Catalyst containing LF-type B acid and method for preparing ethylene using direct conversion of syngas

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  • Patent Grant
  • 11420911
  • Patent Number
    11,420,911
  • Date Filed
    Monday, January 28, 2019
    5 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, August 23, 2022
    2 years ago
Abstract
A catalyst containing LF-type B acid preparing ethylene using direct conversion of syngas is a composite catalyst and formed by compounding component A and component B in a mechanical mixing mode. The active ingredient of the component A is a metal oxide; the component B is a zeolite of MOR topology; and a weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component A to the component B is 0.1-20. The reaction process has an extremely high product yield and selectivity, with the selectivity for light olefin reaching 80-90%, wherein ethylene has high space time yield and can reach selectivity of 75-80%. Meanwhile, the selectivity for a methane side product is extremely low (<15%).
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RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is a U.S. national stage of international application No. PCT/CN2019/073389 filed on Jan. 28, 2019, which claims priority from China Patent Application No. 201810081164.X filed on Jan. 26, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated herein as reference.


TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention belongs to preparation of light olefin using syngas, and particularly relates to a catalyst containing LF-type B acid and a method for preparing ethylene using direct conversion of syngas.


BACKGROUND

Light olefin refers to alkene with the number of carbon atoms less than or equal to 4. Light olefin represented by ethylene and propylene are very important basic organic chemical raw materials. With the fast growth of economy in China, the market of the light olefin is in short supply for a long time. At present, the light olefin is produced mainly through a petrochemical route of cracking of light hydrocarbon (ethane, naphtha and light diesel fuel). Due to the increasing shortage of global petroleum resources and the long-term high-price operation of crude oil, the development of the light olefin industry relying only on a tubular cracking furnace technology that uses petroleum light hydrocarbon as raw material will encounter more and more difficulties in raw material. The production technology and the raw material of the light olefin must be diversified. A technology for preparing alkene using syngas can widen the source of the raw material, and will provide an alternative solution for a steam cracking technology based on high-cost raw material such as naphtha by production of syngas using crude oil, natural gas, coal and renewable material as raw material. One-step direct preparation of the light olefin using the syngas is a process of directly preparing the light olefin with the number of carbon atoms less than or equal to 4 through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under the action of the catalyst. This process simplifies the process flow and greatly reduces the investment unlike an indirect method that further prepares the alkene from the syngas and the methanol or dimethyl ether.


Direct preparation of the light olefin using the syngas through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has become one of research hotspots in development of catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. In patent CN1083415A disclosed by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, high activity (CO conversion rate: 90%) and selectivity (light olefin selectivity: 66%) can be obtained under reaction pressure of 1.0 to 5.0 MPa and reaction temperature of 300 to 400° C. in preparation of the light olefin from the syngas under the auxiliary of alkali K or Cs ion by using an iron-manganese catalyst system carried by IIA alkali metal oxide such as MgO or silica rich zeolite (or phosphorous-aluminum zeolite). In patent ZL03109585.2 declared by Beijing University Of Chemical Technology, Fe/activated carbon catalyst with manganese, copper, zinc, silicon and potassium as auxiliaries is prepared by a vacuum impregnation method for the reaction of preparation of the light olefin from the syngas. Under the condition of no feedstock gas circulation, the CO conversion rate is 96%, and the selectivity of the light olefin in hydrocarbons is 68%. In 2012, professor de Jong's team at Utrecht university in Netherlands made good progress by using Fe catalyst modified by Fe, Na, S and other auxiliaries supported by SiC, carbon nanofiber and other inert carriers, obtained 61% of selectivity of light olefin. However, the selectivity is reduced when the conversion rate is increased. In the above report, the catalyst uses metal iron or iron carbide as the active ingredient. The reaction follows the chain growth reaction mechanism of metal surfaces. The selectivity of the product light olefin is low, and especially, the selectivity of a single product such as ethylene is less than 30%. In 2016, researcher Sun Yuhan and researcher Zhong Liangshu in Shanghai Advanced Research Institute reported a preferred exposure [101] and [020] manganese-assisted cobalt carbide based catalyst, and realized 60.8% of selectivity of light olefin and 5% of selectivity of methane at a CO conversion rate of 31.8%. However, the selectivity of single ethylene is less than 20%. Recently, a composite bifunctional catalyst of ZnCr2O4 oxide and hierarchical pore SAPO-34 zeolite has been reported by academician Bao Xinhe and researcher Pan Xiulian in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jiao et al., Science 351 (2016) 1065-1068), which has realized 80% of selectivity of the light olefin when the conversion rate of CO is 17%. However, the selectivity of the ethylene is less than 30%.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem of the present invention: in the conversion process of syngas, the selectivity of ethylene is low; meanwhile, more hydrocarbons having carbon chain length greater than 3 are produced; the present invention provides a catalyst and a method for preparing ethylene using direct conversion of syngas. The invented catalyst can catalyze direct conversion of the syngas to generate light olefin. The selectivity of a single product of ethylene can reach 75-80%.


The technical solution of the present invention is: a catalyst comprises component I and component II; the component I and the component II are compounded in a mechanical mixing mode; an active ingredient of the component I is a metal oxide; and the component II is a zeolite of MOR topology.


The metal oxide is one or more than one of MnOx, MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZnOx, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, CeOx, CoaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, GaOx, BiOx, InOx, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox.


The specific surface area of MnOx, ZnOx, CeOx, GaOx, BiOx and InOx is 1-100 m2/g; and a preferred specific surface area is 50-100 m2/g.


The specific surface area of MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZraCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, CoaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox is 5-150 m2/g; and a preferred specific surface area is 50-150 m2/g. A preferred specific surface area is 50-150 m2/g. The value range of x is 0.7-3.7, and the value range of a is 0-1; and the value range of a+b is 0-1.


a, b, (1−a), (1−a−b) and x in the present invention only represent the relative proportions of the chemical composition of the elements in the metal oxide. Any metal oxide with the same proportion is regarded as the same metal oxide.


The MOR zeolite in the component B contains LF-type B acid; and the content range of the LF-type B acid is 0.01 mmol/g-0.6 mmol/g, preferably 0.1-0.6 mmol/g and more preferably 0.3-0.6 mmol/g.


According to the wave number range of the infrared spectrum, the B acid of the zeolite of the MOR topology can be classified into three types: LF, HT and TF. Type LF is the B acid in an eight-membered ring pocket on the side edge of an MOR main porous channel. The fitting and attribution of the three acids are based on the literature N. Cherkasovetal./VibrationalSpectroscopy83(2016)170-179.


The mechanical mixing in the present invention can adopt one or more than two of mechanical agitation, ball milling, rocking bed mixing and mechanical grinding for composition.


The MOR topology of the present invention is an orthorhombic crystal system, is of a one-dimensional porous channel structure with parallel elliptical straight-through porous channels and includes 8-ring and 12-ring one-dimensional straight-through porous channels. 8-ring pockets are communicated on the side edges of the 12-ring porous channels. [ATLAS OF ZEOLIE FRAMEWORK TYPES, Ch. Baerlocher et. al., 2007, Elsevier.].


As a preferred technical solution, a weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component I to the component II is 0.1-20, and preferably 0.3-8.


As a preferred technical solution, a dispersing agent is also added to the component I; the metal oxide is dispersed in the dispersing agent; and the dispersing agent is one or more than one of Al2O3, SiO2, Cr2O3, ZrO2, TiO2, Ga2O3, activated carbon, graphene and carbon nanotube.


As a preferred technical solution, in the component I, the content of the dispersing agent is 0.05-90 wt %, and preferably 0.05-25 wt %; and the balance is an active metal oxide.


As a preferred technical solution, the skeleton element composition of the zeolite of the MOR topology may be one or more than one of Si—Al—O, Ga—Si—O, Ga—Si—Al—O, Ti—Si—O, Ti—Al—Si—O, Ca—Al—O and Ca—Si—Al—O.


The present invention also provides a method for preparing light olefin through direct conversion of syngas, which uses the syngas as reaction raw material, and conducts a conversion reaction on a fixed bed or a moving bed. The adopted catalyst is the above catalyst.


As a preferred technical solution, the pressure of the syngas is 0.5-10 MPa, and preferably 1-8 MPa; reaction temperature is 300-600° C., and preferably 300° C.-450° C.; space velocity is 300-10000 preferably 500-9000 and more preferably 500-6000 h−1; the syngas is H2/CO mixture; and the ratio of H2/CO is 0.2-3.5, and preferably 0.3-2.5.


As a preferred technical solution, C2-4 olefin is prepared using one-step direct conversion of syngas by the method; the selectivity of ethylene is 75-80%; and the selectivity of a methane side product is lower than 15%. The present invention has the following advantages:


1. Different from the traditional technology for preparing the light olefin through methanol (MTO for short), this technology realizes preparation of the light olefin through one-step direct conversion of syngas.


2. In the product, a single ethylene product has high selectivity and can reach 75-80%, and high space time yield, which is beneficial for product separation.


3. The active ingredient metal oxide of the component I in the catalyst has a higher specific surface area; therefore, the metal oxide surface has more active sites, which is more conducive to conducting a catalytic reaction.


4. On one hand, the role of the component II in the catalyst is to further convert the active gas-phase intermediate produced by the component I to obtain light olefin by coupling with the component I. The role of the component II on the balanced pull of the series reaction can promote the activation and conversion of the component I for the syngas and thus can increase the conversion rate. On the other hand, the special porous channel structure of the zeolite is used in the component II used in the present invention; especially, the LF-type B acid is positioned in the 8-ring pocket on the side edge of MOR, and its chemical environment and space environment are not favorable for producing molecules with more than two C atoms, thereby greatly increasing the selectivity of C2 in the product; the catalyst has a unique selection effect and can obtain more ethylene products with high selectivity.


5. The functions of the present invention cannot be achieved if the component I or the component II in the present invention is used separately. For example, the selectivity of methane in the product after separate use of the component I is very high, and the conversion rate is very low. The syngas cannot be activated and converted if the component II is used separately. Only the synergistic catalysis of the component I and the component II can achieve efficient conversion of the syngas and obtain excellent selectivity. Because the component I can activate the syngas to generate a specific active gas-phase intermediate, the intermediate diffuses into the porous channel of the component II through the gas phase. The zeolite of the MOR topology selected in the present invention has special pore structure and acidity which can effectively further activate and convert the active gas-phase intermediate produced by the component I into olefin. The special porous channel structure of the component II enables the product to have special selectivity.


6. The preparation process of the composite catalyst of the present invention is simple and has mild conditions. The reaction process has an extremely high product yield and selectivity, with the selectivity for C2-C4 light olefins reaching 80-90%, while the selectivity for a methane side product is less than 15%. The present invention has excellent application prospect.







DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is further illustrated below by embodiments, but the scope of claims of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments. Meanwhile, the embodiments only give some conditions for achieving the purpose, but it doesn't mean that the conditions must be satisfied to achieve the purpose.


The metal oxide in the present invention can be obtained by purchasing a commercially available metal oxide with a high specific surface area, or obtained by the following methods:


I. Preparation of Component I of Catalyst


(I) ZnO material with high specific surface area was synthesized through a precipitation method:


(1) 3 parts of 0.446 g (1.5 mmol) of Zn(NO3)2.6H2O were respectively weighed into three containers; 0.300 g (7.5 mmol), 0.480 g (12 mmol) and 0.720 g (18 mmol) of NaOH were respectively weighed and successively added to the above three containers; 30 ml of deionized water was weighed and added to the three containers; stirring was conducted for a time greater than 0.5 h at 70° C. to uniformly mix a solution; natural cooling was conducted to room temperature; reaction liquid was centrifugally separated to collect the centrifugally separated precipitate; and washing was conducted with deionized water twice to obtain ZnO metal oxide precursor;


(2) roasting: after drying the obtained product in the air, the product was roasted in an atmosphere to obtain ZnO material with high specific surface area. The atmosphere is inert gas, reducing gas or oxidizing gas. The inert gas is one or more than one of N2, He and Ar. The reducing gas is one or two of H2 and CO, and the reducing gas may also contain the inert gas. The oxidizing gas is one or more than one of O2, O3 and NO2, and the oxidizing gas may also contain the inert gas. Roasting temperature is 300-700° C., and time is 0.5 h-12 h.


The purpose of roasting is to decompose the precipitated metal oxide precursor into oxide nanoparticles with high specific surface area at high temperature and clean the adsorbed species on the surface of the oxide generated by decomposition through the high temperature roasting treatment.


Specific samples and preparation conditions thereof are shown in Table 1 below. As a reference example, ZnO #4 in the table is a commercially available ZnO single crystal with low specific surface area.









TABLE 1







Preparation of ZnO Material and Parameter Performance











Zinc Oxide

Roasting

Specific


Sample
Roasting
Temperature/
Roasting
Surface


Number
Time/h
° C.
Atmosphere
Area m2/g





ZnO#1
5
500
Ar
71


ZnO#2
2
320
5%H2/N2
47


ZnO#3
3
550
Air
15


ZnO#4



<1









(II) MnO Material with High Specific Surface Area was Synthesized Through a Coprecipitation Method:


The preparation process is the same as that of the above ZnO #2. The difference is that the precursor of Zn is changed for the corresponding precursor of Mn, which may be one of manganous nitrate, manganese chloride and manganese acetate, and is manganous nitrate herein. The corresponding product is defined as MnO. The specific surface area is 23 m2/g.


(III) CeO2 Material with High Specific Surface Area was Synthesized Through a Coprecipitation Method:


The preparation process is the same as that of the above ZnO #2. The difference is that, the precursor of Zn is changed for the corresponding precursor of Ce, which may be one of cerium nitrate, cerium chloride and cerous acetate, and is cerium nitrate herein. The corresponding product is defined as CeO2. The specific surface area is 92 m2/g.


(IV) Ga2O3 Material with High Specific Surface Area was Synthesized Through a Coprecipitation Method:


The preparation process is the same as that of the above ZnO #2. The difference is that, the precursor of Zn is changed for the corresponding precursor of Ga, which may be one of gallium nitrate, gallium chloride and gallium acetate, and is gallium nitrate herein. The corresponding product is defined as Ga2O3. The specific surface area is 55 m2/g.


(V) Bi2O3 Material with High Specific Surface Area was Synthesized Through a Coprecipitation Method:


The preparation process is the same as that of the above ZnO #2. The difference is that, the precursor of Zn is changed for the corresponding precursor of Bi, which may be one of bismuth nitrate, bismuth chloride and bismuth acetate, and is bismuth nitrate herein. The corresponding product is defined as Bi2O3. The specific surface area is 87 m2/g.


(VI) In2O3 Material with High Specific Surface Area was Synthesized Through a Coprecipitation Method:


The preparation process is the same as that of the above ZnO #2. The difference is that, the precursor of Zn is changed for the corresponding precursor of In, which may be one of indium nitrate, indium chloride and indium acetate, and is indium nitrate herein. The corresponding product is defined as In2O3. The specific surface area is 52 m2/g.


(VII) MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, CoaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox with High Specific Surface Area were Synthesized Through a Precipitation Method


Zinc nitrate, aluminum nitrate, chromic nitrate, manganese nitrate, zirconium nitrate, indium nitrate, cobalt nitrate and ferric nitrate were adopted as precursors, and mixed at room temperature in water (wherein for ammonium carbonate as a precipitant, a feeding ratio is excessive or the ratio of ammonium ions to metal ions is preferably 1:1). The above mixed solution was aged, and then taken out for washing, filtering and drying; and the obtained solid was roasted under an air atmosphere to obtain a metal oxide with high specific surface area. Specific samples and preparation conditions thereof are shown in Table 2 below.









TABLE 2







Preparation of Metal Oxide with High Specific Surface Area and


Performance Parameters














Feeding Ratio of Metal




Specific



Elements and Final Molar
Aging
Aging
Roasting

Surface



Concentration of One
Temperature
Time
Temperature
Roasting
Area


Metal Oxide
Metal in Water (mmol/L)
° C.
h
° C.
Time h
m2/g
















ZnCr2O4
ZnCr = 1:2, and Zn is
120
24
500
2
126



50 mM







ZnAl2O4
ZnAl = 1:2, and Zn is
130
20
400
4
137



50 mM







ZnGa2O4
ZnGa = 1:2, and Zn is
130
20
400
4
110



50 mM







ZnIn2O4
ZnIn = 1:2, and Zn is
130
20
400
4
87



50 mM







MnCr2O4
MnCr = 1:2, and Mn is
140
18
450
3
11



50 mM







MnAl2O4
MnAl = 1:2, y = 2; and Mn
145
16
400
2
15



is 50 mM







MnZr2O4
MnZr = 1:2, and Mn is
150
12
500
1
38



50 mM







MnIn2O4
MnIn = 1:2, and Mn is
150
12
500
1
67



50 mM







CoAl2O4
CoAl = 1:2, and Co is
145
16
400
2
22



50 mM







FeAl2O4
FeAl = 1:2, and Fe is
145
16
400
2
30



50 mM







InAl3MnO7
In:Al:Mn = 1:3:1, and Mn
150
12
500
1
84



is 50 mM







InGa2MnO7
In:Ga:Mn = 1:2:1; and Mn
145
16
400
2
67



is 50 mM









(VIII) Metal Oxide Dispersed in Dispersing Agent Cr2O3, Al2O3 or ZrO2


Cr2O3, Al2O3 or ZrO2 dispersed metal oxide was prepared through a precipitate deposition method by taking Cr2O3, Al2O3 or ZrO2 as a carrier. By taking preparation of dispersed ZnO as an example (the specific surface area is about 5 m2/g), commercial Cr2O3, Al2O3 (the specific surface area is about 20 m2/g) or ZrO2 (the specific surface area is about 10 m2/g) as a carrier was dispersed in water in advance, and then mixed and precipitated at room temperature with a sodium hydroxide precipitant by taking zinc nitrate as raw material. The molar concentration of Zn2+ is 0.067M; and the ratio of molar fractions of Zn2+ and the precipitant is 1:8; and then aging was conducted at 160° C. for 24 hours to obtain dispersed ZnO by taking Cr2O3, Al2O3 or ZrO2 as the carrier (the contents of the dispersing agents in the component I are 0.1 wt %, 20 wt % and 85 wt %). The obtained sample was roasted at 500° C. for 1 hour in air. The products were successively defined as dispersed oxides 1-3, and the specific surface areas were successively 148 m2/g, 115 m2/g and 127 m2/g.


The same method is used to obtain dispersed MnO oxide by taking SiO2 (the specific surface area is about 2 m2/g), Ga2O3 (the specific surface area is about 10 m2/g), or TiO2 (the specific surface area is about 15 m2/g) as the carrier (the contents of the dispersing agents in the component I are 5 wt %, 30 wt % and 60 wt %). The products are successively defined as dispersed oxides 4-6. The specific surface areas are successively 97 m2/g, 64 m2/g and 56 m2/g.


The same method is used to obtain dispersed ZnO oxide by taking activated carbon (the specific surface area is about 1000 m2/g), graphene (the specific surface area is about 500 m2/g), or carbon nanotube (the specific surface area is about 300 m2/g) as the carrier (the contents of the dispersing agents in the component I are 5 wt %, 30 wt % and 60 wt %). The products are successively defined as dispersed oxides 7-9. The specific surface areas are successively 177 m2/g, 245 m2/g and 307 m2/g.


II. Preparation of Component II (Zeolite of MOR Topology)


The MOR topology is an orthorhombic crystal system, is of a one-dimensional porous channel structure with parallel elliptical straight-through porous channels and includes 8-ring and 12-ring one-dimensional straight-through porous channels. 8-ring pockets are communicated on the side edges of the 12-ring porous channels.


The determination of the content of the LF-type B acid may be but not limited to: firstly, a solid nuclear magnetic H spectrum or NH3-TPD is used to quantitatively measure the content of all B acids in MOR; then three peaks of LF, HF and TF are fitted through vacuum in-situ infrared OH vibration peak signals; the percentage of LF in all B acids is calculated according to the relative proportion of peak area; and then the content of the LF-type B acid is calculated according to the product of the content of all B acids in MOR and the percentage of LF in all B acids. The fitting and attribution of the three acids are based on the literature N. Cherkasov et al./Vibrational Spectroscopy 83(2016)170-179.


The component II zeolite of the present invention may be a purchased commercial product (a zeolite which conforms to the content range 0.01 mmol/g-0.6 mmol/g of the LF-type B acid is selected), such as commercial mordenite from Nankai University Catalyst Plant; or commercial MOR-SAR=15 from Shentan Catalyst Company;


or a prepared zeolite, taking hydrothermal synthesis as an example herein.


1) The specific preparation process is: aluminum sulphate was mixed with a sodium hydroxide solution according to n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3)=15, n(Na2O)/n(SiO2)=0.2, n(H2P)/n(SiO2)=26; then, silica sol was added and stirred for 1 h to obtain homogeneous phase initial gel; then, the mixture was transferred into a synthesis autoclave, was statically crystallized at 180° C. for 24 h, and then was quenched, washed and dried to obtain a mordenite sample, labeled as Na-MOR.


Na-MOR was taken, mixed with 1 mol/L ammonium chloride solution, stirred at 90° C. for 3 h, washed, dried for two times in succession, and roasted at 450° C. for 6 h to obtain H-mordenite.


The skeleton element composition of the zeolite of the MOR topology prepared by the above process may be one of Si—Al—O, Ga—Si—O, Ga—Si—Al—O, Ti—Si—O, Ti—Al—Si—O, Ca—Al—O and Ca—Si—Al—O. O element of part of the skeleton is connected with H, and corresponding products are successively defined as MOR1-8.









TABLE 3







Preparation of Zeolite of MOR Topology and Performance Parameters














Si and


Hydrothermal

LF Acid


Sample
Ca
Al, Ga and Ti

Temperature
Time
Amount


Number
Sources
Sources
Molar Ratio
(° C.)
(Day)
mmol/g





MOR1
TEOS
sodium
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3) = 16,
170
1.3
0.48




metaaluminate
n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.3








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 27





MOR2
silica
Al(OH)3
n(SiO2 + CaO)/n(Al2O3) = 8,
183
0.9
0.35



sol

n(SiO2)/n(CaO) = 43,






Ca(OH)

n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.2








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 26





MOR3
TEOS
AlOOH
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3 + Ga2O3) = 22,
181
1.3
0.30




gallium nitrate
n(Ga2O3)/n(AhO3) = 7,








n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.3








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 26





MOR4
silica
titanium sol
n(SiO2)/n(TiO2) = 70,
188
0.8
0.25



sol

n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.3








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 26





MOR5
silica
aluminum
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3) = 6,
188
0.7
0.22



sol
sulfate
n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.2








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 27





MOR6
silica
aluminum
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3) = 4,
182
1.1
0.15



sol
nitrate
n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.2








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 23





MOR7
TEOS
aluminum
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3) = 19,
173
1.6
0.08




sulfate
n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.2








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 28





MOR8
silica
titanium sol
n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3 + TiO2) = 25,
182
0.9
0.02



sol
AlOOH
n(TiO2)/n(Al2O3) = 1,








n(Na2O)/n(SiO2) = 0.2








n(H2O)/n(SiO2) = 25











Commercial mordenite from Nankai University Catalyst Plant
0.13


Commercial MOR-SAR = 15 from Shentan Catalyst Company
0.27









III. Catalyst Preparation

The component I and the component II in the required ratio were added to the container to achieve the purposes of separation, crushing, uniform mixing and the like through one or more than two of extrusion force, impact force, shear force and friction force generated by high-speed motion of the material and/or the container, so as to realize conversion of mechanical energy, thermal energy and chemical energy by regulating the temperature and the atmosphere of carrier gas, thereby further enhancing the interaction between different components.


In the mechanical mixing process, the mixing temperature can be set as 20-100° C., and the mechanical mixing process can be conducted in an atmosphere or directly in the air. The atmosphere is selected from any of the following gas:


a) nitrogen and/or inert gas;


b) mixed gas of hydrogen, nitrogen and/or inert gas, with the volume of hydrogen in the mixed gas being 5-50%;


c) mixed gas of CO, nitrogen and/or inert gas, with the volume of CO in the mixed gas being 5-20%;


d) mixed gas of 02, nitrogen and/or inert gas, with the volume of O2 in the mixed gas being 5-20%, wherein the inert gas is one or more than one of helium, argon and neon.


The mechanical mixing can adopt one or more than one of mechanical agitation, ball milling, rocking bed mixing and mechanical grinding for composition. Specifically:


Mechanical stirring: mixing the component I and the component II with a stirring rod in a stirring tank; and regulating the mixing degree of the component I and the component II by controlling stirring time (5 min-120 min) and rate (30-300 r/min).


Ball milling: rolling at high speed in a grinding tank by using abrasive and the catalysts; and producing strong impact and milling on the catalysts to achieve the effects of dispersing and mixing the component I and the component II. The ratio of the abrasive (which is stainless steel, agate and quartz; and the size range is 5 mm-15 mm) to the catalysts (the mass ratio range is 20-100:1) is controlled.


Shaking table mixing: premixing the component I and the component II and placing the components into the container; realizing the mixing of the component I and the component II by controlling the reciprocating oscillation or circumferential oscillation of a shaking table; and realizing uniform mixing by regulating oscillation speed (range: 1-70 r/min) and time (range: 5 min-120 min).


Mechanical grinding: premixing the component I and the component II and placing the components into the container; and under certain pressure (range: 5 kg-20 kg), making relative motion (speed range: 30-300 r/min) by an abrader and mixed catalysts to achieve the effect of uniform mixing.


Specific catalyst preparation and parameter features are shown in Table 4.









TABLE 4







Preparation of Catalysts and Parameter Features















Compounding Mode and Condition



















Ball









Milling









Abrasive

Mechanical






Mechanical
Material,
Rocking
Polishing






Agitation
Size
Bed
Pressure






Rate
Range and
Oscillation
(kg) and





Weight
(r/min)
Catalyst
Speed
Relative


Catalyst


Ratio of I
and Time
Mass
(r/min) and
Movement


Number
Component I
Component II
to II
(min)
Ratio
Time (min)
Rate (r/min)

















A
ZnO#1
MOR1
0.33
5, 30





B
ZnO#2
MOR2
0.5
100, 250





C
ZnO#3
MOR3
2

5 mm









stainless









steel ball,









50:1




D
MnO
MOR4
1

6 mm









stainless









steel ball,









60:1




E
CeO2
MOR5
1


5, 10



F
Bi2O3
MOR6
3


60, 100



G
In2O3
MOR7
3



5, 30


H
Ga2O3
MOR8
1
100, 300





I
ZnCr2O4
MOR1
5

6 mm









agate ball,









100:1




J
ZnAl2O4
MOR2
1


70, 100



K
ZnGa2O4
MOR3
3



15, 200


L
ZnIn2O4
MOR4
0.33



20, 300


M
MnCr2O4
MOR5
1
100, 300





N
MnAl2O4
MOR6
3

6 mm









quartz,









100:1




O
MnZr2O4
MOR7
0.33

6 mm









quartz,









100:1




p
MnIn2O4
MOR8
1



10, 100


Q
CoAl2O4
MOR1
1


5, 10



R
FeAl2O4
MOR2
3


60, 100



S
InAl3MnO7
MOR3
3



5, 30


T
InGa2MnO7
MOR4
1
100, 300





U
dispersed oxide
MOR5
0.33

6 mm





1



quartz,









100:1




V
dispersed oxide
MOR6
1
100, 250






2








W
dispersed oxide
MOR7
3

5 mm





3



stainless









steel ball,









50:1




X
dispersed oxide
MOR8
1



10, 100



4








Y
dispersed oxide
MOR1
4


50, 60




5








Z
dispersed oxide
MOR2
3



10, 100



6








Z1
dispersed oxide
MOR3
20

5 mm





7



stainless









steel ball,









100:1




Z2
dispersed oxide
MORI
16
100, 200






8








Z3
dispersed oxide
MORI
0.1



20, 100



9








Z4
dispersed oxide
Commercial
0.33

6 mm





1
mordenite from


quartz,






Nankai


100:1






University









Catalyst Plant







Z5
dispersed oxide
Commercial
1
100, 250






2
MOR-SAR = 15









from Shentan









Catalyst









Company







Reference
ZnO#4
MOR1
3


20, 30



example 1









Reference
composite
MOR1
0.33
5, 30





example 2
metal ZnCo,









the molar ratio









of Zn to Co is









1:1.








Reference
TiO2
MOR1
0.33
5, 30





example 3









Example of Catalytic Reactions

A fixed bed reaction was taken as an example, but the catalyst was also applicable to a fluidized bed reactor. The apparatus was equipped with gas mass flow meters and online product analysis chromatography (the tail gas of the reactor is directly connected with the metering valve of chromatography, and thus periodic and real-time sampling and analysis will be achieved).


2 g of the above catalyst in the present invention was placed in a fixed bed reactor. The air in the reactor was replaced with Ar; and then the temperature was raised to 300° C. in the H2 atmosphere, and then the syngas (H2/CO molar ratio=0.2-3.5) was switched. The pressure of the syngas was 0.5-10 MPa. The temperature was raised to reaction temperature of 300-600° C., and the air velocity of the reaction raw gas was regulated to 500-10000 ml/g/h. On-line chromatography is used to detect and analyze the product.


The reaction performance can be changed by changing the temperature, pressure and space velocity. The selectivity of the light olefin (one or more than one of ethylene, propylene and butylene) in the product can reach 80-90%, and the conversion rate of the raw material is 10-60%. Because the hydrogenation activity of the surface of the metal composite of the catalysts is not high, mass production of methane is avoided. The selectivity for the methane is low, wherein the selectivity for the ethylene is 75-80%.









TABLE 5







Application and Effect of Catalysts






















Ethylene











Space











Time











Yield









H2/CO

mmol
Light Olefin
CH4
Ethylene




GHSV
Temperature
Molar
Pressure
Olefin/h · g
Selectivity
Selectivity
Selectivity


Embodiment
Catalyst
(h-1)
(° C.)
Ratio
(MPa)
Catalyst
%
%
%



















1
A
3500
400
2
3.5
0.70
87
8
76


2
B
3000
400
1.5
9
0.52
87
7
78


3
C
1000
370
2
5.5
0.31
87
7
77


4
D
5000
450
1.5
3
0.38
84
9
76


5
E
3000
430
3
1.5
0.66
83
11
75


6
F
2000
380
0.5
7
0.68
84
13
75


7
G
3000
360
2
5.5
0.14
81
14
75


8
H
1500
380
2.5
5
0.10
80
14
75


9
I
2300
350
1
3
1.16
88
6
78


10
J
3000
410
2.5
8
0.91
90
5
80


11
K
5000
400
2
4
0.86
90
5
80


12
L
2500
120
1
4
0.56
86
7
75


13
M
8000
470
0.5
1
0.28
80
9
75


14
N
4000
410
3
3
0.12
81
10
75


15
O
5000
370
2
4
0.22
83
14
75


16
P
3000
370
1.5
6.8
0.21
83
15
75


17
Q
3500
350
1
5
0.46
85
9
78


18
R
3000
450
0.5
5.8
0.53
83
8
77


19
S
2000
430
1
7
0.82
89
7
80


20
T
7000
410
2.5
2
0.54
83
8
76


21
U
2500
370
1.5
7
0.62
84
8
77


22
V
3000
350
2
5
0.48
82
11
75


23
W
2000
350
1
4
0.22
83
13
75


24
X
2500
410
1.5
6
0.06
81
15
75


25
Y
4000
400
2
4
0.80
89
9
77


26
Z
3500
410
3.5
3
0.76
88
8
77


27
Z1
8000
450
1.5
1
0.22
80
14
75


28
Z2
4000
410
3
3.5
0.21
81
12
75


29
Z3
2500
400
0.5
10
0.10
81
7
75


30
Z4
4000
360
1
4
0.23
80
14
75


31
Z5
5000
375
1
3
0.35
80
13
75


32
Reference
1000
300
0.5
1
0.01
35
55
20



example











1










33
Reference
4000
450
3
3
0.66
33
35
11



example











2










34
Reference
2000
350
2.5
3
0.01
25
70
11



example











3










35
Reference
3000
400
1
4
0.08
55
7
19



example











4










36
Reference
3000
400
2
3.5
0.03
34
11
11



example











5










37
Reference
2500
400
2
3.5
0.05
45
19
30



example











6










38
Reference
2500
400
2
3.5
0.02
25
23
7



example











7










39
Reference
3000
450
2.5
4
<0.01
1.5
50
0.8



example











8










40
Reference
2200
450
3
2
<0.01






example











9










41
Reference
3000
420
3
2
<0.2
37
38
14



example











10









The catalyst adopted in reference example 4 replaces the zeolite of the catalyst A with the commercial SAPO-34 purchased from Nankai University Catalyst Factory.


The catalyst adopted in reference example 5 replaces the zeolite of the catalyst A with commercial ZSM-5 of full micropore structure with Si/Al=30, purchased from Nankai University Catalyst Factory.


Reaction results of reference examples 4 and 5 show that, the MOR topology is crucial to the selective modulation of the products; SAPO34 has an orifice size of 3.8 A, and is suitable for C2-C4 hydrocarbons, but more C3 products are produced and the selectivity for ethylene is not high. The ZSM5 has larger orifice size of 5.6 A, and the products are mainly C4 hydrocarbons and even hydrocarbons with longer carbon chains.


The MOR has large orifice size of 6.5×7.0 A, but also contains a side pocket of 8-ring orifice. The depth of the pocket is shallower than that of the SAPO34 pocket. Thus, ethylene with two carbon atoms is mainly produced, and has advantageous features not found in other structural zeolites. The acid at the LF site is mainly located in the 8-ring pocket, and thus is crucial for the production of the ethylene.


The catalyst used in reference example 6 is basically consistent with the catalyst C sample, and the differences are that the sodium nitrate is used for ion exchange of the MOR3 zeolite; the LF-type B acid is partially replaced with Na; the content of the LF acid is measured as 0.005 mmol/g through solid nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectroscopy and infrared quantitative measurement, while the retained contents of HF and TF acids are 0.6 mmol/g and 0.3 mmol/g respectively.


The determination of the content of the LF-type B acid may be but not limited to: firstly, a solid nuclear magnetic H spectrum or NH3-TPD is used to quantitatively measure the content of all B acids in MOR; then three peaks of LF, HF and TF are fitted through vacuum in-situ infrared OH vibration peak signals; the percentage of LF in all B acids is calculated according to the relative proportion of peak area; and then the content of the LF-type B acid is calculated according to the product of the content of all B acids in MOR and the percentage of LF in all B acids. The fitting and attribution of the three acids are based on the literature N. Cherkasov et al./Vibrational Spectroscopy 83(2016)170-179.


The catalyst used in reference example 7 is basically consistent with the catalyst C sample, and the differences are that the sodium nitrate is used for ion exchange of the MOR3 zeolite; the LF-type B acid is replaced with Na; the content of the LF acid is measured as 0.001 mmol/g through solid nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectroscopy and infrared quantitative measurement, while the retained contents of HF and TF acids are 0.5 mmol/g and 0.3 mmol/g respectively. The reaction results show that the LF acid in MOR is critical to the space time yield of the ethylene. When the acid of LF is lower than the scope of the claims, the ethylene yield drops sharply. After the acid of LF is almost completely replaced, the ethylene yield also correspondingly drops to be extremely low, indicating the importance of the LF acid for the direct preparation of the ethylene by using syngas.


The catalyst adopted in reference example 8 is a sample containing only component I ZnO #1 without the component II, and the reaction conversion rate is very low. The products mainly comprise by-products such as dimethyl ether and methane, and almost no ethylene is produced.


The catalyst adopted in reference example 9 is a sample containing only the zeolite of component II without the component I, and the catalytic reaction almost has no activity.


Reference examples 8 and 9 indicate that reaction effects are extremely poor when only component I or component II exists, and do not have the excellent reaction performance in the present invention.


Embodiments Z4 and Z5 are commercially available zeolites. Because the acid content meets the requirements of the present invention, the zeolites exhibit excellent catalytic performance.


The catalyst adopted in reference example 10 replaces the zeolite of the catalyst A with the commercial MOR-SAR=5 purchased from Shentan Catalyst Company. Because the acid amount of LF in the zeolite is less than 0.01 mmol/g and a gas-phase intermediate generated on the metal oxide cannot be converted well, a large amount of methane is produced and the requirements of the present invention cannot be satisfied. Therefore, it is very important to select a proper commercial zeolite.


It is observed from the above table that, the structure of the zeolite including the MOR topology, and the matching between the metal oxide and the zeolite are crucial and directly affect the selectivity of the light olefin and the ethylene.

Claims
  • 1. A catalyst, comprising a component I and a component II, which are compounded in a mechanical mixing mode; wherein, an active ingredient of the component I is a metal oxide; the component II is a zeolite of MOR topology; the metal oxide is at least one of MnOx, MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZnOx, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, CeOx, COaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, GaOx, BiOx, InOx, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox, and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox,a specific surface area of MnOx, ZnOx, CeOx, GaOx, BiOx and InOx is 1-100 m2/g;a specific surface area of MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, CoaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox, and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox is 5-150 m2/g;a value range of x is 0.7-3.7, and a value range of a is 0-1; and a value range of a+b is 0-1;the MOR zeolite in the component B comprises LF-type B acid; and the content range of the LF-type B acid is 0.01 mmol/g-0.6 mmol/g, wherein the MOR has a topology being an orthorhombic crystal system, being of a one-dimensional porous channel structure with parallel elliptical straight-through porous channels, and comprising 8-ring and 12-ring one-dimensional straight-through porous channels, with the 8-ring one-dimensional straight-through porous channel communicating on side edges of the 12-ring porous channel, the 8-ring porous channel has a pocket structure, and the LF-type B acid is present in the pocket structure of the 8-ring porous channel.
  • 2. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component I to the component II is 0.1-20.
  • 3. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein a dispersing agent is also added to the component I; the metal oxide is dispersed in the dispersing agent; and the dispersing agent is at least one of Al2O3, SiO2, Cr2O3, ZrO2, TiO2, Ga2O3, activated carbon, graphene, and carbon nanotube.
  • 4. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein, in the component I, the content of the dispersing agent is 0.05-90 wt %, and the balance is the metal oxide.
  • 5. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein a skeleton element composition of the zeolite of the MOR topology is at least one of Si—Al—O, Ga—Si—O, Ti—Si—O, Ti—Al—Si—O, Ca—Al—O, and Ca—Si—Al—O.
  • 6. A method for preparing light olefin comprising converting syngas to the light olefin in the presence of the catalyst of claim 1.
  • 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the converting is carried out under a pressure of 0.5-10 MPa, a reaction temperature of 300-600° C., a space velocity of 300-10000 h−1, and the syngas is a H2/CO mixture with a ratio of H2/CO of 0.2-3.5.
  • 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the light olefin comprises C2-4 olefin, and the method achieves a selectivity for ethylene of 75-80%, and a selectivity for a methane side product of lower than 15%.
  • 9. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the specific surface area of MnOx, ZnOx, CeOx, GaOx, BiOx and InOx is 50-100 m2/g, the specific surface area of MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaZr(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, COaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox, and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox is 50-150 m2/g.
  • 10. The catalyst according to claim 2 wherein the weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component I to the component II is 0.3-8.
  • 11. The catalyst according to claim 4, wherein in the component I, the content of the dispersing agent is 0.05-25 wt %.
  • 12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the pressure is 0.5-10 MPa, the reaction temperature is 300° C.-450° C., the-space velocity is 500-9000 h1, and the ratio of H2/CO is 0.3-2.5.
  • 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the pressure is 1-8 MPa; and the space velocity is 500-6000 h−1.
  • 14. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the content range of the LF-type B acid is 0.1-0.6 mmol/g.
  • 15. The catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the content range of the LF-type B acid is 0.3-0.6 mmol/g.
  • 16. The catalyst according to claim 1 wherein the metal oxide consists of at least one of MnOx, MnaCr(1-a)Ox, MnaAl(1-a)Ox, MnaIn(1-a)Ox, ZnOx, ZnaCr(1-a)Ox, ZnaAl(1-a)Ox, ZnaGa(1-a)Ox, ZnaIn(1-a)Ox, CeOx, CoaAl(1-a)Ox, FeaAl(1-a)Ox, GaOx, BiOx, InOx, InaAlbMn(1-a-b)Ox, and InaGabMn(1-a-b)Ox.
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