Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemical Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Xinping Zhang

Fei Shen

Han Wang

Songlin Wang

Xi Li

Shibiao Cheng

Zong Li

Yixuan He

Zhaobin Jiang

Zhimin Hu

Dejia Ma

Xiaokang Hu

The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing caprolactam including: (1) contacting cyclohexanone oxime with a catalyst to carry out reaction in the presence of ethanol and under the condition of gas phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction of cyclohexanone oxime; (2) separating the reaction product obtained in step (1) to produce an ethanol solution of crude caprolactam, and then separating the ethanol solution of crude caprolactam to obtain ethanol and crude caprolactam; (3) removing impurities with boiling points lower than that of caprolactam in the crude caprolactam to obtain a light component removal product; (4) mixing the light component removal product with a crystallization solvent to carry out crystallization and solid-liquid separation to obtain a crystalline crystal; (5) subjecting the crystalline crystal to a hydrogenation reaction; wherein the crystallization solvent contains 0.1-2 wt % of ethanol.

Preparation method of caprolactam

A refining process includes steps of subjecting crude caprolactam to a first evaporative crystallization and a first solid-liquid separation to obtain a first caprolactam crystal and a first crystallization mother liquor; washing the first caprolactam crystal to obtain a second caprolactam crystal; optionally concentrating the first crystallization mother liquor to perform a second evaporative crystallization and a second solid-liquid separation to obtain a third caprolactam crystal and a second crystallization mother liquor; subjecting the third caprolactam crystal to a second washing to obtain a fourth caprolactam; optionally concentrating the second crystallization mother liquor to perform thermostatic crystallization, performing separation to obtain a fifth caprolactam crystal and a third crystallization mother liquor; washing the fifth caprolactam crystal to obtain a sixth caprolactam crystal; and subjecting the second caprolactam crystal to a hydrogenation reaction.

Refining process and refining system of caprolactam

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Xinping Zhang