Supported catalyst, preparation method therefor and use thereof, and method for preparation of isobutylene from halomethane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10087122-B2
Application number	US-201415034913-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 7, 2013
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Provided are a supported catalyst, a preparation method therefor and use thereof, and a method for the preparation of isobutylene from halomethane. The catalyst is characterized in that it comprises a carrier and a metallic active component supported on the carrier, wherein the metallic active component comprises zinc oxide and zinc halide. On the basis of the total amount of the catalyst, by weight content, the content of zinc oxide is 0.5%-20%, the content of zinc halide is 10%-50%, and the content of the support is 40%-88%. Compared with the prior art, the catalyst of the present invention can convert halomethane into isobutylene with a high selectivity. With the reaction for preparing of isobutylene by converting bromomethane according to the method of the present invention, the conversion of bromomethane is not less than 90% and the selectivity of isobutylene is not less than 80%.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A supported catalyst, comprising:
a support and an active component supported on the support,
wherein the active component contains zinc oxide and zinc halide, and a content of zinc oxide is 0.5 wt. %-20 wt. %, a content of zinc halide is 10 wt. %-50 wt. %, and a content of the support is 40 wt. %-88 wt. %, based on a total weight of the catalyst,
wherein the supported catalyst catalyzes a conversion of halomethane to isobutylene.

2. The supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the content of zinc oxide is 1 wt. %-15 wt. %, the content of zinc halide is 15 wt. %-40 wt. %, and the content of the support is 50 wt. %-84 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst.

3. The supported catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein the content of zinc oxide is 1 wt. %-9 wt. %, the content of zinc halide is 18 wt. %-39 wt. %, and the content of the support is 55 wt. %-80 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst.

4. The supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the zinc halide is selected from the group consisting of zinc fluoride, zinc chloride, zinc bromide, zinc iodide, and mixtures thereof, and the support is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, ZSM-5 molecular sieve, and mixtures thereof.

5. The supported catalyst according to claim 4 , wherein the zinc halide is zinc bromide, and the support is aluminum oxide.

6. The supported catalyst according to claim 1 , further comprising a promoter selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Ce, La, and mixtures thereof, and a content of the promoter calculated on element is 0.1 wt. %-10 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst.

7. The supported catalyst according to claim 6 , wherein the promoter is Zr, and the weight content of the promoter calculated on element is 0.5 wt. %-5 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst.

8. The supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein having a total acidity at a NH 3 desorption temperature of 450° C. or less of 0.5 mmol/g-1.3 mmol/g, and the acidity at the NH 3 desorption temperature of 250° C.-350° C. is 20%-90% of the total acidity at the NH 3 desorption temperature of 450° C. or less, measured using a NH 3 -Temperature Programed Desorption (NH 3 -TPD) method.

9. A method for preparing the supported catalyst of claim 1 , comprising:
introducing zinc oxide to a support thereby producing a supported zinc oxide; and
halogenating the supported zinc oxide.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the halogenation step comprises contacting a halogen-containing compound with the supported zinc oxide to partially convert zinc oxide into zinc halide.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the support is 40%-88% based on a total weight of the supported catalyst, and a content of zinc oxide on the support is 0.5%-20%, and a content of zinc halide is 10%-50%.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the halogen-containing compound is in a mixture containing the halogen-containing compound and an inert gas, and a concentration of the halogen-containing compound in the mixture is not less than 20 v/v %.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the halogen-containing compound is one or more chosen from monohalomethane, bihalomethane, or trihalomethane.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the contact step comprises putting the supported zinc oxide in a continuous flow fixed bed reactor, raising temperature to 150° C.-400° C. in an inert atmosphere, and feeding the halogen-containing compound at a space velocity of 50 h −1 -1000 h −1 under a pressure of 0.1 MPa-0.5 MPa for 0.5 h-8 h.

15. A method for preparation of isobutylene from halomethane, comprising:
activating the supported catalyst according to claim 1 by reduction in hydrogen so that a content of halogen in the activated catalyst is 20 wt. %-90 wt. % of a total content of halogen in the supported catalyst before activation, then contacting halomethane with the activated catalyst to prepare isobutylene.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the contact step is carried out at a reaction temperature of 150° C.-350° C. under a reaction pressure of 0.1 MPa-5 MPa and a space velocity 50 h −1 -1000 h −1 .

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the content of halogen in the activated catalyst is 30 wt %-80 wt % of the total content of halogen in the supported catalyst.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the activation step comprises raising a temperature of the supported catalyst to 300° C.-600° C. in an inert atmosphere; and exposing the supported catalyst to hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and inert gas containing 10 vol %-95 vol % of hydrogen, at a space velocity of 200 h −1 -2000 h −1 under a pressure of 0.1 MPa-0.5 MPa for 2 h-16 h.

19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein halomethane is one or more of monohalomethane, bihalomethane, or trihalomethane.

20. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the contacting step is carried out in a fixed bed, a fluidized bed, a fixed fluidized bed, a moving bed, a slurry bed, or a bubbling bed reactor.

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Fushun Res Institute Of Petroleum And Petrochemicals Sinopec Corp

Inventors

• Fang Xiangchen
• Zhang Shudong
• Zhang Xinwei
• Zhang Xiwen
• Sun Xiaodan
• Li Jie
• Ni Xiangqian

Classifications

• B01J35/002

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J37/22 Primary

  Halogenating · CPC title

• C07C1/26

  starting from organic compounds containing only halogen atoms as hetero-atoms · CPC title

• C07C2529/40

  of the pentasil type, e.g. types ZSM-5, ZSM-8 or ZSM-11 · CPC title

• B01J37/18

  with gases containing free hydrogen · CPC title