washing HCN from the ammonia-free gas phase of step (e) to produce a gas containing traces of residual solvent;

h. scrubbing residual solvent from the gas of step (g) with circulating phenol to produce a phenol-scrubbed gas and a solvent containing phenol;

i. distilling solvent containing phenol produced in step (h) to separate the solvent thereof from the phenol delivering the solvent to step (b) and returning the phenol to step (h); and

j. afterscrubbing the phenol-scrubbed gas of step (h) at least in part with filtered gas water from step (a).

2. The process defined in claim 1 wherein said gas is washed in step (i) at least in part with water recovered from step (d).

3. The process defined in claim 1 wherein water from step (d) which is not used in step (j) is subjected to biological purification.

4. The process defined in claim 3 wherein the wash water recovered from step (j) is supplied to step (b).

5. The process defined in claim 4 wherein the stripping in step (d) is carried out with steam.

6. The process defined in claim 5 wherein the dephenolated water is subjected between steps (b) and (d) to an afterseparation of emulsified solvent which is returned to step (b).

7. The process defined in claim 6 wherein the wash water containing HCN from step (g) is supplied to the afterseparation stage.