CA2340821A1 - Paraffin-isomerization catalyst and process - Google Patents
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Abstract
An improved catalyst is disclosed for the conversion of hydrocarbons which comprises an alumina support, a Friedel-Crafts metal halide, and a platinum-group metal component, wherein the support comprises primarily eta alumina having defined narrow pore-size and acidity characteristics and a defined diffusion-path limitation. An isomerization process using the catalyst also is disclosed which is particularly effective for the conversion of C4-C7 alkanes.
Description
"PARAFFIN-ISOMERIZATION CATALYST AND
PROCESS
Background of the Invention s The isomerization of light naphtha is an increasingly important process for the upgrading of petroleum refiners' gasoline pool. There is a long history of catalyst and process technology for the isomerization of light alkanes. The recent expansion of interest, however, has led to significant improvements in this technology.
Catalyst and process developments have led to lower operating temperatures, wherein product io octane is favored by isomer equilibrium. Substantial reduction in the hydrogen requirement for a stable operation has resulted in a significant cost reduction, principally through elimination of the need for a hydrogen-recycle system. Both of the aforementioned developments have led toward a predominance of liquid in the isomerization reactor feed, in contrast to the vapor-phase operation of the prior art.
is Catalysts exhibiting dual hydrogenation-dehydrogenation and cracking functions are applied widely in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries to the reforming and isomerization of hydrocarbons. Such catalysts generally have the cracking function imparted by an inorganic oxide, zeolite, or halogen, with a platinum-group component usually imparting the hydrogenation-dehydrogenation function.
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2o catalyst useful in isomerization should be formulated to balance its hydrogenation-dehydrogenation and cracking functions to achieve the desired conversion over a prolonged period of time, while effectively utilizing the expensive platinum group metal component.
The performance of a catalyst in isomerization service typically is measured 2s by its activity, selectivity, and stability. Activity refers to the ability of a catalyst to isomerize the reactants into the desired product isomers at a specified set of reaction conditions. Selectivity refers to the proportion of converted feed reacted into the desired product. Stability refers to the rate of change of activity and selectivity during the life of the catalyst. The principal cause of low catalyst stability is the formation of coke, a high 3o molecular-weight, hydrogen-deficient, carbonaceous material on the catalytic surface.
Workers in the isomerization art thus must address the problem of developing catalysts having high activity and stability, and which also either suppress the formation of coke or are not severely affected by the presence of coke.
Catalysts for paraffin isomerization containing a platinum-group metal component and a halide on an alumina support are known in the art. For example, US-A-3,963,643 teaches a method of manufacturing a catalyst useful in the isomerization of paraffins by compositing a platinum-group metal with gamma or eta alumina and s reacting the composite with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide and a polyhalo compound.
US-A-5,607,891 teaches a catalyst consisting of chlorine, Group VIII metal, and a support consisting essentially of 85-95% eta alumina and the remainder gamma alumina and its use for benzene reduction and isomerization. However, the art does not suggest a catalyst having the particular characteristics of the present catalyst or the io surprising benefits of using this catalyst in the context of modern, primarily liquid-phase, isomerization operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is based on the discovery that a catalyst comprising a Friedel-is Crafts metal halide and a platinum-group metal on a primarily eta-alumina support having defined critical characteristics demonstrates surprising results in increasing the octane number of C5/Cg naphtha streams.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel catalyst useful particularly for the isomerization of isomerizable hydrocarbons. A corollary object of the 2o invention is to provide a process for isomerizing isomerizable hydrocarbons, particularly alkanes having from four to seven carbon atoms per molecule.
A broad embodiment of the present invention is an isomerization catalyst comprising a Friedel-Crafts metal halide and a platinum-group metal component on a principally eta-alumina support which has critical diffusion-path, pore-size and acidity 2s characteristics. Platinum is the preferred platinum-group component and aluminum chloride is the preferred Friedel-Crafts metal halide. The catalyst support preferably comprises eta and gamma alumina in an eta:gamma ratio on a mass basis of from 4:1 to 99:1, with the ratio more preferably being at least 9:1 and optionally at least 24:1;
optimally, the support consists essentially of eta and gamma alumina. A
triclover 3o extrudate is a preferred shape of the catalyst of the invention.
A preferred catalyst has an average pore diameter of between 35 and 60 angstroms and a extruded trilobal cross-section.
In another aspect, the invention is a preferred method of preparing the present catalyst by a procedure comprising peptizing an alumina source, forming extrudates from the resulting base material, calcining the extrudates at defined critical conditions, impregnating a platinum-group metal component on the calcined extrudates, oxidizing and reducing the impregnated extrudates and subliming the Friedel-Crafts metal component onto the catalyst.
s In yet another aspect, the invention comprises a process for the use of the present catalyst to isomerize isomerizable hydrocarbons. The preferred feedstock comprises C4 to C7 alkanes which are upgraded with respect to their degree of branching and octane number.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
io Figure 1 shows comparative isomerization activity for catalysts of the invention and control catalysts in relation to a pore-acidity index.
Figure 2 shows the cross section of an extruded triclover catalyst.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The alumina support utilized in the isomerization catalyst of the present invention is consists essentially of the crystalline aluminas known as the eta- and gamma-aluminas in a respective ratio of between 4:1 and 99:1. The alumina can be formed into any desired shape or type of carrier material known to those skilled in the art such as rods, pills, pellets, tablets, granules, extrudates, and like forms by methods well known to the practitioners of the catalyst material forming art. Spherical carrier particles may be 2o formed, for example, from this alumina by: (1 ) converting the alumina powder into an alumina sol by reaction with a suitable peptizing acid and water and thereafter dropping a mixture of the resulting sol and a gelling agent into an oil bath to form spherical particles of an alumina gel which are easily converted to a gamma-alumina carrier material by known methods; (2) forming an extrudate from the powder by established 2s methods and thereafter rolling the extrudate particles on a spinning disk until spherical particles are formed which can then be dried and calcined to form the desired particles of spherical carrier material; and (3) wetting the powder with a suitable peptizing agent and thereafter rolling the particles of the powder into spherical masses of the desired size.
PROCESS
Background of the Invention s The isomerization of light naphtha is an increasingly important process for the upgrading of petroleum refiners' gasoline pool. There is a long history of catalyst and process technology for the isomerization of light alkanes. The recent expansion of interest, however, has led to significant improvements in this technology.
Catalyst and process developments have led to lower operating temperatures, wherein product io octane is favored by isomer equilibrium. Substantial reduction in the hydrogen requirement for a stable operation has resulted in a significant cost reduction, principally through elimination of the need for a hydrogen-recycle system. Both of the aforementioned developments have led toward a predominance of liquid in the isomerization reactor feed, in contrast to the vapor-phase operation of the prior art.
is Catalysts exhibiting dual hydrogenation-dehydrogenation and cracking functions are applied widely in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries to the reforming and isomerization of hydrocarbons. Such catalysts generally have the cracking function imparted by an inorganic oxide, zeolite, or halogen, with a platinum-group component usually imparting the hydrogenation-dehydrogenation function.
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2o catalyst useful in isomerization should be formulated to balance its hydrogenation-dehydrogenation and cracking functions to achieve the desired conversion over a prolonged period of time, while effectively utilizing the expensive platinum group metal component.
The performance of a catalyst in isomerization service typically is measured 2s by its activity, selectivity, and stability. Activity refers to the ability of a catalyst to isomerize the reactants into the desired product isomers at a specified set of reaction conditions. Selectivity refers to the proportion of converted feed reacted into the desired product. Stability refers to the rate of change of activity and selectivity during the life of the catalyst. The principal cause of low catalyst stability is the formation of coke, a high 3o molecular-weight, hydrogen-deficient, carbonaceous material on the catalytic surface.
Workers in the isomerization art thus must address the problem of developing catalysts having high activity and stability, and which also either suppress the formation of coke or are not severely affected by the presence of coke.
Catalysts for paraffin isomerization containing a platinum-group metal component and a halide on an alumina support are known in the art. For example, US-A-3,963,643 teaches a method of manufacturing a catalyst useful in the isomerization of paraffins by compositing a platinum-group metal with gamma or eta alumina and s reacting the composite with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide and a polyhalo compound.
US-A-5,607,891 teaches a catalyst consisting of chlorine, Group VIII metal, and a support consisting essentially of 85-95% eta alumina and the remainder gamma alumina and its use for benzene reduction and isomerization. However, the art does not suggest a catalyst having the particular characteristics of the present catalyst or the io surprising benefits of using this catalyst in the context of modern, primarily liquid-phase, isomerization operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is based on the discovery that a catalyst comprising a Friedel-is Crafts metal halide and a platinum-group metal on a primarily eta-alumina support having defined critical characteristics demonstrates surprising results in increasing the octane number of C5/Cg naphtha streams.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel catalyst useful particularly for the isomerization of isomerizable hydrocarbons. A corollary object of the 2o invention is to provide a process for isomerizing isomerizable hydrocarbons, particularly alkanes having from four to seven carbon atoms per molecule.
A broad embodiment of the present invention is an isomerization catalyst comprising a Friedel-Crafts metal halide and a platinum-group metal component on a principally eta-alumina support which has critical diffusion-path, pore-size and acidity 2s characteristics. Platinum is the preferred platinum-group component and aluminum chloride is the preferred Friedel-Crafts metal halide. The catalyst support preferably comprises eta and gamma alumina in an eta:gamma ratio on a mass basis of from 4:1 to 99:1, with the ratio more preferably being at least 9:1 and optionally at least 24:1;
optimally, the support consists essentially of eta and gamma alumina. A
triclover 3o extrudate is a preferred shape of the catalyst of the invention.
A preferred catalyst has an average pore diameter of between 35 and 60 angstroms and a extruded trilobal cross-section.
In another aspect, the invention is a preferred method of preparing the present catalyst by a procedure comprising peptizing an alumina source, forming extrudates from the resulting base material, calcining the extrudates at defined critical conditions, impregnating a platinum-group metal component on the calcined extrudates, oxidizing and reducing the impregnated extrudates and subliming the Friedel-Crafts metal component onto the catalyst.
s In yet another aspect, the invention comprises a process for the use of the present catalyst to isomerize isomerizable hydrocarbons. The preferred feedstock comprises C4 to C7 alkanes which are upgraded with respect to their degree of branching and octane number.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
io Figure 1 shows comparative isomerization activity for catalysts of the invention and control catalysts in relation to a pore-acidity index.
Figure 2 shows the cross section of an extruded triclover catalyst.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The alumina support utilized in the isomerization catalyst of the present invention is consists essentially of the crystalline aluminas known as the eta- and gamma-aluminas in a respective ratio of between 4:1 and 99:1. The alumina can be formed into any desired shape or type of carrier material known to those skilled in the art such as rods, pills, pellets, tablets, granules, extrudates, and like forms by methods well known to the practitioners of the catalyst material forming art. Spherical carrier particles may be 2o formed, for example, from this alumina by: (1 ) converting the alumina powder into an alumina sol by reaction with a suitable peptizing acid and water and thereafter dropping a mixture of the resulting sol and a gelling agent into an oil bath to form spherical particles of an alumina gel which are easily converted to a gamma-alumina carrier material by known methods; (2) forming an extrudate from the powder by established 2s methods and thereafter rolling the extrudate particles on a spinning disk until spherical particles are formed which can then be dried and calcined to form the desired particles of spherical carrier material; and (3) wetting the powder with a suitable peptizing agent and thereafter rolling the particles of the powder into spherical masses of the desired size.
A favored form of alumina support is a cylindrical extrudate generally having a diameter of up to 3.3 mm, with 0.8 mm being preferred. The length-to-diameter ratio generally is from 1:1 to 5:1, with 2:1 usually being optimal. Alternative extrudate forms within the scope of the invention include those with a polylobal or ring cross-section as s disclosed in US-A-4,028,227, incorporated herein by reference; a trilobal or triclover cross-section, extruded through a die having a trilobal or triclover shape, is preferred.
Other catalyst forms are described in Fulton, ""Selecting the catalyst configuration,"
Chemical Engineering, May 12, 1986, pp. 97-101, also incorporated by reference.
Further extrudate forms within the knowledge of the skilled routineer also may be io suitable. Optimally the diffusion path, defined as the maximum distance from the external surface to the interior of an extrudate particle, is no more than 0.3, and preferably no more than 0.25, times the overall diameter of the particle; the overall diameter is defined as the diameter of a circle circumscribed around the cross section of the particle. The diffusion path of the trilobal cross section is 0.23 times the overall is diameter of the particle.
An eta-rich alumina support is produced from a suitable alumina base material by the dehydroxylation of one or more preferably of bayerite, nordstrandite and gibbsite.
The ratio of eta:gamma alumina in the finished catalyst preferably is from 4:1 to 99:1, and more preferably at least 9:1; optionally the ratio is between 24:1 and 99:1 LaRoche 2o Versal B is one example of a suitable alumina source. The extrudate particle form of the carrier material may be prepared by mixing alumina powder with water and suitable peptizing agents such as nitric acid, acetic acid, aluminum nitrate, and the like material until an extrudable dough is formed. The amount of water added to form the dough is typically sufficient to give a Loss on Ignition (L01) at 500°C of 30 to 65 mass %, with a 2s value of 35 to 45 mass % being especially preferred. The acid addition is generally sufficient to provide 2 to 7 mass % of the volatile-free alumina powder used in the mix, with a value of 3 to 4 mass % being especially preferred. Preferably from 0.1 to 10 mass-% of an extrusion aid such as Methocel, and more preferably from 1 to 5 mass-%, is included in the mix. The resulting dough optimally is then mulled and extruded 3o through a suitably sized die to form extrudate particles as described hereinabove.
The extrudate particles are dried at a temperature of 150° to 200°C, and then calcined at a temperature of 500° to 650°C for a period of 0.2 to 10 hours to effect the preferred form of the refractory inorganic oxide as a catalyst base. In order to obtain the distinctive properties of the present catalyst, the calcination preferably is effected within 3s a critical temperature range of from of 545° to 610°C, and more preferably from 560° to 580°C. Calcination conditions are established to provide a finished-catalyst surface area of 160 to 250 m2/g (preferably no more than 230 m2/g) with an average pore diameter of from 35 to 60 angstroms.
An essential ingredient of the catalyst is the platinum-group metal component.
Of s the platinum group, i.e., platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium and iridium, palladium is a preferred component and platinum is especially preferred.
Mixtures of platinum-group metals also are within the scope of this invention. This component may exist within the final catalytic composite as a compound such as an oxide, sulfide, halide, or oxyhalide, in chemical combination with one or more of the other ingredients io of the composite, or as an elemental metal. Best results are obtained when substantially all of this component is present in the elemental state. This component may be present in the final catalyst composite in any amount which is catalytically effective, but relatively small amounts are preferred. In fact, the surface-layer platinum-group metal component generally will comprise 0.01 to 2 mass % of the final catalyst, is calculated on an elemental basis. Excellent results are obtained when the catalyst contains 0.05 to 1 mass % of platinum.
Typical platinum-group compounds which may be employed in preparing the catalyst of the invention are chloroplatinic acid, ammonium chloroplatinate, bromoplatinic acid, platinum dichloride, platinum tetrachloride hydrate, platinum 2o dichlorocarbonyl dichloride, dinitrodiaminoplatinum, palladium chloride, palladium chloride dehydrate, palladium nitrate, etc. Chloroplatinic acid is preferred as a source of the especially preferred platinum component. A surface-layer platinum component may be impregnated onto the catalyst from a solution of chloroplatinic acid in the absence of strong mineral acids such as hydrochloric and nitric acid.
2s An optional embodiment of the catalyst of the present invention is that the platinum-group metal component is concentrated in the surface layer of each catalyst particle. In defining the present invention, a "surface-layer" component has a concentration in the micron surface layer of the catalyst particle that is at least 1.5 times the concentration in the central core of the catalyst particle. Preferably, the surface-layer . 3o concentration of platinum-group metal is at least about twice the concentration in the central core. As exemplified hereinbelow, the surface layer may be 100 or 150 microns deep and the central core may be 50% of the volume or 50% of the diameter of the particle; however, other quantitative criteria are not excluded thereby.
Further details of the characteristics and preparation of a surface-layer platinum-group metal component 3s are contained in US-A-5,004,859, incorporated herein by reference.
s It is within the scope of the present invention that the catalyst may contain other metal components known to modify the effect of the platinum-group metal component.
Such metal modifiers may include rhenium, tin, germanium, lead, cobalt, nickel, indium, gallium, zinc, uranium, dysprosium, thallium, and mixtures thereof.
Catalytically s effective amounts of such metal modifiers may be incorporated into the catalyst by any means known in the art. Preferably, however, the catalyst consists essentially of the alumina support, platinum-group metal component, and Friedel-Crafts metal halide.
The composite, before addition to the Friedel-Crafts metal halide, is dried and calcined. The drying is carried out at a temperature of 100° to 300°, followed by io calcination or oxidation at a temperature of from 375° to 600°C in an air or oxygen atmosphere for a period of 0.5 to 10 hours in order to convert the metallic components substantially to the oxide form.
Another essential component of the catalyst of the present invention is a Friedel Crafts metal halide. Suitable metal halides of the Friedel-Crafts type include aluminum is chloride, aluminum bromide, ferric chloride, ferric bromide, zinc chloride and the like compounds, with the aluminum halides and particularly aluminum chloride ordinarily yielding best results. Generally, this component can be incorporated into the catalyst of the present invention by way of the conventional methods for adding metallic halides of this type; however, best results are ordinarily obtained when the metallic halide is 2o sublimed onto the surface of the support according to the preferred method disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,999,074, which is incorporated by reference.
In the preferred method, wherein the calcined refractory inorganic-oxide support is impregnated with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide component, the presence of chemically combined hydroxyl groups in the refractory inorganic oxide allows a reaction 2s to occur between the Friedel-Crafts metal halide and the hydroxyl group of the support.
For example, aluminum chloride reacts with the hydroxyl groups in the preferred alumina support to yield AI--O--AIC12 active centers which enhance the catalytic behavior of the catalyst. Since chloride ions and hydroxyl ions occupy similar sites on the support, more hydroxyl sites will be available for possible interaction with the 3o Friedel-Crafts metal halide when the chloride population of the sites is low. Therefore, potentially more active Friedel-Crafts type versions of the catalyst will be obtained when the chloride content of the support is in the low range of the 0.1 to 10 mass%
range.
The Friedel-Crafts metal halide may be impregnated onto the catalyst by sublimation of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide onto the calcined support under conditions 3s to combine the sublimed Friedel-Crafts metal halide with the hydroxyl groups of the calcined support. This reaction is typically accompanied by the elimination of 0.5 to 2.0 moles of hydrogen chloride per mole of Friedel-Crafts metal halide reacted with the inorganic-oxide support. In subliming aluminum chloride, which sublimes at 184°C, suitable impregnation temperatures range from 190°C to 700°C, with a preferable range s being from 200°C to 600°C. The sublimation can be conducted at atmospheric pressure or under increased pressure and in the presence of absence of diluent gases such a hydrogen or light paraffinic hydrocarbons or both. The impregnation of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide may be conducted batch-wise, but a preferred method for impregnating the calcined support is to pass sublimed AICIg vapors, in admixture with a io carrier gas such as hydrogen, through a calcined catalyst bed. This method both continuously deposits and reacts the aluminum chloride and also removes the evolved HCI.
The amount of Friedel-Crafts metal halide combined with the calcined composite may range from 1 up to 15 mass % to the Friedel-Crafts metal-halide-free, calcined is composite. The final composite containing the sublimed Friedel-Crafts metal halide is treated to remove the unreacted Friedel-Crafts metal halide by subjecting the composite to a temperature above the sublimation temperature of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide for a time sufficient to remove from the composite any unreacted Friedel-Crafts metal halide. In the case of AIC13, temperatures of 400°C to 600°C and times of from 1 to 48 2o hours are sufficient.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the resultant oxidized catalytic composite is subjected to a substantially water-free and hydrocarbon-free reduction step prior to its use in the conversion of hydrocarbons. This step is designed to selectively reduce the platinum-group metal component to the corresponding Zs elemental metal and to insure a finely divided dispersion of the metal component throughout the carrier material. Preferably substantially pure and dry hydrogen (i.e., less than 20 vol. ppm H20) is used as the reducing agent in this step. The reducing agent is contacted with the oxidized composite at conditions including a temperature of 425°C to 650°C and a period of time of 0.5 to 2 hours to reduce substantially all of the 3o platinum-group component to its elemental metallic state. This reduction treatment may be performed in situ as part of a start-up sequence if precautions are taken to predry the plant to a substantially water-free state and if substantially water-free and hydrocarbon-free hydrogen is used.
The catalyst of the present invention may contain an additional halogen 3s component. The halogen component may be either fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine or mixtures thereof or an organic polyhalo component. Chlorine is the preferred halogen component. The halogen component is generally present in a combined state with the inorganic-oxide support. Although not essential to the invention, the halogen component is preferably well dispersed throughout the catalyst. The halogen s component may comprise from more than 0.2 to 15 mass-%, calculated on an elemental basis, of the final catalyst. Further details of halogen components and their incorporation into the catalyst are disclosed in US-A-5,004,859 referenced above.
The finished catalyst has a surface area of 160 to 250 m2/g (preferably no more than 230 m2/g) with an average pore diameter of from 35 to 60 angstroms. A
catalyst io of the invention also is characterized by a pore-acidity index, calculated as 100 x (P° X
A°~a~ty~SA SA ) wherein PD =average pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120°C and SA= surface area in m2/g. Catalysts of the invention have a pore-acidity index of at least 7Ø It is believed, without so limiting the invention, that mass-transfer and reaction-kinetics rates are thereby balanced to effect superior isomerization is selectivity with high activity.
Surface area is measured using nitrogen by the well known BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) method, which also indicates average pore diameter. Acidity is measured by loading the samples as powder in a glass tube and pretreating under high vacuum (ca. 10-6 torr) at 600°C for 2 hours. The samples are cooled to 120°C, exposed 2o to trimethylphosphine (TMP) for 15 minutes followed by a 45-minute equilibration time, and then degassed with high vacuum. The amount of adsorbed TMP is calculated from the vapor-pressure change after condensation on the samples from the known volume of vacuum line.
2s In the process of the present invention, an isomerizable hydrocarbon feedstock, preferably in admixture with hydrogen, contacts a catalyst of the type hereinbefore described in a hydrocarbon-isomerization zone to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product.
Contacting may be effected using the catalyst in a fixed-bed system, a moving-bed system, a fluidized-bed system, or in a batch-type operation. In view of the danger of 3o attrition loss of the valuable catalyst and of operational advantages, it is preferred to use a fixed-bed system. In this system, a hydrogen-rich gas and the charge stock are preheated by suitable heating means to the desired reaction temperature and then passed into an isomerization zone containing a fixed bed of the catalyst as previously characterized. The isomerization zone may be in a single reactor or in two or more 3s separate reactors with suitable means therebetween to insure that the desired s isomerization temperature is maintained at the entrance to each zone. Two or more reactors in sequence are preferred to enable improved isomerization through control of individual reactor temperatures and for partial catalyst replacement without a process shutdown. The reactants may be contacted with the catalyst in either upward, s downward, or radial flow fashion. The reactants may be in the liquid phase, a mixed liquid-vapor phase, or a vapor phase when contacted with the catalyst, with excellent results being obtained by application of the present invention to a primarily liquid-phase operation.
In the group of isomerizable hydrocarbons suitable as feedstock to the process of io the present invention, alkanes having from 4 to 7 carbon atoms per molecule (C4-C7) are preferred. These may be contained in such streams from petroleum refining or synthetic-fuel production as light straight-run naphtha, light natural gasoline, light reformate, light raffinate from aromatics extraction, light cracked naphtha, normal-butane concentrate, field butanes and the like. An especially preferred feedstock is light is straight-run naphtha, containing more than 50% of C5 and Cg paraffins with a high concentration of low-octane normal paraffins; this feedstock is particularly susceptible to octane-number upgrading by isomerization. The light straight-run naphtha and other feedstocks also may contain naphthenes, aromatics, olefins, and hydrocarbons heavier than Cg. The olefin content should be limited to a maximum of 10% and the content of 2o hydrocarbons heavier than Cg to 20% for effective control of hydrogen consumption, cracking reactions, heat of reaction and catalyst activity.
It is generally known that high-chloride platinum-alumina catalysts of this type are highly sensitive to sulfur- and oxygen-containing compounds. The feedstock therefore must be relatively free of such compounds, with a sulfur concentration generally no 2s greater than 0.5 ppm. The presence of sulfur in the feedstock serves to temporarily deactivate the catalyst by platinum poisoning. Activity of the catalyst may be restored by hot hydrogen stripping of sulfur from the catalyst composite or by lowering the sulfur concentration in the incoming feed to below 0.5 ppm so that the hydrocarbon will desorb the sulfur that has been adsorbed on the catalyst. Water can act to permanently 3o deactivate the catalyst by removing high-activity chloride from the catalyst and replacing it with inactive aluminum hydroxide. Therefore, water and oxygenates that can decompose to form water can only be tolerated in very low concentrations. In general, this requires a limitation of oxygenates in the feed to 0.1 ppm or less. The feedstock may be treated by any method that will remove water and sulfur compounds.
Sulfur 3s may be removed from the feed stream by hydrotreating. Adsorption systems for the removal of sulfur and water from hydrocarbon streams are well known to those skilled in the art.
Hydrogen is admixed with the isomerizable hydrocarbon feed to provide a mole ratio of hydrogen to hydrocarbon feed of 0.01 to 5. The hydrogen may be supplied s totally from outside the process or supplemented by hydrogen recycled to the feed after separation from reactor effluent. Light hydrocarbons and small amounts of inerts such as nitrogen and argon may be present in the hydrogen. Water should be removed from hydrogen supplied from outside the process, preferably by an adsorption system as is known in the art.
io Although there is no net consumption of hydrogen in the isomerization reaction, hydrogen generally will be consumed in a number of side reactions such as cracking, disproportionation, and aromatics and olefin saturation. Such hydrogen consumption typically will be in a mol ratio to the hydrocarbon feed of 0.03 to 0.1.
Hydrogen in excess of consumption requirements is maintained in the reaction zone to enhance is catalyst stability and maintain conversion by compensation for variations in feed composition, as well as to suppress the formation of carbonaceous compounds, usually referred to as coke, which foul the catalyst.
In a preferred embodiment, the hydrogen to hydrocarbon mol ratio in the reactor effluent is equal to or less than 0.05. Generally, a mol ratio of 0.05 or less obviates the 2o need to recycle hydrogen from the reactor effluent to the feed. It has been found that the amount of hydrogen needed for suppressing coke formation need not exceed dissolved hydrogen levels. The amount of hydrogen in solution at the normal conditions of the reactor effluent will usually be in a ratio of from 0.02 to less 0.01.
The amount of excess hydrogen over consumption requirements that is required for good stability and 2s conversion is in a ratio of hydrogen to hydrocarbons of from 0.01 to less than 0.05 as measured at the effluent of the isomerization zone. Adding the dissolved and excess hydrogen proportions show that the 0.05 hydrogen to hydrocarbon ratio at the effluent will satisfy these requirements for most feeds. The catalyst of the present invention show excellent results in a primarily liquid-phase process operation with reactor-effluent 3o hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon mol ratios of 0.05 or less.
Isomerization conditions usually comprise temperatures ranging from 40° to 250°C. Lower reaction temperatures are generally preferred since the equilibrium directionally favors higher concentrations of isoalkanes relative to normal alkanes.
Lower temperatures are particularly useful in processing feeds composed of C5 and Cg 3s alkanes, as lower temperatures favor equilibrium mixtures having the highest io concentration of high-octane highly branched isopentane and isohexanes. When the feed mixture is primarily C5 and Cg alkanes, temperatures in the range of from 40° to 160°C are preferred. When it is desired to isomerize significant amounts of butanes, higher reaction temperatures in the range from 145° to 225°C are required to maintain s catalyst activity.
Operating pressures generally range from 100 kPa to 10 MPa absolute, with preferred pressures in the range of from 2 to 3.5 MPa. Liquid hourly space velocities range from 0.25 to 12 liquid volumes of isomerizable hydrocarbon feed per hour per volume of catalyst, with a range of 0.5 to 5 hr-1 being preferred.
io The isomerization process generally also requires the presence of a small amount of an organic chloride promoter. The organic chloride promoter serves to maintain a high level of active chloride on the catalyst, as low levels are continuously stripped off the catalyst by the hydrocarbon feed. The concentration of promoter in the combined feed preferably is maintained at from 30 to 300 mass ppm. The preferred is promoter compound is carbon tetrachloride. Other suitable promoter compounds include oxygen-free decomposable organic chlorides such as propyldichloride, butylchloride, and chloroform, to name only a few of such compounds. The need to keep the reactants dry is reinforced by the presence of the organic chloride compound which may convert, in part, to hydrogen chloride. As long as the hydrocarbon feed and 2o hydrogen are dried as described hereinabove, there will be no adverse effect from the presence of small amounts of hydrogen chloride.
The isomerization product from the especially preferred light-naphtha feedstock will contain some low-octane normal paraffins and intermediate-octane methylhexanes as well as the desired highest-octane isopentane and dimethylbutane. It is within the Zs scope of the present invention that the liquid product from the process is subjected to separate and recycle the lower-octane portion of this product to the isomerization reaction and to recover an isoparaffin concentrate as a net product.
Generally, low-octane normal paraffins may be separated and recycled to upgrade the octane number of the net product. Less-branched Cg and C7 paraffins also may be separated and 3o recycled, along with lesser amounts of hydrocarbons which are difficult to separate from the recycle. Techniques to achieve this separation are well known in the art, and include fractionation and molecular-sieve adsorption.
Preferably part or all of the isoparaffin-rich product and/or the isoparaffin concentrate are blended into finished gasoline along with other gasoline components from 3s refinery processing including but not limited to one or more of butanes, butenes, n pentanes, naphtha, catalytic reformats, isomerate, alkylate, polymer, aromatic extract, heavy aromatics; gasoline from catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, thermal cracking, thermal reforming, steam pyrolysis and coking; oxygenates such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, TBA, SBA, MTBE, ETBE, MTAE and higher alcohols and ethers;
s and small amounts of additives to promote gasoline stability and uniformity, avoid corrosion and weather problems, maintain a clean engine and improve driveability.
EXAMPLES
to Example I
Two control catalysts of the known art were prepared in order to demonstrate the advantages of the present catalyst.
An extruded gamma alumina base of the known art, having a particle diameter of is 800 microns, was divided into two portions. Both were vacuum-impregnated in a solution of 3.5 mass % chloroplatinic acid, 2 mass % hydrochloric acid, and 3.5% mass nitric acid in a volume ratio of 9 parts solution to 10 parts base to obtain peptized base material having a platinum to base ratio of approximately 0.9. The resulting mixture was cold-rolled for approximately 1 hour and evaporated until dry. The 2o composites then were oxidized and the chloride content adjusted by contact with an IM
hydrochloric acid solution at 525°C at a rate of 45 cc/hour for 2 hours. The composites then were reduced in electrolytic hydrogen at 565°C for approximately 2 hours and found to contain approximately 0.25 mass-% Pt and approximately 1 mass-%
chloride.
Impregnation of active chloride to a level of approximately 7 mass-% was accomplished 2s by sublimating aluminum chloride with hydrogen and contacting the catalysts with the sublimated aluminum chloride for approximately 45 minutes at 550°C.
These catalysts were designated "Catalyst X" and "Catalyst Y" and had the following characteristics (% = mass-%; SA = surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120oC):
Ca_ talystPt. % CI. S_ A. m2/aPD. Acidity % ~
X 0.249 6.29 191.6 83 0.367 Y 0.255 7.45 193.6 96 0.345 s Example II
To illustrate the invention, catalysts were prepared from a bayerite alumina source; the following description applies to Catalyst "A." LaRoche Versal B
alumina in an amount of 2000 grams was placed in a muller. The muller was started and 103.2 grams of 70.7% nitric acid and 268 grams of deionized water were added over a io minute period, followed by mixing for 20 minutes. Methocel in an amount of 33.15 grams was added, and mulling was continued for 10 minutes. The mulled mixture then was extruded with a Bonnot extruder using a die plate with '/32" circular holes to produce cylindrical extrudates. The extrudates were dried for 2 hours at 100°C, heated to 260°C
in 10% moisture, and finally calcined at 575°C in 5 mole% moisture for 30 minutes.
is The extrudates were washed with a 1 mass-% ammonium nitrate to achieve a sodium level of less than 100 parts per million (ppm Na), dried for 2 hours at 100°C, heated to 205°C, and calcined at 325°C. The washed extrudates then were impregnated in a solution of 3.5 mass % chloroplatinic acid, 2 mass %
hydrochloric acid, and 3.5% mass % nitric acid in a volume ratio of 9 parts solution to 10 parts base to 20 obtain peptized base material having a platinum to base ratio of approximately 0.9. The resulting mixture was cold-rolled for approximately 1 hour and evaporated until dry.
The composites then were oxidized at 475°C for 2 hours and reduced in electrolytic hydrogen at 500°C for approximately 2 hours, and found to contain approximately 0.25 mass-% Pt and approximately 1 mass-% chloride. The chloride content was adjusted 2s by contact with anhydrous HCI. Impregnation of active chloride to a level of approximately 6-8 mass-% was accomplished by sublimating aluminum chloride with hydrogen and contacting the catalysts with the sublimated aluminum chloride for approximately 25 minutes at 470°C followed by treatment with anhydrous HCI at 260°C.
The catalysts prepared in this manner were designated as Catalysts A through H, 3o differing in methylcellulose addition (A: 2.5 mass-%; B,E-G: 5 mass-%;
C,D,H: 0) and base calcination temperature as indicated below. The catalysts had the following characteristics (CaIc.T = base calcination temperature, °C; % = mass-%;
SA = surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120°C):
Catalyst CaIc.T Pt. CI, SA. mz/a PD. Ac_ % % ~ iditv A 575 0.275 6.7 200.8 47 0.49 B 600 0.265 6.54 183 53 0.384 C 600 0.27 6.92 198 45 0.333 s D 650 0.273 5.67 165 56 0.384 E 550 0.269 7.43 219.2 44 0.351 F 650 0.263 5.93 160.2 63 0.304 G 500 0.274 8.41 254.2 36 0.404 H 500 0.274 8.31 255 32 0.412 to Example III
A pore-acidity index was calculated for each of the catalysts A - H. As defined hereinabove, this index is characterized as 100 x (P° X Acidity~SA) or:
100 x (pore diameter, angstroms)x(acidity, mmols TMP/g C~3 120°C)/(surface area, mz/g) The results are as follows:
is Catalyst Index A 11.5 B 11.1 C 7.6 D 13.0 2o E 7.05 F 12.0 G 5.7 H 5.2 Catalysts A-D met the criteria of the invention, as did Catalyst E on a marginal basis.
2s Catalyst F failed on the basis of surface area. The relative isomerization activity of the above catalysts is disclosed in Figure 1 as discussed hereinafter.
Example IV
Additional catalysts with a composition as disclosed in Example II, but with a 3o different extrudate cross section, were prepared to illustrate the invention. The preparation steps followed those described in Example II except that the mulled mixture was extruded with a triclover-form die as illustrated in Figure 2 and the washing step was not needed to obtain a content of less than 100 ppm Na.
The catalysts prepared in this manner were designated as Catalysts J through M, differing in base calcination temperature as indicated below. The catalysts had the following characteristics (CaIc.T = base calcination temperature, °C; %
= mass-%; SA =
s surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C«3 120°C):
Catalyst CaIc.T Pt. CI. SA. m2/p PD. Acidi % % ~
J 580 .26 7.9 198 54 0.395 K 560 .23 7.4 218 46 0.427 L 540 .26 7.0 248 40 0.428 io M 560 .25 7.4 213 46 0.318 Example V
A pore-acidity index was calculated for each of the catalysts J - M. As defined hereinabove, this index is calculated as 100 x (P° X Acidity/SA). The results are as follows:
Cata~st I ndex is J 10.7 K 9.0 L 6.9 M 6.9 2o Example VI
Catalysts A through H and J through M were tested for relative performance in isomerization service. The same feedstock was used for each of the catalyst tests, and was a blend of C5 and C6 hydrocarbons having the following composition in mass %:
n-Pentane 43 2s n-Hexane 47 Methylcyclopentane + cyclohexane 8 n-Heptane 2 Total 100 3o Once-through isomerization tests were performed at 450 psig, a temperature of 116°C, 3.4 mass hourly space velocity, and 0.3 hydrogen to hydrocarbon mol ratio.
is The results are expressed below as ratios of isopentane to total pentanes ("iCs/CS") and 2,2-dimethylbutane to total hexanes ("2,2-DMB"). These ratios are more sensitive tests of catalyst performance than octane-number measurements, showing the concentration of the highest-octane isopentane and dimethylbutane isomers in the product with a high degree of precision in contrast to the low reproducibility of the measurement of product octane.
In addition, an isomerization-activity index ("Activity") is shown to equalize the weighting of catalyst-performance results on pentanes and hexanes, corresponding to [(iCs/CS) + 4x(2,2-DMB)]. Isomerization-activity indices of 100 or more indicate an to effective catalyst. The results are shown in Figure 1 in comparison to the control catalysts as a plot of the isomerization-activity index vs. pore-acidity index:
Catalyst iC~/C~ 2.2-DMB Activi A 56.83 13.53 111.0 B 53.86 12.36 103.3 C 53.53 12.46 103.4 D 55.46 12.93 107.2 E 50.95 11.84 98.3 F 50.62 11.03 94.7 2o G 47.41 10.69 90.2 J 54.3 13.1 106.7 K 52.9 12.7 103.7 L 50.9 12.5 100.9 M 45.4 10.4 87.0
Other catalyst forms are described in Fulton, ""Selecting the catalyst configuration,"
Chemical Engineering, May 12, 1986, pp. 97-101, also incorporated by reference.
Further extrudate forms within the knowledge of the skilled routineer also may be io suitable. Optimally the diffusion path, defined as the maximum distance from the external surface to the interior of an extrudate particle, is no more than 0.3, and preferably no more than 0.25, times the overall diameter of the particle; the overall diameter is defined as the diameter of a circle circumscribed around the cross section of the particle. The diffusion path of the trilobal cross section is 0.23 times the overall is diameter of the particle.
An eta-rich alumina support is produced from a suitable alumina base material by the dehydroxylation of one or more preferably of bayerite, nordstrandite and gibbsite.
The ratio of eta:gamma alumina in the finished catalyst preferably is from 4:1 to 99:1, and more preferably at least 9:1; optionally the ratio is between 24:1 and 99:1 LaRoche 2o Versal B is one example of a suitable alumina source. The extrudate particle form of the carrier material may be prepared by mixing alumina powder with water and suitable peptizing agents such as nitric acid, acetic acid, aluminum nitrate, and the like material until an extrudable dough is formed. The amount of water added to form the dough is typically sufficient to give a Loss on Ignition (L01) at 500°C of 30 to 65 mass %, with a 2s value of 35 to 45 mass % being especially preferred. The acid addition is generally sufficient to provide 2 to 7 mass % of the volatile-free alumina powder used in the mix, with a value of 3 to 4 mass % being especially preferred. Preferably from 0.1 to 10 mass-% of an extrusion aid such as Methocel, and more preferably from 1 to 5 mass-%, is included in the mix. The resulting dough optimally is then mulled and extruded 3o through a suitably sized die to form extrudate particles as described hereinabove.
The extrudate particles are dried at a temperature of 150° to 200°C, and then calcined at a temperature of 500° to 650°C for a period of 0.2 to 10 hours to effect the preferred form of the refractory inorganic oxide as a catalyst base. In order to obtain the distinctive properties of the present catalyst, the calcination preferably is effected within 3s a critical temperature range of from of 545° to 610°C, and more preferably from 560° to 580°C. Calcination conditions are established to provide a finished-catalyst surface area of 160 to 250 m2/g (preferably no more than 230 m2/g) with an average pore diameter of from 35 to 60 angstroms.
An essential ingredient of the catalyst is the platinum-group metal component.
Of s the platinum group, i.e., platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium and iridium, palladium is a preferred component and platinum is especially preferred.
Mixtures of platinum-group metals also are within the scope of this invention. This component may exist within the final catalytic composite as a compound such as an oxide, sulfide, halide, or oxyhalide, in chemical combination with one or more of the other ingredients io of the composite, or as an elemental metal. Best results are obtained when substantially all of this component is present in the elemental state. This component may be present in the final catalyst composite in any amount which is catalytically effective, but relatively small amounts are preferred. In fact, the surface-layer platinum-group metal component generally will comprise 0.01 to 2 mass % of the final catalyst, is calculated on an elemental basis. Excellent results are obtained when the catalyst contains 0.05 to 1 mass % of platinum.
Typical platinum-group compounds which may be employed in preparing the catalyst of the invention are chloroplatinic acid, ammonium chloroplatinate, bromoplatinic acid, platinum dichloride, platinum tetrachloride hydrate, platinum 2o dichlorocarbonyl dichloride, dinitrodiaminoplatinum, palladium chloride, palladium chloride dehydrate, palladium nitrate, etc. Chloroplatinic acid is preferred as a source of the especially preferred platinum component. A surface-layer platinum component may be impregnated onto the catalyst from a solution of chloroplatinic acid in the absence of strong mineral acids such as hydrochloric and nitric acid.
2s An optional embodiment of the catalyst of the present invention is that the platinum-group metal component is concentrated in the surface layer of each catalyst particle. In defining the present invention, a "surface-layer" component has a concentration in the micron surface layer of the catalyst particle that is at least 1.5 times the concentration in the central core of the catalyst particle. Preferably, the surface-layer . 3o concentration of platinum-group metal is at least about twice the concentration in the central core. As exemplified hereinbelow, the surface layer may be 100 or 150 microns deep and the central core may be 50% of the volume or 50% of the diameter of the particle; however, other quantitative criteria are not excluded thereby.
Further details of the characteristics and preparation of a surface-layer platinum-group metal component 3s are contained in US-A-5,004,859, incorporated herein by reference.
s It is within the scope of the present invention that the catalyst may contain other metal components known to modify the effect of the platinum-group metal component.
Such metal modifiers may include rhenium, tin, germanium, lead, cobalt, nickel, indium, gallium, zinc, uranium, dysprosium, thallium, and mixtures thereof.
Catalytically s effective amounts of such metal modifiers may be incorporated into the catalyst by any means known in the art. Preferably, however, the catalyst consists essentially of the alumina support, platinum-group metal component, and Friedel-Crafts metal halide.
The composite, before addition to the Friedel-Crafts metal halide, is dried and calcined. The drying is carried out at a temperature of 100° to 300°, followed by io calcination or oxidation at a temperature of from 375° to 600°C in an air or oxygen atmosphere for a period of 0.5 to 10 hours in order to convert the metallic components substantially to the oxide form.
Another essential component of the catalyst of the present invention is a Friedel Crafts metal halide. Suitable metal halides of the Friedel-Crafts type include aluminum is chloride, aluminum bromide, ferric chloride, ferric bromide, zinc chloride and the like compounds, with the aluminum halides and particularly aluminum chloride ordinarily yielding best results. Generally, this component can be incorporated into the catalyst of the present invention by way of the conventional methods for adding metallic halides of this type; however, best results are ordinarily obtained when the metallic halide is 2o sublimed onto the surface of the support according to the preferred method disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,999,074, which is incorporated by reference.
In the preferred method, wherein the calcined refractory inorganic-oxide support is impregnated with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide component, the presence of chemically combined hydroxyl groups in the refractory inorganic oxide allows a reaction 2s to occur between the Friedel-Crafts metal halide and the hydroxyl group of the support.
For example, aluminum chloride reacts with the hydroxyl groups in the preferred alumina support to yield AI--O--AIC12 active centers which enhance the catalytic behavior of the catalyst. Since chloride ions and hydroxyl ions occupy similar sites on the support, more hydroxyl sites will be available for possible interaction with the 3o Friedel-Crafts metal halide when the chloride population of the sites is low. Therefore, potentially more active Friedel-Crafts type versions of the catalyst will be obtained when the chloride content of the support is in the low range of the 0.1 to 10 mass%
range.
The Friedel-Crafts metal halide may be impregnated onto the catalyst by sublimation of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide onto the calcined support under conditions 3s to combine the sublimed Friedel-Crafts metal halide with the hydroxyl groups of the calcined support. This reaction is typically accompanied by the elimination of 0.5 to 2.0 moles of hydrogen chloride per mole of Friedel-Crafts metal halide reacted with the inorganic-oxide support. In subliming aluminum chloride, which sublimes at 184°C, suitable impregnation temperatures range from 190°C to 700°C, with a preferable range s being from 200°C to 600°C. The sublimation can be conducted at atmospheric pressure or under increased pressure and in the presence of absence of diluent gases such a hydrogen or light paraffinic hydrocarbons or both. The impregnation of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide may be conducted batch-wise, but a preferred method for impregnating the calcined support is to pass sublimed AICIg vapors, in admixture with a io carrier gas such as hydrogen, through a calcined catalyst bed. This method both continuously deposits and reacts the aluminum chloride and also removes the evolved HCI.
The amount of Friedel-Crafts metal halide combined with the calcined composite may range from 1 up to 15 mass % to the Friedel-Crafts metal-halide-free, calcined is composite. The final composite containing the sublimed Friedel-Crafts metal halide is treated to remove the unreacted Friedel-Crafts metal halide by subjecting the composite to a temperature above the sublimation temperature of the Friedel-Crafts metal halide for a time sufficient to remove from the composite any unreacted Friedel-Crafts metal halide. In the case of AIC13, temperatures of 400°C to 600°C and times of from 1 to 48 2o hours are sufficient.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the resultant oxidized catalytic composite is subjected to a substantially water-free and hydrocarbon-free reduction step prior to its use in the conversion of hydrocarbons. This step is designed to selectively reduce the platinum-group metal component to the corresponding Zs elemental metal and to insure a finely divided dispersion of the metal component throughout the carrier material. Preferably substantially pure and dry hydrogen (i.e., less than 20 vol. ppm H20) is used as the reducing agent in this step. The reducing agent is contacted with the oxidized composite at conditions including a temperature of 425°C to 650°C and a period of time of 0.5 to 2 hours to reduce substantially all of the 3o platinum-group component to its elemental metallic state. This reduction treatment may be performed in situ as part of a start-up sequence if precautions are taken to predry the plant to a substantially water-free state and if substantially water-free and hydrocarbon-free hydrogen is used.
The catalyst of the present invention may contain an additional halogen 3s component. The halogen component may be either fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine or mixtures thereof or an organic polyhalo component. Chlorine is the preferred halogen component. The halogen component is generally present in a combined state with the inorganic-oxide support. Although not essential to the invention, the halogen component is preferably well dispersed throughout the catalyst. The halogen s component may comprise from more than 0.2 to 15 mass-%, calculated on an elemental basis, of the final catalyst. Further details of halogen components and their incorporation into the catalyst are disclosed in US-A-5,004,859 referenced above.
The finished catalyst has a surface area of 160 to 250 m2/g (preferably no more than 230 m2/g) with an average pore diameter of from 35 to 60 angstroms. A
catalyst io of the invention also is characterized by a pore-acidity index, calculated as 100 x (P° X
A°~a~ty~SA SA ) wherein PD =average pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120°C and SA= surface area in m2/g. Catalysts of the invention have a pore-acidity index of at least 7Ø It is believed, without so limiting the invention, that mass-transfer and reaction-kinetics rates are thereby balanced to effect superior isomerization is selectivity with high activity.
Surface area is measured using nitrogen by the well known BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) method, which also indicates average pore diameter. Acidity is measured by loading the samples as powder in a glass tube and pretreating under high vacuum (ca. 10-6 torr) at 600°C for 2 hours. The samples are cooled to 120°C, exposed 2o to trimethylphosphine (TMP) for 15 minutes followed by a 45-minute equilibration time, and then degassed with high vacuum. The amount of adsorbed TMP is calculated from the vapor-pressure change after condensation on the samples from the known volume of vacuum line.
2s In the process of the present invention, an isomerizable hydrocarbon feedstock, preferably in admixture with hydrogen, contacts a catalyst of the type hereinbefore described in a hydrocarbon-isomerization zone to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product.
Contacting may be effected using the catalyst in a fixed-bed system, a moving-bed system, a fluidized-bed system, or in a batch-type operation. In view of the danger of 3o attrition loss of the valuable catalyst and of operational advantages, it is preferred to use a fixed-bed system. In this system, a hydrogen-rich gas and the charge stock are preheated by suitable heating means to the desired reaction temperature and then passed into an isomerization zone containing a fixed bed of the catalyst as previously characterized. The isomerization zone may be in a single reactor or in two or more 3s separate reactors with suitable means therebetween to insure that the desired s isomerization temperature is maintained at the entrance to each zone. Two or more reactors in sequence are preferred to enable improved isomerization through control of individual reactor temperatures and for partial catalyst replacement without a process shutdown. The reactants may be contacted with the catalyst in either upward, s downward, or radial flow fashion. The reactants may be in the liquid phase, a mixed liquid-vapor phase, or a vapor phase when contacted with the catalyst, with excellent results being obtained by application of the present invention to a primarily liquid-phase operation.
In the group of isomerizable hydrocarbons suitable as feedstock to the process of io the present invention, alkanes having from 4 to 7 carbon atoms per molecule (C4-C7) are preferred. These may be contained in such streams from petroleum refining or synthetic-fuel production as light straight-run naphtha, light natural gasoline, light reformate, light raffinate from aromatics extraction, light cracked naphtha, normal-butane concentrate, field butanes and the like. An especially preferred feedstock is light is straight-run naphtha, containing more than 50% of C5 and Cg paraffins with a high concentration of low-octane normal paraffins; this feedstock is particularly susceptible to octane-number upgrading by isomerization. The light straight-run naphtha and other feedstocks also may contain naphthenes, aromatics, olefins, and hydrocarbons heavier than Cg. The olefin content should be limited to a maximum of 10% and the content of 2o hydrocarbons heavier than Cg to 20% for effective control of hydrogen consumption, cracking reactions, heat of reaction and catalyst activity.
It is generally known that high-chloride platinum-alumina catalysts of this type are highly sensitive to sulfur- and oxygen-containing compounds. The feedstock therefore must be relatively free of such compounds, with a sulfur concentration generally no 2s greater than 0.5 ppm. The presence of sulfur in the feedstock serves to temporarily deactivate the catalyst by platinum poisoning. Activity of the catalyst may be restored by hot hydrogen stripping of sulfur from the catalyst composite or by lowering the sulfur concentration in the incoming feed to below 0.5 ppm so that the hydrocarbon will desorb the sulfur that has been adsorbed on the catalyst. Water can act to permanently 3o deactivate the catalyst by removing high-activity chloride from the catalyst and replacing it with inactive aluminum hydroxide. Therefore, water and oxygenates that can decompose to form water can only be tolerated in very low concentrations. In general, this requires a limitation of oxygenates in the feed to 0.1 ppm or less. The feedstock may be treated by any method that will remove water and sulfur compounds.
Sulfur 3s may be removed from the feed stream by hydrotreating. Adsorption systems for the removal of sulfur and water from hydrocarbon streams are well known to those skilled in the art.
Hydrogen is admixed with the isomerizable hydrocarbon feed to provide a mole ratio of hydrogen to hydrocarbon feed of 0.01 to 5. The hydrogen may be supplied s totally from outside the process or supplemented by hydrogen recycled to the feed after separation from reactor effluent. Light hydrocarbons and small amounts of inerts such as nitrogen and argon may be present in the hydrogen. Water should be removed from hydrogen supplied from outside the process, preferably by an adsorption system as is known in the art.
io Although there is no net consumption of hydrogen in the isomerization reaction, hydrogen generally will be consumed in a number of side reactions such as cracking, disproportionation, and aromatics and olefin saturation. Such hydrogen consumption typically will be in a mol ratio to the hydrocarbon feed of 0.03 to 0.1.
Hydrogen in excess of consumption requirements is maintained in the reaction zone to enhance is catalyst stability and maintain conversion by compensation for variations in feed composition, as well as to suppress the formation of carbonaceous compounds, usually referred to as coke, which foul the catalyst.
In a preferred embodiment, the hydrogen to hydrocarbon mol ratio in the reactor effluent is equal to or less than 0.05. Generally, a mol ratio of 0.05 or less obviates the 2o need to recycle hydrogen from the reactor effluent to the feed. It has been found that the amount of hydrogen needed for suppressing coke formation need not exceed dissolved hydrogen levels. The amount of hydrogen in solution at the normal conditions of the reactor effluent will usually be in a ratio of from 0.02 to less 0.01.
The amount of excess hydrogen over consumption requirements that is required for good stability and 2s conversion is in a ratio of hydrogen to hydrocarbons of from 0.01 to less than 0.05 as measured at the effluent of the isomerization zone. Adding the dissolved and excess hydrogen proportions show that the 0.05 hydrogen to hydrocarbon ratio at the effluent will satisfy these requirements for most feeds. The catalyst of the present invention show excellent results in a primarily liquid-phase process operation with reactor-effluent 3o hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon mol ratios of 0.05 or less.
Isomerization conditions usually comprise temperatures ranging from 40° to 250°C. Lower reaction temperatures are generally preferred since the equilibrium directionally favors higher concentrations of isoalkanes relative to normal alkanes.
Lower temperatures are particularly useful in processing feeds composed of C5 and Cg 3s alkanes, as lower temperatures favor equilibrium mixtures having the highest io concentration of high-octane highly branched isopentane and isohexanes. When the feed mixture is primarily C5 and Cg alkanes, temperatures in the range of from 40° to 160°C are preferred. When it is desired to isomerize significant amounts of butanes, higher reaction temperatures in the range from 145° to 225°C are required to maintain s catalyst activity.
Operating pressures generally range from 100 kPa to 10 MPa absolute, with preferred pressures in the range of from 2 to 3.5 MPa. Liquid hourly space velocities range from 0.25 to 12 liquid volumes of isomerizable hydrocarbon feed per hour per volume of catalyst, with a range of 0.5 to 5 hr-1 being preferred.
io The isomerization process generally also requires the presence of a small amount of an organic chloride promoter. The organic chloride promoter serves to maintain a high level of active chloride on the catalyst, as low levels are continuously stripped off the catalyst by the hydrocarbon feed. The concentration of promoter in the combined feed preferably is maintained at from 30 to 300 mass ppm. The preferred is promoter compound is carbon tetrachloride. Other suitable promoter compounds include oxygen-free decomposable organic chlorides such as propyldichloride, butylchloride, and chloroform, to name only a few of such compounds. The need to keep the reactants dry is reinforced by the presence of the organic chloride compound which may convert, in part, to hydrogen chloride. As long as the hydrocarbon feed and 2o hydrogen are dried as described hereinabove, there will be no adverse effect from the presence of small amounts of hydrogen chloride.
The isomerization product from the especially preferred light-naphtha feedstock will contain some low-octane normal paraffins and intermediate-octane methylhexanes as well as the desired highest-octane isopentane and dimethylbutane. It is within the Zs scope of the present invention that the liquid product from the process is subjected to separate and recycle the lower-octane portion of this product to the isomerization reaction and to recover an isoparaffin concentrate as a net product.
Generally, low-octane normal paraffins may be separated and recycled to upgrade the octane number of the net product. Less-branched Cg and C7 paraffins also may be separated and 3o recycled, along with lesser amounts of hydrocarbons which are difficult to separate from the recycle. Techniques to achieve this separation are well known in the art, and include fractionation and molecular-sieve adsorption.
Preferably part or all of the isoparaffin-rich product and/or the isoparaffin concentrate are blended into finished gasoline along with other gasoline components from 3s refinery processing including but not limited to one or more of butanes, butenes, n pentanes, naphtha, catalytic reformats, isomerate, alkylate, polymer, aromatic extract, heavy aromatics; gasoline from catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, thermal cracking, thermal reforming, steam pyrolysis and coking; oxygenates such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, TBA, SBA, MTBE, ETBE, MTAE and higher alcohols and ethers;
s and small amounts of additives to promote gasoline stability and uniformity, avoid corrosion and weather problems, maintain a clean engine and improve driveability.
EXAMPLES
to Example I
Two control catalysts of the known art were prepared in order to demonstrate the advantages of the present catalyst.
An extruded gamma alumina base of the known art, having a particle diameter of is 800 microns, was divided into two portions. Both were vacuum-impregnated in a solution of 3.5 mass % chloroplatinic acid, 2 mass % hydrochloric acid, and 3.5% mass nitric acid in a volume ratio of 9 parts solution to 10 parts base to obtain peptized base material having a platinum to base ratio of approximately 0.9. The resulting mixture was cold-rolled for approximately 1 hour and evaporated until dry. The 2o composites then were oxidized and the chloride content adjusted by contact with an IM
hydrochloric acid solution at 525°C at a rate of 45 cc/hour for 2 hours. The composites then were reduced in electrolytic hydrogen at 565°C for approximately 2 hours and found to contain approximately 0.25 mass-% Pt and approximately 1 mass-%
chloride.
Impregnation of active chloride to a level of approximately 7 mass-% was accomplished 2s by sublimating aluminum chloride with hydrogen and contacting the catalysts with the sublimated aluminum chloride for approximately 45 minutes at 550°C.
These catalysts were designated "Catalyst X" and "Catalyst Y" and had the following characteristics (% = mass-%; SA = surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120oC):
Ca_ talystPt. % CI. S_ A. m2/aPD. Acidity % ~
X 0.249 6.29 191.6 83 0.367 Y 0.255 7.45 193.6 96 0.345 s Example II
To illustrate the invention, catalysts were prepared from a bayerite alumina source; the following description applies to Catalyst "A." LaRoche Versal B
alumina in an amount of 2000 grams was placed in a muller. The muller was started and 103.2 grams of 70.7% nitric acid and 268 grams of deionized water were added over a io minute period, followed by mixing for 20 minutes. Methocel in an amount of 33.15 grams was added, and mulling was continued for 10 minutes. The mulled mixture then was extruded with a Bonnot extruder using a die plate with '/32" circular holes to produce cylindrical extrudates. The extrudates were dried for 2 hours at 100°C, heated to 260°C
in 10% moisture, and finally calcined at 575°C in 5 mole% moisture for 30 minutes.
is The extrudates were washed with a 1 mass-% ammonium nitrate to achieve a sodium level of less than 100 parts per million (ppm Na), dried for 2 hours at 100°C, heated to 205°C, and calcined at 325°C. The washed extrudates then were impregnated in a solution of 3.5 mass % chloroplatinic acid, 2 mass %
hydrochloric acid, and 3.5% mass % nitric acid in a volume ratio of 9 parts solution to 10 parts base to 20 obtain peptized base material having a platinum to base ratio of approximately 0.9. The resulting mixture was cold-rolled for approximately 1 hour and evaporated until dry.
The composites then were oxidized at 475°C for 2 hours and reduced in electrolytic hydrogen at 500°C for approximately 2 hours, and found to contain approximately 0.25 mass-% Pt and approximately 1 mass-% chloride. The chloride content was adjusted 2s by contact with anhydrous HCI. Impregnation of active chloride to a level of approximately 6-8 mass-% was accomplished by sublimating aluminum chloride with hydrogen and contacting the catalysts with the sublimated aluminum chloride for approximately 25 minutes at 470°C followed by treatment with anhydrous HCI at 260°C.
The catalysts prepared in this manner were designated as Catalysts A through H, 3o differing in methylcellulose addition (A: 2.5 mass-%; B,E-G: 5 mass-%;
C,D,H: 0) and base calcination temperature as indicated below. The catalysts had the following characteristics (CaIc.T = base calcination temperature, °C; % = mass-%;
SA = surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C~ 120°C):
Catalyst CaIc.T Pt. CI, SA. mz/a PD. Ac_ % % ~ iditv A 575 0.275 6.7 200.8 47 0.49 B 600 0.265 6.54 183 53 0.384 C 600 0.27 6.92 198 45 0.333 s D 650 0.273 5.67 165 56 0.384 E 550 0.269 7.43 219.2 44 0.351 F 650 0.263 5.93 160.2 63 0.304 G 500 0.274 8.41 254.2 36 0.404 H 500 0.274 8.31 255 32 0.412 to Example III
A pore-acidity index was calculated for each of the catalysts A - H. As defined hereinabove, this index is characterized as 100 x (P° X Acidity~SA) or:
100 x (pore diameter, angstroms)x(acidity, mmols TMP/g C~3 120°C)/(surface area, mz/g) The results are as follows:
is Catalyst Index A 11.5 B 11.1 C 7.6 D 13.0 2o E 7.05 F 12.0 G 5.7 H 5.2 Catalysts A-D met the criteria of the invention, as did Catalyst E on a marginal basis.
2s Catalyst F failed on the basis of surface area. The relative isomerization activity of the above catalysts is disclosed in Figure 1 as discussed hereinafter.
Example IV
Additional catalysts with a composition as disclosed in Example II, but with a 3o different extrudate cross section, were prepared to illustrate the invention. The preparation steps followed those described in Example II except that the mulled mixture was extruded with a triclover-form die as illustrated in Figure 2 and the washing step was not needed to obtain a content of less than 100 ppm Na.
The catalysts prepared in this manner were designated as Catalysts J through M, differing in base calcination temperature as indicated below. The catalysts had the following characteristics (CaIc.T = base calcination temperature, °C; %
= mass-%; SA =
s surface area; PD = pore diameter in angstroms; Acidity = mmols TMP/g C«3 120°C):
Catalyst CaIc.T Pt. CI. SA. m2/p PD. Acidi % % ~
J 580 .26 7.9 198 54 0.395 K 560 .23 7.4 218 46 0.427 L 540 .26 7.0 248 40 0.428 io M 560 .25 7.4 213 46 0.318 Example V
A pore-acidity index was calculated for each of the catalysts J - M. As defined hereinabove, this index is calculated as 100 x (P° X Acidity/SA). The results are as follows:
Cata~st I ndex is J 10.7 K 9.0 L 6.9 M 6.9 2o Example VI
Catalysts A through H and J through M were tested for relative performance in isomerization service. The same feedstock was used for each of the catalyst tests, and was a blend of C5 and C6 hydrocarbons having the following composition in mass %:
n-Pentane 43 2s n-Hexane 47 Methylcyclopentane + cyclohexane 8 n-Heptane 2 Total 100 3o Once-through isomerization tests were performed at 450 psig, a temperature of 116°C, 3.4 mass hourly space velocity, and 0.3 hydrogen to hydrocarbon mol ratio.
is The results are expressed below as ratios of isopentane to total pentanes ("iCs/CS") and 2,2-dimethylbutane to total hexanes ("2,2-DMB"). These ratios are more sensitive tests of catalyst performance than octane-number measurements, showing the concentration of the highest-octane isopentane and dimethylbutane isomers in the product with a high degree of precision in contrast to the low reproducibility of the measurement of product octane.
In addition, an isomerization-activity index ("Activity") is shown to equalize the weighting of catalyst-performance results on pentanes and hexanes, corresponding to [(iCs/CS) + 4x(2,2-DMB)]. Isomerization-activity indices of 100 or more indicate an to effective catalyst. The results are shown in Figure 1 in comparison to the control catalysts as a plot of the isomerization-activity index vs. pore-acidity index:
Catalyst iC~/C~ 2.2-DMB Activi A 56.83 13.53 111.0 B 53.86 12.36 103.3 C 53.53 12.46 103.4 D 55.46 12.93 107.2 E 50.95 11.84 98.3 F 50.62 11.03 94.7 2o G 47.41 10.69 90.2 J 54.3 13.1 106.7 K 52.9 12.7 103.7 L 50.9 12.5 100.9 M 45.4 10.4 87.0
Claims (10)
1. A catalyst useful in the isomerization of paraffinic hydrocarbons having an average pore diameter of from 35 to 60 angstroms and a diffusion path which is no more than 0.3 times the overall diameter of a catalyst particle and comprising an alumina support consisting essentially of eta and gamma alumina in an eta:gamma ratio on a mass basis of from 4:1 to 99:1, from 1 to 15 mass % of a Friedel-Crafts metal halide and from 0.01 to 2 mass % on an elemental basis of a platinum-group metal component.
2. The catalyst of Claim 1 wherein the catalyst has a pore-acidity index of at least 7Ø
3. The catalyst of Claim 1 wherein the catalyst has an extruded trilobal cross-section.
4. The catalyst of Claim 1 wherein the eta:gamma ratio is at least 9:1.
5. The catalyst of Claim 4 wherein the eta:gamma ratio is between 24:1 and 99:1.
6. The catalyst of Claim 1 wherein the metal halide comprises aluminum chloride.
7. The catalyst of Claim 1 wherein the platinum-group metal component comprises a platinum component.
8. A method of preparing the catalyst of any of Claims 1-7 by the steps of:
(a) preparing an alumina base material by the dehydroxylation of one or more of bayerite, nordstrandite and gibbsite;
(b) forming the base material by extrusion through a die having a trilobal shape into extruded particles;
(c) calcining the extruded particles hydrothermally at a temperature of between 545° and 610°C to obtain a calcined base;
(d) impregnating a platinum-group metal compound on the calcined base to obtain a metal-loaded base;
(e) impregnating a Friedel-Crafts metal halide on the metal-loaded base by sublimation to form a halided base;
(f) calcining and reducing the halided base to obtain the catalyst.
(a) preparing an alumina base material by the dehydroxylation of one or more of bayerite, nordstrandite and gibbsite;
(b) forming the base material by extrusion through a die having a trilobal shape into extruded particles;
(c) calcining the extruded particles hydrothermally at a temperature of between 545° and 610°C to obtain a calcined base;
(d) impregnating a platinum-group metal compound on the calcined base to obtain a metal-loaded base;
(e) impregnating a Friedel-Crafts metal halide on the metal-loaded base by sublimation to form a halided base;
(f) calcining and reducing the halided base to obtain the catalyst.
9. A process for isomerizing isomerizable hydrocarbons which comprises contacting an isomerizable hydrocarbon feedstock with the isomerization catalyst of any of Claims 1-7 in a hydrocarbon-isomerization zone at isomerization conditions to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product.
10. The process of Claim 8 wherein the isomerization conditions comprise a temperature of 40° to 250°C, a pressure of 100 kPa to 10 MPa, a liquid hourly space velocity of 0.5 to 5 liquid volumes per hour of isomerizable hydrocarbons per volume of catalyst, and a mole ratio of hydrogen to isomerizable hydrocarbon feed of 0.01 to 5.
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