Method for Preparing Noble Metal Hydrogenation Catalyst, Noble Metal Hydrogenation Catalyst and Use Thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016167029-A1
Application number	US-201514964348-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2015
Priority date	Dec 10, 2014
Publication date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for preparing a noble metal hydrogenation catalyst comprising preparing a carrier from a molecular sieve having a 10-member ring structure and/or an amorphous porous material; preparing a noble metal impregnation solution from one or more of compounds of noble metals Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Re, and Ir and deionized water or an acid solution; and preparing noble metal impregnation solutions in a concentration gradient ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 wt % with deionized water, and sequentially impregnating the carrier with the impregnation solutions from low to high concentrations during the carrier impregnation process, or preparing a noble metal impregnation solution at a low concentration ranging from 0.05 to 0.5 wt % and impregnating the carrier by gradually increasing the concentration of the noble metal impregnation solution to 2.0 to 5.0 wt % in the impregnation process, followed by homogenization, drying, and calcination, as well as a noble metal hydrogenation catalyst, use thereof, and a method for preparing lubricant base oil. The catalyst according to the present invention has high activity and stability, and the produced lubricant base oil shows a high viscosity index and a low pour point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for preparing a noble metal hydrogenation catalyst, characterized in that said method comprises:
step 1: preparing a carrier from a molecular sieve having a 10-member ring structure and/or an amorphous porous material, wherein the molecular sieve having a 10-member ring structure is selected from one or more of ZSM-5, SAPO-11, EU-1, ITQ-13, ZSM-22, MCM-22, NU-87, and ZSM-23, the mass fraction of the amorphous porous material contained in the carrier is 10 to 90 wt %, and the mass faction of the molecular sieve having a 10-member ring structure contained therein is 5 to 80 wt %; step 2: preparing a noble metal impregnation solution from one or more of compounds of noble metals Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Re, and Ir and deionized water or an acid solution, wherein the concentration of the noble metal impregnation solution is 0.1 to 5.0 wt %, and preparing a hydrogenation catalyst having a noble metal mass fraction of 0.05 to 2.0 wt % by incipient impregnation; and step 3: preparing noble metal impregnation solutions in a concentration gradient ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 wt % with deionized water, and sequentially impregnating the carrier with the impregnation solutions from low to high concentrations during the carrier impregnation process, or preparing a noble metal impregnation solution at a low concentration ranging from 0.05 to 0.5 wt % and impregnating the carrier by gradually increasing the concentration of the noble metal impregnation solution to 2.0 to 5.0 wt % in the impregnation process, followed by homogenization for 10 minutes to 3 hours, drying at 90 to 140° C. for 3 to 10 h, and calcination at 450 to 600° C. for 3 to 10 h.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the amorphous porous material is selected from one or more of Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 , TiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 —TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , or Al 2 O 3 —ZrO 2 .

3 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the noble metal is selected from one or two of Pt, Pd, Ru, and Re compounds, and the mass fraction of the noble metal contained in the catalyst is preferably 0.1 to 1.0 wt %.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that, in step 2, the mass fraction of the noble metal in the prepared hydrogenation catalyst is preferably 0.2 to 0.6 wt %.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that, in step 3, the concentration of the noble metal component in the prepared catalyst particle increases gradually from the center of the particle to the outer surface thereof, the ratio of the metal content at the circumcenter of the particle to the metal content on the circumcircle surface of the particle is 0.1 to 0.6, and the ratio of the metal content at 0.5 R to the metal content on the outer surface is 0.4 to 0.8, where the circumradius is R with the circumcenter of the cross section of the catalyst particle taken as the starting point.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that, in step 3, the step of gradually increasing the concentration of the noble metal impregnation solution is dropping a noble metal impregnation solution having a concentration higher than that of the noble metal impregnation solution at a low concentration into the noble metal impregnation solution at a low concentration at a constant speed during the impregnation process.

7 . A noble metal hydrogenation catalyst prepared by the method for preparing a noble metal hydrogenation catalyst according to claim 1 , characterized in that the concentration of the noble metal component in the noble metal hydrogenation catalyst increases gradually from the center of the particle to the outer surface thereof, the ratio of the metal content at the circumcenter of the particle to the metal content on the circumcircle surface of the particle is 0.1 to 0.6, and the ratio of the metal content at 0.5 R to the metal content on the outer surface is 0.4 to 0.8, where the circumradius is R with the circumcenter of the cross section of the catalyst particle taken as the starting point.

8 . The noble metal hydrogenation catalyst according to claim 7 , characterized in that the noble metal is selected from one or two of Pt, Pd, Ru, and Re compounds, and the mass fraction of the noble metal contained in the catalyst is preferably 0.05 to 2.0 wt %.

9 . The noble metal hydrogenation catalyst according to claim 8 , characterized in that the mass fraction of the noble metal contained in the catalyst is 0.1 to 1.0 wt %.

10 . The noble metal hydrogenation catalyst according to claim 9 , characterized in that the mass fraction of the noble metal contained in the catalyst is 0.2 to 0.6 wt %.

11 . A method for preparing lubricant base oil by using the noble metal hydrogenation catalyst prepared by the method according to claim 1 as a catalyst.

12 . The method for preparing lubricant base oil according to claim 11 , characterized in that a waxy hydrocarbon raw material is contacted with the noble metal hydrogenation catalyst on a catalyst bed under a hydrogen atmosphere and the product flows outward to obtain a lubricant base oil having a low pour point, high viscosity index and high yield.

13 . The method for preparing lubricant base oil according to claim 12 , characterized in that the waxy hydrocarbon raw material is selected from hydrocracked tail oil having a boiling point higher than 350° C., or hydrogenated vacuum gas oil, or slack wax, or ointment.

14 . The method for preparing lubricant base oil according to claim 13 , characterized in that the waxy hydrocarbon raw material has a sulfur content of no more than 100 μg/g and a nitrogen content of no more than 100 μg/g.

15 . The method for preparing lubricant base oil according to claim 14 , characterized in that the waxy hydrocarbon raw material has a sulfur content of no more than 50 μg/g and a nitrogen content of no more than 50 μg/g.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Xiaodong
• Yu Chunmei
• Liu Yanfeng
• Hu Sheng
• Zhang Zhihua
• Sun Famin
• Zhang Wencheng
• Guo Jintao
• Liu Wenyong
• Wang Xinmiao
• Gao Shanbin
• Xie Bin
• Jiang Jinxian
• Yang Yuhe
• Li Rui
• Zhang Guojia
• Jiang Lili
• Zhao Tan
• Wang Dongqing
• Zhao Jingying
• Zhang Quanguo
• Li Ruifeng
• Sun Shengbo
• Li Hong
• Tang Cheng

Classifications

• C10G2400/10

  Lubricating oil · CPC title

• B01J29/80 Primary

  Mixtures of different zeolites · CPC title

• B01J2229/42

  Addition of matrix or binder particles · CPC title

• C10G45/62

  containing platinum group metals or compounds thereof · CPC title

• B01J37/08

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