A kind of method of producing propylene
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method of producing propylene.
Background technology
Propylene is a kind of important petrochemical complex basic raw material.For a long time, the propylene source depends on ethylene cracker and FCC apparatus.Because the propylene rate of increase continues to be higher than the ethene rate of increase, people update traditional production of propylene technology, further improve productivity of propylene.Propylene enhancing receives the restriction of raw material composition, apparatus processes ability, plant modification and process cost on existing apparatus, and the technological process of therefore developing new propylene enhancing is to satisfy the important directions of growing propylene demand.In recent years; People have developed the employing different material and have produced the propylene novel process, like preparing propylene by dehydrogenating propane, ethene and butene inverse disproportionation system propylene, number of carbons hydro carbons cracking producing light olefins, methanol-to-olefins (MTO), preparing propylene from methanol (MTP), ethene and the co-fed system propylene of alkylating reagent etc.
With number of carbons alkene, particularly to contain number of carbons olefin feed (like FCC gasoline and hybrid C 4 etc.) than polyene hydrocarbon be raw material, to be converted into the propylene through catalytic pyrolysis be master's low-carbon alkene, is the new process that receives extensive attention in recent years, has some commercial potential.The advantage of this conversion process is, available materials kind source is abundant, is worth low, propylene/ethylene ratio height in product, whole process has better economic property.Existing multinomial patent has been announced and has been adopted the number of carbons olefin catalytic to transform the method for producing propylene.
U.S.Patent 6,222, and 087 B1 has announced that a kind of feedstock conversion that will contain C4-C7 alkene and alkane is the method for low-carbon alkene, catalyzer be the ZSM-5 of P modification or/and the ZSM-11 molecular sieve, the silica alumina ratio of molecular sieve is greater than 300.Adopt the dense, fluidized bed process, reaction conditions be temperature at 510-704 ℃, between the 8bar, WHSV is at 1-20hr in negative pressure for reaction pressure
-1Between.Yield of light olefins is higher than 20%, reaches as high as more than 30%, and the propylene/ethylene ratio can reach more than 3.0
EP 0109059 has announced that one is the method for propylene with the C4-C12 conversion of olefines.The catalyzer that adopts be silica alumina ratio be less than or equal to 300 ZSM-5 or and the ZSM-11 molecular sieve, WHSV is greater than 50hr
-1, temperature of reaction is 400-600 ℃.The total recovery of ethene and propylene is 36-44%, and wherein the yield of propylene is 30-40%.
U.S.Patent 5,171, and 921 have announced with EP0511013 A3 and a kind of number of carbons hydrocarbon mixture (containing alkene and alkane) to be converted into the technology of low-carbon alkene, and temperature of reaction is 500-700 ℃, and WHSV is at 10-1000hr
-1Between, contain the ZSM-5 that silica alumina ratio is 20-60 in the catalyzer, and through P modification and water vapour burin-in process.
U.S.Patent 5,981, and 819 have announced that a kind of material that will contain C4-C7 alkene is converted into the technology of propylene.Reaction mass and water vapor are mixed into fixed-bed reactor and sieve catalyst contact reacts, and feed water/oil ratio is 0.5: 1-3: 1, and temperature of reaction is 380-500 ℃.The Si/Al atomic ratio of molecular sieve is 10-200.Alkene is converted into propylene and butylene in the raw material more than 60%.WO 01/05909A1 discloses technology similar to the above process, and the material that will contain C4-C8 alkene is converted into low-carbon alkene.
US Patent 2003/0139636 A1 discloses and a kind ofly will contain the method that olefin feed is converted into propylene.The catalyzer that adopts is rare earth or metal-modified SAPO, MeAPO, MeASPO, ELAPO and ELASPO.
CN 1600757 discloses and has a kind ofly produced the particularly method of propylene of light olefin by the hydrocarbon feed that contains C4-C6 alkene; This method contacts the silica alumina ratio of olefin feedstock and modification greater than 30 ZSM-5/ZSM-11 zeolite catalyst; Flow out thing to produce light olefin, the selectivity of light olefin is more than 60%, and yield is 40-55%; Reaction conditions is temperature 500-650 ℃, weight space velocity 1-50, pressure 0.1-8atm.
CN 1490288 discloses the method for a kind of C4 and above olefin catalytic cracking to produce propylene, and the selectivity that mainly solves propylene in the purpose product that exists in the technology in the past is low, yield is low, the problem of poor catalyst stability.The catalyzer that adopts is that silica alumina ratio is the ZSM-5 of 50-1000, and in the crystallization process of molecular sieve, adds a certain amount of halogen sodium salt.Reaction conditions is temperature 400-600 ℃, liquid air speed 10-50hr-1, pressure 0-0.15MPa.
Another kind has the novel process of the production of propylene of applications well prospect to be, ethene and alkylating reagent (like methyl alcohol or/and dme etc.) is co-fed, and alkylated reaction takes place on catalyzer, generates the hydrocarbon products that comprises propylene.
Discover, alkene can and methyl alcohol between alkylated reaction takes place, make that the carbon number of alkene increases (Svelle etc., J.Catal.224 (2004), 115-123, J.Catal.234 (2005), 385-400):
CH
3OH+C
nH
2n=C
n+1H
2n+2+H
2O
The alkylated reaction of above type also can be at alkene or/and take place between the alkylating reagents such as dme.Especially, the reaction of ethene and alkylating reagent can generate propylene.Such reaction is that the production of propylene provides a new approach.The advantage of this approach is: a carbon atom that generates propylene comes from relatively cheap methyl alcohol or/and dme, has reduced the cost of production of propylene.If adopt low value ethylene raws such as catalytic pyrolysis dry gas, then the economy of this method can further improve.
U.S. Pat 3906054 discloses a kind of technology of olefin alkylation, and alkene is contacted with catalyzer in the presence of alkylating reagent, and catalyzer is that silica alumina ratio is at least 12 zeolite, adopts the P modification, and P content is minimum to be 0.78%.Can carry out alkylating alkene and comprise ethene, propylene, butene-2 and iso-butylene, the available alkylating reagent is methyl alcohol, dme and methyl chloride.
World patent WO2005/056504 A1 disclose a kind of from ethene and methyl alcohol or/and dme, the method for efficient production propylene generates propylene with ethene and methyl alcohol or/and dme reacts in the presence of catalyzer.It is characterized in that, be less than the ethene amount that in reaction system, adds by effusive ethene amount in the reaction system.Simultaneously, calculate with the mole number of the methyl alcohol that gets into reaction system or 2 times dme mole number, propene yield can reach more than the 40mol%.
One Chinese patent application 200610112555.0 discloses a kind of method of producing propylene; The method is characterized in that: the raw material that contains ethene is in the presence of methylating reagent; Under specific reaction conditions, be that the catalyzer of the molecular sieve of 0.3-0.5nm contacts, generate the product that contains propylene with containing micropore size.The propylene selectivity can reach more than 70% in the product.
Above-mentioned two kinds of methods also generate other by products when generating propylene.The process of number of carbons hydro carbons cracking producing light olefins generates more ethylene by-product thing, and the separation of ethene and purification can only rely on cryogenic unit, relate to huge construction investment, thereby greatly reduce the economy of whole process.Ethene and methyl alcohol produce propylene or/and alkylating reagents such as dme can alkylated reaction take place on an acidic catalyst surface; But; Other multiple reactions also can take place on same catalyzer, as, the product propylene also can generate butylene with the alkylating reagent reaction; Equally, the butylene of generation can further generate C with the alkylating reagent reaction again
5Above hydro carbons; The generation of these number of carbons hydro carbons makes the economy variation of this process.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of producing propylene.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose, the method for producing propylene provided by the invention is characterized in that at least two reaction zones are set, and comprising:
A) at first reaction zone, carbon number is not less than 4 hydro carbons catalytic cracking reaction takes place on solid acid catalyst, is converted into the hydrocarbon product that comprises ethene and propylene;
B) at second reaction zone, methyl alcohol (or/and dme) and the gas that contains ethene react on solid acid catalyst, are converted into to contain the propylene and the product of number of carbons hydro carbons more;
C) in the product of first reaction zone, at least a portion ethene is as the raw material of second reaction zone, and in the product of second reaction zone, at least a portion carbon number is not less than 4 the hydro carbons raw material as first reaction zone;
Wherein the reaction conditions of first reaction zone is: temperature of reaction is 350-750 ℃, and temperature of reaction is 400-700 ℃ preferably, and reaction pressure is 0.01-0.8MPa, and reaction pressure is 0.1-0.45MPa preferably;
Wherein the reaction conditions of second reaction zone is: temperature of reaction is 300-600 ℃; Temperature of reaction is 350-550 ℃ preferably; Reaction pressure is 0.01-0.8MPa; Low good reaction pressure is 0.1-0.45MPa, and the dme mol ratio of ethene/methyl alcohol or ethene/2 times is 0.05-5, and mol ratio is 0.1-5 preferably.
Described method; Wherein, Solid acid catalyst at least aly has tart Si-Al molecular sieve or aluminium silicophosphate molecular sieve for containing, or meets the element modified product that obtain of above-mentioned characteristic molecular sieve beyond the skeleton component, or the multiple mixture that meets the molecular sieve of above-mentioned characteristic.
Described method, wherein, the molecular sieve content of solid acid catalyst is 10 weight %-90 weight %.
Described method, wherein, solid acid catalyst adopts and comprises one or more molding bondeds in silicon oxide, aluminum oxide or the clay adhesive.
Described method, wherein, the reactor types of first reaction zone and second reaction zone all adopts fluidized-bed.
Described method, wherein, it is liquefied gas, petroleum naphtha, gasoline, white oil, solar oil, hydrogenation tail oil or kerosene that carbon number is not less than 4 hydro carbons, or carbon number is not less than 4 hydrocarbon product in the conversion process of claim 1.
Described method, the gas that wherein contains ethene in second reaction zone is for from the product that contains ethene in the ethene of processes such as hydrocarbon cracking, ethane dehydrogenation or methanol conversion system alkene generation or the conversion process from the mixture of the ethene of said process and C1-C3 hydro carbons or oxycarbide or claim 1.
Described method, wherein, the first reaction zone carbon number be not less than 4 hydro carbons or/and the ethene of second reaction zone respectively or all from the product in the conversion process of claim 1.
Embodiment
According to the present invention; To be two different conversion processes of purpose product with the propylene, promptly the co-fed system propylene of number of carbons hydro carbons preparing propylene by catalytic cracking and ethene and methyl alcohol (or/and dme) combines; At least a portion is as the raw material of another process in the by product that each process is obtained; Make full use of the by product that obtains in these two processes, improved utilization ratio of raw materials, final highly selective obtains propylene product.The advantage of this method also is, two processes can shared some equipment, for example; Though the reaction conversion process can be carried out in different reactor drums or reaction zone; But product separates and can in same set of separation system, carry out, and simultaneously, the most of ethene that produces in the process further is converted into propylene; The productive rate of ethene is very low in the final product, can not reclaim refining, need not to build cryogenic separation device.Can reduce investment outlay, cut down the consumption of energy, improve the economy of whole process so greatly.
According to the present invention, at least two reaction zones are set, comprising: a) at first reaction zone, carbon number is not less than 4 hydro carbons catalytic cracking reaction takes place on solid acid catalyst, is converted into the hydrocarbon product that comprises ethene and propylene; B) at second reaction zone, methyl alcohol (or/and dme) and the gas that contains ethene react on solid acid catalyst, are converted into to contain the propylene and the product of number of carbons hydro carbons more; C) in the product of first reaction zone, at least a portion ethene is as the raw material of second reaction zone, and in the product of second reaction zone, at least a portion carbon number is not less than 4 the hydro carbons raw material as first reaction zone.
In described method; Catalyzer contains at least a have tart Si-Al molecular sieve or aluminium silicophosphate molecular sieve; Or meet the element modified product that obtain of above-mentioned characteristic molecular sieve beyond the skeleton component, or the multiple mixture that meets the molecular sieve of above-mentioned characteristic.
In described method, the molecular sieve content of catalyzer can be 10 weight %-90 weight %.
In described method, catalyzer can adopt one or more molding bondeds in the tackiness agents such as comprising silicon oxide, aluminum oxide or clay.
In described method, the reactor types of first reaction zone and second reaction zone all can adopt fluidized-bed.
In described method, the first reaction zone carbon number is not less than 4 hydro carbons can be liquefied gas, petroleum naphtha, gasoline, white oil, solar oil, hydrogenation tail oil or kerosene, or carbon number is not less than 4 hydrocarbon product in the conversion process of the present invention.
In described method, the gas that contains ethene in second reaction zone can be for the ethene that produces from processes such as hydrocarbon cracking, ethane dehydrogenation or methanol conversion system alkene or from the product that contains ethene in the mixture of the ethene of said process and C1-C3 hydro carbons or oxycarbide or the conversion process of the present invention.
In described method, the first reaction zone carbon number be not less than 4 hydro carbons or/and the ethene of second reaction zone respectively or all from the product in the conversion process of the present invention.
In described method, the reaction conditions of first reaction zone can for: temperature of reaction is that temperature of reaction is 350-750 ℃, is preferably 400-700 ℃, and reaction pressure is 0.01-0.8MPa, is preferably 0.1-0.45MPa.
In described method, the reaction conditions of second reaction zone can for: temperature of reaction is 300-600 ℃, is preferably 350-550 ℃; Reaction pressure is 0.01-0.8MPa; Be preferably 0.1-0.45MPa, ethene/methyl alcohol (or dme of 2 times) mol ratio is 0.05-10, is preferably 0.1-5;
Below through embodiment the present invention is made detailed description, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiment.
Embodiment 1
Catalyst A: adopt ZSM-5 molecular sieve (Fushun Petrochemical Company catalyst plant); Mixing to be incorporated in being dispersed into slurry in the water with clay, aluminium colloidal sol and silicon sol (all available from Zhejiang Province Yuda Chemical Co., Ltd), is the microballoon of 20-100 micron for size distribution behind the spray shaping.Above-mentioned microballoon heated 10 hours down and under the steam atmosphere at 800 ℃ through 600 ℃ of roastings 4 hours then, was catalyst A.ZSM-5 content is 30 weight % in the catalyzer.
The butylene catalytic cracking reaction carries out in miniature fluidized bed reaction.Reaction conditions is following: loaded catalyst is 10g, and temperature of reaction is 600 ℃, and raw material adopts Fushun Petrochemical Company butene-2 (purity 98%, suitable, anti-butene-2 respectively accounts for 50 weight %), charging air speed 1.0hr
-1, reaction pressure is 0.1MPa, adopts water vapour to be the reaction carrier gas, the charge proportion of water and butene-2 is 1.5: 1.Reaction product adopts Varian CP-3800 gc, Plot post and hydrogen flame detector analysis, and sampling time point is 6 minutes.
The result is as shown in table 1 for the butylene scission reaction.Under above-mentioned reaction conditions, butene conversion is 79.9%, and the selectivity of propylene is 34.72 weight % in the product.
The reaction result of butylene catalytic pyrolysis among table 1: the embodiment 1
Yield/weight % |
Ethene 22.46 |
Propylene 34.72 |
C1-C3 alkane 8.48 |
CH
4 2.5
|
C
5 6.04
|
C
6 + 8.2
|
Transformation efficiency (%) |
79.9 |
Embodiment 2
Catalyst B: adopting SAPO-34 molecular sieve (Dalian Chemical Physics Research Institute) to mix to be incorporated in clay, aluminium colloidal sol and silicon sol (all available from Zhejiang Province Yuda Chemical Co., Ltd) and be dispersed into slurry in the water, is the microballoon of 20-100 micron for size distribution behind the spray shaping.Above-mentioned microballoon is catalyst B through 600 ℃ of roastings 4 hours.SAPO-34 content is 30 weight % in the catalyzer.
Co-fed being reflected in the miniature fluidized bed reaction of ethene and methyl alcohol carried out.Reaction conditions is following: loaded catalyst is 10g, and temperature of reaction is 400 ℃, and raw material adopts methyl alcohol (analytical pure, the federal chemical reagent work in Shenyang) and ethene (purity 99.5%, bright special gas institute of the Ministry of Chemical Industry) mixture.Raw material consists of ethene: methyl alcohol=0.52: 0.48 (carbon number ratio), the charging air speed is counted 1.0hr with methyl alcohol
-1, reaction pressure is 0.1MPa.Reaction product adopts Varian CP-3800 gc, Plot post and hydrogen flame detector analysis, and sampling time point is 6 minutes.
The co-fed reaction result of ethene and methyl alcohol is as shown in table 2.Under above-mentioned reaction conditions, conversion of ethylene is 33.98%, and methanol conversion is 100%, and the yield of propylene is 61.75% (C counts %, in methyl alcohol) in the product.
The co-fed reaction result of ethene and methyl alcohol among table 2: the embodiment 2
Yield (C counts %, in methyl alcohol) |
?CH
4?0.62
|
?C
2H
6?1.33
|
?C
3H
6?61.75
|
?C
3H
8?11.32
|
?C
4?41.23
|
?C
5?14.02
|
C
6 + 6.73
|
Conversion of ethylene (%) methanol conversion (%) |
?33.98?100 |
Embodiment 3:
Employing methyl alcohol or dme and carbon number are that the mixed olefins of 4-5 is the scheme of raw material system propylene, and its device form is designed to two reaction zones and all adopts fluidized-bed-regenerator system, adopts catalyst A and catalyst B respectively.The differential responses district product can adopt same separation system to separate.Duration of contact and embodiment 1 and 2 basically identicals in each reaction zone, so its feed stock conversion and selectivity of product calculate according to embodiment 1 and 2, and ignore coke yield.
At first reaction zone; Flow is that 80 tons/hour carbon number is that the mixed olefin feedstock (29.6 tons of/hour products from second reaction zone wherein, 20.8 tons/hour is extra additional raw material for use unconverted raw material and this reaction zone carbon number through partitioning cycle as the product of 4-5,29.6 tons/hour) of 4-5 contacts with catalyst A.Temperature of reaction is 600 ℃, charging air speed 0.3-0.5hr
-1, reaction pressure is 0.25MPa, adopts water vapour to be the reaction carrier gas, water and material feeding ratio are 1.5: 1.Flow out the propylene that obtains 27.8 tons/hour after the feed separation of this reaction zone, 18 tons/hour ethene, 6.8 tons/hour C1-C3 alkane, and hydro carbons (comprising that unconverted raw material and the carbon number that this reaction zone generates are the hydro carbons of 4-5) and 6.6 tons of carbon numbers that 20.8 tons of/hour carbon numbers are 4-5 are not less than 6 hydrocarbon products.Therein ethylene all gets into second reaction zone, and carbon number is that the hydro carbons of 4-5 all turns back in the raw material of this reaction zone.
At second reaction zone, flow is that 52 tons/hour ethene (wherein 34 tons/hour for the unconverted raw material that uses through partitioning cycle, 18 tons/hour from first reaction zone) contacts with catalyst B with 110 tons of/hour methyl alcohol (or 79 tons of/hour dme) jointly.Temperature of reaction is 400 ℃, and the charging air speed is counted 0.6-0.9hr with dme
-1, reaction pressure is 0.25MPa.Flow out the propylene that obtains 30 tons/hour after the feed separation of this reaction zone, 34 tons/hour unconverted raw material ethene, 6.4 tons/hour C1-C3 alkane, and 29.6 tons of/hour carbon numbers are not less than 4 hydro carbons (being mainly the hydro carbons that carbon number is 4-5).Therein ethylene all turns back in the raw material of this reaction zone, and carbon number is not less than 4 whole first reaction zones that get into of hydro carbons.
It is following to install whole material balance: the hydro carbons that 29.6 tons of/hour carbon numbers of inflow device are 4-5 and 110 tons of/hour methyl alcohol (or 79 tons of/hour dme), 57.8 tons of/hour propylene of bleeder, 6.6 tons of/hour carbon numbers are not less than hydro carbons and 13.2 tons of/hour C1-C3 alkane of 6.The whole process propene yield is 74.5 carbon number %.
Comparative Examples 1
Carbon number is that the mixed olefins of 4-5 is the scheme of raw material system propylene, and its device form is designed to fluidized-bed-regenerator system, adopts catalyst A.Duration of contact and embodiment 1 basically identical in reaction zone, so its feed stock conversion and selectivity of product be according to embodiment 1, and ignore coke yield.
Flow is that 100 tons/hour carbon number is that the mixed olefin feedstock (wherein 26 tons/hour is extra additional raw material for use unconverted raw material and carbon number through partitioning cycle as the product of 4-5,74 tons/hour) of 4-5 contacts with catalyzer.Temperature of reaction is 600 ℃, charging air speed 0.3-0.5hr
-1, reaction pressure is 0.25MPa, adopts water vapour to be the reaction carrier gas, water and material feeding ratio are 1.5: 1.Flow out the propylene that obtains 34.8 tons/hour after the feed separation of this reaction zone, 22.5 tons/hour ethene, 8.5 tons/hour C1-C3 alkane, and hydro carbons (comprising that unconverted raw material and the carbon number that this reaction zone generates are the hydro carbons of 4-5) and 8.2 tons of carbon numbers that 26 tons of/hour carbon numbers are 4-5 are not less than 6 hydrocarbon products.Wherein carbon number is that the hydro carbons of 4-5 all turns back in the raw material.
It is following to install whole material balance: the alkene that 74 tons of/hour carbon numbers of inflow device are 4-5, and the propylene that bleeder is 34.8 tons/hour, 22.5 tons/hour ethene, 8.5 tons/hour C1-C3 alkane, and 8.2 tons of carbon numbers are not less than 6 hydrocarbon products.The whole process propene yield is 47 carbon number %.