甲醇气相脱水制二甲醚的催化剂

采用硝酸铝和氨水中和方法得到拟薄水铝石为原料,制备了甲醇制二甲醚催化剂。考察拟薄水铝石制备过程中的中和pH值、中和温度以及催化剂制备过程中的煅烧温度对甲醇气相脱水制二甲醚性能的影响。结果表明,当中和pH值在8.0±0.2、中和温度为50～60 ℃以及煅烧温度在550～600 ℃时得到的甲醇制二甲醚催化剂活性最高。通过在催化剂上添加SiO2、SO42?、PO43?等对甲醇脱水催化剂进行改性表明,改性后甲醇脱水催化剂活性有明显的提高。     

Selective homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic conversion of methanol/dimethyl ether to triptane

The demand for specific fuels and chemical feed-stocks fluctuates, and as a result, logistical mismatches can occur in the supply of their precursor raw materials such as coal, biomass, crude oil, and methane. To overcome these challenges, industry requires a versatile and robust suite of conversion technologies, many of which are mediated by synthesis gas (CO + H(2)) or methanol/dimethyl ether (DME) intermediates. One such transformation, the conversion of methanol/DME to triptane (2,2,3-trimethylbutane) has spurred particular research interest. Practically, triptane is a high-octane, high-value fuel component, but this transformation also raises fundamental questions: how can such a complex molecule be generated from such a simple precursor with high selectivity? In this Account, we present studies of this reaction carried out in two modes: homogeneously with soluble metal halide catalysts and heterogeneously over solid microporous acid catalysts. Despite their very different compositions, reaction conditions, provenance, and historical scientific context, both processes lead to remarkably similar products and mechanistic interpretations. In both cases, hydrocarbon chains grow by successive methylation in a carbocation-based mechanism. The relative rates of competitive processes-chain growth by methylation, chain termination by hydrogen transfer, isomerization, and cracking-systematically depend upon the structure of the various hydrocarbons produced, strongly favoring the formation of the maximally branched C(7) alkane, triptane. The two catalysts also show parallels in their dependence on acid strength. Stronger acids exhibit higher methanol/DME conversion but also tend to favor chain termination, isomerization, and cracking relative to chain growth, decreasing the preference for triptane. Hence, in both modes, there will be an optimal range: if the acid strength is too low, activity will be poor, but if it is too high, selectivity will be poor. A related reaction, the methylative homologation of alkanes, offers the possibility of upgrading low-value refinery byproducts such as isobutane and isopentane to more valuable gasoline components. With the addition of adamantane, a hydride transfer catalyst that promotes activation of alkanes, both systems effectively catalyze the reaction of methanol/DME with lighter alkanes to produce heavier ones. This transformation has the further advantage of providing stoichiometric balance, whereas the stoichiometry for conversion of methanol/DME to alkanes is deficient in hydrogen and requires rejection of excess carbon in the form of carbon-rich arenes, which lowers the overall yield of desired products. Alternatively, other molecules can serve as sacrificial sources of hydrogen atoms: H(2) on heterogeneous catalysts modified by cations that activate it, and H(3)PO(2) or H(3)PO(3) on homogeneous catalysts. We have interpreted most of the features of these potentially useful reactions at a highly detailed level of mechanistic understanding, and we show that this interpretation applies equally to these two widely disparate types of catalysts. Such approaches can play a key role in developing and optimizing the catalysts that are needed to solve our energy problems.     

甲醇气相脱水制二甲醚催化剂研究进展

甲醇气相脱水制二甲醚反应为固体酸催化反应,常用的固体酸催化剂有γ-Al₂O₃和分子筛类。γ-Al₂O₃表面存在弱酸中心或中等强度酸中心,催化剂有较好的初始催化活性,但活化所需的反应温度较高,耐水稳定性差;分子筛类催化剂表面有许多强酸性位,低温下催化活性较高,但在高温反应条件下易产生烃类副产物和积炭,热稳定性差。为改善这两类催化剂的催化性能,对催化剂进行了各种改性研究,改性后催化剂的活性、选择性和稳定性均有一定程度提高。综述了近年来在γ-Al₂O₃和分子筛催化剂上进行的改性研究,总结并展望了甲醇脱水催化剂的发展方向。     

工艺条件对甲醇脱水制二甲醚反应的影响

以La改性氧化铝为催化剂,在模拟绝热固定床反应器中考察工艺条件对甲醇气相脱水制二甲醚反应的影响。结果表明,甲醇进料温度210℃时,甲醇脱水反应剧烈,绝热温升约130℃。催化剂床层热点温度低于380℃时,二甲醚选择性大于98%,过高温度产生大量副产物甲烷。反应压力对反应影响甚微。在甲醇进料温度240℃(热点温度370℃)、甲醇进料空速1.5 h-1和反应系统压力为50 k Pa条件下,甲醇转化率大于84%,二甲醚选择性大于98.5%,连续运转2 000 h,催化剂无明显失活迹象。     

Catalytic and kinetic study of methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether

Dimethyl ether (DME), as a solution to environmental pollution and diminishing energy supplies, can be synthesized more efficiently, compared to conventional methods, using a catalytic distillation column for methanol dehydration to DME over an active and selective catalyst. In this work, using an autoclave batch reactor, a variety of commercial catalysts are investigated to find a proper catalyst for this reaction at moderate temperature and pressure (110–135 °C and 900 kPa). Among the γ-alumina, zeolites (HY, HZSM-5 and HM) and ion exchange resins (Amberlyst 15, Amberlyst 35, Amberlyst 36 and Amberlyst 70), Amberlysts 35 and 36 demonstrate good activity for the studied reaction at the desired temperature and pressure. Then, the kinetics of the reaction over Amberlyst 35 is determined. The experimental data are described well by Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetic expression, for which the surface reaction is the rate determining step. The calculated apparent activation energy for this study is 98 kJ/mol.     

Catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether over mordenite catalysts

The conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether was carried out over various commercial mordenite and ion-exchanged catalysts to evaluate the catalytic performance of mordenite catalysts with different pore structures and acidities. These catalysts were compared for their catalytic properties in a fixed-bed reactor at 1 atm, 573 K and LHSV of 2.84 h^− 1. The catalysts were characterized by BET, ICP, NH₃-TPD, XRD, TGA and FT-IR techniques. The ion-exchanged mordenite showed higher activity, selectivity and good stability in dehydration of methanol due to the addition of medium acid sites. Also, the effect of water on catalyst deactivation was investigated over two selected catalysts in order to develop a suitable catalyst for synthesis of dimethyl ether. It was found that the H-mordenite catalyst supplied by Süd-chemie Co., (MCDH-1) was more active and less deactivated than another one in a feed containing 20 wt.% water.     

甲醇制二甲醚技术

简述了二甲醚的性质和主要的几种合成工艺,较详细介绍了西南化工研究设计院技术的工艺特点和工业化成果.     

A heterogeneous one-dimensional model for non-adiabatic fixed bed catalytic reactors

A heterogeneous one dimensional model which takes separately into account the heat transfer through the solid and fluid phases is introduced. The response of this model is compared with that of the heterogeneous two-dimensional model, and a very good agreement, especially at mild conditions, is obtained. Its performance is better than previous one dimensional models and the deviations are explained in tenns of the operative conditions and of the value of dimensionless groups. Conditions at which the different one and two-dimensional models are recommended to be used are presented.     

Performance of modified H-ZSM-5 zeolite for dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether

The conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether was carried out over various commercial zeolites and modified H-ZSM-5 catalysts to evaluate their catalytic performance. A series of commercially available zeolite samples were used for vapor-phase dehydration of methanol to DME. Catalyst screening tests were performed in a fixed-bed reactor under the same operating conditions (T = 300 °С, P = 16 barg, WHSV = 3.8 h⁻¹). It was found that all the H-form zeolite catalysts in this study were active and selective for DME synthesis. According to the experimental results MDHC-1 catalyst exhibited the highest activity in dehydration of methanol.After finding the most active catalyst, the H-MFI90 zeolite was modified with Na content varying from 0 to 120 mol%, via wet-impregnation method to further improve its selectivity. All of catalysts were characterized by BET, XRD, NH₃-TPD, ICP, TGA, SEM, FT-IR and TPH techniques. It was found that these materials affected activity of MDHC-1 zeolite by changing its acidity. Ultimately, among all the catalysts studied, Na₁₀₀-modified H-MFI90 zeolite exhibited optimum activity, selectivity and stability at methanol dehydration reaction.     

甲醇催化脱水制二甲醚

研究了甲醇在ZSM-5沸石分子筛上催化脱水制二甲醚反应条件的影响。并在等温积分反应器中进行了本征动力学测试,对动力学模型进行筛选和参数估值,获得反应速率方程。     

A kinetic model for methanol conversion to hydrocarbons

We developed a detailed kinetic model for methanol conversion to hydrocarbons over zeolites. The dimethylether at equilibrium with methanol, generates carbene; it attacks the oxygenates giving light olefins, and the latter forming higher olefins. The olefins, through carbenium ions, form aromatics and paraffins. The kinetic parameters, identified by nonlinear optimization techniques, and the model predictions, agree quite well with the experiment and literature available data.     

A kinetic model for methanol conversion to hydrocarbons

A phenomenological kinetic model is developed which describes the reaction path for methanol conversion to hydrocarbons over ZSM-5 class zeolites. The model correctly predicts conversion and selectivities over a wide range of pressure.     

Dehydration of methanol over Nordstrandite based catalysts for dimethyl ether synthesis

This study focused on the investigation of Nordstrandite as a catalyst for dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether synthesis. The structure phase of Nordstrandite has been changed to boehmite and γ-Al₂O₃ in sequence via calcinations at various temperatures. Moreover, the properties of the samples have been varied significantly with heat treatment. The number of acid sites of Nordstrandite was much higher than the other aluminas. However, the catalytic activity of Nordstrandite was comparable to the other catalysts with fewer amounts of acid sites. This means that structure phase is one of the most important factors for catalytic performance in this reaction.     

Titanium-doped alumina for catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether at relatively low temperatures

Mesoporous Al-Ti oxide composites with molar %Ti of 3, 5, 10, and 20 as well as pure γ-alumina were prepared using a template-free sol-gel method in the absence of a catalyst. The prepared composites were characterized by powder XRD, FTIR spectroscopy and N₂ adsorption for BET surface area and porosity measurements. The composites and the pure alumina possessed relatively high surface areas, 350-410 m²/g, and high porosities after calcination at 500 °C. FTIR spectroscopy was employed to study the products of the catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether, DME, over the prepared catalysts at reaction temperatures between 180 and 300 °C. Compared with pure γ-alumina, the Ti-modified alumina with %Ti < 10 showed higher catalytic activity in the methanol dehydration and better selectivity to DME. Composites with %Ti of 3 and 5 showed the highest activity at relatively lower temperatures than the other catalysts where they showed their highest activity at 190 and 200 °C, respectively. The activity of all studied catalysts slightly decreased as the temperature was raised to 300 °C and dropped considerably when the temperature was decreased to 180 °C. However, the activity of Al-Ti-3 dropped only slightly at both temperatures. The selectivity to DME was dependent on the reaction temperature where 100% DME selectivity was obtained at temperatures ?220 °C and as the temperature was raised to 300 °C, some CH₄ and CO₂ formed on the account of DME.     

Catalytic performance of metal ion doped MCM-41 for methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether

Metal ion doped MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves (M-MCM-41, M = Al, Ga, Sn, Zr and Fe) were prepared using a hydrothermal synthesis method, with metal chlorides serving as the dopant sources. The M-MCM-41 structures were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic (FTIR) analysis, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive spectroscopy and N₂ adsorption–desorption measurement. The surface of M-MCM-41 acidities were determined by NH₃ temperature-programmed desorption and pyridine-adsorption FTIR analysis, and their catalytic performance for methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether (DME) was evaluated. The results showed that the prepared M-MCM-41, which exhibited a structure similar to that of MCM-41 with long-range ordered mesoporous structure, contained weak acidic sites. The number of weak acid sites in Al-MCM-41 increased as the Al content increased. The Al content in Al-MCM-41 had an important effect on its catalytic performance, where the highest catalytic activity was 80 and 100 % DME selectivity was achieved at a Si/Al molar ratio of 10. For MCM-41 doped with various types of metal ions, M-MCM-41 (M = Al, Ga, Sn and Zr) also presented a similar wide distribution of acidity, and their catalytic activities were ranked in the following order: Al-MCM-41 > Ga-MCM-41 > Zr-MCM-41 > Fe-MCM-41 > Sn-MCM-41, which were related to the coordination of the metal ions.     

焙烧高岭土催化剂对催化甲醇制二甲醚性能的影响

为了考察高岭土焙烧前后性能的变化,将高岭土分别在200℃、400℃、600℃、和800℃进行焙烧,得到焙烧高岭土催化剂样品,并对催化剂进行TG-DTA、XRD和SEM等的分析及活性测试.结果表明,高岭土经过高温焙烧后转变为偏高岭土,高岭土的特征峰消失,同时孔道明显增多,甲醇转化率、二甲醚选择性和收率均提高.     

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.     

勃姆石催化浆态床甲醇脱水制二甲醚

以异丙醇铝为原料,采用完全液相法制备勃姆石系列甲醇脱水浆状催化剂,通过XRD、NH3-TPD和XPS等对催化剂的结构和酸性质进行表征,并在浆态床条件下评价其甲醇脱水生成二甲醚的活性,考察水量和酸量对催化剂活性的影响。结果表明,制备的浆状勃姆石催化剂具有良好的活性,相结构为勃姆石。在硝酸与异丙醇铝物质的量比为0.3∶1和水与异丙醇铝物质的量比为50∶1条件下,制备的催化剂活性最高。