In the field of waste liquid recovery of organic solvents in the chemical industry, the separation process of various mixed solvents has always been an important research topic. Looking at relevant domestic and foreign literatures, how to completely separate various mixed solvents has always puzzled experts engaged in the research of distillation technology. At present, in the field of distillation in China, many separation technologies have been invented, but they all have certain limitations. For many solvents, only a few selective solvents can be separated, and none of them can achieve the final ideal effect. The traditional solvent separation and recovery equipment has a tall and heavy tower, occupies a large area and space, has a too high initial cost, a large and cumbersome manual operation range, and the separation effect is not ideal. Based on years of design and operation experience and combined with the needs and wishes of customers, a new type of series – connected multi – stage distillation solvent recoverer suitable for the separation, recovery and reuse of various solvents is designed with the multi – stage distillation principle as the theoretical basis. This equipment solves the limitations of solvent recovery to a large extent. The series – connected multi – stage distillation solvent recoverer has the characteristics of compact structure, low initial cost, small floor area, low space occupation, small manual operation range, and simple operation. The biggest advantage of this equipment is that it can separate solvents without a too high distillation tower body, and the purity is higher than that of traditional equipment. This equipment is particularly ideal for the recovery of methanol and ethanol, which have a wide range of uses. There is no need for forced reflux or liquid level difference reflux; instead, the internal reflux method is adopted, and the reflux effect is obvious. Generally, the alcohol content can reach more than 95%.
The equipment also adopts the distillation method, but it is not single – tower distillation, but adopts the method of two – stage heating and three – stage distillation. Through calculation, the number of theoretical plates of the packing in the first tower is equivalent to 1.5 times that of the rough distillation section of the traditional tower, and 1.5 times that of the theoretical plates of the latter two – stage distillation towers. In addition, in the separation chamber, a patented technology device is specially designed based on years of actual design experience. Therefore, the use effect is much better than that of the traditional alcohol recovery tower.
The series – connected multi – stage distillation solvent recoverer has two models. One is the external – circulation multi – tower distillation recoverer, which integrates multiple towers and multiple effects. It can not only concentrate various materials under vacuum conditions but also recover various single solvents or multiple solvent media with different boiling points and densities while concentrating. This equipment has high work efficiency, a wide range of uses, and relatively high recovery purity. The other is the internal – circulation solvent recoverer, which is specially used for the separation and recovery of distillation of various high – and low – concentration inorganic and organic solvents, such as water mixtures, ethanol, methanol, ether, ethyl acetate, n – butanol, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, brass, acetone and many other organic solvents.