Disclosure of Invention
At present, in the process of hydro-conversion treatment of inferior hydrocarbonaceous materials by a boiling bed, particularly under the operation condition of high conversion rate (the high conversion rate generally means that the conversion depth is not less than 70 percent, preferably not less than 75 percent), the problems of unstable hydrogenation system, poor tail oil quality and the like exist.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for improving the operational stability of a ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
(1) Under the contact condition, the inferior hydrocarbonaceous raw material and hydrogen enter a fluidized bed hydrogenation reaction zone, and are subjected to hydrocracking reaction under the action of a fluidized bed hydrogenation catalyst, and a reaction product is separated to obtain a light component, a medium component and a heavy component;
(2) The heavy component obtained in the step (1) is contacted with a treating agent for treatment, a first oil phase material and a second oil phase material are obtained after treatment and separation, wherein the first oil phase material further enters a separation tower for sedimentation separation to obtain a light fraction and a heavy fraction;
(3) The heavy fraction obtained in the step (2) enters a complementary hydrogenation reactor, and hydrogenation reaction is carried out under the existence of hydrogen and a complementary hydrogenation catalyst;
(4) And (3) recycling the heavy fraction after hydrogenation obtained after the hydrogenation reaction in the step (3) to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction zone, and mixing with the inferior hydrocarbon-containing raw material for treatment.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, in the step (1), at least one ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor, preferably 1 or 2 ebullated bed hydrogenation reactors are provided, and when more than 2 ebullated bed hydrogenation reactors are provided, the plurality of ebullated bed hydrogenation reactors may be connected in series and/or parallel. The ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor preferably adopts an ebullated bed reactor with a built-in three-phase separator, and particularly can adopt an ebullated bed reactor with a built-in three-phase separator developed by China petrochemical industry Co., ltd.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the ebullated bed hydrogenation catalyst in step (1) may be any ebullated bed hydrogenation catalyst existing in the art, for example, one or more ebullated bed hydrogenation catalysts developed by the company of petrochemical Co., ltd, and specifically, may be a smooth stoneThe trade marks FES-30 and FEM-10 ebullated bed catalysts developed by the oil chemical industry institute can also be used for purchasing TEX2720 catalysts from the market. Typically, the ebullated bed hydrogenation catalyst comprises a support and an active metal, wherein the active metal may be one or more of nickel, cobalt, molybdenum or tungsten; the catalyst composition may comprise, in weight percent: nickel or cobalt is 0.5-10% (calculated by oxide), molybdenum or tungsten is 1-25% (calculated by oxide), and the carrier can be one or more of alumina, silica, alumina-silica or titania. The catalyst is in the shape of extrudate or sphere and has bulk density of 0.5-0.9 g/cm 3 The particle diameter (spherical diameter or bar-shaped diameter) is 0.04-1.0 mm, and the specific surface area is 80-300 m 2 /g。
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the poor hydrocarbon-containing raw material in the step (1) may be one or more of atmospheric residuum, vacuum residuum, oil sand asphalt, and may be one or more of partial wax oil and catalytic diesel oil.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the operation conditions of the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction zone in step (1) are as follows: the reaction temperature is 380-450 ℃, the reaction pressure is 13-20.0 MPa, and the volume airspeed is 0.2-4.0 h -1 The preferred operating conditions of the hydrogen oil volume ratio of 300-1500 are as follows: the reaction temperature is 400-440 ℃, the reaction pressure is 14-18.0 MPa, and the volume airspeed is 0.3-1.5 h -1 The volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 600-1000.
In the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the final boiling point temperature of the light component in the step (1) is 160-190 ℃, and the final boiling point temperature of the medium component is 520-560 ℃. The separation of the light component, the medium component and the heavy component in the step (1) generally comprises an atmospheric fractionating tower and a vacuum fractionating tower. Wherein the light component and the fraction with the final distillation point temperature less than 370 ℃ in the middle component are separated in the normal pressure fractionating tower, and the fraction with the initial distillation point more than 370 ℃ in the middle component and the heavy component are respectively obtained at the side line and the bottom of the vacuum fractionating tower.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the light component in step (1) may be used as a naphtha blending component or may be further refined to be used as a product to be discharged from the apparatus.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the treating agent in the step (2) may be one or more of propane, n-butane, isobutane, n-pentane, isopentane, and naphtha, preferably one or more of n-butane, isopentane, and naphtha; further, the volume ratio of n-butane to isopentane is 4:1-1:4, preferably 2:1-1:2.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the treatment conditions in step (2) are as follows: the pressure is 4.0-8.0 MPa, the treatment temperature is 130-170 ℃, the volume ratio of the treating agent to the heavy component is 2:1-10:1, and the preferable treatment conditions are as follows: the pressure is 4.5-6.5 MPa, the treatment temperature is 135-160 ℃, and the volume ratio of the treating agent to the heavy components is 4:1-9:1.
In the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, in the step (2), the temperature of the separation column is controlled to be 160-190 ℃, preferably 150-170 ℃, the top of the separation column is used for obtaining light fraction, and the bottom of the separation column is used for obtaining heavy fraction.
Further, in the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the second oil phase material obtained in the step (2) may be used as a material for producing petroleum coke products.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the operation conditions of the supplemental hydrogenation reactor in step (3) are as follows: the reaction temperature is 350-400 ℃, the reaction pressure is 10-15.0 MPa, and the volume airspeed is 0.8-3.0 h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio of 200-1000, preferred operation condition: the reaction temperature is 360-380 ℃, the reaction pressure is 11-14.0 MPa, and the volume space velocity is 1.0-2.0 h -1 The volume ratio of the hydrogen oil is 250-400.
In the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the additional hydrogenation catalyst filled in the additional hydrogenation reactor in the step (3) may be one or more of the hydrofining catalysts existing in the art, may be commercially available products, or may be prepared according to the existing method.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the mass ratio of the heavy component after hydrogenation obtained in the step (3) to the poor hydrocarbon feedstock obtained in the step (4) may be generally controlled to be 1:25 to 1:10, preferably 1:20 to 1:12.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for improving the operation stability of an ebullated-bed hydrogenation apparatus according to another embodiment, the method comprising the following steps:
(1) Under the contact condition, the inferior hydrocarbonaceous raw material and hydrogen enter a fluidized bed hydrogenation reaction zone, and are subjected to hydrocracking reaction under the action of a fluidized bed hydrogenation catalyst, and a reaction product is separated to obtain a light component, a medium component and a heavy component;
(2) The heavy component obtained in the step (1) is contacted with a treating agent for treatment, a first oil phase material and a second oil phase material are obtained after treatment and separation, wherein the first oil phase material further enters a separation tower for sedimentation separation to obtain a light fraction and a heavy fraction;
(3) The heavy fraction obtained in the step (2) enters a complementary hydrogenation reactor, and hydrogenation reaction is carried out in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst;
(4) Recycling the heavy fraction after hydrogenation obtained after the hydrogenation reaction in the step (3) to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction zone, and mixing with the inferior hydrocarbon-containing raw material for treatment;
(5) And (3) feeding the middle component obtained in the step (1) and the light fraction obtained in the step (2) into a hydrocracking reaction zone, and carrying out hydrocracking reaction in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrocracking catalyst to obtain naphtha, aviation kerosene and tail oil after the reaction.
Furthermore, in the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the naphtha obtained in the step (5) may be recycled as a treating agent to the step (2) for treatment with heavy components.
In the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the tail oil obtained in the step (5) may be used as an ethylene cracking raw material, or may be partially or completely mixed with the first oil phase material and then enter the separation tower for treatment in the step (2).
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, at least one hydrocracking reactor is disposed in the hydrocracking reaction zone in step (5), and the hydrocracking reactor may be one or more of a fixed bed reactor, a fluidized bed reactor, an ebullated bed reactor, and a suspended bed reactor. The hydrocracking catalyst in the step (5) can be an existing hydrocracking catalyst in the field, can be commercially available products, can also be prepared according to a method disclosed in the field, for example, can be a multi-product chemical raw material hydrocracking catalyst developed by the China petrochemical Co., ltd, specifically can be an FF-66/FC-46 hydrocracking catalyst and the like.
Further, in the above method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the operation conditions of the hydrocracking reaction zone in step (5) are as follows: the reaction temperature is 350-400 ℃, the reaction pressure is 10-12.0 MPa, and the volume space velocity is 0.4-3.0 h -1 The preferred operating conditions of the hydrogen oil volume ratio of 300-1500 are as follows: the reaction temperature is 360-390 ℃, the reaction pressure is 11-13.0 MPa, and the volume airspeed is 0.5-1.5 h -1 The volume ratio of hydrogen to oil is 700-1200.
Compared with the prior art, the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation device has the following technical advantages:
1. in the method for improving the operation stability of the ebullated bed hydrogenation device, the heavy fraction obtained after the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction is firstly separated, and then the separated heavy fraction is hydrogenated and returned to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction zone, so that the applicant finds that the stability of a ebullated bed hydrogenation system can be greatly improved by returning the hydrogenated heavy fraction to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reaction zone in the research process, and the operation stability of the device is improved.
2. In the method for improving the operation stability of the fluidized bed hydrogenation device, the fluidized bed hydrogenation device is operated at a high conversion rate, so that the light oil yield can be greatly improved, the light oil extraction rate is more than 90%, and the main products are mainly naphtha and aviation kerosene high-added-value products.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described below with reference to the drawings and the detailed description, but does not limit the scope of the invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a method for improving the operation stability of a ebullated bed hydrogenation apparatus, the method comprising the following steps: the inferior hydrocarbonaceous feedstock 1 and hydrogen 2 enter a fluidized bed hydrogenation reaction zone 3, hydrogenation reaction is carried out in the presence of a fluidized bed hydrogenation catalyst, and a reaction effluent further enters a separation unit 4 to be separated to obtain a light component 5, a medium component 6 and a heavy component 7, wherein the light component 5 can be used as naphtha blending component or further refined to be used as naphtha product to be discharged out of the device; the heavy component 7 and the treating agent 8 enter a treating unit 9 to be treated to obtain a first oil phase material 10 and a second oil phase material 11, wherein the second oil phase material 11 can be used as a raw material for producing petroleum coke products, the first oil phase material 10 enters a separating tower 12 to be subjected to sedimentation separation to obtain a light fraction 13 and a heavy fraction 14, the heavy fraction 14 and hydrogen 2 enter a complementary hydrogenation reactor 15 to be subjected to hydrogenation treatment, and the heavy fraction 16 after hydrogenation obtained after the treatment enters a fluidized bed hydrogenation reaction zone to be mixed with a poor-quality hydrocarbon-containing raw material to be treated. The middle component 6, the light fraction 13 and the hydrogen enter a hydrocracking reaction zone 17 for hydrocracking reaction, the reaction effluent is separated by a hydrocracking separation unit 18 to obtain naphtha 19, aviation kerosene 20 and tail oil 21, and the tail oil 21 can be used as an ethylene cracking raw material or can be mixed with the first oil phase material 10 partially or completely to enter a separation tower 12 for treatment (not shown in the figure).
The fluidized bed hydrogenation reaction zone of the invention uses a fluidized bed reactor, in particular to a fluidized bed hydrogenation reactor which can use a built-in three-phase separator developed by China petrochemical industry Co. The fluidized bed hydrogenation catalyst adopts a commercial brand FES-30 microspherical fluidized bed hydrogenation catalyst developed by smooth petrochemical institute. The hydrocracking catalyst adopts the FF-66/FC-46 catalyst developed by the smooth petrochemical institute, the complementary hydrogenation reactor adopts the FF-66 hydrogenation catalyst developed by the smooth petrochemical institute, and the commercial catalyst with moderate aromatic saturation function can be purchased from the market.
The poor hydrocarbon-containing feedstock used in the examples and comparative examples of the present invention was vacuum residuum, and its specific properties are shown in table 1.
Example 1
The process flow described in fig. 1 was used, wherein the operating conditions of the ebullated-bed hydrogenation reactor were: reaction temperature: 430 ℃, 16.0MPa of reaction pressure and 0.4h of volume space velocity -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 800; the final distillation point of the light component is controlled to be 165 ℃, and the final distillation point of the medium component is controlled to be 538 ℃; the treating agent is n-butane and isopentane, the volume ratio of n-butane to isopentane is 1:1, the pressure is 5.0MPa, the treating temperature is 145 ℃, the solvent ratio is 5:1, and the operating temperature of the separation tower is 155 ℃. The operating conditions of the supplemental hydrogenation reactor: the reaction temperature is 370 ℃, the reaction pressure is 13.0MPa, and the volume space velocity is 1.5h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 300. The heavy fraction after hydrogenation is recycled to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor, and the mass ratio of the heavy fraction after hydrogenation to the vacuum residue is 1:12. The operating conditions of the hydrocracking reactor were: the reaction temperature is 380 ℃, the reaction pressure is 11.5MPa, and the volume space velocity is 0.6h -1 The hydrogen-oil volume ratio is 900, and the cracked tail oil is recycled to the separation tower. The specific test results are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
Example 2
The process flow described in fig. 1 was used, wherein the operating conditions of the ebullated-bed hydrogenation reactor were: reaction temperature: 425 ℃, 16.0MPa of reaction pressure and 0.4h of volume space velocity -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 800; the final distillation point of the light component is controlled to be 170 ℃, and the final distillation point of the medium component is controlled to be 545 ℃; the treating agent is naphtha obtained by a hydrocracking reactor, the pressure is 5.0MPa, the temperature is 145 ℃, the solvent ratio is 5:1, and the operating temperature of a separation tower is 155 ℃; the operating conditions of the supplemental hydrogenation reactor: reaction temperature 370 ℃, reaction pressure 13.0MPa and volume space velocity1.6h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 300; the heavy fraction after hydrogenation is recycled to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor, and the mass ratio of the heavy fraction after hydrogenation to the vacuum residue is 1:15. The operating conditions of the hydrocracking reactor were: the reaction temperature is 370 ℃, the reaction pressure is 11.5MPa, and the volume space velocity is 0.6h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 900, tail oil is circulated back to the separation tower. The specific test results are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
Example 3
The process flow described in fig. 1 was used, wherein the operating conditions of the ebullated-bed hydrogenation reactor were: the reaction temperature is 435 ℃, the reaction pressure is 16.0MPa, and the volume space velocity is 0.4h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 800; the light component end point was controlled at 180℃and the medium component end point was controlled at 550 ℃. The treating agent is naphtha obtained by a hydrocracking reactor, the pressure is 5.0MPa, the temperature is 145 ℃, the solvent ratio is 5:1, and the operating temperature of a separation tower is 165 ℃; the operating conditions of the supplemental hydrogenation reactor: the reaction temperature is 360 ℃, the reaction pressure is 13.0MPa, and the volume space velocity is 1.5h -1 Hydrogen oil volume ratio 300; the heavy fraction after hydrogenation is recycled to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor, and the mass ratio of the heavy fraction after hydrogenation to the vacuum residue is 1:15. The operating conditions of the hydrocracking reactor were: the reaction temperature is 380 ℃, the reaction pressure is 11.5MPa, and the volume space velocity is 0.8h -1 The hydrogen oil volume ratio is 900, and the cracked tail oil is directly taken as an ethylene cracking raw material. The specific test results are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
Comparative example 1
Substantially the same as in example 1, except that the separation column and the supplemental hydrogenation reactor were not provided, the whole of the first oil phase obtained after the treatment was fed into the hydrocracking reaction zone. The specific test results are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
Comparative example 2
Substantially the same as in example 1, except that no supplemental hydrogenation reactor was provided, the heavy fraction was returned directly to the ebullated bed hydrogenation reactor without being hydrogenated. The specific test results are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
TABLE 1 feedstock vacuum residuum Properties
Project
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Vacuum residuum
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Density/g.cm -3 |
1.023
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Carbon residue, wt%
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23.27
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C,wt%
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84.79
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H,wt%
|
11.09
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S,wt%
|
4.11
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N,wt%
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0.39
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Ni/μg·g -1 |
40.29
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V/μg·g -1 |
52.82
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Saturated fraction, wt%
|
10.71
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Fragrance fraction, wt%
|
52.04
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Colloid, wt%
|
28.28
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Asphaltenes, wt%
|
8.97 |
TABLE 2 reaction results
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Toluene insoluble matter content at bottom of atmospheric fractionating tower, wt%
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0.12
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0.19
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0.21
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0.45
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0.35
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Switching period and month of vacuum fractionating tower
|
16
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12
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10
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6
|
8 |
TABLE 3 Properties of the product
Note that: density of 20 DEG C
As can be seen from the above examples and comparative examples, the ebullated bed hydrogenation method of the present invention improves the stability of the hydrogenation system, reduces the toluene insoluble matter content in the produced oil, improves the light oil yield and improves the product quality.