METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS SEPARATION OF MIXTURES COMPRISING MORPHOLINE (MO), MONOAMINODIGLYCOL (ADG), AMMONIA AND WATER BY MEANS OF DISTILLATION

Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture comprising morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the processes comprising: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K10; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from K10 to a second distillation column K20 in which water and organic products are separated off at the top at a temperature at the top in the range from 45 to 198° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from K20 to a third distillation column K30 in which MO and organic products having a boiling point of 190° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom, and (iv) feeding the MO-comprising stream which is separated off at the top or at a side offtake of the column K30 to a fourth column K40 in which organic products having a boiling point of 128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the top and MO and organic products having a boiling point of 128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom and the bottoms from K40 are fed to a fifth distillation column K55 in which MO is separated off at the top and organic products having a boiling point of 128° C. (1.013 bar) are separated off at the bottom.