能源化工与催化固定床一步法制二甲醚催化剂性能

采用固定床反应装置,以共沉淀法制备甲醇催化剂和一步法合成二甲醚催化剂,采用BET、XRD和SEM对催化剂进行表征。在反应压力2.5 MPa、反应温度260 ℃和空速(500~900) h^-1条件下,催化剂催化活性最好,其中,CO转化率≥90%,二甲醚收率≥60%,二甲醚选择性≥65%。     

由合成气生产二甲醚过程反应协同作用的研究

Influence of reaction temperature, pressure and space velocity on the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas is studied in an isothermal fixed-bed reactor. The catalyst is a physical mixture of C30 copper-based methanol (MeOH) synthesis catalyst and ZSM-5 dehydration catalyst. The experimental results show that the chemical synergy between methanol synthesis reaction and methanol dehydration reaction is evident. The conversion of carbon monoxide is over 90%.     

Liquid phase methanol and dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas

The Liquid Phase Methanol Synthesis (LPMeOH^TM) process has been investigated in our laboratories since 1982The reaction chemistry of liquid phase methanol synthesis over commercial Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalysts, established for diverse feed gas conditions including H₂-rich, CO-rich, CO₂-rich, and CO-free environments, is predominantly based on the CO₂ hydrogenation reaction and the forward water-gas shift reactionImportant aspects of the liquid phase methanol synthesis investigated in this in-depth study include global kinetic rate expressions, external mass transfer mechanisms and rates, correlation for the overall gas-to-liquid mass transfer rate coefficient, computation of the multicomponent phase equilibrium and prediction of the ultimate and isolated chemical equilibrium compositions, thermal stability analysis of the liquid phase methanol synthesis reactor, investigation of pore diffusion in the methanol catalyst, and elucidation of catalyst deactivation/regenerationThese studies were conducted in a mechanically agitated slurry reactor as well as in a liquid entrained reactorA novel liquid phase process for co-production of dimethyl ether (DME) and methanol has also been developedThe process is based on dual-catalytic synthesis in a single reactor stage, where the methanol synthesis and water gas shift reactions takes place over Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalysts and the in-situ methanol dehydration reaction takes place over -Al₂O₃ catalystCo-production of DME and methanol can increase the single-stage reactor productivity by as much as 80%. By varying the mass ratios of methanol synthesis catalyst to methanol dehydration catalyst, it is possible to co-produce DME and methanol in any fixed proportion, from 5% DME to 95% DMEAlso, dual catalysts exhibit higher activity, and more importantly these activities are sustained for a longer catalyst on-stream life by alleviating catalyst deactivation.     

不同加料方式对完全液相法制CuZnAl浆状催化剂结构和性能的影响

采用完全液相法,以拟薄水铝石为铝源,选择不同加料方式制备了CuZnAl浆状催化剂,并采用X射线粉末衍射、氮吸附、X射线光电子能谱和程序升温还原对其进行了表征,考察了CuZnAl浆状催化剂在合成气制取甲醇、二甲醚反应中的催化性能.结果表明,不同加料方式对催化剂性能有显著的影响,其中采用铜与锌同时加入的方式制备的催化剂相结构稳定,比表面积较大,催化剂表面元素铜含量高,可还原铜量多,且还原温度低,从而提高了催化剂的CO转化率和醇醚总选择性.     

The Structure Properties of CuZnAl Slurry Catalysts Prepared by a Complete Liquid-Phase Method and its Catalytic Performance for DME Synthesis from Syngas

Four CuZnAl slurry catalysts with different contents of Al were directly prepared from the solution of these metal salts to catalyst slurry by a complete liquid-phase method. The structure properties of the catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, XPS, FTIR, and their catalytic performances for the single-step synthesis of Dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas were evaluated in a slurry reactor of 250 mL with a mechanical magnetic agitator. The results indicate the main phase existed in the catalysts are Cu, Cu₂O, ZnO and boehmite (AlOOH) and the structures of pore and surface are comparable with those of the commercial methanol synthesis catalysts. Activity tests show that the slurry catalysts are quite effective for the single-step synthesis of DME from syngas. Among them, the catalyst with 2.09 mol% Al is best, whose DME selectivity reaches 93.08%. All of the catalysts prepared by the novel method exhibit good stability during the reaction time investigated for 18 days.     

Effects of temperature and feed composition on catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether over γ-alumina

Catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) is performed in an adiabatic fixed bed heterogeneous reactor by using acidic γ-alumina. By changing the mean average temperature of the catalyst bed (or operating temperature of the reactor) from 233 up to 303 °C, changes in methanol conversion were monitored. The results showed that the conversion of methanol strongly depended on the reactor operating temperature. Also, conversion of pure methanol and mixture of methanol and water versus time were studied and the effect of water on deactivation of the catalyst was investigated. The results revealed that when pure methanol was used as the process feed, the catalyst deactivation occurred very slowly. But, by adding water to the feed methanol, the deactivation of the γ-alumina was increased very rapidly; so much that, by increasing water content to 20 weight percent by weight, the catalyst lost its activity by about 12.5 folds more than in the process with pure methanol. Finally, a temperature dependent model developed to predict pure methanol conversion to DME correlates reasonably well with experimental data.     

Specifics of dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas over mixed catalysts

Dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from syngas over a mixture of a methanol synthesis catalyst (ZnO, 25.10 wt %; AuO, 64.86 wt %; Al₂O₃, 10.04 wt %) and a methanol dehydration catalyst (γ-A1₂O₃) has been investigated for one-, two-, and three-layer catalyst beds. There is a common regularity for these three variants: with an increasing temperature, the total CO conversion decreases, the CO-to-methanol conversion decreases, and the CO-to-DME conversion increases. The largest values of DME selectivity and DME yield have been attained with the three-layer bed. The highest DME yield has been obtained at 250–285°C. Use of a mechanical mixture of the methanol synthesis catalyst and alumina makes it possible to efficiently obtain DME from syngas ballasted with nitrogen (20 vol %) at an H₂/CO ratio of 1, which is unfavorable for methanol synthesis. The DME yield on the syngas input basis in this case with the ballast gas (nitrogen or CO₂) taken into account can be about 10 wt %.     

固体酸对二氧化碳加氢合成二甲醚催化剂性能的影响

以Cu-ZnO-Al2O3催化剂作为甲醇合成组分,以不同固体酸作为脱水组分,制备了一系列CO2加氢合成二甲醚的复合催化剂。研究表明CO2的转化率与固体酸的酸性无关,而取决于Cu-ZnO-Al2O3催化剂上甲醇的合成速率;二甲醚的选择性取决于固体酸的酸量和酸强度,脱水速率与固体酸的中/强酸有关。HZSM-5分子筛作为复合催化剂脱水组分时,二甲醚的收率最高;硅铝比对CO2转化率无影响,但可显著地影响二甲醚选择性;低硅铝比的HZSM-5更适合作为CO2加氢合成二甲醚复合催化剂的脱水组分。     

EFFECTS OF VARIOUS PROCESS PARAMETERS ON TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF ADIABATIC FIXED BED REACTOR FOR PRODUCTION OF DIMETHYL ETHER (DME) FROM METHANOL

Catalytic dehydration of methanol for production of dimethyl ether (DME) is an exothermic reaction. Therefore, the temperature of the adiabatic reactor of DME production will be increased by the progress of the reaction. In this article, effects of various process parameters are considered on the temperature profile of a fixed catalyst bed in a laboratory-scale reactor of DME production from methanol. Acidic gamma alumina is used for DME production, and effects of inlet feed temperature, flow rate of the feed, pressure of the reactor, and catalyst particle sizes on the temperature profile of the catalyst beds are investigated.     

EFFECTS OF VARIOUS PROCESS PARAMETERS ON TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF ADIABATIC FIXED BED REACTOR FOR PRODUCTION OF DIMETHYL ETHER (DME) FROM METHANOL

Catalytic dehydration of methanol for production of dimethyl ether (DME) is an exothermic reaction. Therefore, the temperature of the adiabatic reactor of DME production will be increased by the progress of the reaction. In this article, effects of various process parameters are considered on the temperature profile of a fixed catalyst bed in a laboratory-scale reactor of DME production from methanol. Acidic gamma alumina is used for DME production, and effects of inlet feed temperature, flow rate of the feed, pressure of the reactor, and catalyst particle sizes on the temperature profile of the catalyst beds are investigated.     

完全液相法催化剂上甲醇脱水合成二甲醚的动力学及DFT研究

采用完全液相法制备AlOOH催化剂并进行了浆态床反应器中甲醇脱水制备二甲醚的反应动力学和DFT的研究。在3种甲醇脱水制备二甲醚的反应机理中,以表面反应即两个同时吸附的甲醇反应生成二甲醚作为速控步骤,所建立动力学模型的计算值和实验值吻合较好。采用DFT计算了液体石蜡环境中AlOOH(100)面的脱水反应,其反应过程和活化能结果与动力学模型结果基本一致,进一步表明采用该模型可以合理描述完全液相法制备的AlOOH催化剂表面甲醇脱水反应过程。     

Synthesis of AlOOH slurry catalyst and catalytic activity for methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether

AlOOH slurry catalysts were prepared by complete liquid-phase technology from aluminum iso-propoxide (AIP). Dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) over these catalysts was investigated in slurry reactor. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH₃–TPD). The results showed that the slurry catalysts had high specific surface area and pore volume, and the specific surface area and the strength of weak acidic sites were influenced considerably by the molar ratio of H₂O/AIP and HNO₃/AIP. Activity tests indicated that AlOOH slurry catalysts had excellent catalytic activity and stability in slurry reactor for the dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether, and the activity correlated well with the strength of weak acidic sites of catalysts, which can be controlled by changing the H₂O/AIP and HNO₃/AIP molar ratios. The average methanol conversion at even stage reaches nearly 80% and DME selectivity almost 100% over CAT-P1 catalyst. No deactivation was found during the reaction of 500 h. It is also expected that CAT-P1 becomes a promising methanol dehydration catalyst for the STD process based on CuZuAl methanol synthesis catalyst.     

OPTIMIZING THE FEED CONDITIONS IN A DIMETHYL ETHER PRODUCTION PROCESS TO MAXIMIZE METHANOL CONVERSION USING A HYBRID FIRST PRINCIPLE NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH

Modeling is a fundamental step in plant optimization and simulation. In this work, a new technique for modeling a gas-solid heterogeneous fixed-bed reactor is developed. Gas diffusion into the solid catalyst pellets requires solving the mass balance equations inside the catalyst. The computational load needed can be quite time-consuming due to system complexities and nonlinearities. This bottleneck prevents on-line optimization of the process. In this work, a trained three-layer neural network model is used to replace major parts of these computations. The model is then incorporated within the overall model of an adiabatic fixed-bed reactor to produce dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol dehydration over solid acidic catalysts. The performance of the reactor simulated using this procedure indicated good agreement with its experimental operation. Then an optimizer is employed to determine the best feed conditions. The proposed strategy can be applied to any heterogeneous fixed-bed reactor.     

A Novel, Low Temperature Synthesis Method of Dimethyl Ether Over Cu–Zn Catalyst Based on Self-Catalysis Effect of Methanol

A new DME synthesis route from syngas at a relatively low temperature (443 K) has been developed for the first time by the combination of a conventional DME synthesis catalyst (Cu/ZnO:HZSM-5 catalyst) with methanol as a catalytic solvent. The addition of methanol to the reaction system is the key to the success of DME synthesis at this temperature. Indeed, a CO conversion of 29 and 43% with a DME selectivity of 69 and 68% were achieved at 443 or 453 K, respectively, and 4 MPa, when methanol was used as a catalytic solvent. Importantly, no other by-products including methanol and hydrocarbons were observed in the DME product attained, suggesting no significant subsequent purification stages. Assuming no scale up problems, this process potentially provides a high purity of DME with less energy consumption, and so offers an opportunity for the economically viable future sustainable production of DME.     

Intrinsic kinetics study of LPDME process from syngas over bi-functional catalyst

The intrinsic kinetics of the three-phase dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from syngas over a bi-functional catalyst has been investigated in a agitated slurry reactor at 20–50 bar, 200–240 °C and H₂/CO feed ratio from 1 to 2. The bi-functional catalyst was prepared by physical mixing of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ as methanol synthesis catalyst and H-ZSM-5 as methanol dehydration catalyst. The three reactions including methanol synthesis from CO and H₂, methanol dehydration and water gas shift reaction were chosen as the independent reactions. A kinetic model for the combined methanol and DME synthesis based on a methanol synthesis model proposed by Graaf et al. [G.H. Graaf, E.J. Stamhuis, A.A.C.M. Beenackers, Kinetics of low pressure methanol synthesis, Chem. Eng. Sci. 43 (12) (1988) 3185; G.H. Graaf, E.J. Stamhuis, A.A.C.M. Beenackers, Kinetics of the three-phase methanol synthesis, Chem. Eng. Sci. 43 (8) (1988) 2161] and a methanol dehydration model by Bercic and Levec [G. Bercic, J. Levec, Intrinsic and global reaction rate of methanol dehydration over γ-Al₂O₃ pellets, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 31 (1992) 399–434] has been fitted our experimental data. The obtained coefficients in equations follow the Arrhenius and the Van’t Hoff relations. The calculated apparent activation energy of methanol synthesis reaction and methanol dehydration reaction are 115 kJ/mol and 82 kJ/mol, respectively. Also, the effects of different parameters on the reactor performance have been investigated based on the presented kinetic model.     

Equilibrium calculations for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas

Thermodynamic analysis of single‐step synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas over a bi‐functional catalyst (BFC) in a slurry bed reactor has been investigated as a function of temperature (200–240°C), pressure (20–50 bar), and composition feed ratio (H₂/CO: 1–2). The BFC was prepared by physical mixing of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ as a methanol synthesis catalyst and H‐ZSM‐5 as a methanol dehydration catalyst. The three reactions including methanol synthesis from CO and H₂, methanol dehydration to DME and water–gas shift reaction were chosen as the independent reactions. The equilibrium thermodynamic analysis includes a theoretical model predicting the behaviour and a comparison to experimental results. Theoretical model calculations of thermodynamic equilibrium constants of the reactions and equilibrium composition of all components at different reaction temperature, pressure, and H₂/CO ratio in feed are in good accordance with experimental values.     

Catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) over Al-HMS catalysts

A series of Al-HMS with different Si/Al ratio was used as a solid acid catalyst for methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether (DME). The effect of temperature, feed composition, space velocity, and the catalyst Si/Al ratio on the catalytic dehydration of methanol was investigated. By decreasing Si/Al, the temperature required to reach equilibrium conversion of methanol decreased due to the increased number of acidic sites. Compared to commercial γ-Al₂O₃, Al-HMS-5 and Al-HMS-10, catalysts exhibited a high yield of DME. Among all Al-HMS catalysts, Al-HMS-10 exhibited an optimum yield of 89% with 100% selectivity and excellent stability for methanol dehydration to DME.     

Direct dimethyl ether synthesis by spatial patterned catalyst arrangement: A modeling and simulation study

The effect of spatially patterned catalyst beds was investigated using direct dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from synthesis gas as an example. A layered arrangement of methanol synthesis (MS) and dehydration catalyst was chosen and studied by numerical simulation under typical operating conditions for single‐step DME synthesis. It was revealed that catalyst layers significantly influence the DME productivity. With an increasing number of layers from two to 40, an increase in DME productivity was observed approaching the performance of a physical catalyst mixture for an infinite number of layers. The results prove that a physical mixture of MS and dehydration catalyst achieves the highest DME productivity under operating conditions chosen in this study. Essentially, the layered catalyst arrangement is comparable to a cascade model of the two‐step process, which is less efficient in terms of DME yield than the single‐step process. However, the layered catalyst arrangement could be beneficial for other reaction systems. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 00: 000–000, 2012     

改性高岭土催化甲醇脱水制二甲醚

用常压微型反应装置评价了高岭土经酸处理改性后催化甲醇脱水制二甲醚反应的活性 ,考察了酸处理量、反应温度和空速对样品催化性能的影响 ,同时还考察了催化活性与样品比表面积、铝含量的关系。     

Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Dimethylether Over Gold-based Catalysts

It is shown that Au?Czinc oxide?Calumina catalysts are suitable for the water?Cgas shift reaction and for methanol (MeOH) and DME synthesis, indicating their use in a direct single-stage process for converting syngas to a DME?+?methanol mixture. Temperatures above 340?°C were required in order to obtain reasonable catalytic activity. A 67?% DME selectivity was achieved at 380?°C with a low space velocity 0.75?dm³?h^?1?g^?1 and 50?bar. The lower CO conversions at the higher temperature of 460?°C was probably due to the MeOH equilibrium limitation in the range of temperatures 340 to 460?°C, but deactivation is observed as well, above 460?°C. Au/ZnO/??-Al₂O₃ is more stable than traditional copper-based catalysts, which are stable below about 300?°C, and then only in the absence of water. The gold composite catalyst was mainly selective toward DME, MeOH and CH₄, and to C₂ to C₅ hydrocarbons. An analysis of the main reactions involved indicates that only the methanol synthesis reaction reaches a near-equilibrium situation, with the other reactions being under kinetic control.