Background
The petroleum coke is a byproduct in the petrochemical industry, the main element of the petroleum coke consists of carbon, the carbon content is generally more than 80wt%, and the rest is hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and metal elements, and the petroleum coke has the advantages of high carbon content, less volatile components, low ash content, high heat value and the like. Low-sulfur petroleum coke (the sulfur content is less than 3%) is mainly used as electrode coke and metallurgical coke, while high-sulfur petroleum coke (the sulfur content is more than 3%) can only be used as fuel before, but pollutants such as sulfur dioxide in flue gas can bring serious environmental pollution, and particularly newly revised atmosphere pollution prevention and control laws of the people's republic of China, executed from 2016, 1, require to establish stricter petroleum coke standards, so that the sale and utilization of high-sulfur petroleum coke are limited, and therefore, a new petroleum coke, particularly a high-sulfur petroleum coke utilization way needs to be developed, wherein the preparation of activated carbon from petroleum coke is one of ways for realizing the high-value utilization of petroleum coke.
The mercury in the coal-fired flue gas is a main source of mercury pollutants in the atmosphere, and in the existing coal-fired flue gas demercuration technology, the activated carbon adsorption demercuration is widely applied, but the problems of high activated carbon cost, low adsorption efficiency and the like still exist, so that a cheap raw material needs to be searched for developing the low-cost high-efficiency activated carbon demercuration adsorbent.
The flue gas desulfurization limestone-wet process can generate a large amount of desulfurization gypsum, a large amount of phosphogypsum is generated during the production of phosphoric acid, and the like, the industrial waste gypsum has high yield, poor quality and low utilization rate, and the accumulation of a large amount of industrial waste gypsum also brings great pressure to the environment, so that a new waste gypsum application way needs to be developed to realize resource utilization.
The patent CN105712347B discloses a method for preparing sulfur-rich activated carbon by using high-sulfur petroleum coke, potassium hydroxide activates the high-sulfur petroleum coke, and hydrogen sulfide gas is collected in the calcining process; burning high-sulfur petroleum coke to collect sulfur dioxide gas, mixing the two gases to react to generate elemental sulfur, dipping the activated carbon in elemental sulfur dipping solution, and drying to obtain sulfur-rich activated carbon. The technology generates less sulfur dioxide by burning the high-sulfur petroleum coke, needs to consume a large amount of high-sulfur petroleum coke, has higher cost, and generates a large amount of CO2 greenhouse gas by burning.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention mainly aims to provide a method for coproducing petroleum coke and gypsum as well as activated carbon and calcium oxide. Meanwhile, the high-value utilization of petroleum coke and gypsum is realized.
The invention provides a method for coproducing activated carbon and calcium oxide from petroleum coke and gypsum, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Contacting a gypsum raw material with a sulfur-containing material for reaction, and separating reaction products to obtain calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide gas;
(2) Enabling petroleum coke to contact with the sulfur dioxide gas obtained in the step (1) for reaction, and obtaining sulfur-containing process gas after the reaction;
(3) Mixing petroleum coke with an activating agent, activating under the nitrogen atmosphere, then washing and drying to obtain activated carbon, and finally contacting the activated carbon with the sulfur-containing process gas obtained in the step (2) to obtain the sulfur-rich activated carbon.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the gypsum raw material in the step (1) can be one or more of natural gypsum, desulfurized gypsum and phosphogypsum, the water content of the gypsum raw material is 1-15 wt%, and the particle size of the gypsum raw material is larger than 80 meshes.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the gypsum raw material in the step (1) is dried at the drying temperature of 80-200 ℃, preferably 100-180 ℃, and then ground and crushed to obtain a powdery material with the particle size of more than 80 meshes.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the mass ratio of the gypsum raw material to the sulfur in the sulfur-containing material in the step (1) is 1:1 to 1:2, preferably 1:1 to 1:1.2.
in the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the reaction temperature in the step (1) is 800-1200 ℃, and preferably 900-1100 ℃.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the sulfur-containing material in the step (1) is a substance containing sulfur, and can be pure sulfur or other inert components which do not react with the gypsum, and the sulfur-containing process gas obtained in the step (2) is further preferable.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the sulfur-containing process gas obtained in the step (2) can be partially used as a sulfur-containing material to be directly returned to the step (1) for use, preferably, the sulfur-containing process gas is firstly condensed to remove gases such as carbon dioxide and the like to obtain solid sulfur, and then the solid sulfur is mixed with the gypsum raw material for reaction, so that the interference of gases such as carbon dioxide and the like can be eliminated, and the obtained relatively pure sulfur dioxide gas participates in the step (2) for reaction, and the generation of excessive carbon monoxide gas by-products is avoided.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the petroleum coke in the step (2) and the step (3) is solid coke generated by cracking and coking vacuum residue through a coking device, and is further preferably high-sulfur petroleum coke, and the sulfur content is not less than 3wt%.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the mass ratio of the petroleum coke in the step (2) to the sulfur dioxide gas obtained in the step (1) is 0.5 to 1, and preferably 1:1 to 5:1.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the reaction temperature in the step (2) is 600-1000 ℃, and preferably 700-900 ℃.
In the method for coproducing activated carbon and calcium oxide from petroleum coke and gypsum, the activating agent in the step (3) is one or more of sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate, and preferably potassium hydroxide.
In the method for co-producing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide by using the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the mass ratio of the activating agent to the petroleum coke in the step (3) is 0.5:1 to 10:1, preferably 1:1-8:1; the activation temperature is 500-1000 ℃, preferably 700-950 ℃; the activation time is 10-180 min, preferably 15-150 min
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the washing in the step (3) is carried out by using water, the washing is generally carried out for 2 to 6 times, finally, the washing and the filtering are carried out until the pH value is neutral, and the drying is carried out for 5 to 48 hours at a temperature of between 60 and 200 ℃.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the mass ratio of the activated carbon in the step (3) to the sulfur in the sulfur-containing process gas is 30-3:1, and preferably 20.
In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the temperature of the contact treatment of the activated carbon and the sulfur-containing process gas in the step (3) is 450-700 ℃, and preferably 500-650 ℃.
Compared with the prior art, the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum provided by the invention has the following advantages:
1. in the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide from the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the petroleum coke and the gypsum are utilized, the resource utilization and the high-value utilization of the petroleum coke and the gypsum are realized, in addition, the pollution of the high-sulfur petroleum coke and the waste gypsum to the environment is reduced, particularly when the high-sulfur petroleum coke is adopted as the raw material, the desulfurization treatment process of the high-sulfur petroleum coke raw material is saved, and the production cost of the sulfur-rich activated carbon and the calcium oxide is further reduced.
2. According to the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide by using the petroleum coke and the gypsum, two processes of preparing the sulfur-rich activated carbon by using the petroleum coke and producing the calcium oxide by using the waste gypsum are organically combined, the redox characteristics of sulfur dioxide and sulfur are ingeniously utilized, the calcium oxide and the sulfur dioxide are prepared by using the reaction of the waste gypsum and the sulfur, the sulfur dioxide and the petroleum coke are reacted to prepare the sulfur, the sulfur is not only a reducing agent for preparing the calcium oxide by using the waste gypsum, but also can be loaded on the activated carbon to prepare the sulfur-rich activated carbon for flue gas demercuration, and the complete utilization of resources is realized.
3. In the method for coproducing the activated carbon and the calcium oxide by using the petroleum coke and the gypsum, the petroleum coke is a carbon-based raw material for preparing the sulfur-rich activated carbon and a carbon thermal reducing agent for preparing sulfur by using sulfur dioxide, so that the utilization ways of the petroleum coke are enriched.
Detailed Description
The technical contents and effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
The specific surface area of the activated carbon in the following examples was measured by a low-temperature nitrogen physical adsorption method using an ASAP2460 type physical adsorption apparatus from Micromeritics, under the following test conditions: the samples were vacuum treated at 80 ℃ for 5h and the testing was performed at liquid nitrogen temperature (-196 ℃). The adsorption-desorption isotherm was determined by static measurements and the specific surface area of the catalyst was calculated according to the BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) equation. Sulfur loading was measured using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) method, test conditions: the samples were ground and tabletted, weighed, instrument parameters: target material Rh, voltage 30kV,100mA, crystal Ge, detector PC, PHA 150-300.
The demercuration performance of the petroleum coke-based sulfur-rich activated carbon prepared in the embodiment of the invention is tested on a fixed bed adsorption performance testing device. Evaluation conditions were as follows: the demercuration experiment is carried out on a fixed bed adsorption performance testing device, and the mercury concentration of an inlet of the fixed bed is 50 mg/m 3 The carrier gas is nitrogen, and the total flow of the gas is 2L/min. The particle size of the sulfur-rich activated carbon is 200-300 meshes, the loading amount is 20g, the adsorption time is 100min, and the adsorption temperature is 120 ℃. And the adsorbed gas enters an on-line flue gas mercury analyzer for analysis and determination. The following examples all employ the same evaluation conditions.
The invention provides a method for coproducing activated carbon and calcium oxide from petroleum coke and gypsum, which comprises the following steps: contacting the gypsum raw material with the sulfur-containing process gas at 800-1200 ℃ for reaction to generate calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide gas. The sulfur dioxide gas collected by separation is introduced into petroleum coke to be subjected to contact reaction at the temperature of 600-1000 ℃, and the sulfur-containing process gas is generated by the reaction. Mixing an activating agent with petroleum coke, carrying out activation reaction at 500-1000 ℃ under the condition of nitrogen atmosphere, then cooling to below 100 ℃ under the nitrogen atmosphere to obtain an activated product, washing and filtering the activated product until the pH value is neutral, and finally drying to obtain activated carbon; and (3) contacting the activated carbon with part of the process gas at 450-700 ℃, loading to obtain the sulfur-rich activated carbon, and evaluating and testing the sulfur-rich activated carbon.
In the embodiment, the gypsum raw material adopts natural gypsum, the petroleum coke adopts high-sulfur petroleum coke, and the sulfur content is 8.72%.
Example 1
The sulfur-rich activated carbon obtained by the method is marked as S-AC-1, the specific reaction conditions are shown in Table 1, and the reaction results are shown in Table 2.
Example 2
The sulfur-rich activated carbon obtained by the method is marked as S-AC-2, the specific reaction conditions are shown in table 1, and the reaction results are shown in table 2.
Example 3
The sulfur-rich activated carbon obtained by the method is marked as S-AC-3, the specific reaction conditions are shown in Table 1, and the reaction results are shown in Table 2.
Example 4
The sulfur-rich activated carbon obtained by the method is marked as S-AC-4, the specific reaction conditions are shown in table 1, and the reaction results are shown in table 2.
Example 5
The sulfur-rich activated carbon obtained by the method is marked as S-AC-5, the specific reaction conditions are shown in table 1, and the reaction results are shown in table 2.
TABLE 1 reaction conditions of examples 1 to 5
TABLE 2 Sulfur-enriched activated carbon obtained in examples 1 to 5 and its demercuration Properties