Olefin aromatization catalyst, preparation method and use thereof, and low-carbon olefin aromatization process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11273430-B2
Application number	US-202016887070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2020
Priority date	Jul 19, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

The present discloses an aromatization catalyst, preparation process and application thereof and a low-carbon olefin aromatization process. The aromatization catalyst comprises a microporous material, a binder and a modifier; the microporous material is a zeolite molecular sieve, the binder is alumina, the modifier is phosphorus, and the molar ratio of the aluminum element in the binder to the phosphorus element is more than or equal to 1 and less than 5; the ratio of the acidity of the strongly acidic sites to the acidity of the weakly acidic sites of the olefin aromatization catalyst is less than 1.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An olefin aromatization catalyst, comprising a microporous material, a binder and a modifier, wherein the microporous material is a zeolite molecular sieve, the binder comprises alumina, the modifier comprises phosphorus element, and a molar ratio of aluminum element in the binder to the phosphorus element is more than or equal to 1 and less than 5; the ratio of the acidity of the strongly acidic sites to the acidity of the weakly acidic sites of the olefin aromatization catalyst is less than 1 ; wherein the microporous material is a ZSM-5 molecular sieve.

2. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the acidity of the strongly acidic sites to the acidity of the weakly acidic sites is not more than 0.85.

3. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 2 , wherein the ratio of the acidity of the strongly acidic sites to the acidity of the weakly acidic sites is not more than 0.75.

4. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of the microporous material to the binder is 1:0.05-1, wherein the weight of said binder is calculated based on aluminum element therein.

5. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the ZSM-5 molecular sieve has a silica-alumina ratio not more than 50.

6. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the binder and the modifier in the catalyst is present in a form of aluminum phosphate.

7. The olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the aromatization catalyst further comprises above zero and up to 1 wt % of an active metal component based on the total amount of the aromatization catalyst, wherein the metal active component is one or more selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Fe, Pd, Rh, Ru, Re, Mo, W, Au and Ga.

8. A method for preparing the olefin aromatization catalyst of claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
mixing the microporous material, an alumina precursor and a phosphorus source to form a mixture, molding and calcining the mixture; or
mixing the microporous material and an alumina precursor to form a mixture, molding and calcining the mixture, contacting the mixture with a phosphorus source to load the phosphorus element, subsequently carrying out a secondary calcination;
wherein the microporous material is a zeolite molecular sieve, the molar ratio of aluminum element in the alumina precursor to phosphorus element in the phosphorus source is more than 1 and less than 5, the temperatures of the calcination and secondary calcination are respectively within a range of 300° C.-700° C.; the times are respectively within a range of 0.5-24 hours, wherein the microporous material is a ZSM-5 molecular sieve.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the temperatures of the calcination and secondary calcination are respectively within a range of 450° C.-600° C.; the times are respectively within a range of 2-8 hours.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the weight ratio of the microporous material to the alumina precursor calculated in terms of aluminum element is 1:0.05-1.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the ZSM-5 molecular sieve has a silica-alumina ratio not more than 50.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the phosphorus source is a phosphorus-containing solution, and a loading mode is an impregnation method.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a solute in the phosphorus-containing solution is one or more selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, ammonium phosphate, phosphine, and derivatives thereof.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising subjecting a product obtained from calcination or a product obtained from the secondary calcination to a hydrothermal treatment;
and the conditions of the hydrothermal treatment comprise: the temperature is within a range of 250-650° C., and the time is within a range of 0.5-24 h.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising above zero and up to 1 wt % of an active metal component selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Fe, Pd, Rh, Ru, Re, Mo, W, Au and Ga; and/or further comprising loading above zero and up to 1 wt % of an active metal component on a product obtained from the calcination or a product obtained from the secondary calcination.

16. A low-carbon olefin aromatization process, comprising the following steps: contacting low-carbon olefin with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst under aromatization conditions, wherein the catalyst is the aromatization catalyst of claim 1 .

17. The process of claim 16 , wherein the low-carbon olefin is C 2 -C 6 olefin.

18. The process of claim 17 , wherein the low-carbon olefin is ethylene.

19. The process of claim 16 , wherein the aromatization conditions comprise: a pressure of 0.01 MPa-2 MPa in terms of the gauge pressure; a temperature within a range of 300° C.-700° C.; the volume ratio of hydrogen to the olefin of 0.1-5; the volume hourly space velocity (VHSV) of the low-carbon olefin of 500 h −1 to 50,000 h −1 .

20. The process of claim 19 , wherein the temperature is within a range of 500° C.-650° C.; the volume ratio of hydrogen to the olefin is 0.5-2; the volume hourly space velocity (VHSV) of the low-carbon olefin is 1,000 h −1 to 10,000 h −1 .

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the phosphorus-containing solution has a content of phosphorus element within a range of from 0.5 wt % to 30 wt %.

22. The method of claim 12 , wherein the phosphorus-containing solution has a content of phosphorus element within a range of from 5 wt % to 15 wt %.

Assignees

• China Energy Investment Corp Ltd
• Nat Inst Clean & Low Carbon Energy

Inventors

• Wang Hui
• Nguyen Lisa
• Shan Junjun
• Miles Joshua
• Cheng Jihong
• Liu Hua

Classifications

• B01J29/83

  Aluminophosphates [APO compounds] · CPC title

• C07C15/06

  Toluene · CPC title

• B01J29/42

  containing iron group metals, noble metals or copper · CPC title

• B01J37/28

  Phosphorising · CPC title

• C07C2529/064

  containing iron group metals, noble metals or copper · CPC title