摘要:
A dehydration process may include introducing in a reactor an alcohol, and contacting the alcohol with an acidic catalyst to dehydrate the alcohol to make a corresponding olefin. The process may include recovering from the reactor the olefin and water. In the process, an effective amount of a component capable to neutralize a part of the catalyst active site may be introduced. The component may include ammonia, organic ammonium salts, hydrazine, nitriles, amines, amides, imines, di-imines, imides, cyanates, isocyanates, nitrites and nitroso compounds, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic esters, and their corresponding thio-compounds.
摘要:
Process for the purification of an alcohol in the course of a process comprising: (1) providing a reaction zone (C) comprising an acid type catalyst; (2) providing a reaction zone (B) comprising an acid adsorbent material; (3) providing an alcohol stream comprising impurities; (4) introducing the alcohol stream of (3) into the reaction zone (B) and bringing said stream into contact with the acid adsorbent material at conditions effective to reduce the amount of impurities having an adverse effect on the acid type catalyst of the reaction zone (C); (5) recovering from step (4) an alcohol stream and introducing it into the reaction zone (C); (6) optionally introducing one or more reactants (R) into the reaction zone (C); (7) operating said reaction zone (C) at conditions effective to recover a valuable effluent.
摘要:
Process for the purification of an alcohol in the course of a process comprising: (1) providing a reaction zone (C) comprising an acid type catalyst; (2) providing a reaction zone (B) comprising an acid adsorbent material; (3) providing an alcohol stream comprising impurities; (4) introducing the alcohol stream of (3) into the reaction zone (B) and bringing said stream into contact with the acid adsorbent material at conditions effective to reduce the amount of impurities having an adverse effect on the acid type catalyst of the reaction zone (C); (5) recovering from step (4) an alcohol stream and introducing it into the reaction zone (C); (6) optionally introducing one or more reactants (R) into the reaction zone (C); (7) operating said reaction zone (C) at conditions effective to recover a valuable effluent.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of ethanol to make essentially ethylene and propylene, comprising: a) introducing in a reactor (A) (also called the first low temperature reaction zone) a stream comprising ethanol, optionally water, optionally an inert component, b) contacting said stream with a catalyst (A1) in said reactor (A) at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the ethanol to essentially ethylene, c) recovering from said reactor an effluent comprising: essentially ethylene, minor amounts of various hydrocarbons, water, optionally unconverted ethanol and the optional inert component of step a), d) fractionating said effluent of step c) to remove water, unconverted ethanol, optionally the inert component, and optionally the whole or a part of the various hydrocarbons to get a stream (D) comprising essentially ethylene and optionally the inert component, e) introducing at least a part of said stream (D) mixed with a stream (D1) comprising olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more (C4+ olefins) in a OCP reactor (also called the second high temperature reaction zone) under the condition that the mixture (D)+(D1) comprises at least 10 wt % of C4+ olefins, f) contacting said stream comprising at least a part of (D) and the stream (D1) in said OCP reactor with a catalyst which is selective towards light olefins in the effluent, to produce an effluent with an olefin content of lower molecular weight than that of the feedstock, g) fractionating said effluent of step f) to produce at least an ethylene stream, a propylene stream and a fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more, optionally recycling ethylene in whole or in part at the inlet of the OCP reactor of step f), or at the inlet of the reactor (A) or in part at the inlet of the OCP reactor of step f) and in part at the inlet of the reactor (A), optionally recycling the fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more at the inlet of the OCP reactor.
摘要:
A process for obtaining a catalyst composite comprising the following steps: a). selecting a molecular sieve having pores of 10-or more-membered rings b). contacting the molecular sieve with a metal silicate different from said molecular sieve comprising at least one alkaline earth metal and one or more of the following metals: Ga, Al, Ce, In, Cs, Sc, Sn, Li, Zn, Co, Mo, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, Ti and V, such that the composite comprises at least 0.1 wt % of silicate.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: a0) providing a first portion and a second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock, a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered ring pore openings or larger in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, optionally at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting the first portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and the second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to light olefins.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of ethanol to make essentially ethylene and propylene, comprising: a) introducing in a reactor (A) (also called the first low temperature reaction zone) a stream comprising ethanol under a partial pressure at least about 0.2 MPa, optionally water, optionally an inert component, b) contacting said stream with a catalyst (A1) in said reactor (A) at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the ethanol to essentially ethylene, propylene and olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more (C4+ olefins), c) recovering from said reactor an effluent comprising : ethylene and C4+ fraction containing mainly olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more (C4+ olefins), propylene and various hydrocarbons, water, optionally unconverted ethanol and the optional inert component of step a), d) fractionating said effluent of step c) to remove water, unconverted ethanol, optionally the inert component, optionally the propylene and optionally the whole or a part of the various hydrocarbons to get a stream (D) comprising essentially ethylene, olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more (C4+ olefins) and optionally the inert component, e) introducing at least a part of said stream (D) optionally mixed with a stream (D1) comprising olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more (C4+ olefins) in a OCP reactor (also called the second high temperature reaction zone) under the condition that said mixture (D)+(D1) comprises at least 10 wt % of C4+ olefins, f) contacting said stream comprising at least a part of (D) and the optional (D1) in said OCP reactor with a catalyst which is selective towards light olefins in the effluent, to produce an effluent with an olefin content of lower molecular weight than that of the feedstock, g) fractionating said effluent of step f) to produce at least an ethylene stream, a propylene stream and a fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more, optionally recycling ethylene in whole or in part at the inlet of the OCP reactor of step f), or at the inlet of the reactor (A) or in part at the inlet of the OCP reactor of step f) and in part at the inlet of the reactor (A), optionally recycling the fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more at the inlet of the OCP reactor.
摘要:
The present invention is a mixture comprising by weight 0.01 to 30% of at least one medium or large pore crystalline silicoaluminate, silicoaluminophosphate materials or silicoaluminate mesoporous molecular sieves (co-catalyst) (A) for respectively 99.99 to 70% of at least a MeAPO molecular sieve.Preferably the proportion of (A) is 1 to 15% for respectively 99 to 85% of MeAPO molecular sieves.MeAPO molecular sieves having CHA (SAPO-34) or AEI (SAPO-18) structure or mixture thereof are the most preferable. Si is the most desirable metal in MeAPO.The present invention also relates to catalysts consisting of the above mixture or comprising the above mixture.The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “XTO process”) for making an olefin product from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock wherein said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock is contacted with the above catalyst (in the XTO reactor) under conditions effective to convert the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to olefin products (the XTO reactor effluent).The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “combined XTO and OCP process”) to make light olefins from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising:contacting said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the above catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form an XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OCP reactor at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.
摘要:
The present invention (first embodiment) relates to a process for the dehydration of at least an alcohol to make at least an olefin, comprising: a) introducing in a reactor a stream (A) comprising at least an alcohol optionally in aqueous solution and an inert component, b) contacting said stream with a catalyst in said reactor at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the alcohol to make an olefin, c) recovering from said reactor a stream (B) comprising: the inert component and at least an olefin, water and optionally unconverted alcohol, d) optionally fractionating the stream (B) to recover the unconverted alcohol and recycling said unconverted alcohol to the reactor of step a), e) optionally fractionating the stream (B) to recover the inert component and the olefin and recycling said inert component to the reactor of step a), Wherein, the inert component is selected among ethane, the hydrocarbons having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, naphtenes and CO2, the proportion of the inert component is such as the reactor operates essentially adiabatically. The present invention also relates to a similar process as above but the catalyst is: a crystalline silicate having a ratio Si/Al of at least 100, or a dealuminated crystalline silicate, or a phosphorus modified zeolite, the WHSV of the alcohol is at least 2 h−1 when the catalyst is a crystalline silicate having a ratio Si/Al of at least 100 or a dealuminated crystalline silicate. Advantageously the pressure of the dehydration reactor is high enough to help the recovery of the inert component and recycling thereof in the reactor of step a) without a gas compressor but only a pump.
摘要:
The present invention is a phosphorous modified zeolite (A) made by a process comprising in that order: selecting a zeolite with low Si/Al ratio (advantageously lower than 30) among H+ or NH4+-form of MFI, MEL, FER, MOR, clinoptilolite, said zeolite having been made preferably without direct addition of organic template; steaming at a temperature ranging from 400 to 870° C. for 0.01-200 h; leaching with an aqueous acid solution containing the source of P at conditions effective to remove a substantial part of Al from the zeolite and to introduce at least 0.3 wt % of P; separation of the solid from the liquid; an optional washing step or an optional drying step or an optional drying step followed by a washing step; a calcination step. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “XTO process”) for making an olefin product from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock wherein said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock is contacted with the above catalyst (in the XTO reactor) under conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to olefin products (the XTO reactor effluent).The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “combined XTO and OCP process”) to make light olefins from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising : contacting said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the above catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form an XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction;separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction;contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OCP reactor at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.