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Amberger Kaolinwerke Gmbh

Johann H Schroeder

Anton Schoengen

Hermann-Josef Korte

Ralf Wirges

Hans U Neutzler

Anton Miletic

Jorg Porschen

Friedrich Donhauser

The invention relates to a process for the production of a DMT intermediate product as well as its working up to fibregrade DMT and to medium pure and pure terephthalic acid. The DMT intermediate product is moreover produced by combined oxidation of a predominantly para-xylene (p-X) and para-toluic acid methyl ester (p-TE) containing mixture in liquid phase with an oxygen containing gas, esterification of the acids being produced with methanol, distillative or rectificative separation of the esterification products being produced into a p-TE rich fraction I, a fraction II containing more than 99% by weight DMT and its isomers and a high boiling residue fraction III as well as feeding back the p-TE fraction I into the oxidation, with the residue fraction III having a DMT content of 15 to 70% by weight and the DMT fraction II being purified by single solvent recrystallisation in methanol to form the DMT intermediate product to such an extent that the amounts of hydroxymethylbenzoic acid methyl ester (HM-BME) and terephthalic acid methyl ester (TAE) in the DMT intermediate product amount together to less than 200 ppm.

Process for the production of DMT-intermediate product of specific

Process for the production of DMT-intermediate product of specific purity

A multistage arrangement for countercurrent separation of suspended solids, such as crystals, by means of hydro-cyclone groups connected in series and corresponding pumps and pump wells. For operating with relatively small expenditures with respect to apparatus under high pressures and at high temperatures within a certain, limited temperature range, the hydro-cyclone groups, the pump wells with pumps projecting into the pump wells, and the essential parts or regions of the lines are placed in a common pressure-proof and heat-insulated chamber. In addition, for removing coarser crystallizations and solid particles, an upstream classifier also accommodated in the chamber may be provided. The multistage arrangement can be used in a process for the production of terephthalic acid from dimethyl-terephthalate as the intermediate product, and in a process for the hydrogenation of coal.

Multistage arrangement for countercurrent separation and methods of

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Dortmund, Germany

Johann H Schroeder