Disclosure of Invention
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a method for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, which is capable of restoring the activity of a Ni-poisoned hydrocracking catalyst.
A preparation method of a hydrocracking catalyst comprises the following steps:
(1) reducing the to-be-generated hydrocracking catalyst deposited with metal Ni impurities;
(2) carrying out carbonylation treatment on the material subjected to reduction treatment in the step (1) to convert the Ni simple substance into nickel carbonyl;
(3) impregnating nickel carbonyl on the material obtained in the step (2) with an organic solvent;
(4) and (4) filtering, drying and roasting the material obtained in the step (3) to obtain the hydrocracking catalyst with the activity recovered.
In the above method, it is preferable that the method further comprises a step (5), wherein the step (5) is to load the active metal on the hydrocracking catalyst with restored activity obtained in the step (4), and then to dry and calcine the loaded active metal.
In the method, the reduction treatment in the step (1) adopts high-temperature treatment in a hydrogen atmosphere, the pressure is controlled to be 1.0-10.0MPa, the temperature is 400-500 ℃, and the treatment time is 10-50 h.
In the method, the spent catalyst for depositing the metal Ni impurities in the step (1) comprises 1-5% of nickel metal impurities in terms of oxides and 3-20% of carbon in terms of mass percentage, based on the total mass of the spent hydrocracking catalyst, and the balance of components in a conventional hydrocracking catalyst (a fresh agent).
In the method, the spent catalyst for depositing the metal Ni impurity in the step (1) contains 35-70% of a silicon-aluminum carrier containing a Y molecular sieve, 3-20% of carbon and 15-45% of metal oxide (including active metal components of VIII groups and VI groups and Ni impurities) by weight. The VIII-group active metal can be Ni and/or Co, the VI-group active metal can be W and/or Mo, the VIII-group active metal oxide content is generally 3-15%, and the VI-group active metal oxide content is generally 10-40%. Based on the weight of the carrier, the content of the Y molecular sieve in the silicon-aluminum carrier containing the Y molecular sieve is generally 5-90%, preferably 10-70%, and the rest is amorphous silica-aluminum and/or alumina.
In the method, the carbonylation reagent adopted in the carbonylation treatment in the step (2) is one or more of CO, acyl halide or acyl anhydride; preferably CO or a mixture containing CO, which may be CO and N2、O2、CO2And one or more mixtures in air, preferably a mixed gas of CO and air, wherein the concentration of CO in the mixed gas is 10-100 v%.
In the method, the carbonylation treatment in the step (2) is to contact the material subjected to reduction treatment in the step (1) with a carbonylation reagent for carbonylation reaction, and the carbonylation treatment conditions are that the treatment temperature is 40-120 ℃ and the treatment time is 30-100 h.
In the above method, the organic solvent in step (3) is at least one of ethanol, diethyl ether, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and benzene, preferably ethanol or diethyl ether; the volume ratio of the organic solvent to the catalyst is 5: 1-15: 1, and the dipping time is 5-20 h.
In the method, the drying condition in the step (4) is that the drying temperature is 100-.
In the above method, the method for supporting the active metal in step (5) may adopt any one of the processes of the prior art. For example, impregnation, over-volume impregnation or equal volume impregnation may be used, and impregnation may be performed once or more than once.
In the above method, the active metal in step (5) includes a group vi active metal and/or a group viii active metal, and the group vi active metal may be W and/or Mo; the group VIII active metal may be Ni and/or Co, preferably nickel. The active impregnation loading amount is that the content of the VI group active metal oxide in the final catalyst is 10-40% generally, and the content of the VIII group active metal oxide in the final catalyst is 3-15% generally.
In the method, the drying temperature in the step (5) is 100-150 ℃, the drying time is 2-5h, the roasting is carried out in the air atmosphere, and the roasting is carried out at 400-600 ℃ for 2-20 h.
The invention realizes the regeneration of the deactivated hydrocracking catalyst caused by the deposition of the metallic nickel by converting the nickel deposited on the industrial deactivated hydrocracking catalyst into nickel carbonyl and then removing and recovering the nickel carbonyl by utilizing the characteristic of solubility of the nickel carbonyl in part of organic solvent.
Detailed Description
The action and effect of the method of the present invention will be further described with reference to examples and comparative examples, but the following examples are not intended to limit the method of the present invention, and% are by mass unless otherwise specified.
The catalyst (spent catalyst) used for regeneration in the examples is an industrial operation catalyst sample, and the physicochemical properties of the sample before and after the industrial operation are as follows:
TABLE 1 physicochemical Properties of the catalyst used for regeneration
Example 1
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 2.0MPa, then heating to 430 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing at a constant temperature for 36h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 30 v%), and treating the mixture for 30 hours at 80 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ethanol solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ethanol to be 1: 10, dipping for 10 h;
(4) 3, filtering an ethanol solution from the catalyst sample soaked by the ethanol, drying the catalyst sample at 120 ℃ for 3 hours, placing the catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, and roasting the catalyst sample at the constant temperature of 440 ℃ for 2 hours, wherein the carbon content of the roasted catalyst is 0.4wt%, and the NiO content is 0.3 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 7: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, which is numbered C-1.
Example 2
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 3.5MPa, then heating to 450 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing at a constant temperature for 25h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 40 v%), and treating for 35 hours at 70 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into a carbon tetrachloride solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the carbon tetrachloride to be 1: 8, dipping for 10 h;
(4) 3, filtering a carbon tetrachloride solution from a catalyst sample impregnated with carbon tetrachloride, drying at 150 ℃ for 4 hours, placing in a muffle furnace, roasting at 480 ℃ for 3 hours at constant temperature, wherein the content of carbon on the roasted catalyst is 0.1wt%, and the content of NiO is 0.2 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 6: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, which is numbered C-2.
Example 3
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 4.0MPa, then heating to 490 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and carrying out constant-temperature reduction for 13h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with hydrogen consumption in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 20 v%), and treating for 50 hours at 100 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ether solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ether to be 1: 15, soaking for 10 hours;
(4) filtering ether solution from the catalyst sample obtained in the step 3, drying at 120 ℃ for 4h, placing in a muffle furnace, roasting at 430 ℃ for 4h at constant temperature, wherein the carbon content on the roasted catalyst is 0.5wt%, and the NiO content is 0.25 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 5: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, wherein the number of the final catalyst is C-3.
Example 4
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 2.5MPa, then heating to 450 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing at a constant temperature for 28h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 20 v%), and treating the mixture for 80 hours at 40 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ether solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ether to be 1: 10, soaking for 15 h;
(4) filtering the catalyst sample obtained in the step 3, drying the ether solution for 4 hours at 120 ℃, placing the dried catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, roasting the catalyst sample for 4 hours at the constant temperature of 450 ℃, wherein the carbon content of the roasted catalyst is 0.3wt%, and the NiO content is 0.3 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 5: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, wherein the number of the final catalyst is C-4.
Example 5
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 8.0MPa, then heating to 420 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and carrying out constant-temperature reduction for 18h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 50 v%), and treating for 55 hours at 40 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ethanol solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ethanol to be 1: 6, dipping for 18 h;
(4) filtering the ethanol solution of the catalyst sample obtained in the step 3, drying the ethanol solution at 130 ℃ for 4 hours, placing the dried catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, roasting the catalyst sample at the constant temperature of 440 ℃ for 4 hours, wherein the carbon content of the roasted catalyst is 0.5wt%, and the NiO content is 0.22 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 5: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, wherein the number of the final catalyst is C-5.
Example 6
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 1.5MPa, then heating to 420 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing at a constant temperature for 60h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a mixed gas flow of CO and CO2 into the reactor (the CO content is 50 v%), and treating for 55 hours at 40 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ethanol solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ethanol to be 1: 6, dipping for 18 h;
(4) filtering the ethanol solution of the catalyst sample obtained in the step 3, drying the ethanol solution at 130 ℃ for 4 hours, placing the dried catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, roasting the catalyst sample at the constant temperature of 500 ℃ for 4 hours, wherein the carbon content of the roasted catalyst is 0.1wt%, and the NiO content is 0.20 wt%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 5: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, wherein the number of the final catalyst is C-6.
Example 7
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 4.0MPa, then heating to 450 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing at a constant temperature for 23h (supplementing hydrogen into the system along with the consumption of hydrogen in the reduction process to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample reduced by the hydrogen in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a mixed gas flow of CO and N2 into the reactor (the CO content is 70 v%), and treating for 80 hours at 40 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into a benzene solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the benzene to be 1: 12, dipping for 10 hours;
(4) 3, filtering the obtained catalyst sample to remove benzene solution, drying at 150 ℃ for 4h, placing the dried catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, roasting at 460 ℃ for 4h at constant temperature, wherein the carbon content on the roasted catalyst is 0.2wt%, and the NiO content is 0.25%;
(5) preparing a nickel nitrate solution (the content of nickel oxide in the solution is 9.8g/100 ml), and impregnating the catalyst sample subjected to the charcoal burning treatment in the step 4 according to a liquid/solid ratio of 5: 1;
(6) and 5, drying the catalyst impregnated by the nickel nitrate solution at 120 ℃ for 4h, and roasting the catalyst at 500 ℃ for 4h to obtain the final catalyst, wherein the number of the final catalyst is C-7.
Comparative example 1
The spent catalyst (see table 1) is regenerated by an industrial conventional regeneration method at the air atmosphere, the roasting temperature of 440 ℃ and the roasting time of 4h to obtain the catalyst of the comparative example, which is numbered BC-1.
Comparative example 2
(1) Taking a catalyst sample after industrial operation in the table 1, placing the catalyst sample in a reactor, pressurizing hydrogen to 2.0MPa, then heating to 450 ℃ at a heating rate of 20 ℃/h, and reducing the catalyst sample at a constant temperature for 30h (in the reduction process, along with the consumption of hydrogen, supplementing hydrogen into the system to keep the pressure constant);
(2) adding the sample subjected to hydrogen reduction in the step 1 into a carbonylation reactor, introducing a CO + air mixed gas flow into the reactor (the CO content is 70 v%), and treating for 70 hours at 50 ℃ under normal pressure;
(3) adding the catalyst sample obtained in the step 2 into an ethanol solvent, and controlling the volume ratio of the catalyst to the ethanol to be 1: 10, dipping for 10 h;
(4) and 3, filtering the ethanol solution of the catalyst sample soaked by the ethanol, drying the catalyst sample at 120 ℃ for 3 hours, placing the catalyst sample in a muffle furnace, roasting the catalyst sample at the constant temperature of 440 ℃ for 4 hours, and obtaining the final catalyst with the carbon content of 0.4wt% and the NiO content of 0.30wt% after roasting, wherein the final catalyst is numbered BC-2.
The results of physical and chemical property analyses of the catalysts of examples 1 to 7 and comparative examples are shown in tables 2 to 4. The results of comparative evaluations of the catalysts of examples 1 to 7 and comparative examples are shown in tables 5 to 8. The comparative evaluation test method comprises the steps of adopting a VGO vacuum wax oil raw material, connecting a single section in series and passing through a flow once, filling an industrial refined catalyst FF-66 in a first reaction, and filling a fresh catalyst, an example catalyst and a comparative example catalyst in a second reaction respectively. The specific data are as follows:
table 2 examples 1-4 regenerated catalyst analysis results
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C-1
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C-2
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C-3
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C-4
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The chemical composition is as follows: m%
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|
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MoO3 |
20.1
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20.3
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20.5
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20.5
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NiO
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6.2
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6.5
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6.6
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6.6
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Alumina oxide
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50
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50
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50
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50
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Molecular sieves
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23
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23
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23
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23
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Physical properties:
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|
|
|
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pore volume, mL/g
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0.28
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0.29
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0.28
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0.28
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Specific surface area, m2/g
|
338
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345
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335
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342
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Carbon content, wt%
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0.4
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0.1
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0.5
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0.2 |
Table 3 analysis results of examples 5 to 7 regenerated catalysts
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C-5
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C-6
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C-7
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The chemical composition is as follows: m%
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MoO3 |
20.5
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20.3
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20.5
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NiO
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6.5
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6.4
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6.5
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Alumina oxide
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50
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50
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50
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Molecular sieves
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23
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23
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23
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Physical properties:
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|
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pore volume, mL/g
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0.27
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0.29
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0.28
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Specific surface area, m2/g
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338
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350
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336
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Carbon content, m%
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0.5
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0.1
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0.3 |
TABLE 4 analysis results of physical and chemical properties of regenerated catalysts in comparative examples
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BC-1
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BC-2
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The chemical composition is as follows: m%
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MoO3 |
19.5
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21.8
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NiO
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9.4
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0.3
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Alumina oxide
|
49
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53
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Molecular sieves
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22
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25
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Physical properties:
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pore volume, mL/g
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0.28
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0.31
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Specific surface area, m2/g
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338
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375
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Carbon content, m%
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0.4
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0.4 |
TABLE 5 comparative evaluation of stock oil Properties
Raw oil
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VGO vacuum wax oil
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Density, g/cm3 |
0.9055
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Distillation range, deg.C
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310~510
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C,m%
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86.38
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H,m%
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12.60
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S,m%
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1.25
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N,%
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980 |
TABLE 6 evaluation conditions and results of fresh catalyst and regenerated catalyst of comparative example regeneration method
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Fresh agent
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Reaction temperature of
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375
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375
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375
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Reaction pressure, MPa
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15.0
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15.0
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15.0
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Cracking volume space velocity, h-1 |
1.5
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1.5
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1.5
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Volume ratio of hydrogen to oil
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1200
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1200
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1200
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Refined oil nitrogen content, ppm
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5
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5
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5
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Per pass conversion at more than 350 ℃ m%
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78.2
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54.0
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36.7 |
TABLE 7 evaluation conditions and results of examples 1 to 4
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Reaction temperature of
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375
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375
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375
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375
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Reaction pressure, MPa
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15.0
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15.0
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15.0
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15.0
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Cracking volume space velocity, h-1 |
1.5
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1.5
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1.5
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1.5
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Volume ratio of hydrogen to oil
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1200
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1200
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1200
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1200
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Refined oil nitrogen content, ppm
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5
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5
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5
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5
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Per pass conversion at more than 350 ℃ m%
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65.2
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66.3
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64.8
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65.0 |
TABLE 8 evaluation conditions and results of examples 5 to 7
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Example 5
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Example 6
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Example 7
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Reaction temperature of
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375
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375
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375
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Reaction pressure, MPa
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15.0
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15.0
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15.0
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Cracking volume space velocity, h-1 |
1.5
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1.5
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1.5
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Volume ratio of hydrogen to oil
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1200
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1200
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1200
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Refined oil nitrogen content, ppm
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5
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5
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5
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Per pass conversion at more than 350 ℃ m%
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64.0
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65.2
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65.5 |