Embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst which is used in the reaction of preparing succinic anhydride by maleic anhydride catalytic hydrogenation.
Background
Succinic anhydride, also known as succinic anhydride, is a colorless needle-like or granular crystal with a slightly pungent odor; is easily dissolved in ethanol, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride, is slightly dissolved in water and diethyl ether, and can be hydrolyzed into succinic acid with hot water. The succinic anhydride is mainly used for the synthesis of resin, food processing aids, medicines, pesticides, esters and other fields, and can also be used for the synthesis and analysis reagent of succinic acid. The synthetic resin is mainly used for manufacturing alkyd resin and ion exchange resin, glass fiber and reinforced plastic in the plastic industry, and is mainly used for creating plant growth regulator and the like in the pesticide field, and is used for synthesizing intermediate of organic compound in the organic chemical industry. In recent years, succinic acid is well applied to the fields of full-biodegradable plastic polybutylene succinate, organic coating and the like, so that the demand of succinic anhydride is gradually increased.
The production method of succinic anhydride mainly includes biological fermentation method, succinic acid dehydration method and maleic anhydride hydrogenation method. At present, the direct hydrogenation method of maleic anhydride is the method with the highest conversion rate and purity of succinic anhydride, which improves a plurality of problems of a biological fermentation method and a succinic anhydride dehydration method in the process flow, the operation condition and the production cost, and provides a new method for industrialized production.
Chinese patent CN101502802B discloses a process for preparing a metal alloy from Al 2 O 3 Or SiO 2 As the maleic anhydride solution has certain acidity, the used carrier is easy to damage the structures of silicon and aluminum under the acidic condition, so that the catalyst framework collapses, and the service performance and the service life of the catalyst are seriously affected. U.S. Pat. nos. 5952514 and 5770744 disclose a method for preparing succinic anhydride by liquid phase hydrogenation of maleic anhydride, wherein the catalyst is prepared by pressing iron and inert elements such as aluminum, silicon, titanium or cobalt, nickel and carbon alloy powder, and has high requirements on equipment materials and special requirements on reactor design due to high reaction heat release. U.S. patent No. 1541210 and european patent No. EP0691335 disclose a method for preparing succinic anhydride by one-step hydrogenation of maleic anhydride, in which noble metal palladium is used as an active component in the catalyst, the content is 2-10 wt%, and the catalyst cost is high.
The nano catalytic material has the advantages of large specific surface area, high surface energy, multiple surface active sites, short diffusion channel in the crystal and the like, and therefore, the nano catalytic material has better catalytic performance in a plurality of chemical reactions. In recent years, researchers have synthesized catalytic materials such as carbon nanotubes, nano-metal clusters, nano-metal oxides, and nano-films, and have been applied to chemical reactions in many fields. At present, researches on embedded metal oxide nanotube catalysts are freshly reported, and the invention provides a preparation method of the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, which is used in the reaction of preparing succinic anhydride by maleic anhydride hydrogenation.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, which adopts spherical macroporous activated alumina as a template, forms zirconia nanotubes in situ in pore channels of the spherical macroporous activated alumina, loads metal active components on the zirconia nanotubes to prepare the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, and then applies the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst to the reaction of preparing succinic anhydride by hydrogenating maleic anhydride, so that the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst has higher reaction efficiency and reaction conversion rate, higher product selectivity and better reaction effect.
In order to achieve the technical purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the technical object of the first aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, comprising the following steps:
(1) ZrOCl 2 Dissolving in absolute ethanol, adding hydrogen peroxide, and stirring to form sol;
(2) Immersing spherical macroporous activated alumina in the sol in the step (1), maintaining the condition of negative pressure for immersion, filtering, drying and roasting;
(3) And (3) loading metallic copper on the product obtained in the step (2) by an impregnation method, and filtering, drying and roasting the product to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst.
Further, the intermediate of spherical macroporous activated alumina-supported zirconia is obtained in the step (2), and accounts for 10% -30%, preferably 15% -25% of the total weight of the intermediate by weight of zirconia.
Further, zrOCl in step (1) 2 The molar concentration of the ethanol solution is 0.2 to 1.0mol/L, the mass percentage concentration of the hydrogen peroxide is 20 to 30 percent, and the molar ratio H of the hydrogen peroxide to the zirconium 2 O 2 : zr is 3:1 to 6:1.
further, in the step (1), the reaction temperature is 20-50 ℃, preferably 30-40 ℃, the stirring revolution is 200-600 r/min, preferably 400-500 r/min, and the reaction time is 1-2 hours, and after obtaining the zirconium sol, heating and stirring are stopped, and natural cooling is performed.
Further, the average diameter of the spherical macroporous activated alumina in the step (2) is 3-7 mm, preferably 3-5 mm; the average specific surface area is 280-380 cm 2 Preferably 300 to 320 cm/g 2 And/g, the average pore diameter is 10 to 50nm, preferably 20 to 40nm.
Furthermore, the spherical macroporous active alumina is preferably washed before being used, the solvent used for washing is absolute ethanol with the concentration of 95 percent, the washing times are 3-5 times, the washing temperature is 20-50 ℃, preferably 30-35 ℃, and the drying is carried out after washing, and the drying temperature is 50-100 ℃, preferably 70-90 ℃.
Further, the dipping time in the step (2) is 1 to 3 hours, and the dipping pressure is 1000 to 10000Pa, preferably 1500 to 3000Pa.
Further, the drying temperature in the step (2) is 30-40 ℃, the drying time is 12-24 hours, the roasting temperature is 500-550 ℃, and the roasting time is 1-3 hours.
Further, the catalyst obtained in the step (3) is 1 to 10% by weight of copper oxide, preferably 4 to 10% by weight of the total weight of the catalyst.
Further, the precursor solution used for loading the metallic copper in the step (3) is CuCl 2 Or Cu (NO 3) 2 Wherein the mass concentration of copper salt in the solution is 10 to 20wt%, preferably 10 to 15wt%.
Further, the drying temperature in the step (3) is 50-100 ℃, preferably 90-100 ℃, and the drying time is 8-12 hours; the roasting temperature is 400-500 ℃ and the roasting time is 8-12 hours.
The technical purpose of the second aspect of the invention is to provide the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst prepared by the method. The invention adopts spherical macroporous active alumina as a template, and impregnates under the condition of negative pressure to lead zirconium sol to enter intoAnd (3) filtering, drying and roasting the alumina agent in the pore canal, and loading a metal active component by using a conventional impregnation method to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst. Compared with the pore canal of the active alumina, the zirconia nanotube has the advantages of smooth surface, strong adsorption capacity, difficult aggregation and falling of metal active components, uniform load on the surface of the zirconia nanotube and high dispersity. Zirconium oxide has the characteristics of acidity, alkalinity, oxidability and reducibility, is easy to interact with metal active components, and when the zirconium is interacted with metal copper, electrons are easy to be given out by zirconium, so that the metal copper tends to have positive charge trend, copper ions are easy to be reduced, and the H-pair is improved 2 Is used for the adsorption capacity of the catalyst. In addition, due to the gas sensitivity and the space limiting effect of the zirconia nanotubes, the reaction gas has higher concentration and adsorption effect in the local part of the reactive center, so that the catalyst has stronger catalytic activity, the mutual contact efficiency and the mass transfer efficiency between the reaction materials are high, the reaction conversion rate and the product selectivity are higher, and the catalyst has good stability.
The technical purpose of the third aspect of the invention is to provide the application of the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst is used for catalyzing the reaction of maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride.
The catalyst is applied to the preparation of succinic anhydride by hydrogenation of maleic anhydride on a fixed bed, and gamma-butyrolactone is used as a solvent, the reaction temperature is 80-150 ℃, the reaction pressure is 2-6 MPa, the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 100-300 (the volume ratio of hydrogen to gamma-butyrolactone containing maleic anhydride), the preferable reaction temperature is 90-130 ℃, the reaction pressure is 3-5 MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 120-150.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) The embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst adopts spherical macroporous active alumina as a template, is immersed under the negative pressure condition to enable zirconium sol to enter into spherical macroporous active alumina pore channels, and is filtered, dried and roasted to obtain active alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nanotubes with better continuity; and then the metal active components are loaded on the surface of the zirconia nanotube, so that the zirconia nanotube has smooth surface and strong adsorption capacity, and the metal active components are uniformly dispersed on the surface of the zirconia nanotube to form a stronger reactive center.
(2) Zirconium oxide has the characteristics of acidity, alkalinity, oxidability and reducibility, is easy to interact with metal active components, and zirconium is easy to give out electrons when interacting with metal copper, so that the metal copper tends to have positive charge trend, copper ions are easy to reduce, and the H-pair is improved 2 Is used for the adsorption capacity of the catalyst.
(3) The copper oxide nanotube formed in the catalyst has good gas sensitivity and space confinement effect, so that the reactive gas has high concentration and adsorption effect in the local part of the reactive center, the catalyst has high catalytic activity, the mutual contact efficiency and mass transfer efficiency between the reaction materials are high, the reaction conversion rate and the product selectivity are high, and the catalyst has good stability.
Detailed Description
The specific embodiments of the present invention are as follows: preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, carrying out maleic anhydride hydrogenation reaction on a fixed bed continuous reaction device with the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, feeding reaction materials into the reactor from the top of the reactor under certain process conditions, carrying out hydrogenation reaction under the action of the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, and discharging reaction products from the bottom of the reactor, and then carrying out sampling analysis.
The following describes specific embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to examples. Unless otherwise specified, the following examples and comparative examples are given in% by mass.
Example 1
In this example, an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst was prepared and applied to the reaction of maleic anhydride hydrogenation to succinic anhydride:
preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 60g ZrOCl was added 2 Dissolving in 300mL of absolute ethanol at 30deg.C under stirringUnder the condition of 400r/min revolution, the reaction time is 1 hour, zirconium sol is obtained, and natural cooling is carried out for standby;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1) for 3 hours under the condition of 1800Pa, filtered and dried for 12 hours at 40 ℃, and then baked for 2 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nano tubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 18.3% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 15% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hours, after filtering, the catalyst is dried for 12 hours at 90 ℃, and then baked for 8 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 5.1 percent of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 90 ℃, the reaction pressure is 3MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 120:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Example 2
Preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 65g ZrOCl were added 2 Dissolving in 300mL absolute ethyl alcohol, reacting for 1.5 hours at the temperature of 30 ℃ and stirring revolution of 450r/min to obtain zirconium sol, and naturally cooling for standby;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1), immersed for 3 hours under the pressure of 1900Pa, filtered, dried for 12 hours under the temperature of 40 ℃, and roasted for 2 hours under the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nano tubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 19.8% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 20% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hours, after filtering, the catalyst is dried for 12 hours at 90 ℃, and then baked for 8 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 6.3% of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 100 ℃, the reaction pressure is 3MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 120:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Example 3
Preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 70g ZrOCl were added 2 Dissolving in 300mL absolute ethyl alcohol, stirring at 30 ℃ for 1.5 hours at 400r/min to obtain zirconium sol, and naturally cooling for later use;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1) for 3 hours under the condition of 2000Pa, filtered, dried for 12 hours at 40 ℃, and roasted for 2 hours at 500 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nano tubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 23.4% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 15% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hours, after filtering, the catalyst is dried for 12 hours at 90 ℃, and then baked for 8 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 5.6% of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 110 ℃, the reaction pressure is 4MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 130:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Example 4
Preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 70g ZrOCl were added 2 Dissolving in 300mL absolute ethyl alcohol, stirring at 30 ℃ for 1.5 hours at 400r/min to obtain zirconium sol, and naturally cooling for later use;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1) for 3 hours under the condition of 2000Pa, filtered, dried for 12 hours at 40 ℃, and roasted for 2 hours at 500 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nano tubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 23.8% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 20% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hours, after filtration, the catalyst is dried for 12 hours at 90 ℃, and then baked for 8 hours at 500 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 7.9% of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 120 ℃, the reaction pressure is 3MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 140:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Example 5
Preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 60g ZrOCl was added 2 Dissolving in 300mL of absolute ethyl alcohol, reacting for 2 hours at the temperature of 30 ℃ and stirring revolution of 400r/min to obtain zirconium sol, and naturally cooling for standby;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1) for 3 hours under the condition of 1800Pa, filtered and dried for 12 hours at 40 ℃, and then baked for 2 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nano tubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 17.5% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 25% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hours, after filtering, the catalyst is dried for 12 hours at 90 ℃, and then baked for 8 hours at 500 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 7.4% of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 120 ℃, the reaction pressure is 5MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 130:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Example 6
Preparing an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst:
(1) 65g ZrOCl were added 2 Dissolving in 300mL of absolute ethyl alcohol, reacting for 2 hours at the temperature of 30 ℃ and stirring revolution of 400r/min to obtain zirconium sol, and naturally cooling for standby;
(2) 100g of macroporous activated alumina is immersed in the sol obtained in the step (1), immersed for 3 hours under the pressure of 1900Pa, filtered, dried for 12 hours under the temperature of 40 ℃, and roasted for 2 hours under the temperature of 500 ℃ to obtain activated alumina spheres embedded with zirconia nanotubes, wherein the zirconia accounts for 19.5% by weight.
(3) Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 Formulated as Cu (NO) at a concentration of 15% 3 ) 2 Immersing the activated alumina spheres obtained in the step (2) in Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 In the aqueous solution, the dipping time is 8 hoursAfter filtration, drying for 12 hours at 90 ℃ and roasting for 8 hours at 450 ℃ to obtain the embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the copper oxide accounts for 5.8% of the total weight of the catalyst by weight.
Maleic anhydride hydrogenation to prepare succinic anhydride:
introducing maleic anhydride gamma-butyrolactone and hydrogen into a fixed bed continuous reactor filled with an embedded zirconia nanotube catalyst, wherein the materials enter from the top of the reactor and flow out from the bottom of the reactor, the reaction temperature is 120 ℃, the reaction pressure is 4MPa, and the hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 130:1 and the reaction results are shown in Table 1.
Comparative example 1
In the maleic anhydride hydrogenation reaction process, the catalyst used is a supported CuO/activated alumina sphere prepared by an impregnation method: cu (NO) was impregnated with the same spherical macroporous activated alumina as in example 4 3 ) 2 The solution gave a catalyst with copper oxide 9.6% by weight of the total weight of the catalyst, the other conditions being the same as in example 4 and the reaction results being shown in Table 1.
Comparative example 2
In the maleic anhydride hydrogenation reaction process, the catalyst used is a supported ZrO/activated alumina sphere catalyst prepared by an impregnation method: zr (NO) was impregnated with the same spherical macroporous activated alumina as in example 4 3 ) 4 The solution gave a catalyst with zirconia accounting for 22.3% by weight of the total weight of the catalyst, the other conditions being the same as in example 4, and the reaction results being shown in table 1.
Table 1 reaction results (conversion in moles) for the examples