Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a hydrogenation method. The process can improve the reaction efficiency and the quality of the lubricating oil base oil.
The invention relates to a hydrogenation method, which comprises the following steps:
(1) the raw oil of the lubricating oil is contacted with a hydrotreating catalyst to carry out hydrotreating reaction;
(2) shunting the material after the hydrotreating reaction in the step (1) to obtain hydrotreated light distillate oil and hydrotreated heavy distillate oil;
(3) contacting the hydrotreated heavy distillate with a hydroisomerization catalyst to perform a liquid-phase hydroisomerization reaction, and separating the hydroisomerization product to obtain various lubricating oil base oils.
In the method, the raw oil of the lubricating oil in the step (1) is contacted with a hydrotreating catalyst to carry out liquid-phase hydrotreating reaction.
In the method, the light distillate oil in the step (2) is recycled to the hydrotreating reactor to contact with the hydrotreating catalyst for liquid phase hydrotreating reaction.
In the method, the hydroisomerization product in the step (3) is separated to obtain hydroisomerization heavy fraction oil, and part or all of the hydroisomerization heavy fraction oil is recycled to the hydroisomerization reactor to contact with a hydroisomerization catalyst to perform a liquid-phase hydroisomerization reaction. The initial boiling point temperature of the hydroisomerized heavy distillate oil is more than 450 ℃, and preferably the initial boiling point temperature is more than 480 ℃.
In the method, part of the hydroisomerization products in the step (3) are recycled to the hydroisomerization reactor, preferably to the hydroisomerization hydrogen dissolving equipment and are mixed with the hydrotreated heavy distillate oil and then recycled to the hydroisomerization reactor.
In the method, the raw oil of the lubricating oil and the hydrotreated light distillate oil are optionally mixed with hydrogen in a hydrogen dissolving device, the mixed material enters a hydrotreating reactor under the condition of liquid-phase hydrogenation operation, passes through a hydrotreating catalyst bed layer and undergoes hydrogenation reaction, and then the reaction effluent of a hydrotreating section is obtained.
In the method, the effluent of the hydrotreating reaction is separated to obtain a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase can be fractionated to obtain light distillate oil and heavy distillate oil, and the light distillate oil is recycled and directly enters the hydrotreating hydrogen dissolving equipment.
In the method, the hydrotreated heavy distillate oil and optionally hydroisomerized heavy distillate oil are mixed with hydrogen in a hydrogen dissolving device, the mixed material enters a hydroisomerizing reactor under the liquid-phase hydroisomerizing operation condition, passes through a hydroisomerizing catalyst bed layer and is subjected to hydrogenation reaction, and then the reaction effluent of a hydroisomerizing section is obtained.
In the method, the effluent of the hydroisomerization reaction is separated to obtain a liquid phase and a gas phase, the liquid phase obtained by separation is continuously fractionated in a fractionating tower to obtain a plurality of lubricating oil base oils, wherein all or part of the heaviest fraction (hydroisomerization heavy fraction oil) is returned to the hydroisomerization hydrogen dissolving equipment as heavy cycle oil.
The raw oil of the lubricating oil used in the above process may include various vacuum distillates such as second-cut distillate, third-cut distillate, fourth-cut distillate, coker gas oil, light deasphalted oil and the like obtained by petroleum refining, or vacuum distillates such as coal tar, shale oil, synthetic oil and the like, or mixed vacuum distillates of the above distillates, or solvent refined oil of the above raw materials, and solvent refining may be carried out by a conventional method.
In the method, the range of the fraction of the light cycle oil is 35-260 ℃, and preferably 45-260 ℃. In the initial stage of use, the external light raw material which is similar to the range of light cycle oil fraction can be considered to be mixed with the raw oil and enter the hydrogen dissolving equipment, and the external light raw material can be replaced after the device is subjected to hydrotreating reaction to obtain light distillate oil. If no proper external raw material is available, the circulating oil is not used in the initial stage of the device start-up, the raw oil directly enters the hydrogen dissolving equipment to dissolve hydrogen and then enters the reactor, and light fraction is obtained after hydrogenation reaction and fractionation and then is gradually introduced into the reaction system. The light fraction obtained in the hydroisomerization part may also be used as light cycle oil.
In the method, the light raw material with the same fraction as the light cycle oil can be gasoline (naphtha) fraction, kerosene fraction and light diesel oil fraction obtained in the petroleum refining process, the petroleum refining process comprises atmospheric and vacuum distillation, coking, catalytic cracking, hydrofining, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, thermal cracking, catalytic reforming and the like, and the light raw material oil can be one or more mixed raw material oils obtained in the petroleum refining process
In the method, the operation conditions of the hydrotreating part are that the total reaction pressure is 3.0MPa to 20.0MPa and the total volume space velocity of the raw oil of the lubricating oil is 0.2h-1~8.0h-1The average reaction temperature of the catalyst bed layer is 180-450 ℃, and the ratio of the light cycle oil to the raw oil of the lubricating oil is 0.4: 1-10: 1; the optimized operation conditions of the hydrotreating part are that the total reaction pressure is 4.0MPa to 18.0MPa, and the total volume space velocity of the raw oil of the lubricating oil is 0.5h-1~6.0h-1The average reaction temperature of the catalyst bed layer is 200-440 ℃, and the ratio of the light cycle oil to the raw oil of the lubricating oil is 0.5: 1-8: 1.
In the above method, the hydrogenation active component in the hydrogenation catalyst used in the hydrogenation part is one or more of Co, Ni, Mo and W, and the content thereof is in the range of 5% to 68% by weight of all hydrogenation active metal oxides, the carrier of the hydrogenation catalyst is generally alumina, titania, silica, amorphous silica-alumina, etc., and other additives, such as Zr, B, P, Ti, Si, etc., may also be added during the preparation process, or two or more thereof may also be used. Can be prepared according to the existing method in the field, and can also adopt a commercial catalyst. The hydrogenation active component is usually an oxidation state catalyst, and the conventional presulfurization treatment needs to be carried out in a reactor before the catalyst is used, so that the hydrogenation active component on the catalyst is converted into a sulfuration state, and a better hydrogenation effect is achieved. A presulfiding catalyst may also be used. The commercial hydrogenation catalysts mainly include hydrogenation pretreatment catalysts such as 3936, FF-14, FF-16, FF-18, FF-20, FF-24, FF-26, FF-36, FF-46, FF-56, FF-66, FZC-41, FZC-42, etc., developed by the Dop petrochemical research institute (FRIPP), hydrogenation catalysts such as HC-P, HC-K, HC-T, UF-210/220, etc., hydrogenation catalysts such as HR-406, HR-416, HR-448, etc., of the IFP company, hydrogenation catalysts such as ICR154, ICR174, ICR178, ICR179, etc., of the Topsor company, hydrogenation catalysts such as TK-525, TK-555, TK-ZO, etc., KF-756, KF-757, KF-557 840, KF-848, KF-901, KF-757, KF-557-18, KF-901, FzC-16, FF-26, FZC, etc., developed by the AK company, KF-907 and the like. One grade of catalyst may be used, or multiple catalyst grades may be used.
In the above method, in order to protect the main hydrogenation catalyst and to extend the operation period of the apparatus, it is considered to fill a certain amount of the protecting agent. The protective agent is a conventional protective agent, only one protective agent can be used, and two or more protective agents can be selected according to the sequence of the particle size from large to small, the hydrogenation metal content from small to large and the hydrogenation performance from weak to strong to form a protective agent system. Such as the three protectant systems FZC-100/FZC-105/FZC-106 developed using FRIPP. The volume space velocity of the protective agent is 6.0h-1~20.0h-1。
In the method, the raw lubricating oil and the light cycle oil are mixed, hydrogen is dissolved by the hydrogen dissolving equipment and then enters from the top of the hydrogenation reactor, and the mixture flow with the dissolved hydrogen can pass through the catalyst bed layer from top to bottom, namely descending. The raw oil of lubricating oil is mixed with circulating oil, and can enter from the bottom of a hydrogenation reactor after hydrogen is dissolved by a hydrogen dissolving device, and the mixture flow dissolved with hydrogen can pass through a catalyst bed layer from bottom to top, namely, the mixture flow moves upwards.
In the above method, the catalyst bed may be one catalyst bed or a plurality of catalyst beds. If a plurality of catalyst bed layers exist, hydrogen dissolving equipment is arranged between the adjacent catalyst bed layers.
In the method, the previous catalyst bed layer or the next catalyst bed layer takes the flowing direction of reactant flow as a reference, and no matter the hydrogenation reaction is carried out in an ascending manner or a descending manner, the bed layer which is firstly contacted with the reactant flow in the adjacent bed layers is arranged upwards and then contacted downwards.
In the above method, the separation of the hydrogenation effluent is carried out by using a high-pressure separator and/or a low-pressure separator, preferably without using a high-pressure separator. The high-pressure separator is a conventional gas-liquid separator. The hydroprocessing reactant stream is separated in a high pressure separator to yield a gas and a liquid. The low-pressure separator is a conventional gas-liquid separator. The liquid obtained by separation in the high-pressure separator is separated in the low-pressure separator to obtain gas and liquid. The hydroprocessing reactant stream is separated in a low pressure separator to obtain a gas and a liquid.
In the above method, the fractionation system used for the hydrotreating fractionation includes a stripping column and/or a fractionation column. The liquid obtained by separation in the low-pressure separator is stripped and/or fractionated in a fractionation system to obtain a light fraction and a hydrogenated heavy fraction.
In the method, the hydroisomerized raw oil is hydrogenated heavy fraction obtained by fractionating hydrogenated reactant flow, and the sulfur content of the hydrogenated heavy fraction is required to be less than 5 mu g/g, the nitrogen content is required to be less than 5 mu g/g, preferably the sulfur content is less than 3 mu g/g, and the nitrogen content is required to be less than 3 mu g/g.
In the method, the operation conditions of the hydroisomerization part are generally 3.0-18.0 MPa of reaction pressure and 0.2h of raw material oil volume space velocity-1~6.0h-1The average reaction temperature is 180-450 ℃, and the volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 300: 1-1500: 1; the preferable operating conditions are that the reaction pressure is 4.0MPa to 16.0MPa, and the volume space velocity of the raw oil is 0.4h-1~5.0h-1The average reaction temperature is 200-440 ℃, and the volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 400: 1-1200: 1.
In the method, the hydroisomerization catalyst is various suitable lubricating oil hydroisomerization catalysts, the carrier is an NU-10 molecular sieve or ZSM-22 molecular sieve with an alumina and TON structure, an SAPO-11 molecular sieve, beta zeolite and the like, the content of the molecular sieve in the catalyst is 5-70 wt%, preferably 10-60 wt%, and partial silica, amorphous silicon-aluminum and the like can also be added into the carrier; the active metal component is one or more of Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh and Mo, Ni, and the content in the catalyst is 0.1 wt% -30.0 wt%. The optional auxiliary agent component is one or more of boron, fluorine, chlorine and phosphorus, and the content of the optional auxiliary agent component in the catalyst is 0.1 wt% -5.0 wt%; the specific surface of the catalyst is 150-500 m2The pore volume is 0.15-0.60 ml/g. Before use, the catalyst is reduced to make the hydrogenation active metal in a reduction state in the reaction process. The commercial hydrogenation catalysts mainly comprise hydroisomerization catalysts such as FIW-1, FRIC-1 and FEIC-2 developed by the Fushun petrochemical research institute (FRIPP), hydroisomerization catalysts such as ICR-418 and ICR-422 developed by Chevron, and hydroisomerization catalysts such as MSDW-1 and MSDW-2 developed by Mobil.
In the method, the heavy fraction after the hydrotreating is mixed with the heavy cycle oil, hydrogen is dissolved by a hydrogen dissolving device and then enters from the top of a hydrogenation reactor, and the mixture flow with the dissolved hydrogen can pass through a catalyst bed layer from top to bottom, namely, a descending manner. The heavy fraction after hydrogenation treatment is mixed with heavy cycle oil, and the mixture can enter from the bottom of the hydrogenation reactor after hydrogen is dissolved by a hydrogen dissolving device, and the mixture flow dissolved with the hydrogen can pass through the catalyst bed layer from bottom to top, namely, the mixture flow moves upwards.
In the above method, the catalyst bed may be one catalyst bed or a plurality of catalyst beds. If a plurality of catalyst bed layers exist, hydrogen dissolving equipment is arranged between the adjacent catalyst bed layers.
In the method, the previous catalyst bed layer or the next catalyst bed layer takes the flowing direction of reactant flow as a reference, and no matter the hydrogenation reaction is carried out in an ascending manner or a descending manner, the bed layer which is firstly contacted with the reactant flow in the adjacent bed layers is arranged upwards and then contacted downwards.
In the above method, the hydrogenation reaction effluent is separated by using a high-pressure separator and/or a low-pressure separator, preferably without using a high-pressure separator. The high-pressure separator is a conventional gas-liquid separator. The hydroprocessing reactant stream is separated in a high pressure separator to yield a gas and a liquid. The low-pressure separator is a conventional gas-liquid separator. The liquid obtained by separation in the high-pressure separator is separated in the low-pressure separator to obtain gas and liquid. The hydroprocessing reactant stream is separated in a low pressure separator to obtain a gas and a liquid.
In the method, the fractionation system adopted by the hydroisomerization fractionation comprises a fractionation tower. And the liquid obtained by separation in the low-pressure separator is fractionated in a fractionating system to obtain light products such as naphtha, diesel oil and the like and various lubricating oil base oil products.
In the method, the heavy cycle oil used in the hydroisomerization part is a heavy fraction with an initial boiling point temperature of more than 450 ℃ obtained by fractionation, and preferably a heavy fraction with an initial boiling point temperature of more than 480 ℃.
In the prior art, the lubricating oil raw material can be used for producing hydrogenated lubricating oil base oil by a liquid-phase circulating hydrogenation method, but the circulating oil used for hydrogenation pretreatment in the method is usually a hydrogenation product stream, namely the range of fractions is equivalent to that of the lubricating oil raw material. Research results also show that when light distillate oil is used as circulating oil, the light distillate oil can also dissolve hydrogen and can meet the requirement of the reaction required in the liquid phase hydrogenation reaction process of lubricating oil on the quantity of hydrogen, when macromolecules of heavier distillate preferentially carry out hydrogenation reaction, the fraction molecules contained in the light circulating oil are smaller, the influence on competitive adsorption during the summary macromolecule reaction of raw oil is smaller, and the influence on internal diffusion is smaller particularly, so that the hydrogenation reaction of the macromolecules of the heavy distillate in the raw oil is greatly facilitated, and the reaction efficiency is improved while the hydrogenation purpose requirement is met.
In the prior art, a plurality of high-quality lube base oils are obtained by continuously carrying out hydroisomerization on a hydrotreated heavy fraction, raw oil passes through once, the product selectivity is poor, particularly the pour point of a heavy fraction lube base oil product is high, even if a liquid phase circulation method is used, the pour point of a lighter fraction can be further reduced, although the pour point of the heavy fraction is also reduced correspondingly, the reduction range is not large.
The liquid phase hydrogenation method for the lubricating oil generally shows that the operation severity of the lubricating oil hydrotreating is reduced on the premise of not influencing the quality of the hydrogenated lubricating oil, the reaction efficiency is improved, and the quality of the hydrogenated lubricating oil base oil product can be further improved by using heavy fraction circulation in a hydrogenation isomerization section.