Method of hydrotreatment of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10227537-B2
Application number	US-201715673439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2017
Priority date	Feb 11, 2015
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

A method of hydrotreatment of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, the method including: 1) mixing Fischer-Tropsch wax with a sulfur-containing liquid additive, contacting a resulting mixture with hydrogen, feeding a hydrogen-containing mixture to a first reaction region, feeding an effluent from the first reaction region to a second reaction region, and carrying out hydrocracking reaction; 2) feeding a hydrocracking product from the second reaction region and Fischer-Tropsch naphtha and diesel fuel to a third reaction region, carrying out hydrofining reaction; feeding an effluent from the hydrofining reaction to a fourth reaction region, and carrying out hydroisomerizing pour-point depression reaction; and 3) feeding an effluent from the fourth reaction region to a gas-liquid separation system to yield hydrogen-rich gas and liquid products, recycling the hydrogen-rich gas, and feeding the liquid products to a distilling system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of hydrotreatment of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, the method comprising:
1) mixing Fischer-Tropsch wax with a sulfur-containing liquid additive, contacting a resulting mixture with hydrogen, feeding a hydrogen-containing mixture to a first reaction region comprising a hydrogenation pretreatment catalyst, feeding an effluent from the first reaction region to a second reaction region comprising a hydrocracking catalyst, and carrying out hydrocracking reaction;
2) feeding a hydrocracking product from the second reaction region and Fischer-Tropsch naphtha and diesel fuel to a third reaction region comprising a hydrofining catalyst, carrying out hydrofining reaction; feeding an effluent from the hydrofining reaction to a fourth reaction region comprising a hydroisomerizing pour-point depressant catalyst, and carrying out hydroisomerizing pour-point depression reaction; and
3) feeding an effluent from the fourth reaction region to a gas-liquid separation system C to yield hydrogen-rich gas and liquid products, recycling the hydrogen-rich gas, feeding the liquid products to a distilling system D, to yield naphtha, diesel fuel and tail oil, and returning the tail oil to the second reaction region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sulfur-containing liquid additive in 1) is inferior catalytic cracking diesel fuel or coking diesel fuel; and the sulfur-containing liquid additive accounts for 20-50 wt. % of a total weight of the sulfur-containing liquid additive and the Fischer-Tropsch wax.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in 1), the hydrogenation pretreatment is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 300-370° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.5-2.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 500-1500.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein in 1), the hydrogenation pretreatment is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 300-370° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.5-2.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 500-1500.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in 1), the hydrocracking reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 330-410° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 600-1500.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein in 1), the hydrocracking reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 330-410° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 600-1500.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in 2), the hydrofining reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 280-340° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 500-1200.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein in 2), the hydrofining reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 280-340° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 500-1200.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein in 2), the hydroisomerizing pour-point depression reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 280-400° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 400-1200.

10. The method of claim 2 , wherein in 2), the hydroisomerizing pour-point depression reaction is carried out under the following conditions: a reaction temperature is at 280-400° C.; a hydrogen partial pressure is 4.0-10 MPa; a volume velocity is 0.4-6.0 h −1 ; and a volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 400-1200.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydrogenation pretreatment or hydrofining catalyst comprises a carrier selected from aluminum oxide or silicon-containing aluminum oxide and a hydrogenation active metal loaded on the carrier; the hydrogenation active metal comprises at least two active ingredients of non-noble metals of VIB and/or VIII family; and a content of active metal oxides is 25-40 wt. % of a total weight of the hydrogenation pretreatment or hydrofining catalyst.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hydrogenation pretreatment or hydrofining catalyst comprises a carrier selected from aluminum oxide or silicon-containing aluminum oxide and a hydrogenation active metal loaded on the carrier; the hydrogenation active metal comprises at least two active ingredients of non-noble metals of VIB and/or VIII family; and a content of active metal oxides is 25-40 wt. % of a total weight of the hydrogenation pretreatment or hydrofining catalyst.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises an acidic material as a carrier selected from amorphous silica-alumina, molecular sieve, or a mixture thereof, and a hydrogenation active metal which is a combination of a VIB-family metal element selected from molybdenum (Mo) and Tungsten (W) and a VIII-family metal element selected from cobalt (Co), Nickle (Ni), platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a content of active metal oxides is 25-40 wt. % of a total weight of the hydrocracking catalyst.

14. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises an acidic material as a carrier selected from amorphous silica-alumina, molecular sieve, or a mixture thereof, and a hydrogenation active metal which is a combination of a VIB-family metal element selected from molybdenum (Mo) and Tungsten (W) and a VIII-family metal element selected from cobalt (Co), Nickle (Ni), platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a content of active metal oxides is 25-40 wt. % of a total weight of the hydrocracking catalyst.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the carrier of the hydrocracking catalyst is a combination of amorphous silica-alumina and one or more selected from a Y-type molecular sieve, a β molecular sieve, a ZSM molecular sieve and an SAPO molecular sieve; and the hydrogenation active metal is a combination of W—Ni, Mo—Ni or Mo—Co.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the carrier of the hydrocracking catalyst is a combination of amorphous silica-alumina and one or more selected from a Y-type molecular sieve, a β molecular sieve, a ZSM molecular sieve and an SAPO molecular sieve; and the hydrogenation active metal is a combination of W—Ni, Mo—Ni or Mo—Co.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tail oil separated in 3) is recycled completely or partially to the second reaction region for hydrocracking.

18. The method of claim 2 , wherein the tail oil separated in 3) is recycled completely or partially to the second reaction region for hydrocracking.

Assignees

• Wuhan Kaidi Eng Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Lai Bo
• Shi Youliang
• Xu Li

Classifications

• C10G2300/1055

  Diesel having a boiling range of about 230 - 330 °C · CPC title

• C10G2300/1022

  Fischer-Tropsch products · CPC title

• C10G67/02 Primary

  plural serial stages only · CPC title

• C10G65/12 Primary

  including cracking steps and other hydrotreatment steps · CPC title

• C10G2400/04

  Diesel oil · CPC title