Catalyst composition for isomerization of paraffins

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10441944-B2
Application number	US-201514969966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A catalyst composition for isomerization of paraffins includes at least one metal, at least one heteropoly acid and a support material. Further provided are a process for preparation of the catalyst composition and a process for isomerization of paraffins using the catalytic composition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A catalyst composition comprising:
at least one metal, the at least one metal including Ni in an amount in the range of 0.1% to 10% w/w of the total weight of the composition;
at least one heteropoly acid, the at least one heteropoly acid including tungstophosphoric acid in an amount in the range of 14% to 50% w/w of the total weight of the composition; and
a support material, the support material including mordenite in an amount in the range of 60% to 85% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

2. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Ni is in an amount in the range of 0.1% to 6% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

3. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Ni is in an amount in the range of 1.5% to 6% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

4. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one metal is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transitional metal, lanthanides, and combinations thereof.

5. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one metal further includes a alkali metal selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, and combinations thereof.

6. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one metal is a transitional metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ni, Pd, Re, Ir, Rh, and combinations thereof.

7. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tungstophosphoric acid is in an amount in the range of 18% to 30% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

8. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one heteropoly acid is selected from the group consisting of tungstophosphoric acid (TPA), molybdophosphoric acid (MPA), and combinations thereof.

9. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein mordenite is in an amount in the range of 70% to 80% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

10. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support material further includes a material selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, silica, niobia, zeolites, mesoporous oxides, microporous oxides, ceria, vanadia, magnesia, yttria, and mesoporous materials selected from the group consisting of MCM-41, MCM-48, and SBA-15.

11. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support material further includes a zeolite selected from the group consisting of USY-zeolite, ZSM-5, ZSM-11, and beta zeolite.

12. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mordenite is in an amount in the range of 70% to 80% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

13. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the catalyst composition is 1.5% to 6% w/w Ni, 18% to 30% w/w tungstophosphoric acid (TPA), and 70% to 80% w/w mordenite.

14. The catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the catalyst composition is used for isomerization of paraffins.

15. A process for producing the catalyst composition as claimed in claim 1 , the process comprising; dissolving at least one metal salt including the Ni in water to obtain a solution; contacting the at least one heteropoly acid including the tungstophosphoric acid and the support material including the mordenite with the solution to obtain a paste; drying the paste to obtain a dried paste; calcining the dried paste at a temperature range of 400-600° C. for a period of 1 to 6 hours to obtain a catalyst composition.

16. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one metal salt including the Ni is a salt of Ni selected from the group consisting of nickel nitrate, nickel chloride, nickel acetate, nickel sulphate, and nickel acetylacetonate.

17. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one metal salt further includes a salt of Pt selected from the group consisting of platinum nitrate, platinum chloride, platinum acetate, chloroplatinic acid, and platinum complexes such as hexamine platinum II chloride.

18. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one metal salt further includes a salt of Cs selected from the group consisting of cesium nitrate, cesium chloride, cesium acetate, and cesiumsulfate.

19. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one heteropoly acid further includes molybdophosphoric acid (MPA).

20. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the support material further includes a material selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, silica, niobia, zeolites, and mesoporous or microporous oxides.

21. The process as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the support material further includes titania.

22. The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the support material further includes a zeolite selected from the group consisting of USY-zeolite, ZSM-5, ZSM-11, and beta zeolite.

23. A process for producing a catalyst composition comprising; dissolving nitrate salt of Ni in water to obtain a solution; contacting tungstophosphoric acid (TPA), and mordenite with the solution to obtain a paste; drying the paste in vacuum at 70° C. for 1 hr at 100 mbar pressure to obtain a dried paste; calcining the dried paste at 300° C. for 4 h to obtain a catalyst composition; and the catalyst composition including the Ni in an amount in the range of 0.1% to 10% w/w of the total weight of the composition, the tungstophosphoric acid in an amount in the range of 14% to 50% w/w of the total weight of the composition, and the mordenite in an amount in the range of 60% to 85% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

24. A process for isomerization of paraffins comprising contacting the paraffins and hydrogen with a catalyst composition in a reactor; wherein the catalyst composition comprises Ni in an amount in the range of 0.1% to 10% w/w of the total weight of the composition; at least one heteropoly acid, the at least one heteropoly acid including tungstophosphoric acid in an amount in the range of 14% to 50% w/w of the total weight of the composition; and a support material, the support material including mordenite in an amount in the range of 60% to 85% w/w of the total weight of the composition.

25. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the at least one heteropoly acid further includes molybdophosphoric acid (MPA).

26. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the support material further includes alumina, zirconia, titania, silica, niobia, zeolites, mesoporous oxides, microporous oxides, ceria, vanadia, magnesia, yttria, and mesoporous materials selected from the group consisting of MCM-41, MCM-48, and SBA-15.

27. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the catalyst composition includes 1.5% to 6% w/w of the Ni, 18% to 30% w/w of the tungstophosphoric acid, and 70% to 80% w/w of the mordenite.

28. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the paraffin is a refinery feedstock such as straight run naphtha, cracked run naptha and fcc naphtha.

29. The process as claimed in claim 28 , wherein the paraffin is C 5 to C 10 linear paraffin.

30. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein hydrogen is passed over the catalyst composition at a rate of 10-100 mL/min.

31. The process as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the process is carried out at a temperature in the range o

Assignees

• Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Ravishankar Raman
• Saif Safinaz
• Mehla Sunil
• Chellian Bennet
• Rao Peddy Venkatachallapathy
• Nettem Choudary Venkateswarlu
• GANDHAM Sriganesh

Classifications

• B01J27/188 Primary

  with chromium, molybdenum, tungsten or polonium · CPC title

• B01J37/08

  Heat treatment {(B01J37/0009, B01J37/0018 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B01J29/26

  containing arsenic, antimony, bismuth, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, polonium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium or rhenium · CPC title

• B01J27/19

  Molybdenum · CPC title

• B01J2229/186

  not in framework positions · CPC title