Ferrite-based catalyst, preparation method therefor, and method for preparing butadiene using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10799856-B2
Application number	US-201716082181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

The present specification provides a ferrite catalyst, a method for preparing the same and a method for preparing butadiene using the same.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a ferrite catalyst comprising:
preparing an aqueous precursor solution including a metal precursor;
mixing the aqueous precursor solution with a basic solution and coprecipitating the result;
obtaining a solid sample through heat treatment after the coprecipitating;
preparing a slurry by mixing the solid sample in distilled water and grinding the result, wherein the slurry comprises 1% to 30% by weight of the solid sample;
loading the slurry into a carrier; and
baking the slurry-loaded carrier,
wherein the carrier has a pore structure in which pores have a pore size from 10 μm to 300 μm and porosity is from 10% to 50% with respect to a total volume of the carrier; and
wherein the carrier is any one selected from: silica, alumina/silica, silicon carbide, titania or zirconia.

2. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the metal precursor includes any selected from: a metal nitrate precursor or a metal chloride precursor.

3. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 2 , wherein the metal nitrate precursor comprises zinc nitrate (Zn(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), iron nitrate (Fe(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O) or a nitrate salt additive, and
the nitrate salt is any one or more selected from: beryllium nitrate (Be(NO 3 ) 2 ), magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), calcium nitrate (Ca(NO 3 ) 2 .4H 2 O), strontium nitrate (Sr(NO 3 ) 2 .4H 2 O), barium nitrate (Ba(NO 3 ) 2 ), aluminum nitrate (Al(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O), chromium nitrate (Cr(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O), cobalt nitrate (Co(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), manganese nitrate (Mn(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), copper nitrate (Cu(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), nickel nitrate (Ni(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 O), lanthanum nitrate (La(NO 3 ) 3 .6H 2 O), cerium nitrate (Ce(NO 3 ) 3 .6H 2 O) or bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO 3 ) 3 .5H 2 O).

4. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 2 , wherein the metal chloride precursor comprises zinc chloride (ZnCl 2 ), iron chloride (FeCl 3 .6H 2 O) and a chloride additive, and
the chloride additive is any one or more selected from: beryllium chloride (BeCl 2 ), magnesium chloride (MgCl 2 .6H 2 O), calcium chloride (CaCl 2 .6H 2 O), strontium chloride (SrCl 2 .6H 2 O), barium chloride (BaCl 2 .2H 2 O), aluminum chloride (AlCl 3 .6H 2 O), chromium chloride (CrCl 3 .6H 2 O), cobalt chloride (CoCl 2 .6H 2 O), manganese chloride (MnCl 2 .4H 2 O), copper chloride (CuCl 2 .2H 2 O), nickel chloride (NiCl 2 .6H 2 O), lanthanum chloride (LaCl 3 .7H 2 O), cerium chloride (CeCl 3 .7H 2 O) or bismuth chloride (BiCl 3 .5H 2 O).

5. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the basic solution is any one selected from: sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH) or ammonium hydroxide (NH 4 OH).

6. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coprecipitated solution has a pH of 5 to 10.

7. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coprecipitating is coprecipitating while mixing the aqueous precursor solution with a basic solution having a molar concentration of 1.5 to 12 at 10° C. to 40° C.

8. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the ferrite catalyst includes a carrier and a baked solid sample, and
the baked solid sample has a composition according to the following General Formula 1:
Zn 1 Fe a M b O x   General Formula 1

in General Formula 1,
a is from 2 to 2.8;
b is from 0 to 0.2;
x is determined by oxidation numbers of cations; and
M is at least one is selected from: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Cr, Co, Mn, Cu, Ni, La, Ce, Mo, Bi, P or Si as M.

9. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the heat treatment is heat treating at 100° C. to 400° C.

10. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the grinding is by ball milling.

11. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the carrier is globular or cylindrical having a diameter of 2 mm to 20 mm.

12. The method for preparing a ferrite catalyst of claim 1 , wherein a pore structure of the carrier allows the carrier to have a specific surface area of 0.005 m 2 /g to 0.5 m 2 /g.

13. The method for preparing a ferritic catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the baking is carried out at 500° C. to 800° C. after vacuum drying or oven drying the slurry-loaded carrier.

14. A ferrite catalyst for preparing butadiene prepared using the method of claim 1 .

15. The ferrite catalyst for preparing butadiene of claim 14 , wherein, in the ferrite catalyst, the baked solid sample is in 1% by weight to 30% by weight with respect to 100% by weight of the ferrite catalyst.

16. A method for preparing butadiene using a ferrite catalyst comprising:
providing a gas mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, butene and steam;
an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction performed by the gas mixture continuously passing through a catalyst layer fixing the catalyst prepared using the method of claim 1 ; and
yielding butadiene.

17. The method for preparing butadiene using a ferrite catalyst of claim 16 , wherein a molar ratio of the butene and the steam in the gas mixture is from 1:3 to 1:10.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Byun Young Chang
• Cho Ara
• Lee Jeong Seok
• Kim Mi Kyung
• Kim Daehyeon

Classifications

• B01J35/51

  Spheres · CPC title

• B01J35/40

  characterised by dimensions, e.g. grain size (in a colloidal state B01J35/23; crystallite size B01J35/77) · CPC title

• C01G49/0063

  containing zinc · CPC title

• B01J37/031

  Precipitation · CPC title

• B01J23/8876

  Arsenic, antimony or bismuth · CPC title