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• the present invention relates to the removal of acidic compounds in a gaseous effluent.
• the present invention relates to the treatment of acid gases (H 2 S, CO 2 , COS, CS 2 , mercaptans, etc.) by means of an aqueous solution of tertiary amine or sterically hindered, formulated with a primary or secondary amine corresponding to the general formula (I).
• acid gases H 2 S, CO 2 , COS, CS 2 , mercaptans, etc.
• the invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of natural gas and gas of industrial origin.
• gaseous effluents that can be treated is various, and may be mentioned without limitation the synthesis gases, the combustion fumes, the refinery gases, the gases obtained at the bottom of the Claus process, the fermentation gases of biomass, cement gases and blast furnace gases.
• All these gases contain acidic compounds such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), carbon oxysulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and mercaptans (RSH). ), mainly methyl mercaptan (CH 3 SH), ethyl mercaptan (CH 3 CH 2 SH) and propylmercaptans (CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 SH).
• CO 2 is the acid compound that is to be removed.
• carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases largely produced by different human activities and has a direct impact on air pollution.
• natural gas treatment it is possible to capture the CO 2 contained in a gaseous effluent.
• the first step which is deacidification, aims to eliminate acid compounds such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), but also hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S), carbon oxysulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and mercaptans (RSH), mainly methyl mercaptan (CH 3 SH), ethyl mercaptan (CH 3 CH 2 SH) and propyl mercaptans (CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 SH).
• acid compounds such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), but also hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S), carbon oxysulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and mercaptans (RSH), mainly methyl mercaptan (CH 3 SH), ethyl mercaptan (CH 3 CH 2 SH) and propyl mercaptans (CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 SH).
• the generally accepted specifications for the deacidified gas are 2% CO 2 , or 50 ppm CO 2 to subsequently liquefy the natural gas; 4 ppm H 2 S, and 10 to 50 ppm volume of total sulfur.
• the dehydration step then controls the water content of the deacidified gas against transport specifications.
• the degassing stage of natural gas ensures the dew point of hydrocarbons in natural gas, again depending on transport specifications.
• the deacidification is therefore often carried out first, in particular in order to eliminate toxic acid gases such as I 1 H 2 S in the first stage of the process chain and to avoid the pollution of the different unit operations by these acidic compounds. including the dehydration section and the heavier hydrocarbon condensation and separation section.
• Deacidification of gaseous effluents is usually carried out by washing with an absorbent solution.
• the absorbent solution makes it possible to absorb the acidic compounds present in the gaseous effluent.
• acid effluents comprising acidic compounds such as, for example, H 2 S, mercaptans, CO 2 , COS, SO 2 , CS 2
• the use of agents separation with amino functions is interesting because of their performance and ease of implementation in aqueous solution.
• An essential aspect of industrial gas treatment operations or industrial fumes is the absorption step.
• the absorbed CO 2 reacts with the amine present in solution according to a reversible exothermic reaction, well known to those skilled in the art and leading to the formation of hydrogenocarbonates, carbonates and or carbamates, allowing elimination of CO 2 in the gas to be treated.
• I 1 H 2 S for the removal of I 1 H 2 S in the gas to be treated, I 1 H 2 S absorbed reacts with the amine present in solution according to a reversible exothermic reaction, well known to those skilled in the art and leading to the formation of hydrogen sulfide.
• Another essential aspect of industrial gas treatment operations or industrial fumes is the step of regeneration of the separating agent.
• regeneration by expansion, and / or distillation and / or entrainment by a vaporized gas called "stripping gas" is generally envisaged.
• aqueous solutions of tertiary amines are generally preferred by those skilled in the art for the removal of acidic compounds present in a gas, since they generally have a large capacity for capturing acid gases and a high degree of stability.
• tertiary or sterically hindered amines have a slower CO 2 and COS capture kinetics than uncompressed primary or secondary amines.
• Sartori et al, Sep. and Purification Methods, 16 (2), 171-200 have demonstrated the benefits of different hindered amines, either in terms of CO 2 capture capacity for moderately congested amines, or by lowering CO 2 reactivity. for severely congested amines.
• Severely clogged amines, such as tertiary amines have an advantage when CO 2 and COS concentrations are below the desired specifications because their low CO 2 reactivity is used to selectively remove I 1 H 2 S.
• WO 89/11327 proposes mixing the tertiary amines with a primary amine to activate the absorption of CO 2 .
• This primary or secondary amine makes it possible to boost the CO 2 capture kinetics at the top of the absorption column, where the CO 2 and / or COS partial pressure is the lowest (references: Aroonwilas, A. and Veawab).
• the addition of a few% by weight of activator makes it possible to considerably reduce the size of the absorption columns, while preserving the thermodynamic and physicochemical properties of the tertiary amine or congested amine absorbing solution.
• the absorbent solutions composed of a tertiary amine and a few% by weight of activator are commonly used.
• US Pat. No. 6,852,144 describes a method for removing acidic compounds from hydrocarbons. The method uses a water-methyldiethanolamine or water-triethanolamine absorbent solution containing a proportion of a compound belonging to the following group: piperazine and / or methylpiperazine and / or morpholine.
• JP08257353 describes a method for removing CO 2 in the fumes.
• the method uses a water-bis (2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether absorbent solution containing, for example, 2-methylaminoethanol or piperazine.
• the absorbing solution and in particular the activator, is degraded either by thermal degradation or by secondary reaction with the acid gases to be captured, but also with other compounds contained in the gaseous effluent, such as oxygen, SOx and NOx, contained in the industrial fumes.
• an activator compound which added to a few percent weight greatly increases the CO 2 and COS capture kinetics, thereby eliminating the acidic compounds below the specifications at a lower cost in any type of effluent.
• an activator compound that has high stability it is difficult to find an activator compound that has high stability.
• the present invention provides an activator family that combines good chemical stability with excellent ability to accelerate the absorption of CO 2 and COS in a formulation containing tertiary amines and / or sterically hindered amines.
• the present invention provides an absorbent solution for absorbing acidic compounds contained in a gaseous effluent, the solution comprising:
• the group R can be linked by R3, R4, R5, R6 or R7 to the aromatic ring of formula (I), so as to form a ring.
• the R group is connected by R3 or R7 to the aromatic ring of formula (I), so as to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring.
• the activator may be chosen from benzylamine, N-methyl-benzyl-amine, N-ethyl-benzyl-amine, ⁇ -methyl-benzyl amine, ⁇ -ethyl-benzyl amine,
• the tertiary amine or sterically hindered may be selected from the
• MethylDiEthanolAmine TriEthanolAmine, 2-Amino-2-MethylPropan-1-ol, bis (2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether, TetraMethyl-1,2-EthaneDiAmine,
• the absorbent solution according to the invention may comprise a physical solvent.
• the absorbent solution may comprise:
• the present invention also describes a process for the absorption of acidic compounds contained in a gaseous effluent, in which an absorption step is carried out in which the gaseous effluent is brought into contact with an absorbent solution comprising:
• At least one absorbent compound chosen from tertiary amines and sterically hindered amines,
• n 1 or 2
• R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7 and R is independently selected from one of the group consisting of: a hydrogen atom , a linear or branched or cyclic alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a hydroxyalkyl group or a linear or branched or cyclic ether-oxide group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
• the regeneration step comprising at least one of the following operations :
• the absorption step of the acidic compounds can be carried out at a pressure of between 1 bar and 120 bar, and at a temperature of between 30 ° C. and 90 ° C.
• the regeneration step can be carried out at a pressure of between 1 bar and
• the gaseous effluent treated by the process according to the invention may comprise one of the following elements: natural gas, synthesis gases, combustion fumes, refinery gases, gases obtained at the bottom of the Claus process, the gases of fermentation of biomass, cement gas, incinerator fumes.
• the acidic compounds may consist of at least one of the compounds: CO 2 and
• the present invention is of interest for reducing absorption column sizes when attempting to remove CO 2 and / or COS contained in a gas.
• FIG. 1 given by way of example and showing a block diagram of a process for treating acid gas effluents.
• Aqueous solutions of tertiary amines or sterically hindered activated by a primary or secondary amine corresponding to the general formula (I) are of interest in all acid gas treatment processes (natural gas, combustion fumes, etc.).
• the present invention proposes to eliminate the acidic compounds of a gaseous effluent by using aqueous solutions of tertiary amines or sterically hindered amines activated by a primary or secondary amine.
• the absorbent solutions according to the invention can be used to deacidify the following gaseous effluents: natural gas, synthesis gases, combustion fumes, refinery gases, gases obtained at the bottom of the Claus process, the gases of fermentation of biomass, cement gas, incinerator fumes.
• gaseous effluents contain one or more of the following acidic compounds: CO 2 , I 1 H 2 S, mercaptans, COS, CS 2 .
• the combustion fumes are produced in particular by the combustion of hydrocarbons, biogas, coal in a boiler or for a combustion gas turbine, for example for the purpose of producing electricity. These fumes have a temperature of between 20 and 60 ° C., a pressure of between 1 and 5 bars and can comprise between 50 and 80% of nitrogen, between 5 and 40% of carbon dioxide, between 1 and 20% of oxygen, and some impurities such as SOx and NOx, if they have not been removed downstream of the deacidification process.
• the natural gas consists mainly of gaseous hydrocarbons, but can contain several of the following acidic compounds: CO 2 , I 1 H 2 S, mercaptans, COS, CS 2 .
• the content of these acidic compounds is very variable and can be up to 40% for CO 2 and I 1 H 2 S, up to 1000 ppm for COS.
• the temperature of the natural gas may be between 20 ° C. and 100 ° C.
• the pressure of the natural gas to be treated may be between 10 and 120 bars.
• the absorbent solution advantageously comprises from 10 to 90% by weight of tertiary amine or a sterically hindered amine, preferably from 20 to 60% by weight, and very preferably from 30 to 50% by weight of tertiary amine or from sterically hindered amine.
• tertiary amine means an organic compound having one or more amino functions free of N-H bonds.
• sterically hindered amine is intended to mean an organic compound comprising one or more hindered or tertiary amine functions.
• Clustered amino functions can be primary or secondary.
• a primary amine function it is considered that this function is congested if the carbon at ⁇ (i.e. adjacent to the nitrogen atom) is quaternary (i.e. free of CH bond).
• An example of a hindered primary monoamine well known to those skilled in the art is 2-amino-2-methylpropanol.
• a secondary amine function it is considered that this function is congested if the sum of the number of CH bonds for the two carbons at ⁇ (ie adjacent to the nitrogen atom) is less than or equal to 3.
• An example hindered secondary monoamine is diisopropanolamine, which has two tertiary ⁇ -carbons (ie each having a single CH bond), thus having a sum of the number of CH bonds for the two ⁇ -carbon equal to 2.
• the tertiary amine or sterically hindered amine is chosen from the group formed by:
• the absorbent solution comprises a non-zero quantity and less than 50% by weight, preferably less than 30% by weight, very preferably less than 15% by weight of an activator chosen from primary or secondary amine corresponding to the general formula (I). ) next :
• Each of the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R is independently selected from one of the group consisting of: a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched or cyclic alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a hydroxyalkyl group or a linear or branched or cyclic ether-oxide group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
• R1, R2 and R may be independently selected from hydrogen and linear alkyl groups, preferably methyl or ethyl groups.
• R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each a hydrogen atom.
• the group R is not connected to another element.
• the group R can be linked by R3, R4, R5, R6 or R7 to the aromatic ring of formula (I) so as to form a ring.
• the R group may be joined by R3 or R7 to the aromatic ring of formula (I) to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring.
• the activator is chosen from the group formed by:
• the activator is chosen from: 1,2,3,4-
• Methylbenzylamine An excellent activator is selected from: 1,2,3,4-TetraHydroIsoquinoline, Benzylamine.
• the absorbent solution may contain at least 10% by weight of water, in general between 10% and 90% by weight of water, very preferably at least 50% ⁇ KJ by weight, for example from 60 to 70% by weight of water.
• the sum of the percentages of the various components of the absorbent solution according to the invention is equal to 100%.
• the absorbent solution according to the invention is particularly advantageous in the case of capture of CO 2 in industrial fumes, or treatment of natural gas containing CO 2 above the desired specification. Indeed, for this type of applications, it is sought to increase the capture kinetics of CO 2 , in order to reduce the height of the absorption columns.
• the absorbent solution according to the invention is particularly advantageous in the case of capture of CO 2 in industrial fumes, or treatment of natural gas containing SOC above the desired specification. Indeed, for this type of applications, it is sought to increase the sensing kinetics of the COS, in order to reduce the height of the absorption columns.
• the absorbent solution may comprise other organic compounds.
• the absorbent solution according to the invention may contain organic compounds which are not reactive with respect to acid compounds (commonly called "physical solvents"), which make it possible to increase the solubility of at least one or more acidic compounds of the gaseous effluent.
• the absorbent solution may comprise between 5% and 50% by weight of physical solvent such as alcohols, glycol ethers, lactams, N-alkylated pyrrolidones, N-alkylated piperidones, cyclotetramethylenesulphone, N-alkylformamides. , N-alkylacetamides, ethers-ketones or alkyl phosphates and their derivatives.
• it may be methanol, tetraethylene glycol-dimethyl ether, sulfolane or N-formyl morpholine.
• an absorbent solution for deacidifying a gaseous effluent is carried out schematically by performing an absorption step followed by a regeneration step.
• the absorption step consists of contacting the gaseous effluent containing the acidic compounds to be removed with the absorbing solution in a Cl absorption column.
• the organic compounds provided with an amine function of the absorbent solution ( ⁇ 4) react with the acidic compounds contained in the effluent ( ⁇ 1) so as to obtain a gaseous effluent depleted of acidic compounds ( ⁇ 2) which leaves at the head of column Cl and an acid-enriched absorbent solution ( ⁇ 3) which leaves at the bottom of column Cl.
• the absorbent solution enriched in compounds acid ( ⁇ 3) is sent to an exchanger El, where it is warmed by the flow ( ⁇ 6) from the regeneration column C2.
• the absorbent solution charged and heated at the outlet of the exchanger E1 ( ⁇ 5) feeds the distillation column (or regeneration column) C2 in which the regeneration of the absorbent solution loaded with acidic compounds takes place.
• the regeneration step therefore consists in particular in heating and, optionally, expanding, the acid-enriched absorbent solution in order to release the acidic compounds which come out at the top of column C2 in gaseous form ( ⁇ 7).
• the regenerated absorbent solution that is to say depleted in acidic compounds ( ⁇ 6), leaves at the bottom of the column C2, then passes into the exchanger El, in which it gives heat to the flow ( ⁇ 3) as previously described.
• the regenerated and cooled absorbent solution ( ⁇ 4) is then recycled to the absorption column Cl.
• the absorption step of the acidic compounds can be carried out at a pressure of between 1 bar and 120 bar, preferably between 20 bar and 100 bar for the treatment of a natural gas, preferably between 1 and 3 bar for the treatment industrial fumes, and at a temperature of between 20 ° C. and 100 ° C., preferably between 30 ° C. and 90 ° C., even more preferably between 30 ° C. and 60 ° C.
• the process according to US Pat. invention has an excellent capacity of absorption of the acidic compounds when the temperature in the absorption column Cl is between 30 0 C and 60 0 C.
• the regeneration step of the process according to the invention can be carried out by thermal regeneration, optionally supplemented by one or more expansion steps.
• the thermal regeneration step is carried out at a temperature of between 100 ° C. and 180 0 C, preferably between 130 0 C and 170 0 C, and at a pressure between 1 bar and 10 bar.
• the regeneration in the distillation column is carried out at a temperature of between 155 and 165 ° C. and at a pressure of between 6 and 8.5 bars in the case where it is desired to reinject the acid gases.
• the regeneration in the distillation column is carried out at a temperature of 115 and 130 ° C. and at a pressure of between 1.7 and 3 bar in the cases where the acid gas is sent to the atmosphere or in a downstream treatment process, such as a Claus process or a tail gas treatment process.
• tertiary amines can also be activated with activators well known to those skilled in the art such as MonoEthnaolAmine or 2-HydroxyEthylPiperazine.
• activators well known to those skilled in the art such as MonoEthnaolAmine or 2-HydroxyEthylPiperazine.
• the same CO 2 absorption tests are carried out using absorbent solutions consisting of aqueous solutions of 2-Hydroxyethylpiperazine-activated MethylDiEthanolAmine and of monoethanolamine activated TetraMethylHexaneDiAmine.
• a CO 2 -containing gas is brought into contact with the absorbing liquid by operating in a vertical falling-film reactor provided in its upper part with a gas outlet and an inlet for the liquid and in its lower part. an inlet for the gas and an outlet for the liquid.
• a gas containing 10% of CO 2 and 90% of nitrogen is injected at a flow rate of between 10 and 40 Nl / h and the liquid inlet is introduced with the flow of the absorbent liquid. ll / h.
• the gas outlet we evacuate a gas depleted in CO 2 and the liquid outlet, the CO 2 enriched liquid is discharged.
• the absolute pressure and the liquid outlet temperature are equal to 1 bar and 40 ° C. respectively.
• the flow of CO 2 absorbed between the gas inlet and the gas outlet is measured as a function of the incoming gas flow rate: for each gas flow set point: 10 - 15 - 20 - 25 -30- 35- 40 Nl / h, the incoming and outgoing gases are analyzed by infrared ray absorption techniques in the gas phase to determine their CO 2 content. From all these measurements, by carrying out two ups and downs of the range of flow rates, the overall transfer coefficient Kg, which characterizes the absorption rate of the absorbing liquid, is deduced therefrom. The operating conditions specific to each test and the results obtained are shown in the table below.
• absorbent solutions comprising on the one hand an aqueous solution of a tertiary monoamine (here MethylDiEthanolAmine) activated by TetraHydroIsoQuinoline, and on the other hand an aqueous solution of a tertiary diamine (here TetraMethylHexaneDiAmine) activated by tetrahydroisoquinoline.
• a tertiary monoamine here MethylDiEthanolAmine
• TetraMethylHexaneDiAmine a tertiary diamine
• the absorption flux of COS is measured by the aqueous solution in a closed reactor, Lewis cell type. 200 g of solution is introduced into the closed reactor, regulated at a temperature of 40 ° C. Four successive injections of carbon oxysulfide of 100 to 200 mbar are carried out in the vapor phase of the reactor having a volume of 200 cm 3 . The gas phase and the liquid phase are stirred at 100 revolutions / minute and fully characterized from the hydrodynamic point of view. For each injection, the absorption rate of the carbon oxysulfide is measured by variation of pressure in the gas phase. An overall transfer coefficient Kg is thus determined by an average of the results obtained on the four injections.
• Example 3 Relative Stability of Activators
• the activators corresponding to the general formula (I) have the particularity of being very resistant to the degradations that may occur in a deacidification unit.
• the aqueous amine solutions are degraded in closed reactors, heated to a temperature T, and pressurized with a partial pressure PP of different gases (CO 2 , O 2 and N 2 ).
• the liquid phase is stirred using a magnetic bar.
• a sample of the liquid phase is taken and analyzed by various techniques, in particular by gas chromatography.
• the table below gives the degradation rate TD of the absorbing solution, under different conditions, for a duration of 15 days, defined by the equation below:
• [Amine] ° is the concentration of the amine in the undegraded solution.
• the table below gives the degradation rate TD of various aqueous solutions of activators according to the invention, such as TetraHydroIsoQuinoline and N-MethylBenzylamine corresponding to the general formula (I), and various aqueous solutions of well-known activators of those skilled in the art, for a temperature of 140 ° C. on the one hand in the presence of CO 2 and on the other hand in the presence of O 2 .

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