CN107456974B

CN107456974B - Hydrogenation catalyst, pretreatment method thereof, method for improving desulfurization activity of hydrogenation catalyst and application

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Publication number: CN107456974B
Application number: CN201610390435.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 涂椿滟; 李大东; 褚阳; 刘锋; 李会峰; 李明丰
Original assignee: Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing; China Petroleum and Chemical Corp
Current assignee: Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing; China Petroleum and Chemical Corp
Priority date: 2016-06-03
Filing date: 2016-06-03
Publication date: 2020-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2036-06-03
Also published as: CN107456974A

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for pretreating a hydrogenation catalyst, the pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the method and application thereof, the method comprises the steps of sequentially vulcanizing and activating the hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the activation comprises the steps of dipping the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst in dipping liquid containing organic nitrogen-containing compounds, and then carrying out heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment temperature is 200-450 ℃, and the heat treatment time is 0.5-12 hours. The method provided by the invention can effectively improve the hydrodesulfurization performance of the hydrogenation catalyst.

Description

Hydrogenation catalyst, pretreatment method thereof, method for improving desulfurization activity of hydrogenation catalyst and application

Technical Field

The invention relates to a hydrogenation catalyst pretreatment method, a method for improving the desulfurization activity of a hydrogenation catalyst, the pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the method, and application of the method and the hydrogenation catalyst in hydrodesulfurization reaction.

Background

Environmental problems caused by automobile exhaust emission are increasingly prominent, and countries around the world put increasingly strict restrictions on the composition of engine fuels. The sulfur content is reduced, and clean fuel meeting the environmental regulations is produced. At present, hydrodesulfurization is the most widely used and effective desulfurization means. Commercially, the catalyst used in the hydrogenation process usually contains metals of groups VIB and VIII (such as molybdenum, tungsten, nickel, cobalt, etc.), and the carrier is alumina or siliceous alumina. The freshly prepared catalyst is present in the oxidic form and generally needs to be sulphided before the hydrogenation reaction to achieve a higher activity and longer service life.

According to different vulcanization reaction sites, the vulcanization mode can be divided into in-situ vulcanization and out-of-situ vulcanization. The in-situ vulcanization is carried out by charging the oxidation state catalyst into the reactor and then introducing a vulcanizing agent into the reactor for vulcanization. Compared with the in-situ vulcanization, the ex-situ vulcanization can shorten the start-up period. The external vulcanization is divided into two types: pre-vulcanizing outside the device and performing real vulcanization. The ex-situ presulfurization means that a vulcanizing agent containing sulfur atoms is immersed (loaded) into an oxidation state catalyst, subjected to heat treatment so that the sulfide and metal generate certain interaction, and then the sulfur is filled into a reactor to hydrogenize the vulcanizing agent into hydrogen sulfide by using hydrogen so as to sulfurize the catalyst into the catalyst with hydrogenation activity. The purpose of the heat treatment is to enable the vulcanizing agent and metal to generate a certain acting force and prevent the concentrated release concentration of hydrogen sulfide from being too high when hydrogen is heated and hydrogenolyzed for the vulcanizing agent. The ex-situ presulfurization has the advantages that the ex-situ process does not involve dangerous gases such as hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen, and the like, and has the defects that the hydrogen is required to be used for activation after being filled into the reactor, and meanwhile, the risk of concentrated release of the hydrogen sulfide in the activation process exists. The actual vulcanization means that the catalyst in an oxidation state is contacted with a vulcanizing agent and hydrogen outside a reactor, and the catalyst is directly vulcanized and converted into an active catalyst. The advantage of the real vulcanization is that the hydrogen activation is not needed after the filling into the reactor, the reaction raw materials can be directly introduced for reaction, and the start-up period is short.

CN1107707C discloses a vulcanization method using olefin-containing components, elemental sulfur and an auxiliary agent mixture as vulcanizing agents. Heating the mixture at 100 ℃ and 220 ℃ for more than 0.5 hour, wherein the mole number of the element sulfur is not less than that of the double bonds of the olefin, the dosage of the auxiliary agent is 10-80 wt% of that of the element sulfur, and the auxiliary agent is selected from organic auxiliary agents commonly used for rubber vulcanization; impregnating the obtained product with a catalyst introduced with elemental sulfur, and heating the catalyst at 100-300 ℃ for more than 1 hour under an inert atmosphere; wherein the volume of the product is at least 60% of the pore volume of the catalyst. The method reduces the dosage of the auxiliary agent, but has complex process including drying, impregnation and vulcanization of the catalyst, so the treatment time is long.

CN101665745B relates to a method for presulfurizing a hydrofining catalyst outside a reactor, which comprises the steps of heating vegetable oil to a certain temperature, slowly adding powdered sulfur according to a certain proportion to generate red black vulcanized oil, adding a hydrofining catalyst into the red black vulcanized oil according to a certain proportion, mixing uniformly, then putting into a reaction kettle, heating and activating under a certain pressure and temperature, and cooling to room temperature to finish the presulfurizing of the hydrofining catalyst outside the reactor. The catalyst vulcanized by the method can stably exist in the air, and is convenient to transport and store.

CN102284299B provides a method for pre-sulfurizing a hydrogenation catalyst outside a hydrogenation reactor and activating the hydrogenation catalyst in the hydrogenation reactor, which comprises the steps of taking a low-boiling sulfurizing agent and hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and inert gas as the sulfurizing agent, adding an oxidation-state hydrogenation catalyst into the sulfurizing reactor to carry out gas-phase sulfurization reaction, and introducing oxygen-containing passivation gas to passivate the vulcanization-state catalyst. The passivated catalyst is discharged from the vulcanization reactor, packaged and sealed, transported and stored, and then is loaded into the hydrogenation reactor, and mixed gas of hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen is introduced to reactivate the vulcanized and passivated catalyst.

US6417134 relates to a novel ex-situ sulfiding process (true sulfiding) in which the oxidation state catalyst is first impregnated with liquid hydrocarbon at room temperature to fill 10-100% of the pore volume with liquid, and then in200 ℃ and H₂And H₂The S mixed gas is fully contacted. The liquid hydrocarbon used for impregnation may be an oxygen-containing compound such as alcohol, acid, ketone, ester, etc., or may be vegetable oil, nitrogen-containing compound, sulfur-containing compound, organic polysulfide, lubricating oil base oil, diesel oil, white oil, etc. A large amount of heat is released in the vulcanization process, and the liquid hydrocarbon plays a role of a heat storage carrier to prevent the temperature runaway of a catalyst bed layer.

In order to improve the catalytic performance of the hydrogenation catalyst, the sulfided catalyst may be subjected to in-situ pretreatment after the sulfiding process and before the hydrodesulfurization reaction. US6120679 discloses a method for hydrodesulfurization of catalytic gasoline, which comprises the step of mixing basic organic nitrogen-containing compounds with in-situ vulcanized CoMo/Al₂O₃Or NiMo/Al₂O₃The catalyst is contacted at a temperature of 200 ℃ or less and then heated to a temperature of 250 ℃ or more to carry out hydrodesulfurization reaction. The pretreatment method can improve the hydrodesulfurization selectivity, but has no obvious effect on improving the desulfurization activity. There are reports in the literature of CoMo/Al₂O₃After the catalyst is vulcanized and aged, a mixture of 1-methylnaphthalene, cyclohexene and argon is used for carbon deposition pretreatment at 350 ℃ and 0.5 MPa; compared with fresh catalyst, the hydrogenation activity of olefin in the hydrogenation desulfurization reaction of catalytic gasoline is obviously reduced, but the hydrogenation desulfurization activity is also obviously reduced (Industrial)&Engineering Chemistry Research,1998,37(5)：1748-1754.)。

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defect of low hydrodesulfurization activity in the prior art, and provides a novel hydrogenation catalyst pretreatment method and a method for improving the desulfurization activity of a hydrogenation catalyst.

The inventors of the present invention have unexpectedly found, on the basis of a large number of experiments, that the hydrodesulfurization activity of a catalyst can be significantly improved by activating a hydrogenation catalyst after sulfiding the catalyst. The activation comprises impregnation and heat treatment which are sequentially carried out, wherein the impregnation liquid for the impregnation contains an organic nitrogen-containing compound, the temperature of the heat treatment is 200-450 ℃, and the time of the heat treatment is 0.5-12 hours, thereby forming the invention.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for improving desulfurization performance of a hydrogenation catalyst, which comprises sequentially subjecting the hydrogenation catalyst to sulfidation and activation, wherein the activation comprises impregnating the sulfided hydrogenation catalyst with an impregnation solution containing an organic nitrogen-containing compound, and then performing heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment temperature is 200-450 ℃, and the heat treatment time is 0.5-12 hours.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for pretreating a hydrogenation catalyst, comprising successively sulfiding and activating the hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the activation comprises impregnating the sulfided hydrogenation catalyst with an impregnation solution containing an organic nitrogen-containing compound, followed by a heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment is carried out at a temperature of 200-450 ℃ for a time of 0.5-12 hours.

According to a third aspect of the present invention there is provided a pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the above process.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides the above process and the use of the pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the above process in hydrodesulfurization reactions, especially in the hydrodesulfurization reactions of gasoline distillates.

According to the pretreatment method of the hydrogenation catalyst, the hydrogenation catalyst is vulcanized, then is impregnated with specific compounds and is subjected to heat treatment under specific conditions, so that the desulfurization activity of the pretreated hydrogenation catalyst is greatly improved. The hydrogenation catalyst after pretreatment obtained by the method provided by the invention is particularly suitable for hydrogenation of gasoline distillate oil. For example, as can be seen from the results in table 1 below, the hydrodesulfurization activity (HDS) of the hydroprocessing catalyst pretreated by the method of the present invention was 96.6% (example 3), while the hydrodesulfurization activity (HDS) of comparative example 1 was 73.6%, the hydrodesulfurization activity (HDS) of comparative example 2 was only 64.2%, and the hydrodesulfurization activity (HDS) of comparative example 3 was 76.3%, all other conditions being equal.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Detailed Description

The following describes in detail specific embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

The endpoints of the ranges and any values disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and such ranges or values should be understood to encompass values close to those ranges or values. For ranges of values, between the endpoints of each of the ranges and the individual points, and between the individual points may be combined with each other to give one or more new ranges of values, and these ranges of values should be considered as specifically disclosed herein.

The method for improving the desulfurization performance of the hydrogenation catalyst and the method for pretreating the hydrogenation catalyst provided by the invention comprise the steps of sequentially vulcanizing and activating the hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the activation comprises the steps of impregnating the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst with an impregnation solution containing an organic nitrogen-containing compound and then carrying out heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment temperature is 200-450 ℃, and the heat treatment time is 0.5-12 hours.

Although the object of the present invention can be achieved as long as the impregnation liquid contains the organic nitrogen-containing compound, it is preferable that the content of the organic nitrogen-containing compound in the impregnation liquid is 0.01 to 6% by weight, preferably 0.05 to 2% by weight, and more preferably 0.2 to 1.5% by weight, in terms of nitrogen content.

The organic nitrogen-containing compound can be various organic matters containing nitrogen elements, and can be one or more of aliphatic amine, aromatic amine and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound; preferably one or more of aliphatic amine, aromatic amine and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 4 to 13 carbon atoms. The aliphatic amine may be, for example, one or more of the common n-butylamine, cyclohexylamine, and hexamethylenediamine. The aromatic amine may be, for example, one or more of common aniline, o-toluidine, p-toluidine. In order to further improve the hydrodesulfurization activity of the catalyst, the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound is preferably a basic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, and specifically may be, for example, one or more of common pyridine, picoline, lutidine, quinoline, methylquinoline, piperidine, methylpiperidine and indoline.

Preferably, the organic nitrogen-containing compound is one or more of pyridine, picoline, lutidine, quinoline, methylquinoline, piperidine, methylpiperidine and indoline.

The solvent forming the impregnation liquid can be various organic and/or inorganic solvents capable of dissolving the organic nitrogen-containing compound, preferably an organic solvent with a boiling point of 40-360 ℃, more preferably 70-200 ℃, and specific examples include but are not limited to one or more of n-heptane, n-decane, toluene, xylene, petroleum ether, distillate oil with a distillation range of 40-360 ℃, preferably 70-200 ℃, preferably one or more of n-heptane, n-decane and distillate oil with a distillation range of 70-200 ℃. N-decane and/or n-heptane are particularly preferred.

The impregnation is preferably an equal volume impregnation (i.e. pore saturation impregnation). The temperature of the impregnation can be chosen within wide limits and can be carried out, for example, at from 10 to 350 ℃. From the viewpoint of saving energy consumption and process time, the temperature of impregnation may be an operation temperature of the previous step, such as a vulcanization temperature or a deactivation temperature to be described later. The time for immersion is preferably 10 minutes to 48 hours, and more preferably 30 minutes to 24 hours.

According to the method provided by the invention, the temperature of the heat treatment is preferably 220-410 ℃, and more preferably 250-350 ℃.

The time for the heat treatment is preferably 1 to 10 hours, more preferably 2 to 6 hours.

The heat treatment is preferably carried out under an inert gas atmosphere.

In the present invention, the inert gas may be selected from nitrogen and group 0 element gases in the periodic table, preferably one or more of nitrogen, argon and helium, and more preferably nitrogen.

In the invention, the hydrodesulfurization activity of the catalyst can be greatly improved by impregnating a specific organic substance into the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst and performing heat treatment under specific conditions. The reason for this is probably because the active sites of the catalyst after sulfiding are formed, so that the activation process performed after sulfiding is more targeted and the degree of activation is controllable compared to the loading process or the further heat treatment process of the organic complexing agent before sulfiding, so that the structural modification of the active phase is controllably performed at a desired position, thereby achieving the purpose of promoting the hydrodesulfurization reaction. The carbon content of the hydrogenation catalyst treated by the method is increased by testing the carbon content of the hydrogenation catalyst before and after treatment.

According to the method provided by the invention, the sulfuration mode is a gas phase sulfuration mode, and specifically, the sulfuration mode is a mode of contacting a mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide with the hydrogenation catalyst. Among them, the hydrogen sulfide content in the mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide is preferably 0.1 to 25% by volume, more preferably 0.5 to 8% by volume, and still more preferably 1 to 8% by volume. The content of hydrogen is preferably 75 to 99.9% by volume, preferably 92 to 99.5% by volume, more preferably 92 to 99% by volume. The mixed gas can also contain inert gas, the inert gas is selected from one or more of nitrogen, argon and helium, and nitrogen is preferred; the content of the inert gas is more than 0 to 80% by volume or less, preferably 1 to 30% by volume. When the mixed gas contains an inert gas, the content of hydrogen sulfide is preferably more than 2% by volume and less than 8% by volume.

The temperature of the sulfuration can be 260-400 ℃, the time can be 1-48, the pressure can be 0.1-10MPa, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas can be 50-2000 hours^-1. Preferably, the temperature of the sulfuration is 260-380 ℃, the pressure is 0.1-5MPa, the time is 1-24 hours, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is 100-1000 hours^-1。

In the present invention, the pressures are gauge pressures.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the temperature is raised to the temperature required for the reaction by means of temperature programming, whereby a temperature runaway phenomenon during vulcanization can be avoided. The temperature programming may be carried out, for example, by increasing the reactor temperature from room temperature to 200-300 deg.C, e.g., 230 deg.C, for 0.5-1.5h, e.g., 1h, then maintaining the temperature for 1-3h, e.g., 2h, then increasing the reactor temperature to 320-400 deg.C, e.g., 360 deg.C, for 1-3h, e.g., 2h, and then carrying out the constant temperature vulcanization.

According to the method provided by the invention, the method preferably further comprises passivating the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst before and/or after activation, and the passivated catalyst has higher stability so as to be capable of transportation and off-site operation. In the present invention, passivation can be performed before activation or after activation, depending on the actual requirement. For example, if the activation is to be carried out in a reactor different from the vulcanization reactor, for the sake of convenience of transfer, it is necessary to carry out the deactivation after vulcanization and then take out and carry out the activation operation outside the vulcanization reactor; if, after activation, it is desired to carry out the hydrodesulfurization reaction in a different reactor (than the activation reactor), then the deactivation is carried out after activation. If the sulfiding, activation and hydrodesulfurization reactions are carried out in the same reactor, the catalyst need not be exposed to the external environment, and no passivation process is required.

The passivation mode is to contact the hydrogenated catalyst after vulcanization with a mixed gas containing inert gas and oxygen. From the viewpoint of the deactivation effect and the hydrogenation effect of the catalyst, the content of oxygen in the mixed gas containing the inert gas and oxygen is preferably 0.05 to 10% by volume, and more preferably 0.1 to 5% by volume. The inert gas content is from 90 to 99.95% by volume, preferably from 95 to 99.9% by volume. The passivation is carried out in the presence of a proper amount of oxygen, so that the severe oxidation reaction generated when the catalyst is contacted with air can be effectively prevented, and a large amount of heat is released to cause the sintering of the catalyst.

The conditions for contacting (i.e. passivating) the sulfurized hydrogenation catalyst with the mixed gas containing inert gas and oxygen include temp. at room temp. to 100 deg.C, time at 1-48 hr, pressure at 0.1-10MPa and volume space velocity of mixed gas at 50-2000 hr^-1(ii) a The preferred passivation temperature is 30-70 ℃, the pressure is 0.1-5MPa, the time is 1-12 hours, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is 100-^-1。

In the present invention, the volume space velocity of the mixed gas in the sulfiding and passivating steps means the ratio of the flow rate of the mixed gas (in mL/h) to the volume of the catalyst (in mL) in the standard state.

The method provided by the invention is suitable for various hydrogenation catalysts, preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is selected from one of a hydrofining catalyst, a hydrotreating catalyst and a hydrocracking catalyst, and is preferably a hydrofining catalyst.

Further preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst comprises a support, an organic complexing agent and at least one metal component selected from group VIII and at least one metal component selected from group VIB. The content of the organic complexing agent is preferably 5 to 30wt% based on the total amount of the hydrogenation catalyst.

The support may be a porous refractory inorganic oxide, preferably alumina, commonly used as a catalyst support.

The organic complexing agent may be any organic complexing agent that is beneficial for improving the catalyst performance, for example, the organic complexing agent may be selected from organic carboxylic acids and ammonium salts thereof, the number of carbon atoms of the organic carboxylic acid is preferably C1-C10, and specifically, the organic carboxylic acid is preferably selected from one or more of trans 1, 2-cyclohexanediamine tetraacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, acetic acid, formic acid, glyoxylic acid, glycolic acid, tartaric acid, and malic acid.

The metal components selected from the group VIII and the group VIB in the catalyst are conventional, for example, the group VIII metal component is selected from cobalt and/or nickel, the group VIB metal component is selected from molybdenum and/or tungsten, preferably, the group VIII metal is Co, and the group VIB metal is Mo.

The group VIII metal component may be selected from one or more of soluble compounds of these metals, for example, one or more of nitrates, acetates, carbonates, chlorides, soluble complexes of these metals. The group VIB metal compound may be selected from one or more of the soluble compounds of these metals, and may be, for example, one or more of molybdate, paramolybdate, tungstate, metatungstate, ethyl metatungstate.

The hydrogenation catalyst is prepared by a conventional method, and comprises the steps of introducing at least one VIII group metal component and at least one VIB group metal component into the carrier by a method which is customary in the art, and optionally introducing an organic complexing agent, for example, a method of impregnating the carrier after preparing a mixed solution containing at least one VIII group metal compound, at least one VIB group metal compound and the organic complexing agent; the carrier can also be impregnated by separately preparing a solution containing at least one group VIII metal compound, at least one group VIB metal compound and an organic complexing agent. Wherein, the hydrogenation catalyst with specified content can be prepared by adjusting and controlling the concentration, the using amount or the using amount of the carrier of the solution containing the metal component.

According to the present invention, after the above-mentioned step of impregnating the metal compound and/or the organic complexing agent is completed, drying, baking or no baking may be carried out as required. The drying and roasting conditions are conventional, for example, the drying temperature can be 100-300 ℃, preferably 100-200 ℃, and the drying time can be 1-12 hours, preferably 2-8 hours; the calcination temperature may be 350-550 deg.C, preferably 400-500 deg.C, and the calcination time may be 1-10 hours, preferably 2-8 hours.

According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a method comprising the steps of: (1) sulfurizing the hydrogenation catalyst by using a mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide; (2) cooling the sulfidation catalyst obtained in the step (1), and introducing mixed gas containing inert gas and oxygen to contact with the sulfidation catalyst for passivation; (3) discharging the catalyst obtained in the step (2) out of a vulcanization reactor, and then soaking a solution containing the organic nitrogen-containing compound in an equal volume; (4) and (3) carrying out heat treatment on the catalyst obtained in the step (3) at a higher temperature in an inert gas atmosphere to solidify the organic nitrogen-containing compound.

The invention also provides a pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the method. The method provided by the invention can obviously improve the desulfurization activity of the hydrogenation catalyst.

The catalyst treated by the method is a true vulcanization catalyst, and the catalyst obtained after passivation is packaged, sealed, transported and stored, and then is loaded into a hydrogenation reactor, so that the catalyst is not required to be re-activated by adding a liquid or gas vulcanizing agent with peculiar smell and toxicity, the field pollution is avoided, and the start-up period is shortened.

The method and the catalyst prepared by the method are particularly suitable for application in hydrogenation reaction, particularly application in hydrofining reaction which mainly aims at hydrodesulfurization reaction. The invention therefore also provides the use of the above-described process and of the hydrogenation catalyst obtained by the above-described process in hydrodesulphurization reactions. The method provided by the invention can obviously improve the desulfurization activity of the hydrogenation catalyst.

The method provided by the invention is suitable for the catalyst in the hydrogenation reaction process of petroleum and coal liquefied distillate oil (such as gasoline, aviation kerosene, diesel oil and the like), and is particularly suitable for the catalyst in the hydrogenation reaction process of gasoline distillate oil. The hydrogenation reaction may be carried out in any reaction apparatus sufficient for the contact reaction of the feedstock oil with the catalyst under hydrogenation reaction conditions, for example, the reaction may be carried out in a fixed bed reactor, a moving bed reactor or an ebullating bed reactor. In the present invention, the conditions of the hydrogenation reaction are not particularly limited, and preferable reaction conditions include: the reaction temperature is 200 ℃ and 420 ℃, the pressure is 0.1-15 MPa, and the liquid hourly space velocity is 0.3-15 hours^-1The volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 30-5000; the reaction conditions are further preferably: the reaction temperature is 200 ℃ and 350 ℃, the pressure is 1-10MPa, and the liquid hourly space velocity is 0.3-10 hours^-1The volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 100-2000.

The invention is further illustrated by the following examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In the following examples and comparative examples, catalyst 1 and catalyst 2 used were both CoMo/Al with complexing agent citric acid₂O₃Catalyst, catalyst 3 is CoMo/Al without complexing agent₂O₃The catalyst and the carrier are industrial alumina (Changling catalyst factory). The preparation steps of the catalyst are as follows: loading active metal component by isovolumetric impregnation method, wherein the impregnation liquid is nitre-containingThe cobalt oxide, ammonium heptamolybdate and optionally citric acid in aqueous ammonia (18 wt% ammonia concentration) were impregnated and dried at 120 ℃ for 3 hours. The metal loadings for catalysts 1 and 3 were: 2.5 wt% CoO and 8 wt% MoO₃The metal loading of catalyst 2 was: 1 wt% CoO and 8 wt% MoO₃(ii) a In catalysts 1 and 2, the citric acid content was 5wt% and 10 wt%, respectively.

Example 1

20mL of 1-3 mm-diameter catalyst particles were loaded into the constant temperature zone of a small hydrogenation test unit reactor, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were packed with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to carry out pretreatment on the catalyst 1 particles:

(1) with 2 vol.% H₂S +98 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 320 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized at the constant temperature of 320 ℃ for 12 h.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 50 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 0.5 vol% O₂+99.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 800h^-1And purging for 6h for passivation.

(3) After the completion of the deactivation, the obtained catalyst was discharged from the vulcanization reactor, and an N-heptane solution containing 0.5 wt% (based on the N element, the same applies hereinafter) of 2, 6-lutidine was immersed in the catalyst at room temperature for 24 hours in an equal volume.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 6h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-1.

Example 2

(1) with 8 vol.% H₂S + 92% by volume H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 0.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 1000h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 250 ℃ for 1.5h and then kept constant for 1.5h, and then raised to 380 ℃ for 2.5h, and then vulcanized for 4h at 380 ℃ and constant temperature.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 30 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 5 vol% O₂+95 vol% N₂The pressure is 0.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 100h^-1And purging for 3h for passivation.

(3) After the deactivation, the catalyst obtained was discharged from the vulcanization reactor and immersed in an n-heptane solution containing 1 wt% of methylpiperidine at room temperature in an equal volume for 12 hours.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 2h at 350 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-2.

Example 3

20mL of catalyst particles 2 having a diameter of 1-3 mm were loaded into the constant temperature zone of the reactor of the small hydrogenation test apparatus, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were filled with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to pretreat the catalyst particles 2:

(1) with 5 vol.% H₂S +95 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 3MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 100h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 70 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 2.5 vol% O₂+97.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 1MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 600h^-1And purging for 10h for passivation.

(3) After the deactivation, the catalyst was discharged from the sulfidation reactor and the distillate (distillation range 80-180 ℃) solution containing 1.5wt% quinoline was impregnated at room temperature in equal volume for 24 h.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 4h at 300 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-3.

Example 4

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 3, except that the hydrogen sulfide concentration in step (1) was 12% by volume and the pretreated catalyst was designated as N-4.

Example 5

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 3, except that the hydrogen sulfide concentration in step (1) was 1% by volume, and the pretreated catalyst was designated as N-5.

Example 6

The catalyst was pretreated in the same manner as in example 5 except that the atmosphere passivated in step (2) was 9 vol.% oxygen +91 vol.% N₂Atmosphere, pretreated catalyst is noted as N-6.

Example 7

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 5 except that the temperature of deactivation in step (2) was 100 ℃ and the pretreated catalyst was designated as N-7.

Example 8

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 5, except that the quinoline concentration was 3 wt% and the pretreated catalyst was noted as N-8.

Example 9

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 5, except that the quinoline concentration was 1 wt% and the pretreated catalyst was noted as N-9.

Example 10

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 5, except that quinoline was replaced by the same weight of N-butylamine and the pretreated catalyst was noted as N-10.

Example 11

The catalyst was pretreated as in example 5, except that the temperature of the heat treatment in step (4) was 380 ℃ and the pretreated catalyst was designated as N-11.

Comparative example 1

The catalyst 2 particles were pretreated as in example 5 except that steps (3) and (4) were not included, and after the passivation in step (2) was completed, the resulting catalyst was discharged from the sulfidation reactor and stored in aluminum foil self-sealing bags. The passivated catalyst was designated CN-1.

Comparative example 2

The catalyst 2 particles were pretreated in the same manner as in example 5 except that the temperature of the heat treatment in step (4) was 500 ℃. The pretreated catalyst was designated CN-2.

Comparative example 3

The catalyst 2 particles were pretreated according to the method of example 5, except that steps (3) and (4) were carried out before step (1), i.e. the catalyst 2 particles were pretreated by the following steps:

(1) catalyst 2 pellets were impregnated with an equal volume of distillate (80-180 c distillation range) solution containing 2wt% quinoline at room temperature for 24 h.

(2) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 4h at 300 ℃ in the atmosphere.

(3) With 1 vol.% H₂S +99 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 3MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 100h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(4) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 70 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 2.5 vol% O₂+97.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 1MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 600h^-1And purging for 10h for passivation. The pretreated catalyst was designated CN-3.

Example 12

(1) with 1.5 vol.% H₂S +98.5 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 50 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 0.5 vol% O₂+99.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 800h^-1And purging for 6 hours.

(3) After the deactivation, the catalyst was taken out of the sulfidation reactor and an n-decane solution containing 0.2 wt.% quinoline was impregnated at room temperature in an equal volume for 24 h.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 4h at 300 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-12.

Example 13

20mL of catalyst 3 particles having a diameter of 1 to 3 mm were placed in a constant temperature zone of a reactor of a small hydrogenation test apparatus, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were filled with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to carry out pretreatment on the catalyst 3 particles:

(1) with 6 vol.% H₂S + 94% by volume H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(2) After the temperature of the reactor is reduced to 50 ℃, introducing an equal volume of n-heptane solution containing 1.2 wt% of methylpyridine into the vulcanization reactor for dipping for 8 hours.

(3) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 6h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere.

(4) After the heat treatment, 0.5 vol% O was introduced into the reactor₂+99.5 vol% N₂The pressure of the mixed gas is 3.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 1000h^-1And purging for 6 hours to passivate. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-13.

Comparative example 4

The catalyst 3 particles were pretreated in the same manner as in example 13, except that steps (3) and (4) were carried out before step (1), i.e., the catalyst 3 particles were pretreated by the following steps:

(1) catalyst 3 particles were impregnated at room temperature with an equal volume of 1.2 wt% picoline in n-heptane for 8 h.

(2) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 6h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere.

(3) With 6 vol.% H₂S +4 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(4) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 50 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 0.5 vol% O₂+99.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 3.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 1000h^-1And purging for 6h for passivation. After the deactivation was complete, the resulting catalyst was discharged from the sulfidation reactor. The pretreated catalyst was designated CN-4.

Example 14

20mL of catalyst particles 1 having a diameter of 1 to 3 mm were placed in a constant temperature zone of a reactor of a small hydrogenation test apparatus, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were filled with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to carry out pretreatment on the catalyst 1 particles:

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 50 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 0.5 vol% O₂+99.5 vol% N₂The pressure is 3MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 850h^-1And purging for 6 hours.

(3) After the deactivation, the catalyst obtained was discharged from the vulcanization reactor and immersed in an n-heptane solution containing 0.2 wt.% of 3, 5-lutidine at room temperature for 8 hours in an equal volume.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 6h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere. Pretreated catalystIs denoted as N-14.

Example 15

20mL of catalyst 1 particles having a diameter of 1-3 mm were loaded into the constant temperature zone of the reactor of the small hydrogenation test apparatus, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were filled with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to carry out pretreatment on the catalyst 1 particles:

(1) with 2.5 vol.% H₂S +97.5 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(3) After the deactivation, the catalyst obtained was discharged from the vulcanization reactor and immersed in an N-heptane solution containing 0.2 wt% (based on the N element) of o-toluidine at room temperature for 24 hours in an equal volume.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 1h at 300 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-15.

Example 16

(1) with 2 vol.% H₂S +98 vol% H₂The mixed gas of (A) raises the device to the operating pressure of 1.6MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 500h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 50 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 0.5 vol% O₂+99.5 vol% N₂Pressure 1.6MPa, gas volumeSpace velocity of 900h^-1And purging for 6h for passivation.

(3) After the passivation is finished, the obtained catalyst is discharged out of the vulcanization reactor, and the p-xylene solution containing 0.5 wt% of indole is dipped at room temperature in an equal volume for 12 h.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 2h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-16.

Example 17

20mL of catalyst particles 1 having a diameter of 1 to 3 mm were placed in a constant temperature zone of a reactor of a small hydrogenation test apparatus, and the upper and lower portions of the reactor were filled with round ceramic balls. Then the following operation steps are carried out in sequence to pretreat the catalyst particles 3:

(1) with 3 vol.% H₂S +90 vol% H₂+7 vol% N₂The mixed gas of (2) raises the device to the operating pressure of 5MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 800h^-1Then the temperature of the reactor is raised from room temperature to 230 ℃ for 1h and then kept constant for 2h, and then the temperature of the reactor is raised to 360 ℃ for 2h, and then the reactor is vulcanized for 4h at the constant temperature of 360 ℃.

(2) After the reactor temperature had dropped to 30 ℃, the sulfurised gas was switched to 5 vol% O₂+95 vol% N₂The pressure is 5MPa, and the gas volume space velocity is 100h^-1And purging for 2h for passivation.

(4) The resulting catalyst was then placed in N₂Heat treatment is carried out for 6h at 250 ℃ in the atmosphere. The pretreated catalyst was designated N-17.

Examples of Performance test

The catalysts N-1 to N-17 obtained in the above examples 1 to 17 and comparative examples 1 to 4 and the catalysts CN-1 to CN-4 obtained in the comparative examples were subjected to hydrodesulfurization reaction on a micro-hydrogenation test apparatus by the following steps: crushing the catalyst into particles of 40-60 meshes, loading 1.5mL of the crushed catalyst into a constant temperature area of a reactor, and filling the upper part and the lower part of the reactor with quartz sand of 40-60 meshes. The reaction conditions were as follows: the reaction temperature is 230 ℃, the hydrogen partial pressure is 1.6MPa, and the liquid hourly space velocity is 8h^-1Hydrogen-oil volume ratio 900, the reaction raw material is n-heptane solution containing 2-methylthiophene (0.48 wt%) and n-hexylene (20 wt%). The reaction results are shown in Table 1. The mass fraction of sulfur in the reaction raw material and the hydrogenated product was measured by a gas chromatograph (PONA column, FID detector).

The hydrodesulfurization activity (HDS) of the catalyst was calculated by the formula (1).

HDS＝[(S_feed-S_product)/S_feed]X 100% formula (1)

S_feedAnd S_productRespectively represents the mass fraction and percent of the 2-methylthiophene in the reaction raw material and the hydrogenated product.

TABLE 1 catalyst hydrodesulfurization Activity

It can be seen from the results in table 1 that the hydrodesulfurization activity of the hydrogenation catalyst can be significantly improved using the process provided by the present invention. And after the catalyst after passivation (before or after the activation step in the passivation step) is stored in a sealed manner for two months, the hydrodesulfurization activity of the catalyst is not obviously reduced, which indicates that the storage stability is good.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, however, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the technical idea of the present invention, and these simple modifications are within the protective scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is not described in detail in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.

In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for improving the desulfurization performance of a hydrogenation catalyst comprises the steps of sequentially carrying out vulcanization and activation on the hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the activation comprises the steps of dipping the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst in dipping liquid containing organic nitrogen-containing compounds and then carrying out heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment temperature is 200-450 ℃, the heat treatment time is 0.5-12 hours, and the heat treatment is carried out under the inert gas protective atmosphere;

the method also comprises passivating the hydrogenated catalyst after sulfiding before and/or after activation; the passivation mode is to contact the hydrogenated catalyst after vulcanization with a mixed gas containing inert gas and oxygen.

2. A method for pretreating a hydrogenation catalyst comprises the steps of sequentially vulcanizing and activating the hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the activation comprises the steps of impregnating the vulcanized hydrogenation catalyst by using an impregnating solution containing an organic nitrogen-containing compound and then carrying out heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment temperature is 200-450 ℃, the heat treatment time is 0.5-12 hours, and the heat treatment is carried out under the inert gas protective atmosphere;

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the concentration of the organic nitrogen-containing compound in the impregnation liquid is 0.01-6wt% based on the total amount of the impregnation liquid.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the concentration of the organic nitrogen-containing compound in the impregnating solution is from 0.05 to 2wt% based on the total amount of the impregnating solution.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the concentration of the organic nitrogen-containing compound in the impregnating solution is from 0.2 to 1.5wt% based on the total amount of the impregnating solution.

6. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the organic nitrogen-containing compound is one or more of an aliphatic amine, an aromatic amine, and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the organic nitrogen-containing compound is one or more selected from aliphatic amines having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, aromatic amines and basic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the organic nitrogen-containing compound is selected from one or more of pyridine, picoline, lutidine, quinoline, methylquinoline, piperidine, methylpiperidine and indoline.

9. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the solvent of the impregnation liquid is selected from one or more of n-heptane, n-decane, toluene, xylene, petroleum ether, distillate with a distillation range of 40-360 ℃.

10. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the impregnation is a pore saturation impregnation.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the temperature of the heat treatment is 220-410 ℃ and the time of the heat treatment is 1-10 hours.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the temperature of the heat treatment is 250-350 ℃, and the time of the heat treatment is 2-6 hours.

13. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sulfiding is carried out by contacting a mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide with the hydrogenation catalyst.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide has a hydrogen sulfide content of 0.1 to 25% by volume; the vulcanization conditions include: the temperature of the vulcanization is 260 ℃ to 400 ℃, the time is 1 to 48, the pressure is 0.1 to 10MPa, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is 50 to 2000 hours^-1。

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the mixed gas containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide has a hydrogen sulfide content of 1 to 8% by volume; the temperature of the sulfuration is 260-380 ℃, the pressure is 0.1-5MPa, the time is 1-24 hours, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is 100-1000 hours^-1。

16. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the content of oxygen in the mixed gas containing the inert gas and oxygen is 0.05 to 10% by volume.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the content of oxygen in the mixed gas containing the inert gas and oxygen is 0.1 to 5 vol%.

18. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the passivation temperature is from room temperature to 100 ℃, the pressure is from 0.1 to 10mpa, the time is from 1 to 48 hours, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is from 50 to 2000 hours^-1。

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the passivation temperature is 30-70 ℃, the pressure is 0.1-5MPa, the time is 1-12 h, and the volume space velocity of the mixed gas is 100-1000 h^-1。

20. The process of claim 1 or 2, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst is a hydrotreating catalyst.

21. The process of claim 1 or 2, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst is a hydrofinishing catalyst or a hydrocracking catalyst.

22. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst comprises a support, an organic complexing agent and at least one metal component selected from group VIII and at least one metal component selected from group VIB.

23. The process of claim 22, wherein the group VIII metal is Co and the group VIB metal is Mo.

24. The process of claim 22, wherein the organic complexing agent is present in an amount of 5 to 30 wt.%, based on the total amount of hydrogenation catalyst.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the organic complexing agent is selected from one or more of organic carboxylic acids and ammonium salts thereof.

26. A pretreated hydrogenation catalyst obtainable by the process of any one of claims 2 to 25.

27. Use of a hydrogenation catalyst as prepared by the process of any one of claims 1 to 25 and/or a hydrogenation catalyst as claimed in claim 26 in a hydrodesulphurisation reaction.