CN213101492U

CN213101492U - Device for simultaneously recovering hydrogen and methane from petrochemical exhaust tail gas

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Publication number: CN213101492U
Application number: CN202021752183.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘明升; 肖月竹; 薛定; 刘明胜; 吴彬彬; 孙学峰; 刘双民; 贾树军
Original assignee: TIANJIN LIANBO CHEMICAL CO Ltd; Daimoer Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: TIANJIN LIANBO CHEMICAL CO Ltd; Daimoer Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-20
Filing date: 2020-08-20
Publication date: 2021-05-04
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-20

Abstract

The utility model relates to a retrieve device of hydrogen and methane gas simultaneously in follow petrochemical industry emission tail gas, it is the compound integrated device of vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption, include the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device who separates hydrocarbon gas product gas and produce middle gas in the follow tail gas, and follow the pressure swing adsorption device of middle gas separation hydrogen product gas. The device of the utility model can obtain hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas with high purity and high recovery rate. The utility model discloses a device area is little, convenient removal and can realize remote control, saves cost, produces huge economic value for industrial production hydrogen and hydrocarbon.

Description

Device for simultaneously recovering hydrogen and methane from petrochemical exhaust tail gas

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a tail gas separation retrieves the field, specifically is a retrieve device of multiple gases such as hydrogen and methane gas simultaneously in follow petrochemical industry emission tail gas.

Background

The petrochemical industry consumes large amounts of hydrogen for hydrogen reforming, hydrocracking, oil and gas hydrogenation and other processes. Since the application of pressure swing adsorption to synthesis gas separation was introduced in the early 80 s, the hydrogen production by methane steam reforming and coal-to-synthesis gas reforming has become the main hydrogen production methods in the petrochemical industry. Meanwhile, the petrochemical industry routinely needs to produce or process large quantities of hydrogen-containing and carbon-containing (such as methane (CH))₄) Carbon dioxide (CO)₂) Etc.) such as methane steam reforming hydrogen production tail gas, cracked dry gas, hydrogen production tail gas, flare gas, etc. These tail gases contain a substantial amount of hydrogen and are typically burned in a furnace to provide heat. However, hydrogen (H)₂) As an energy carrier and a chemical product with high added value, the method can generate more economic benefits than simple combustion heat collection. Furthermore, it is well known that the combustion of tail gases generates large amounts of CO₂，CO₂Are major greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and global warming. Thus, there are environmental and economic benefits to recovering hydrogen and carbon-containing gases from petrochemical tail gases. The world is currently in a transition to low carbon emissions and many countries are or have launched carbon tax/carbon trading programs to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency.

Many technologies, including cryocondensation, liquid absorption, solid adsorption and membrane processes, have been developed and used in response to various gas separation/purification needs, but they all have their own advantages and disadvantages. Pressure swing adsorption/vacuum pressure swing adsorption technology (PSA/VSA), due to its recognized energy consumption advantages and compact material handling processes, has been used in many cases in different forms. When these cyclic adsorption techniques are used, they contain CH₄、CO₂And other gases through a fixed/moving bed packed with adsorbent material₄/CO₂Nitrogen gas (N)₂) Water (H)₂O) and the like onto the adsorbent. The carbon or hydrocarbon rich gas is produced by a depressurization process while producing an H-rich gas at the other end of the adsorption column₂A gas. In these gas separation processes, the separation is typically started after the tail gas has been pressurized to a high pressure of 8-24 bar gauge using a multi-stage compressor. High pressure PSA systems are commonly used to recover/remove gases containing carbon components.

In addition, some other process schemes also use the tail gas of a high pressure water gas shift reactor as the feed gas in a high pressure PSA system to obtain H-rich₂The tail gas is stripped of the carbon or hydrocarbon containing gas prior to being sent to a standard hydrogen PSA plant to produce high purity hydrogen. For example, U.S. patent application US 2010/0287981A 1 describes H in a steam reforming system₂And CO₂And (5) a recovery treatment process. The target gas in this invention is the water gas shift output. Use of conventional Hydrogen PSA for H₂After recovery, the tail gas is compressed toAfter a certain pressure, the mixture is sent to a PSA system and/or a membrane system for recovering the carbon-containing or hydrocarbon-containing components. However, no examples are disclosed in this invention, nor are specific procedures (cycles) or detailed performance characterizations disclosed. Likewise, in U.S. patent application US 2008/0072752A 1, a VPSA and PSA based process scheme is used to separate CO₂And H₂. The process target of these prior art processes is the effluent gas after the water gas shift reaction.

The company DIMER in Australian patent AU2016201267 invented a high-efficiency VSA/PSA coupling technology to simultaneously capture carbon dioxide and separate and purify hydrogen from the tail gas of a methane steam reforming hydrogen production system of petrochemical refinery process, wherein the tail gas mainly contains about 31% of hydrogen and 49.8% of carbon dioxide. The technology can simultaneously produce CO with the purity of 96-99 percent₂And 99.99% of high-purity H₂。

US patent application US2011/0011128 a1 describes a process for recovering carbon dioxide and hydrogen from a steam reforming unit. Co-feed/CO-purge used in PSA units to produce high concentrations of CO₂While producing high purity H₂And (5) producing the product. In addition, this patent application also introduces conceptual CO₂And (5) purifying.

The Chinese patent ZL00132036.X of Haohua chemical engineering science and technology group GmbH uses VPSA technology to separate and recover hydrogen and methane in coke oven gas. Such coke oven gas typically contains (in volume percent) about 50% H₂、26% CH₄And other gaseous impurities. According to the technology, high-hydrocarbon impurities are removed by a separation process of compressing raw material gas to an absolute pressure of 1-1.6 MPa and then coupling with VPSA, methane gas is analyzed, and hydrogen is purified at the same time. In the case of coke oven gas, the process claims to be able to recover more than 85% of the H₂And over 95% methane.

U.S. patent application No. 2010/0098601A 1 describes the recovery of H from a mixture of hydrogen and methane, especially in natural gas₂、CH₄And a method for removing carbon dioxide.

Us patent 7695545B 2 describes a PSA process for separating hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing 5-50% gas. The process adopts periodic pressure distribution of multiple adsorption towers for gas separation. The process comprises an adsorption step, at least two pressure equalization steps (gas withdrawal), a provide purge step, a reverse release step, a purge step, at least one pressure equalization step (gas introduction) and a repressurization step.

The above prior art generally uses the water gas shift section effluent stream as the feed gas and does not specifically address the treatment of the final off-gas from petrochemical/refinery paraffin olefin recovery processing units (such as C2 systems) and similar industrial units. The final offgas contains a high concentration of carbon or hydrocarbon (e.g., methane), such as about 50%, and saturated water vapor at low temperatures, but the concentration of the carbon or hydrocarbon components is not so high as to be treatable with a simple process. At the same time, the hydrogen concentration is very low (as low as about 30%), compared to the conventional typical hydrogen PSA technology, which requires the feed gas to contain more than 70% hydrogen. Furthermore, the pressure of the feed gas from the tail gas of a PSA system in petrochemicals/refineries and the like is low (about 5-600kPa gauge), whereas the existing PSA technology is directed to carbon-or hydrocarbon-containing H₂In the case of (2), pressure is usually required>Absolute pressure 8 bar. At the same time, the purity of the separated gas needs to be achieved in order to obtain a high commercial value of the separated gas product>92％CH₄And 99.9% H₂High quality of the product. As mentioned above, the prior art has proposed only a few surface concepts and does not disclose a specific hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption (H)₂PSA) and methane-vacuum pressure swing adsorption (CH)₄VSA) hybrid recovery system to simultaneously achieve high purity hydrogen and high purity methane from the off-gas of petrochemical/refinery alkane olefin recovery processing units (such as C2 systems) and similar industrial units.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of recovering high purity hydrogen gas and high purity hydrocarbon gas simultaneously from petrochemical exhaust gas with low energy and generating higher calorific value gas.

The utility model provides a device for simultaneously recovering a plurality of gases such as hydrogen, methane and the like from petrochemical exhaust tail gas, which is a vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device, the device comprises a vacuum pressure swing adsorption device for separating hydrocarbon gas product gas from the tail gas and generating intermediate gas poor in hydrocarbon and rich in hydrogen gas, and a pressure swing adsorption device for separating the hydrogen product gas from the intermediate gas, wherein,

the hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption apparatus comprises: the system comprises a tail gas buffer tank, a vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower, a first program control valve group, a vacuum pump and a first pipeline system; the first program control valve group comprises a first air inlet valve, a first exhaust valve, a first tower top valve and a first tower bottom valve; the first pipeline system comprises a tail gas pipeline, an intermediate gas discharge pipeline, a first communication pipeline, a first waste gas pipeline and a hydrocarbon product gas pipeline; a first adsorbent is placed in the adsorption tower of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device, and the bottom of the adsorption tower of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device is provided with a first splitter plate;

the hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption apparatus comprises: the system comprises an intermediate gas compressor, an intermediate gas buffer tank, a pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower, a second program control valve group and a second pipeline system; the second program control valve group comprises a second air inlet valve, a second exhaust valve, a second tower top valve and a second tower bottom valve; the second pipeline system comprises an intermediate gas inlet pipeline, a second waste gas pipeline and a hydrogen product gas pipeline; a second adsorbent is placed in the adsorption tower of the pressure swing adsorption device, and a second splitter plate is arranged at the bottom of the adsorption tower of the pressure swing adsorption device;

in the hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption device, one end of the tail gas buffer tank is connected with a tail gas pipeline, and the other end of the tail gas buffer tank is connected with the bottom of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower through the first air inlet valve, so that the tail gas enters the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower from the tail gas buffer tank through the bottom of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower in the feeding adsorption step; the top of each vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower is connected with the intermediate gas buffer tank through the intermediate gas discharge pipeline, the first exhaust valve and the intermediate gas compressor, and is used for recovering intermediate gas and equalizing the pressure in the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers in a concurrent decompression step or a countercurrent pressurization step; the tops of the adsorption towers of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption devices are communicated with each other through the first tower top valve, gas among the adsorption towers of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption devices flows mutually by controlling the first tower top valve, the gas is used for balancing the pressure among the adsorption towers of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption devices in a downstream pressure reduction step and a countercurrent pressurization step, and the pressure of the adsorption towers of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption devices is increased in a repressurization step; the bottom of each vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower is communicated with the hydrocarbon product gas pipeline through the first tower bottom valve and the vacuum pump, the vacuum pump is used for recovering the hydrocarbon product gas in the desorption step, and in the light reflux step, the gas which is poor in hydrocarbon and rich in hydrogen enters the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower through the top of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower under the action of the vacuum pump;

in the hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption device, one end of the intermediate gas compressor is connected with the intermediate gas discharge pipeline, and the other end of the intermediate gas compressor is connected with the intermediate gas buffer tank; one end of the intermediate gas buffer tank is connected with the intermediate gas compressor, and the other end of the intermediate gas buffer tank is connected with the bottom of the pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower through the second air inlet valve; the top of each pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower is connected with a hydrogen product gas pipeline through the second exhaust valve and is communicated with other pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers through the second overhead valve; the bottom of each pressure swing adsorption device adsorption tower is connected with the intermediate gas buffer tank through the second air inlet valve and communicated with the second waste gas pipeline through the second tower bottom valve.

Preferably, the first adsorbent is selected from one of activated carbon, activated alumina, zeolite a, zeolite X, zeolite Y, metal organic framework material, silica gel, or a combination thereof.

Preferably, the hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit comprises more than two vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit adsorption towers filled with the first adsorbent, and the vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit adsorption towers are circularly operated in a coupling mode; the hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption device comprises more than four pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers filled with the second adsorbent, and the pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers circularly operate in a coupling mode.

Preferably, the apparatus of the present invention does not include a compressor for compressing the tail gas.

Preferably, the device of the present invention is a skid-mounted apparatus, comprising a skid block and a vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device distributed in the skid block, the device comprising a vacuum pressure swing adsorption device for separating hydrocarbon gas product gas from tail gas and producing an intermediate gas lean in hydrocarbon hydrogen-rich gas, and a pressure swing adsorption device for separating hydrogen product gas from the intermediate gas, wherein,

Preferably, the skid is a container.

Preferably, the apparatus of the present invention comprises an automatic control system.

More preferably, the automatic control system is a programmable logic controller with a communication mode or a distributed control system with a communication mode.

The vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device of the utility model is used for recovering hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen from the tail gas of petrochemical hydrogen, the purity of the obtained hydrocarbon gas can reach the international standard, and the hydrocarbon gas can be supplied to the factory for use and can also be further directly sold in the market outside the factory; the purity of the obtained hydrogen can reach 99.99 percent, the recovery rate of the hydrogen with the purity is more than 83 percent, and compared with direct combustion, the recovered hydrogen obviously improves the overall comprehensive hydrogen production efficiency of enterprises (the overall recovery is increased by 8 to 10 percent) and can generate great economic value; higher heating value fuel gas is also obtained, for example up to 8200 kcal/Nm³Such higher heating value streams (primarily methane and other hydrocarbon gases) may also be used as fuel for a methane steam reforming system or other systems requiring energy injection. The utility model discloses utilize vacuum potential technology to avoid compressing the required energy of tail gas among the conventional tail gas treatment technology, saved the energy consumption greatly. On the other hand, the utility model discloses a device is sled dress formula equipment, and it is big to have solved general pressure swing adsorption equipment area effectively, the defect of transportation, removal difficulty. Remote/wireless operation and control operations can also be implemented in devices with automatic control systems.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic process flow block diagram using one embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design for a CHx-VSA unit using one embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an embodiment of an apparatus using the present invention₂Schematic diagram of the adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design of the PSA unit.

Detailed Description

The device of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings, without however limiting the scope of the invention to the specific embodiments described.

Throughout this specification, the term "high purity gas stream" means a gas stream containing at least 90% by volume of H₂Or hydrocarbons, more strictly speaking volume or molar ratio>92% or even>99% airflow.

Throughout this specification, the terms "column" and "bed" are used synonymously.

Throughout the specification, the "cocurrent" direction means the same direction as the flow direction of the feed gas, i.e., the direction from the bottom of the adsorption column toward the top of the column; the "upstream" direction is the opposite direction to the "downstream" direction.

Be applicable to the utility model discloses the petrochemical industry discharge tail gas in contain the volume percent of hydrogen be 28-55%, the gaseous volume percent of hydrocarbon is 30% -56% in the tail gas, be applicable to the utility model discloses the gaseous hydrocarbon includes methane (CH) in the tail gas of device₄) Ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, propyne, butane, butene, propyne, and the like. In addition, tail gases suitable for use in the present invention may also contain any one or more components other than hydrogen and hydrocarbon gases, such as oxygen (O)₂) Nitrogen (N)₂) Carbon monoxide (CO)₂) Carbon dioxide (CO)₂) And water (H)₂O), and the like. Preferably, the exhaust gas suitable for use in the present invention comprises hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon gases and water. Different tail gases contain different contents of various components, and a representative tail gas is a tail gas of a paraffin and olefin recovery processing device of a petrochemical refinery, such as a C2 hydrocarbon-pressure swing adsorption system (C2-PSA). The pressure range of the petrochemical tail gas is 5-600kPa gauge pressure, and the normal temperature range is40℃。

As shown in figure 1, the vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device for recovering high-purity hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas from petrochemical tail gas comprises a hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption (CHx-VSA) stage and a hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption (H)₂-PSA) stage. The tail gas is subjected to a CHx-VSA stage, which separates and recovers a high purity hydrocarbon gas containing hydrocarbons such as methane, and produces a hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas (also referred to herein as "intermediate gas"). The intermediate gas passes through H₂PSA stage treatment, separation to recover high purity hydrogen and to produce higher heating value fuel gas.

The device of the utility model comprises a CHx-VSA unit and a H₂-a PSA unit. The apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 2 as an example.

The CHx-VSA unit includes: a tail gas buffer tank 31, vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit adsorption towers (VSA adsorption towers) 11 to 14, first program control valve groups 101a to 104e, a vacuum pump 32 and

first pipeline systems

100, 200, 400, 600 and 800. The first programmable valve train includes a

first intake valve

101a, 102a, 103a, 104a, a

first exhaust valve

101e, 102e, 103e, 104e, a first

overhead valve

101c, 102c, 103c, 104c, 101d, 102d, 103d, 104d, and a first

bottom valve

101b, 102b, 103b, 104 b; the first piping system includes a tail gas piping 100, an intermediate gas discharge piping 200, a first communication piping 400, a first exhaust gas piping 600, and a hydrocarbon product gas piping 800.

H₂-the PSA unit comprises: an intermediate gas compressor 34, an intermediate gas buffer tank 35, pressure swing adsorption unit adsorption columns (PSA adsorption columns) 21-28, a second

programmable valve group

201 and 208, and a

second pipeline system

300, 500, 600, 700. The second program control valve group comprises a second air inlet valve 201a, a second exhaust valve 201c, tower

top valves

201d, 201e, 201f and a tower bottom valve 201b (only taking the second program control valve group 201 as an example, the specific settings of 202 and 208 are the same as 201); the second piping system includes an intermediate gas inlet pipe 300, a second exhaust gas pipe 500, and a hydrogen product gas pipe 700.

The tail gas buffer tank 31 in the CHx-VSA unit is used to buffer petrochemical tail gas to avoid incomplete adsorption due to too fast tail gas flow. The vacuum pump 32 is used to lower the pressure in the adsorption column in the desorption step to desorb the hydrocarbon gas adsorbed in the adsorption column from the adsorbent. The VSA adsorption columns have a four-column structure (11, 12, 13, 14, respectively), and each VSA adsorption column has a first intake valve (101 a, 102a, 103a, 104a, respectively), a first exhaust valve (101 e, 102e, 103e, 104e, respectively), two sets of first overhead valves (101 c, 101d, 102c, 102d, 103c, 103d, 104c, 104d, respectively) and a first bottom valve (101 b, 102b, 103b, 104b, respectively). However, the number of VSA adsorption towers of the present invention is not limited to four as shown in fig. 2. The number of the first overhead valves included in each VSA adsorption column is not limited to two as shown in fig. 2, and when the number of VSA adsorption columns in the apparatus is small (for example, two-column structure), the number of the first overhead valves included in each VSA adsorption column may be one, and when the number of VSA adsorption columns in the apparatus is large (for example, eight-column structure), the number of the first overhead valves included in each VSA adsorption column may be three or more. The first overhead valve is used for enabling gas between the VSA adsorption towers to circulate, and the multi-valve structure can reduce loss of the valves and prolong the service life of the device. As shown in fig. 2, the

top valves

101c and 101d of the adsorption column 11, the top valve 101c may be used to perform pressure equalization between the adsorption column 11 and other adsorption columns in the forward flow pressure reduction step or the reverse flow pressure increase step, the top valve 101d may be used to introduce and remove the hydrogen-rich gas poor in hydrocarbon into and from the adsorption column 11 in the light reflux step, the uses of the

top valves

101c and 101d may be interchanged as the case may be, and the

top valves

101c and 101d may also be used alone to perform the above-mentioned uses. A first adsorbent that preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbon gas at an adsorption pressure and temperature is placed in the VSA adsorption column. The bottom of the VSA adsorption tower also contains a first flow divider plate to allow the gas stream entering the VSA adsorption tower to uniformly enter the first adsorbent.

In the following, by taking fig. 2 as an example and referring to fig. 3, the usage of each component of the CHx-VSA unit in operation will be described, wherein the tail gas buffer tank 31 is connected to a tail gas pipeline 100 at one end, and is connected to the bottom of the VSA adsorption tower 11-14 at the other end through the first gas inlet valve 101a, 102a, 103a, 104a, and in the feed adsorption step (taking VSA adsorption tower 11 as an example), the tail gas buffer tank 31 is connected to the bottom of the VSA adsorption tower 11 through the first gas inlet valve 101a, so that the tail gas enters the VSA adsorption tower 11 from the bottom of the VSA adsorption tower 11, and hydrocarbons are adsorbed by the first adsorbent in the VSA adsorption tower 11, and the tail gas is converted into a hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas; the top of each of the VSA adsorption columns 11 to 14 is connected to the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 through the intermediate gas discharge line 200, the first vent valves 101e, 102e, 103e, 104e, and the intermediate gas compressor 34, and is used for recovering intermediate gas and equalizing the pressure in the adsorption columns of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption apparatus in a forward flow depressurization step or a reverse flow pressurization step; the tops of the respective VSA adsorption columns 11 to 14 are communicated with each other through the first overhead valve, and the gases in the VSA adsorption columns 11 to 14 are made to flow into each other by controlling the first overhead valves 101c, 102c, 103c, 104c, 101d, 102d, 103d, and 104 d. For example, in the forward flow pressure reduction step (taking VSA adsorption column 11 as an example), the first air intake valve 101a is closed, the entry of the off gas into the VSA adsorption column 11 is stopped, the first overhead valve 101c at the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 and any one of the other VSA adsorption columns 12 to 14 that are undergoing the light reflux step or the countercurrent pressurization step, for example, the first overhead valve 104c or 104d at the top of the VSA adsorption column 14 are opened, and the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas in the VSA adsorption column 11 is discharged from the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 into the VSA adsorption column 14, so that the pressures of the VSA adsorption column 11 and the VSA adsorption column 14 are equalized; in the countercurrent pressurizing step (taking VSA adsorption column 11 as an example), the first bottom valve 101b at the bottom of the VSA adsorption column 11 is closed, and the pressure of the VSA adsorption column 11 and the pressure of the VSA adsorption column 14 are equalized by maintaining communication between the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 and the top of another VSA adsorption column, for example, the VSA adsorption column 14, which is performing the cocurrent depressurizing step; in the repressurization step (taking the adsorption column 11 as an example), a first overhead valve 101c or 101d at the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 and a first overhead valve 104c or 104d at the top of any of the other VSA adsorption columns 12 to 14 that are undergoing the feed adsorption step are opened in a coupled manner, and the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas is introduced from the VSA adsorption column 14 into the VSA adsorption column 11 to raise the pressure of the adsorption column; the bottom of each of the VSA adsorption columns 11 to 14 is communicated with the hydrocarbon product gas pipeline 800 through the first bottom valves 101b, 102b, 103b, 104b, the vacuum pump 32, and in the desorption step (taking the VSA adsorption column 11 as an example), the first top valve 101c or 101d at the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 is closed, the first bottom valve 101b at the bottom of the VSA adsorption column 11 is opened, the VSA adsorption column 11 is communicated with the hydrocarbon product gas pipeline 800, and then the vacuum pump 32 is opened to recover the hydrocarbon product gas; in the light reflux step (taking VSA adsorption column 11 as an example), the VSA adsorption column 11 is kept in communication with the vacuum pump 32, and the first overhead valve 101c or 101d at the top of the VSA adsorption column 11 and the overhead valve 104c or 104d at the top of any of the other VSA adsorption columns 11 to 14 in which the cocurrent depressurization step is performed, for example, at the top of the VSA adsorption column 14, are opened to allow the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas discharged from the inside of the VSA adsorption column 14 to enter the VSA adsorption column 11.

H₂An intermediate gas compressor 34 in the PSA unit for compressing the intermediate gas to feed H₂The intermediate hydrogen-rich gas of the PSA unit has a pressure such as to increase the recovery purity and recovery rate of the hydrogen. The intermediate gas buffer tank 33 is used to buffer the intermediate gas to avoid incomplete adsorption due to too fast intermediate gas flow. The Pressure Swing (PSA) adsorption column has an eight-column structure (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, respectively), and each PSA adsorption column has a second intake valve (203 a (taking the adsorption column 21 as an example)), a second exhaust valve (201 c (taking the adsorption column 21 as an example)), three sets of second overhead valves (201 d, 201e, 201f (taking the adsorption column 21 as an example)), and a second bottom valve (201 b (taking the adsorption column 21 as an example)). However, the number of PSA adsorption columns of the present invention is not limited to eight as shown in fig. 2. The number of second overhead valves included in each PSA adsorption column is not limited to three as shown in fig. 2, and when the number of PSA adsorption columns in the apparatus is small (for example, four-column structure), the number of second overhead valves included in each PSA adsorption column may be two, and when the number of PSA adsorption columns in the apparatus is large (for example, ten-column structure), the number of second overhead valves included in each PSA adsorption column may be four or more. The function of the PSA overhead valve is to make the gas between PSA adsorption towersCirculation, the loss of valve can be reduced to many valve structures, the life of extension device. H₂-a second adsorbent is placed in the PSA adsorption column that preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbons at adsorption pressure and temperature. The bottom of the PSA adsorption column also contains a second splitter plate to enable the gas stream entering the PSA adsorption column to uniformly enter the second adsorbent.

Taking FIG. 2 as an example, and combining FIG. 4 with H₂The use of the components of the PSA unit in operation, H₂In the PSA unit, the intermediate gas compressor 34 is connected at one end to the intermediate gas discharge conduit 200 and at the other end to the intermediate gas buffer tank 33; one end of the intermediate gas buffer tank 33 is connected with the intermediate gas compressor 34, and the other end is connected with the bottoms of the PSA adsorption towers 21-28 through a second gas inlet valve 201 a; the top of each PSA adsorption column 21-28 is connected to a hydrogen product gas pipeline 700 through the second vent valve 201c, and is communicated with other PSA adsorption columns 21-28 through the second

overhead valves

201d, 201e, 201 f; the bottom of each of the PSA adsorption columns 21 to 28 is connected to the intermediate gas buffer tank 33 through the second gas inlet valve 201a, and is connected to the second off-gas line 500 through the second bottom valve 201 b. In the feed adsorption step (taking the PSA adsorption tower 21 as an example), the intermediate gas buffer tank 33 is connected to the bottom of the PSA adsorption tower 21 through the second gas inlet valve 201a, so that the intermediate gas enters the PSA adsorption tower 21 from the bottom of the PSA adsorption tower 21, hydrocarbons are adsorbed by the adsorbent in the PSA adsorption tower 21, and the intermediate gas is converted into a hydrogen product gas; in the forward flow pressure reduction step (taking PSA adsorption column 21 as an example), the second gas inlet valve 201a is closed, the introduction of the intermediate gas into the PSA adsorption column 21 is stopped, the second overhead valves 201d, 201e, 201f at the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 and any of the other PSA adsorption columns 22 to 28 that have just completed the desorption evacuation step or are to be subjected to the countercurrent pressurization step or the repressurization step, for example, the second overhead valve at the top of the PSA adsorption column 28 are opened, and the hydrogen product gas in the PSA adsorption column 21 is discharged from the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 into the PSA adsorption column 28, so that the pressures of the PSA adsorption column 21 and the PSA adsorption column 28 are equalized; in the desorption emptying step (taking the adsorption tower 21 as an example), the top of the PSA adsorption tower 21 is connectedThe second top valves 201d, 201e, and 201f are closed, the second bottom valve 201b at the bottom of the PSA adsorption column 21 is opened, the PSA adsorption column 21 is connected to a low-pressure waste gas tank (not shown), the pressure of the PSA adsorption column 21 is reduced, and the hydrogen-depleted waste gas is recovered; in the countercurrent pressurization step (PSA takes the adsorption column 21 as an example), the second bottom valve 201b at the bottom of the PSA adsorption column 21 is closed, and the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 and the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 28 are equalized by maintaining communication between the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 and any of the other PSA adsorption columns 22 to 28, for example, the top of the PSA adsorption column 28, in which the cocurrent depressurization step is performed; in the repressurization step (taking PSA adsorption column 21 as an example), the second overhead valves 201d, 201e, 201f at the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 are closed, and the second vent valve 201c or the second overhead valves 201d, 201e, 201f at the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 are opened, so that the hydrogen product gas enters the PSA adsorption column 21 from the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 to raise the pressure of the PSA adsorption column 21.

The utility model discloses each program control valve accessible automatic control system carries out long-range/wireless control among the device.

The vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device of the utility model is distributed in a prying block (not shown in the figure) to form a prying type device. The "skid block" of the present invention refers to any structure suitable for packaging the vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated device, such as a container capable of being transported by a transportation method such as a truck, a train, a cargo ship or an airplane. The container is provided with a pipeline inlet and a pipeline outlet for inputting tail gas and outputting product gas and waste gas. The skid-mounted equipment provides a modularized, integrated and movable gas separation device, and has the advantages of compact equipment, small occupied area, convenience in movement, convenience in operation and maintenance and the like.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device of the present invention includes an automatic control system, such as a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) with a communication mode or a Distributed Control System (DCS) with a communication mode, at which point the device of the present invention can operate and control remotely/wirelessly. The technical personnel in the field can be according to the requirement of gas separation to the utility model discloses the device carries out long-range/wireless control through automatic control system.

The CHx-VSA stage processes the tail gas feed gas through a vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit, as shown in fig. 3, the CHx-VSA stage may include the following steps (taking VSA adsorption column 11 as an example):

feed adsorption step (off-gas injection pressurization (RF) and Adsorption (AD)): the feed gas is injected into the VSA adsorption column 11 through a programmable valve (first inlet valve 101 a) at the bottom of the VSA adsorption column 11 without further compression of the tail gas feed gas, at a pressure in the range of 0.05 to 6 bar gauge, typically 0.30 to 0.40 kPa gauge, at a temperature of less than 60 c, more suitably 10 to 50 c, more suitably 40 c. VSA adsorption column 11 contains at least one adsorbent that preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbons at feed pressures and temperatures, and these adsorbents may include one or more of the following: activated carbon, activated alumina, zeolites (zeolite a, zeolite X, zeolite Y, etc.), metal organic framework materials, silica gel, or any solid particulate material that selectively adsorbs hydrocarbons over non-hydrocarbons. In addition, adsorbents such as zeolites or activated alumina or silica gel can also adsorb water from the gas stream. In consideration of high humidity of the off-gas and other trace impurities, a multi-layer adsorbent may be disposed in the VSA adsorption column 11 of the CHx-VSA stage to achieve a better separation effect. The raw material gas passes through the VSA adsorption tower 11 from bottom to top, most of hydrocarbon in the raw material gas is adsorbed by the adsorbent in the gas flowing process, and the raw material gas is converted into a gas which is poor in hydrocarbon and rich in hydrogen and is then discharged from the top of the adsorption tower. The discharged hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas may: discharged to the intermediate gas surge tank 35 to be sent downstream H₂-PSA for further processing; into any one of the VSA adsorption columns 12-14, which will be subjected to a light reflux step, to be used as a light reflux gas to push out the remaining hydrocarbons in the adsorbent voids and on the adsorbent, thereby improving the recovery of hydrocarbons; into any one of the other VSA adsorption columns 12-14 that will undergo a counter-current pressurization step or a repressurization step to increase the pressure within the VSA adsorption column. In the feed adsorption stage, the pressure drop at the bottom and top of the VSA adsorption column 11 is in the range of<50 kPa。

The first cocurrent depressurization step (cocurrent pressure equalization 1 (PE 1)): the feed adsorption step is followed by one or more co-current depressurization steps. When the adsorption front of the hydrocarbon gas moves to a certain position of the bed layer, the programmable valve (first air inlet valve 101 a) at the bottom of the VSA adsorption tower 11 is closed to stop the feed gas from entering the VSA adsorption tower 11, and the adsorption is stopped. Communicating with any one of the other VSA adsorption columns 12 to 14, for example, the VSA adsorption column 14, which has just completed the pressure reduction step (for example, which has performed the light reflux step or the countercurrent pressurization step) through the pressure equalization line program control valve (the first

overhead valve

101c, 101 d), and allowing the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas discharged from the VSA adsorption column 11 to enter the VSA adsorption column 14 through the top of the VSA adsorption column 14 to equalize the pressure therebetween, thereby increasing the pressure of the VSA adsorption column 14, which has just completed the pressure reduction step; or a valve (first exhaust valve 101 e) between the VSA adsorption tower 11 and the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 is opened to allow the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas in the VSA adsorption tower 11 to enter the intermediate gas buffer tank 35. This step can achieve the effect of reducing the pressure in the VSA adsorption tower 11 that completes the feed adsorption process, so that the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas remaining in the VSA adsorption tower 11 is discharged out of the VSA adsorption tower 11, and other gas components other than hydrocarbons remaining in the adsorbent are released, thereby increasing the concentration of the hydrocarbon gas in the hydrocarbon product gas. And a small amount of hydrocarbon gas in the hydrocarbon-poor hydrogen-rich gas recirculated into the vacuum pressure swing device can be further adsorbed, improving the recovery rate of the hydrocarbon gas. Through the first cocurrent depressurization step, the hydrocarbon gas adsorbed in the adsorbent is gradually desorbed as the pressure in the VSA adsorption column 11 decreases. The cocurrent depressurization step may be carried out once or more times depending on the change of the pressure in the VSA adsorption column 11 until the pressure in the VSA adsorption column 11 reaches a certain value.

The first cocurrent depressurization step is followed by a second cocurrent depressurization step (cocurrent pressure equalization 2 (PE 2)). The communication between the VSA adsorption tower 11 and the VSA adsorption tower 14 or the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 which has just completed the pressure reduction step (e.g., the light reflux step or the countercurrent pressurization step) is closed, and the communication between the VSA adsorption tower 11 and the VSA adsorption tower 14 or the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 which has just completed the pressure reduction step (e.g., the light reflux step or the countercurrent pressurization step) is communicated with any one of the other VSA adsorption towers 12 to 13 which has just completed the cocurrent pressure reduction or desorption step (e.g., the light reflux step or the countercurrent pressurization step) through a pressure equalization line program control valve (first overhead valve 101c, 101 d), for example, the overhead of the VSA adsorption tower 12 or the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 (when the VSA adsorption tower 11 and the intermediate gas buffer tank are in the first cocurrent pressure reduction step and the VSA adsorption tower 11 is not in the intermediate gas buffer tank), and the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-enriched gas discharged from the VSA adsorption tower 11 is introduced into the VSA adsorption tower 12, thereby increasing the pressure of the VSA adsorption column 12 immediately after the pressure-reducing step; or the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas in the adsorption tower VSA adsorption tower 11 is caused to enter the intermediate gas buffer tank 35. When the VSA adsorption tower 11 is in communication with the VSA adsorption tower 12, which is performing the light reflux step, the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas serves as a purge gas to push out residual hydrocarbons on the adsorbent voids and adsorbent, improving the recovery of the hydrocarbon product gas.

Desorption step (desorption evacuation (DP) and evacuation desorption (V)): the VSA adsorption column 11 is closed and connected to the top of another VSA adsorption column 12 or an intermediate gas buffer tank 35 which has just completed a pressure reduction step (e.g., a light reflux step or a countercurrent pressurization step), a programmable valve (first bottom valve 101 b) at the bottom of the VSA adsorption column 11 is opened, and then the vacuum pump 32 is opened. As the pressure in the VSA adsorption tower 11 decreases, the adsorbed hydrocarbon gas is desorbed from the adsorbent, and the desorbed hydrocarbon gas enters a hydrocarbon product gas tank (not shown). The direction of flow of the gas in the desorption step is the counter-current direction of the feed gas. The pressure in the desorption step VSA adsorption column 11 is 10 to 50 kPa absolute.

Light reflux step (counter current pressure equalization 1 (RPE 1)): the VSA adsorption tower 11 is kept in communication with a vacuum pump 32, the top of the VSA adsorption tower 11 is communicated with an intermediate gas buffer tank 35 or with any one of the other VSA adsorption towers 12 to 14 that perform the first or second cocurrent depressurization step, for example, the top of the VSA adsorption tower 13, and the hydrocarbon-lean but hydrogen-rich gas in the intermediate gas buffer tank 35 or discharged from the VSA adsorption tower 13 enters the VSA adsorption tower 11 through the top of the VSA adsorption tower 11. Since the vacuum pump 32 is kept in operation all the time, the VSA adsorption tower 11 is kept at a certain vacuum pressure, and the flow rate of the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas entering the VSA adsorption tower 11 from the top is large and the mobility is good, which helps push out the residual hydrocarbons in the adsorbent voids and on the adsorbent. The hydrocarbons that are further desorbed by the adsorbent are driven by the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas by the vacuum pump 32 into a hydrocarbon product gas tank (not shown). Recovery of the hydrocarbon product gas can be further enhanced by a light reflux step.

Counter-current pressurization step (counter-current pressure equalization 2 (PE 2)): the light reflux step is followed by one or more countercurrent pressurization steps that are complementary to the cocurrent depressurization step. The VSA adsorption column 11 is closed from the vacuum pump 32, the VSA adsorption column 11 is connected to the top of any one of the other VSA adsorption columns 12 to 14 which has just completed the feed adsorption step, for example, the VSA adsorption column 14, and the hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas discharged from the VSA adsorption column 14 through the cocurrent depressurization step is introduced into the VSA adsorption column 11 through the top thereof, and the pressures of both are equalized to raise the pressure in the VSA adsorption column 11. The countercurrent pressurizing step may be performed one or more times depending on the pressure change in the VSA adsorption column 11 until the pressure in the VSA adsorption column 11 reaches a certain value.

Repressurization step (RP): the step is a pressurization step before feeding of the VSA adsorption tower 11, and can be realized by two ways: firstly, raw material gas pressurization is carried out, namely, only a program control valve (a first air inlet valve 101 a) at the bottom of the VSA adsorption tower 11 is opened to introduce the raw material gas for pressurization; the second step is to pressurize the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas by introducing the hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas from a waste gas tank (not shown) or other VSA adsorption tower 12-14 performing the feed adsorption step by opening only a programmable valve (first exhaust valve 101e or first

overhead valve

101c or 101 d) at the top of the VSA adsorption tower 11. Through the repressurization step, the pressure in the VSA adsorption tower 11 reaches a certain value, so that the phenomenon that the long-term stable operation of the system is influenced due to the abrasion consumption of an adsorbent caused by the fluidization of an adsorption layer due to overlarge pressure difference during the next feeding is prevented.

The VSA adsorption column 11 having completed the repressurization step is returned to the feed adsorption step, and the above steps are repeated to perform adsorption.

These steps are alternately and cyclically repeated among a plurality of adsorption towers of the vacuum pressure swing adsorption device. The above steps may be performed in the order of operations as shown in fig. 3.

The utility model discloses a CHx-VSA unit needs two at least to be filled with the adsorption tower of the adsorbent that preferentially adsorbs hydrocarbon gas under adsorption pressure and temperature, and the number of adsorption tower also can be for three towers or above, and each adsorption tower is with coupling mode circulation. The skilled person can set the number of adsorption towers and the coupling operation according to the actual need according to the spirit of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the ratio of the duration of the feed adsorption step to the duration of the first co-current depressurization step or counter-current pressurization step is between 3:1 and 3: 2; the ratio of the duration of the light reflux step to the duration of the repressurization step is 1: 6-1: 8. With the above arrangement, the purity and recovery rate of the hydrocarbon gas can be improved.

In one embodiment, the CHx-VSA stage may also include a hydrocarbon product purge step to increase the purity of the hydrocarbons. In this step, the hydrocarbon product gas is returned from the hydrocarbon product tank to the adsorption column from the bottom of the adsorption column in a countercurrent manner, the hydrocarbon product gas is re-adsorbed to the adsorbent, and other gas components other than hydrocarbons remaining in the adsorbent are released, thereby increasing the concentration of hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon product gas and increasing the purity of hydrocarbons. The resulting hydrocarbon-lean hydrogen-rich gas can be sent to an intermediate gas collection tank or to an adsorption column that will undergo a light reflux step or a counter-current pressurization step. The hydrocarbon purge step may be disposed, for example, between the first and second co-current depressurization steps. At this time, after the first cocurrent depressurization step (taking the VSA adsorption column 11 as an example), the connection between the VSA adsorption column 11 and any one of the other adsorption columns 12 to 14, for example, the VSA adsorption column 14 or the intermediate gas collection tank 35 is closed, and the first bottom valve 101b at the bottom of the VSA adsorption column 11 is opened to communicate with the hydrocarbon product gas tank (not shown).

In one embodiment of the hydrocarbon-containing product gas sweep step, the ratio of the duration of the feed adsorption step to the duration of the first co-current depressurization step or counter-current pressurization step is between 3:1 and 3: 2; the ratio of the duration time of the hydrocarbon gas product gas purging step to the duration time of the desorption step is 1: 4-1: 8; the ratio of the duration of the light reflux step to the duration of the repressurization step is 1: 6-1: 8. With the above arrangement, the purity and recovery rate of the hydrocarbon gas can be improved.

In one embodiment, the adsorbent is preferably activated alumina, silica gel or activated carbon, zeolite A or X, or the like in a volume ratio of 1 (4-8) to (1-3). By using the adsorbent in the above ratio, the recovery rate of hydrocarbon gas can be significantly improved, and the improvement of the recovery rate of hydrocarbon gas is favorable for the purity of hydrogen in the intermediate gas of the lean hydrocarbon hydrogen-rich gas, and is further favorable for improving the recovery rate and purity of the hydrogen product gas.

The hydrocarbon-poor hydrogen-rich gas produced in the CHx-VSA stage contains most of the hydrogen and a small part of the hydrocarbon gas which is not adsorbed by the CHx-VSA stage, and the purity of the hydrogen in the intermediate gas is 88% -99%. The lean hydrocarbon intermediate gas is pressurized and compressed by a compressor to a pressure of 10-24 bar gauge, and then H is carried out₂-a PSA stage for further processing to separate and recover a hydrogen product gas and a higher heating value fuel gas. Vacuum pressure swing adsorption device and H in CHx-VSA stage₂The pressure swing adsorption units of the PSA stage are arranged in series.

H₂the-PSA stage may be carried out using pressure swing adsorption techniques known in the art for the production of hydrogen, such as the pressure swing adsorption process techniques disclosed in us patent 7,695,545B 2. In the utility model, H₂PSA stage the intermediate gas is treated by a pressure swing adsorption unit, as shown in FIG. 4, H₂The PSA stage may comprise the following steps (taking PSA adsorption column 21 as an example):

feed adsorption step (AD): the intermediate gas is injected into the PSA adsorption tower 21 through a programmable valve (a second air inlet valve 203 a) at the bottom of the PSA adsorption tower 21, wherein the pressure range of the intermediate gas is 10-24 bar gauge pressure, and the normal temperature is 40 ℃. The PSA adsorption column 21 contains at least one adsorbent that preferentially adsorbs the adsorbable gas at the feed pressure and temperature to convert the intermediate gas to a hydrogen product gas (which is non-adsorbable) gas stream. Adsorbable gas refers to one or more gases in the intermediate gas other than hydrogen. The intermediate gas passes through the PSA adsorption tower 21 from bottom to top, most of the adsorbable gas in the intermediate gas is adsorbed by the adsorbent in the gas flowing process, and the intermediate gas is converted into hydrogen product gas and discharged from the top of the PSA adsorption tower 21. The hydrogen product gas exiting this step may be vented to a hydrogen product tank (not shown) or to another PSA adsorption column 21 that performs a counter-current pressurization step, a repressurization step.

The first cocurrent depressurization step (cocurrent pressure equalization 1 (PE 1)): the feed adsorption step is followed by one or more co-current depressurization steps. When the adsorption front of the adsorbable gas moves to a certain position of the bed, the programmable valve (the second air inlet valve 203 a) at the bottom of the PSA adsorption tower 21 is closed to stop the intermediate gas from entering the PSA adsorption tower 21, and the adsorption is stopped. The program control valves (second

overhead valves

201d, 201e, 201 f) at the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 are opened, and the valve is communicated with any of the other PSA adsorption columns 22 to 28, for example, the PSA adsorption column 28, which performs the countercurrent pressurization step or the repressurization step, and the hydrogen-rich gas discharged from the PSA adsorption column 21 is introduced into the other PSA adsorption column 28 through the top of the other PSA adsorption column 28, so that the pressures of the two are equalized, thereby increasing the pressure of the other PSA adsorption column 28. The adsorption pressure is reduced by at least one first cocurrent depressurization. The adsorbable gas is further concentrated in the column. The forward flow depressurization step may be carried out one or more times (forward flow equalization 2 (PE 2) -forward flow equalization 6 (PE 6)) depending on the pressure change in the PSA adsorption column 21 until the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 reaches a certain value.

The first forward depressurization step is followed by a plurality of forward depressurization steps (forward pressure equalization 2 (PE 2) -forward pressure equalization 6 (PE 6)). The communication between the PSA adsorption column 21 and the other PSA adsorption column 28 that has been subjected to the countercurrent pressurization step or the repressurization step is closed, and the PSA adsorption column 21 is connected to any one of the PSA adsorption columns 22 to 27, for example, the top of 27, that has been subjected to the countercurrent pressurization step or the repressurization step through a pressure equalization line program control valve (second

overhead valves

201d, 201e, 201 f), and the hydrogen product gas discharged from the PSA adsorption column 21 is introduced into the PSA adsorption column 27 through the top of the PSA adsorption column 27, and the pressure of the other PSA adsorption column 27 is equalized.

Desorption evacuation step (DP): closing the connection of the PSA adsorption tower 21 and other PSA adsorption towers 22-28 in the cocurrent depressurization step, connecting the PSA adsorption tower 21 with a low-pressure waste gas tank (not shown), reducing the pressure of the PSA adsorption tower 21, desorbing the adsorbed gas from the adsorbent along with the reduction of the pressure in the PSA adsorption tower 21, and introducing the desorbed gas into the waste gas tank (not shown) to obtain the higher heating value fuel gas, mainly methane and other hydrocarbons.

First countercurrent pressurization step (countercurrent pressure equalization 1 (RPE 1)): the desorption evacuation step is followed by one or more counter-current pressurization steps. The connection of the PSA adsorption column 21 to the low-pressure off-gas tank (not shown) is closed, the PSA adsorption column 21 is connected to the top of any of the other PSA adsorption columns 22 to 28 that perform the cocurrent depressurization step, for example, the PSA adsorption column 22, and the hydrogen product gas discharged from the PSA adsorption column 22 through the cocurrent depressurization step is introduced into the PSA adsorption column 21 through the top thereof, and the pressures of both are equalized to raise the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21. The countercurrent pressurization step may be carried out once or more (countercurrent pressure equalization 2 (RPE 2) — countercurrent pressure equalization 6 (RPE 6)) depending on the change in the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 until the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 reaches a certain value.

The first countercurrent pressurization step is followed by a plurality of countercurrent pressurization steps (countercurrent pressure equalization 2 (RPE 2) — countercurrent pressure equalization 6 (RPE 6)), the PSA adsorption column 21 is closed to communicate with the top of the PSA adsorption column 22 that has been subjected to the cocurrent depressurization step, the PSA adsorption column 21 is communicated with any of the other PSA adsorption columns 23 to 28 that have been subjected to the cocurrent depressurization step, for example, the top of the PSA adsorption column 23, and the hydrogen product gas discharged from the cocurrent depressurization step in the PSA adsorption column 23 enters the PSA adsorption column 21 through the top thereof, and the pressures of both are equalized to increase the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21. The pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 is increased in a countercurrent manner until the pressure in the PSA adsorption column 21 reaches a predetermined value.

Then carrying out H enrichment₂Gas pressurization (re-pressurization (RP)), that is, only opening the program control valve (second exhaust valve 201 c) at the top of the PSA adsorption tower 21 to introduce the hydrogen product gas from the hydrogen product gas tank (not shown) or any one of the other PSA adsorption towers 22-28 performing the downstream depressurization step for pressurization until the pressure is equalized, thereby completing one complete cycle of the tower; and then enters the next cycle period.

The PSA adsorption column 21, which has completed the pressurization step, returns to the feed adsorption step, and repeats the above steps for adsorption and desorption. These steps are alternately and cyclically repeated among a plurality of adsorption towers of the pressure swing adsorption device. The above steps may be performed in the order of operations as shown in fig. 4.

The utility model discloses a device needs four PSA adsorption towers that are filled with the adsorbent at least, and the number of adsorption tower also can be six towers or above, and each adsorption tower is with coupling mode circulation. The skilled person can set the number of adsorption towers and the coupling operation according to the actual need according to the spirit of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, H₂The PSA stage may also comprise a countercurrent purge step. In one embodiment, the adsorption column in which the countercurrent purge step is performed may be in communication with an adsorption column in which the cocurrent depressurization step is performed, in which case the cocurrent depressurization adsorption column is vented to be rich in H₂The gas acts as a purge gas and can help push out the adsorbable gas remaining in the adsorbent voids and on the adsorbent. In one embodiment, the counter-current purge step is between the desorption evacuation and counter-current pressurization steps, in which case, after the desorption evacuation step (taking the PSA adsorption column 21 as an example), the programmable valve (second

overhead valve

201d, 201e, 201 f) at the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 is opened to connect the top of the PSA adsorption column 21 with the hydrogen product tank or feed gas while the waste gas tank kept at low pressure is still connected to the PSA adsorption column 21Any of the other PSA adsorption columns 22-28 that are undergoing a cocurrent depressurization step, for example, the top of the PSA adsorption column 22, are connected and H-rich₂The gas enters the PSA adsorption column 21 through the top of the PSA adsorption column 21.

In an embodiment of the present invention comprising a counter-current purge step, the pressure difference in the adsorption column from the first cocurrent pressure equalization step to the counter-current purge step is Δ P1, the pressure difference in the adsorption column from the counter-current purge step to the desorption evacuation step is Δ P2, Δ P2/Δ P1 is 1.5 or more and less than 5.0, preferably 2.5 or more and less than 5.0, more preferably 4.5.

Examples

Example 1

The hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas are separated and recovered from the tail gas of the Chinese petrochemical C2-PSA device, and the fuel gas with higher heating value is produced.

The tail gas composition of the C2-PSA unit is as follows (the tail gas composition in actual operation tends to have a 10% fluctuation range):

TABLE 1C 2 composition of tail gas emitted from PSA plant

The process flow shown in FIG. 1 was used according to the parameters listed in tables 3 and 4, the apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 was used, the CHx-VSA adsorption column operation and process cycle design shown in FIG. 3, and H shown in FIG. 4₂-PSA adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design to separate said off-gas. The number of the adsorption towers in the CHx-VSA device is 4, the diameter of each adsorption tower in the CHx-VSA device is 30 cm, and the working length of each adsorption tower is 200 cm; h₂The number of adsorption columns in the PSA plant is 8, each H₂The diameter of the adsorption column in the PSA unit is 10 cm and the working length of the column is 300 cm. Each adsorption tower is filled with adsorbents such as activated alumina, silica gel or activated carbon, zeolite A or X and the like in a volume ratio of 1:5: 2.

The purity and recovery of the produced hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen are shown in tables 3 and 4.

Example 2

The hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas are separated and recovered from tail gas of a traditional petrochemical C2-PSA (carbon dioxide-PSA) device system, and higher heating value fuel gas is produced.

The composition of the tail gas in this example is as follows (the tail gas composition in actual operation often has a fluctuation range of 10%):

TABLE 2 Tail gas composition emitted by a C2-PSA-like plant System

The process flow shown in FIG. 1 was used according to the parameters listed in tables 3 and 4, the apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 was used, the CHx-VSA adsorption column operation and process cycle design shown in FIG. 3, and H shown in FIG. 4₂-PSA adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design to separate said off-gas. The number of the adsorption towers in the CHx-VSA device is 4, the diameter of each adsorption tower in the CHx-VSA device is 300 cm, and the working length of each adsorption tower is 360 cm; h₂The number of adsorption columns in the PSA plant is 8, each H₂The diameter of the adsorption column in the PSA unit is 80 cm and the working length of the column is 360 cm. Each adsorption tower is filled with adsorbents such as activated alumina, silica gel or activated carbon, zeolite A or X and the like in a volume ratio of 1:6: 2.

The purity and recovery of the produced hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas are respectively:

hydrocarbon gas purity >86% with recovery 98%; the purity of the intermediate gas hydrogen is 99 percent;

the purity of the final product hydrogen is 99.99%, and the recovery rate is 85%.

TABLE 3 Process parameters and Hydrocarbon (CHx) purity and recovery for an exemplary embodiment CHx-VSA plant

TABLE 4 exemplary embodiment H₂Process parameters of PSA apparatus and H₂Purity and recovery rate of

Comparative example

In this comparative example, the tail gas of example 1 was separated and recovered using the technology and process of the present company's patent AU2016201267 granted in 2016.

The tail gas components treated in this comparative example are shown in table 1, and the CHx-VSA adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design and H were performed according to the process technology in patent AU2016201267₂-PSA adsorption column operating steps and process cycle design to separate said off-gas. The number of the adsorption towers in the CHx-VSA device is 4, the diameter of each adsorption tower in the CHx-VSA device is 30 cm, and the working length of each adsorption tower is 200 cm; h₂The number of adsorption columns in the PSA plant is 8, each H₂The diameter of the adsorption column in the PSA unit is 10 cm and the working length of the column is 300 cm. Each adsorption tower is filled with adsorbents such as activated alumina, silica gel or activated carbon, zeolite A or X and the like in a volume ratio of 0.2:1: 5.

The purity of the hydrocarbon gas produced by the technology and the process is 82 percent, and the recovery rate is 85 percent; the purity of the produced hydrogen is 99%, and the recovery rate is 68%.

In example 1, the hydrocarbon gas purity was greater than 86% with a recovery of 99%; the purity of the produced hydrogen is more than 99.99 percent, and the recovery rate is 85.1 percent.

In example 1, the purity and recovery rate of hydrocarbon gas and the purity and recovery rate of hydrogen gas were greatly improved as compared with those of comparative examples. Through using the utility model discloses a device has obtained hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas of high purity, high rate of recovery from petrochemical industry emission tail gas, is showing hydrogen and the gaseous recovery production efficiency of hydrocarbon that has improved the whole synthesis of enterprise, produces huge economic value and environmental protection benefit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the purity of the produced hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen is determined by an on-line analyzer or an off-line mass spectrometer test. The hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen recovery was calculated as follows:

the CHx gas product gas recovery rate calculation method comprises the following steps:

H₂the calculation method of the product gas recovery rate comprises the following steps:

use the utility model discloses a device produces three kinds of high added value products from the olefin processing apparatus of low value of the petrochemical refinery low value of low value (for example C2 pressure swing adsorption PSA system, C2-PSA promptly) tail gas: high purity hydrogen gas, high purity hydrocarbon gas and higher heating value fuel gas. As can be seen from the examples 1 and 2, the purity of the hydrogen produced by the utility model is more than 99.99 percent, and the recovery rate is more than 85 percent; the purity of CHx gas such as methane and the like is more than 85 percent, and the recovery rate is more than 99 percent.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the example methods, structures, and precise structures shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An apparatus for simultaneously recovering hydrogen and methane gas from petrochemical exhaust tail gas, said apparatus being a vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption complex integrated apparatus, said apparatus comprising a hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption apparatus for separating a hydrocarbon gas product gas from the tail gas and producing a hydrocarbon-depleted hydrogen-rich gas intermediate gas, and a hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption apparatus for separating a hydrogen product gas from said intermediate gas, wherein,

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first adsorbent is selected from one of activated carbon, activated alumina, zeolite a, zeolite X, zeolite Y, metal organic framework material, silica gel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon gas-vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit comprises two or more of said vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit adsorbers packed with said first adsorbent, said vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit adsorbers being operated cyclically in a coupled manner; the hydrogen-pressure swing adsorption device comprises more than four pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers filled with the second adsorbent, and the pressure swing adsorption device adsorption towers circularly operate in a coupling mode.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus does not include a compressor for compressing the tail gas.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a skid-type device comprising a skid block and a vacuum pressure swing adsorption-pressure swing adsorption composite integrated apparatus distributed in the skid block.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the skid is a shipping container.

7. The device of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the device comprises an automated control system.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the automatic control system is a programmable logic controller with a communication mode or a distributed control system with a communication mode.