SAPO-34/ZSM-5@ kaolin microsphere composite catalytic material and its preparation and use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10758894-B2
Application number	US-201916237857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2019
Priority date	Jan 23, 2018
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres and its preparation and use, the method comprises the steps of: 1) processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres, and baking them to obtain activated kaolin microspheres; 2) mixing the activated kaolin microspheres obtained in step 1), water, a phosphorus source, and a template agent to prepare a gel; 3) mixing the gel obtained in step 2) and a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, and carrying out aging, crystallization, and separation to obtain a composite material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin; 4) subjecting the composite material obtained in step 3) to ammonium exchange treatment and baking, to obtain the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres. The present invention not only greatly shortens the preparation route for the catalyst and reduces the cost of catalyst preparation, but also allows adjustment of the fractions of SAPO-34 and ZSM-5 molecular sieves in the composite material by adjustment of the synthesis conditions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres, comprising the steps of:
1) processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres, and baking the kaolin microspheres to obtain activated kaolin microspheres comprising SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 ;
2) mixing the activated kaolin microspheres obtained in step 1), water, a phosphorus source (P 2 O 5 ), and a template agent, in a molar ratio of (4-6)R:(0.20-0.30)SiO 2 :(0.58-1.85)Al 2 O 3 :(2.0-3.1)P 2 O 5 :(111-222)H 2 O, to prepare a gel;
3) mixing the gel obtained in step 2) and a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, in a ZSM-5-to-gel mass ratio from 0.042 to 0.066, and carrying out aging, crystallization, and separation to obtain a composite material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin;
4) subjecting the composite material obtained in step 3) to ammonium exchange treatment, and baking, to obtain the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step 1) comprises processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres by spray drying and baking the kaolin microspheres to obtain activated kaolin microspheres having a particle size of 80 to 100 μm.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step 2) comprises homogeneously mixing the phosphorus source with a part of water first, then adding the template agent and the rest of water, mixing them homogeneously, then adding the activated kaolin microspheres obtained in step 1), and mixing them homogeneously to obtain the gel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the template agent is selected from one or more of triethylamine, diethylamine, and tetraethylammonium hydroxide.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphorus source is phosphoric acid.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step 3) comprises mixing the gel obtained in step 2) and the ZSM-5 molecular sieve wherein the ZSM-5 has a Si/Al molar ratio from 50 to 200; carrying out aging at an aging temperature of 40° C. to 90° C. and crystallization at a crystallization temperature of 180° C. to 220° C.; and wherein the separation to obtain the composite material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin comprises the steps of precipitation, centrifuging, washing, and drying.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the ZSM-5 molecular sieve has a Si/Al molar ratio from 50 to 150.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the aging is carried out at an aging temperature of 40° C. to 90° C. for 15 to 60 min.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the crystallization is carried out at a crystallization temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. for 24 to 72 h.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step 3), the separation comprises the steps of precipitation, centrifuging, washing, and drying.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step 4) comprises subjecting the composite material obtained in step 3) to ammonium exchange treatment in an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride, drying, and baking, to obtain the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein in step 4), the aqueous solution of ammonium chloride has a molar concentration of 0.1 to 1 M.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein in step 4), the ammonium exchange treatment comprises stirring the composite material obtained in step 3) in an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride for 2 to 6 h at 60° C. to 90° C.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in Step 4), the baking temperature is 500° C. to 600° C., and the baking duration is 3 to 6 h.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step 1) comprises processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres by mixing kaolin with water and a binder and then spray-drying the mixture to prepare kaolin microspheres, the mass ratio of the kaolin to the binder is from 1.5 to 2.75.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the binder is selected from one or more of water glass, alumina sol, and silica sol.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein step 1) comprises baking the kaolin microspheres to obtain activated kaolin microspheres at a baking temperature of 650° C. to 900° C. for a baking duration of 1 to 6 h.

18. A composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5 @kaolin microspheres prepared by the method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on the relative crystallinity, the relative content of the SAPO-34 molecular sieve is 7 to 15 wt %, and the relative content of the ZSM-5 molecular sieve is 6 to 12 wt %.

19. A method for producing olefins from methanol, comprising:
providing an aqueous solution of methanol as a raw material;
contacting the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres according to claim 9 as a catalyst to prepare olefins from the raw material.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein, the olefins are prepared at the conditions of normal pressure, a reaction temperature of 400° C. to 500° C., and a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 2 to 3 h −1 .

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum Beijing

Inventors

• Liu Haiyan
• Zhang Lina
• Bao Xiaojun

Classifications

• B01J2235/30

  Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy · CPC title

• B01J2235/15

  X-ray diffraction · CPC title

• B01J35/51

  Spheres · CPC title

• C07C1/24 Primary

  by elimination of water · CPC title

• B01J37/04

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