Ube Industries, Inc.

Naoto Nakao

Yuya Fukui

Koji Okano

Koji Takebayashi

Yohei Shimasaki

Hirofumi Ii

Hirofumi Il

A carbonate ester purification apparatus including a first distillation column in which an alcohol and a first solution containing a carbonate ester and formaldehyde, or a first solution containing a carbonate ester, formaldehyde and an alcohol is supplied to obtain a distillate containing the formaldehyde and the alcohol from a column top part while obtaining a carbonate ester solution with a lower content of formaldehyde than in the first solution from a column bottom part, a reactor having a catalyst for producing an acetal and/or a hemiacetal by reacting the formaldehyde to the alcohol and a reflux part refluxing a fluid containing the acetal and/or the hemiacetal to the first distillation column.

Carbonate ester purification method, carbonate ester solution production method, and carbonate ester purification apparatus

Provided is a carbonate ester purification apparatus including a treatment part for mixing a first solution containing a carbonate ester and an acidic substance with an alcohol solution of a metal alcoholate to obtain a mixed solution containing a reaction product of the acidic substance and the metal alcoholate, a separation part for removing a metal salt contained in the reaction product from the mixed solution to obtain a second solution, and a distillation part for removing a component from the second solution, the component different in boiling point from the carbonate ester to obtain a carbonate ester solution, wherein a content of the metal alcoholate in the alcohol solution is 5 to 18 mass %.

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Ube, Japan

Naoto Nakao