EP3755766A1 - Conversion sélective de naphta paraffinique en propane en présence d'hydrogène - Google Patents

Conversion sélective de naphta paraffinique en propane en présence d'hydrogène

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EP3755766A1
EP3755766A1 EP19705203.8A EP19705203A EP3755766A1 EP 3755766 A1 EP3755766 A1 EP 3755766A1 EP 19705203 A EP19705203 A EP 19705203A EP 3755766 A1 EP3755766 A1 EP 3755766A1
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Raoul DETHIER
Valérie Vanrysselberghe
Wolfgang Garcia
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  • the invention relates to a process for producing propane from a naphtha feedstock comprising paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons, and to further produce propylene from the propane recovered.
  • the invention also relates to the use of catalyst compositions to improve propane selectivity in a process for producing propane from a naphtha feedstock comprising paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons.
  • propylene is mainly produced as a by-product of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)/naphtha steam crackers and Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units.
  • LPG liquefied petroleum gas
  • FCC Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • the production of propylene and aromatics via the steam cracker declines.
  • the demand for propylene is actually growing faster than that of ethylene.
  • the propylene production can be optimized by transforming an FCC unit into a petrochemical FCC after a major revamp.
  • a significant amount of dry gases and low value of by-products will be produced.
  • an important revamp of the existing FCC unit and significantly higher process severity would be required to crack the naphtha to propylene and ethylene.
  • PDH Propane dehydrogenation
  • the isomerization and hydrotreating processes of naphtha are well known to produce clean fuel from linear paraffinic species existing in light naphtha. Both processes occur in the presence of hydrogen at moderate pressure on the metal-containing catalysts with a purpose to increase fuel qualities. Light formation is big drawback for both reactions.
  • selectoforming A post-reforming process known as selectoforming was commercialized in the 1960s for raising the octane rating of reformates while producing propane as a by-product (Chen et al., 1968; Burd and Maziuk, 1972).
  • naphtha hydrocracking for example:“High Yields of LPG Via n-Hexane Hydrocracking Using Unloaded Acidic Zeolite Catalysts’’ in Journal Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 33, 2015 - Issue 12, includes investigating the hydrocracking of n-hexane, as a low-octane naphtha component to high-octane gaseous motor fuel (LPG) in a pulse flow atmospheric microreactor using untreated and steam-treated H-MOR, H-BEA, or H-ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts. All zeolites catalysts were metal-free and their bi-functionality depended only on the Bronsted zeolitic acid sites. Zeolites catalysts H-ZSM-5 and St-H-ZSM-5 acquire very low catalytic activities mainly due to their narrow pore structure, as well as due to their partial pore filling by Al debris in case of St-H-ZSM-5.
  • Naphthenes, aromatics, and isoparaffins are neither produced nor consumed in this process, resulting in a C5+ liquid product that is lower in benzene and total aromatics than attainable by catalytic reforming of these feeds.
  • a naphtha- upgrading process based on shape-selective zeolitic hydrocracking could provide an attractive alternative to catalytic reforming or isomerization for these hard-to-upgrade naphthas. It should be particularly attractive in areas where the propane and butane by-products have good value.
  • W02012/071 137 describes the use of a catalyst comprising at least one zeolite having 10- membered ring channels and at least one group Vlb, VI lb and/or VIII metal, in the presence of hydrogen at elevated temperature and elevated pressure.
  • the process allowed to convert at least 40 wt% of the paraffins comprising from 4 to 12 carbon atoms based on the total weight of paraffins in the feed to ethane and/or propane to obtain a hydrocracked gas cracker naphtha feedstock comprising ethane and/or propane.
  • the process was focussed on maximizing the production of ethane.
  • the drawback of the invention is an important formation of methane due to the presence of the noble metals in the catalyst at about 6-20 wt%.
  • US 2017 / 058210 discloses a process for producing BTX comprising pyrolysis, aromatic ring opening and BTX recovery.
  • US 2016 / 369191 discloses a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock in a steam cracker unit where a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock is fed to a hydrocracking unit, the stream hydrocracked are then separated into a high content aromatics stream and a gaseous stream comprising C2-C4 paraffins, hydrogen and methane, the C2-C4 paraffins are then separated form said gaseous stream and fed to a steam cracker unit.
  • US 2017 / 369795 discloses a process for producing C2 and C3 hydrocarbons, comprising a) subjecting a mixed hydrocarbon stream to first hydrocracking in the presence of a first hydrocracking catalyst to produce a first hydrocracking product stream; and b) subjecting the first hydrocarbon product stream to C4 hydrocracking.
  • WO 98 / 56740 discloses a process for improving the conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock to light olefins comprising the steps of thermally converting the hydrocarbon feedstock to produce an effluent; quenching the effluent to produce a quenched effluent; and contacting the quenched effluent with a light olefin-producing cracking catalyst.
  • the naphtha may selectively be transformed into propane on the metal free catalyst (i.e. noble and transition metal free catalyst) with very low selectivity to methane (from 0.3 to 1.5 wt% CH4).
  • the metal free catalyst i.e. noble and transition metal free catalyst
  • methane from 0.3 to 1.5 wt% CH4
  • the dehydrogenation process produces hydrogen, which could be used at least partially for the first step.
  • the invention provides a process of catalytic conversion by hydrocracking of a paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons from a naphtha feedstock to propane, the process comprising the following steps:
  • a naphtha feedstock containing one or more paraffins comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms with no olefins i.e. an olefin content of less than 1 wt % preferably less than 0.1 wt % even more preferably less than 0.01 wt % relating to the total weight of said naphtha feedstock;
  • the catalyst composition comprises one or more zeolite catalysts having acid 10- membered ring channels and in that said catalyst composition is metal-free, that is to said that it contains no added noble metal and no added transition metals.
  • the one or more acid zeolite catalysts are metal-free, i.e. during the preparation of the catalyst composition, no noble metal and no transition metal was added.
  • the catalyst can contain unwillingly traces or pollutions or metals.
  • the content of noble metals is less than 1000 ppm of noble metal and less than 1 % of transition metals.
  • the content of the noble metals is below 1000 ppm, preferably below 500 ppm, more preferably at most 250 ppm, even more preferably at most 50 ppm wt, more preferably at most 5 ppm wt the most preferred at most 1 ppm wt.
  • the catalyst composition contains no noble metal at all, that is to say the concentration in noble metals is below the detection limit.
  • traces of noble metals may be introduced to increase the stability of the zeolite and hydrogenate the coke precursors.
  • higher concentration of the metals may lead to changes of the reaction mechanism. Presence of a significant amount of noble metals (>0.2 wt%) on the catalyst leads to a different reaction mechanism, which involves activation of the hydrogen on the metals (hydrogen spillover) followed by subsequent cracking. This leads to a different selectivity pattern and formation of higher amount of ethane and methane. It is therefore preferred to have no noble metal at all.
  • the terms“metal-free” indicate that the one or more acid zeolite catalysts are also devoid of any transition metal selected from the groups of Fe, Ni, Co, W, Mo, Ga, Zn.
  • the content of the transition metals is below 1 .0 wt%, preferably below 0.5 wt%, more preferably below 0.05 wt% even more preferably below 0.01 wt%.
  • T races of these metals may be present on the catalyst as impurities from the binder, e.g. a component of the clays.
  • metal-free zeolite catalysts comprising acid 10-membered ring channels showed a high selectivity to propane and at the same time, stable performance in the presence of the aromatics presents in the naphtha feedstock.
  • the use of said catalysts in catalyst compositions allows a direct cracking in presence of hydrogen of a naphtha feedstock comprising paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons without deactivation of the catalyst.
  • US4061690 discloses a method of catalytic conversion of a butane cut to propane by means of a catalyst consisting of acid mordenite in the presence of hydrogen, with a partial hydrogen pressure higher than 0.5 MPa.
  • the results show that the use of a large pore mordenite exchanged by protons (Zeolons H) at 400°C and at a pressure of 3 MPa had a propane yield of 75.0 wt% for a rate of conversion of 92 %, which corresponds to a propane selectivity of approximately 69%.
  • the weighted analysis of the catalyst was SI: 40.6 %; Al 6.2 %; Na: 0.2 %.
  • the feedstock comprised a mixture of n-butane (60 wt%) and of iso-butane (40 wt%).
  • the naphtha feedstock comprises C4-C10 hydrocarbons with a potential presence of the aromatics.
  • the feedstock contains no olefins i.e. an olefin content of less than 0.1 wt % relating to the total weight of said naphtha feedstock.
  • the C5+ hydrocarbons lead to a significant deactivation of the 12-members ring zeolites catalysts.
  • the small pore erionite could crack only a part of the feedstock.
  • the solutions allow treating the total amount of the feedstock without significant deactivation of catalyst.
  • the naphtha feedstock comprises at least 10 wt% of naphthenes as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock.
  • the naphtha feedstock comprises at least 2.0 wt% of aromatics of five or more carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, preferably at least 2.2 wt%.
  • the naphtha feedstock comprises at most 10.0 wt% of aromatics of five or more carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, preferably at most 9.0 wt%.
  • the catalyst composition is metal-free, containing less than 1000 wt ppm, preferably less than 50 ppm wt, more preferably at most 5 ppm wt of noble metal and less than 1 wt%, preferably less than 0.05 wt% even more preferably below 0.01 wt% of transition metals as based on the total weight of the catalyst composition.
  • the catalyst composition is not sensitive to the presence of sulfur and provides low C1-C2 selectivity.
  • the formed propane is used for propylene production via dehydrogenation, thus significantly reducing logistics costs and expanding the slate of potential feedstocks for dehydrogenation units.
  • the hydrocracking conditions of the hydrocracking step comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst composition at a temperature ranging from 200 °C to 600 °C, preferably ranging from 250 °C to 550 °C, more preferably ranging from 300 °C to 450 °C.
  • the hydrocracking conditions of the hydrocracking step comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst at a pressure ranging from 1 to 10 MPa, preferably in the range of 2 to 6 MPa, more preferably from 3 to 5 MPa.
  • the hydrocracking conditions of the hydrocracking step comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst at a WHSV (feed) of at least 0.1 h 1 , preferably is ranging from 0.1 h 1 to 10.0 h 1 , more preferably from 0.5 h 1 to 8.0 h 1 , even more preferably from 1.0 h 1 to 6.0 h 1 , and most preferably from 1.5 h 1 to 5.0 h 1 .
  • hydrogen is provided to the naphtha feedstock at a molar ratio hh/Naphtha ranging from 1000:1 to 1 :1 , preferably from 100:1 to 1 :1 , more preferably from 20:1 to 1 :1.
  • the hydrocracking step is particularly advantaging in that hydrogen with a low purity can be used. That is to say that the hydrogen feed stream may contain for instance up to 5 wt % of methane, preferably up to 10 wt %, even more preferably up to 20 wt % of methane based on the total weight of the hydrogen feed stream.
  • impurities may also be present such as sulphur compounds, such as hhS, at concentration up for instance to 0.1 %wt, preferably 1 % wt, even more preferably up to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the hydrogen feed stream.
  • sulphur compounds such as hhS
  • the hydrocracking step of contacting said naphtha feedstock with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen in a reaction zone under hydrocracking conditions is performed in a single reactor.
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts have a Si/AI molar ratio ranging from 10 to 100, preferably from 20 to 80, more preferably from 30 to 60. At least 50 wt% of said one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels are in their hydrogen form as based on the total weight of the zeolites catalysts.
  • the catalyst composition comprises at least 60 wt% of one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels, preferably at least 70 wt%, more preferably at least 80 wt%, even more preferably at least 90 wt% and most preferably 100 wt%.
  • the catalyst composition comprises one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels selected from the list comprising ZSM-5, silicalite-1 , ZSM- 1 1 , silicalite-2, SSZ-46, MCM-68, CIT-1 , SSZ-33, ZSM-8, Ferrierite, FU-9, ZSM-35, ZSM-23, ZSM-22, Theta-1 , NU-10, ZSM-50, EU-1 , ZSM-57, SAPO-1 1 and ZSM-48 being preferably under their acidic form or H-form.
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels comprise or are zeolite catalysts of the MFI-type, preferably one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels are or comprise H-ZSM-5
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels may be modified by phosphorous, steaming, leaching, mesoporization, dealumination or modification with alkali-earth or rare-earth metals.
  • the preferred zeolite catalysts structure is MFI (H-ZSM-5).
  • the catalyst composition comprises a binder selected from silica, alpha-alumina, gamma-alumina, clays, alumina phosphates, mullite, zirconia, titania, yttria, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, iron, bronze and stainless steel, glass, and carbon, preferably the binder is alumina.
  • the process further comprises submitting the effluent to a separation step to recover propane.
  • the process further comprises submitting the effluent to a separation step to recover propane; and a step of dehydrogenation of propane into propylene.
  • the process comprises a step of recovering the unconverted propane after the step of dehydrogenation into propylene and recycling it to the propane dehydrogenation reactor to be submitted to a further step of dehydrogenation into propylene.
  • the step of dehydrogenation into propylene is performed at a temperature ranging from 500 to 800°C and a partial pressure of propylene below one atmosphere.
  • the process further comprises a step of collecting hydrogen produced in the step of dehydrogenation into propylene, and a step of recycling said hydrogen back to the hydrocracking reaction zone in order to perform the hydrocracking step.
  • the separation step comprises:
  • the invention provides the use of one or more zeolite catalysts comprising acid 10-membered ring channels in a process as defined according to the first aspect of catalytic conversion by hydrocracking of paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons from a naphtha feedstock to propane wherein the one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels are metal-free.
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels comprise or are zeolite catalysts of the MFI-type, preferably the one or more zeolite catalysts comprising an acid 10-membered ring channels are or comprise H-ZSM-5.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the process according to the invention.
  • Naphtha is mainly a mixture of straight-chain, branched and cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons. Naphtha is generally divided into light naphtha having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms per molecule and heavy naphtha having from 7 to 12 carbons per molecule. Typically, light naphtha contains naphthene’s, such as cyclohexane and methyl-cyclopentane, and linear and branched paraffin or alkanes, such as hexane and pentane. Light naphtha typically contains 60% to 99% by weight of paraffins and cycloparaffins.
  • a metal-free catalyst composition contains at most 50 ppm wt, more preferably at most 5 ppm wt even more preferably at most 1 ppm wt of noble metal and less than 0.05 wt% even more preferably less than 0.01 wt% of transition metals as based on the total weight of the catalyst composition
  • alkane or "alkanes” as used herein describes acyclic branched or unbranched hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H2 n+ 2, and therefore consisting entirely of hydrogen atoms and saturated carbon atoms; see e.g. IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (1997).
  • alkanes accordingly describes unbranched alkanes ("normal- paraffins” or “n-paraffins” or “n-alkanes”) and branched alkanes ("iso-paraffins” or “iso- alkanes”) but excludes naphthenes (cycloalkanes).
  • aromatic hydrocarbons or "aromatics” relates to cyclically conjugated hydrocarbon with a stability (due to derealization) that is significantly greater than that of a hypothetical localized structure (e.g. Kekule structure).
  • a hypothetical localized structure e.g. Kekule structure.
  • the most common method for determining aromaticity of a given hydrocarbon is the observation of diatropicity in the 1 H NMR spectrum.
  • naphthenic hydrocarbons or “naphthenes” or “cycloalkanes” as used herein describes saturated cyclic hydrocarbons.
  • olefin as used herein relates to an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond.
  • the term “olefins” relates to a mixture comprising two or more selected from ethylene, propylene, butadiene, butylene-1 , isobutylene, isoprene, and cyclopentadiene.
  • LPG refers to the well-established acronym for the term "liquefied petroleum gas”.
  • LPG generally consists of a blend of C2-C4 hydrocarbons i.e. a mixture of C2, C3, and C4 hydrocarbons.
  • BTX One of the petrochemical products which may be produced in the process of the present invention is BTX.
  • BTX relates to a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylenes.
  • C# hydrocarbons wherein "#” is a positive integer, is meant to describe all hydrocarbons having # carbon atoms. C# hydrocarbons are sometimes indicated as just “C#”. Moreover, the term “C#+ hydrocarbons” is meant to describe all hydrocarbon molecules having # or more carbon atoms. Accordingly, the term “C5+ hydrocarbons” is meant to describe a mixture of hydrocarbons having 5 or more carbon atoms. The term “C5+ alkanes” accordingly relates to alkanes having 5 or more carbon atoms.
  • zeolite catalyst refers to a molecular sieve aluminosilicate material.
  • Reference herein to a zeolite having acid 10-membered ring channels is to a zeolite or aluminosilicate having 10-membered ring channels in one direction, optionally intersected with 8, 9 or 10- membered ring channels in another direction.
  • the process of the invention can be operated at high naphtha feedstock conversion, reducing the need for a further cracking process.
  • the invention provides a process of catalytic conversion by hydrocracking from a naphtha feedstock 1 to propane 15, the process comprising the following steps:
  • the catalyst composition comprises one or more zeolite catalysts having acid 10- membered ring channels.
  • the process further comprises a step of dehydrogenation 19 of propane 15 into propylene 23 with a potential use of hydrogen 21 for hydrocracking step 3.
  • the effluent 5 resulting from the hydrocracking step 3 can be submitted to a separation step 7, wherein:
  • the C4 paraffins fraction 1 1 can be recycled back to the hydrocracking reactor to be submitted to a further hydrocracking step 3.
  • the C5+ hydrocarbon fraction 17 can be valorized as gasoline or aromatics.
  • the C5+ fraction shows a significant improvement in Research Octane Number (RON) versus the naphtha feedstock.
  • the hydrogen 9 can be recycled back to the hydrocracking reactor to be used in the hydrocracking step 3.
  • the C1 and C2 fraction 13 (methane and ethane fraction) can be use as off-gas.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 used in the invention comprises paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons, preferably the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises one or more paraffins comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may comprise compounds other than paraffins.
  • the naphtha feedstock comprises at least 10 wt% of paraffin comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, more preferably at least 50 wt%, more preferably at least 60 wt% of paraffin comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises in the range of from 10 wt% to 100 wt% of paraffins comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, more preferably of from 50 wt% to 99.5 wt%, more preferably of from 60 wt% to 95 wt% of paraffins comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may comprise straight run naphtha or naphtha fractions derived from natural gas, natural gas liquids or associated gas.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may comprise naphtha fractions derived from pyrolysis gas.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may also comprise naphthas or naphtha fractions obtained from a Fischer-Tropsch process for synthesising hydrocarbons from hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 is or comprises desalted crude oil.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may also comprise higher paraffins, i.e. paraffins comprising more than 10 carbon atoms. Cracking such higher paraffins typically requires the use of temperatures and pressures which are at the higher end of the preferred temperature and pressure ranges.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises at least 10% of naphthenes. More preferably, the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises in the range of from 10 to 40 wt%, more preferably of from 50 to 90 wt% of naphthenes and paraffin C6+, based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 may comprise olefins. However, as the olefins are hydrogenated during the hydrocracking process, the presence of olefins results in an undesired increased hydrogen consumption.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises in the range of from 0 to 20 wt% of olefins, based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, more preferably of from 0 to 10 wt% of olefins.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 is subjected to a hydrogenation treatment prior to being supplied to a process according to the present invention.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises at least 2.0 wt% of aromatics of five or more carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, preferably at least 2.2 wt%, more preferably at least 2.5 wt%.
  • the naphtha feedstock 1 comprises at most 10.0 wt% of aromatics of five or more carbon atoms as based on the total weight of the naphtha feedstock, preferably at most 9.0 wt%.
  • the step of hydrocracking step 3 is performed in a single reactor.
  • the invention provides a one-stage hydrocracking process.
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts having acid 10-membered ring channels that can be used for the invention can be selected from:
  • one-dimensional zeolite catalysts having 10-membered ring channels in one direction, which are not intersected by others channels from another direction;
  • three-dimensional zeolite catalysts having intersecting channels in at least two directions, whereby the channels in one direction are 10-membered ring channels, intersected by 8, 9 or 10-membered ring channels in another direction.
  • zeolite catalysts having acid 10-membered ring channels suitable for the process of the invention can be of, but not limited to, the MFI-type, the MEL-type, the MSE-type, the CON-type, the ZSM-8-type, the FER-type, the MTT-type, the TON-type, the EUO-type, the MFS-type, the AEL-type and the ZSM-48-type zeolite catalysts.
  • the catalyst is or comprises zeolite catalysts of the MFI-type.
  • the zeolite are preferably under their acidic form or H-form
  • MFI-type have a three-dimensional structure, preferably the zeolite catalysts of the MFI-type are selected from ZSM-5, silicalite-1.
  • the preferred MFI-type zeolite catalyst is ZSM-5.
  • MEL- type have a three-dimensional structure, preferably the zeolite catalyst of the MEL-type is selected from ZSM-1 1 , silicalite-2, and SSZ-46.
  • the preferred zeolite catalyst of the MSE-type is MCM-68.
  • the zeolite catalyst of the CON-type is selected from CIT-1 and SSZ-33.
  • the zeolite catalyst of the FER-type is selected from Ferrierite, FU-9 and ZSM-35.
  • the preferred zeolite catalyst of the MTT-type is ZSM-23.
  • the zeolite catalyst of the TON-type is selected from ZSM-22, Theta-1 and NU-10.
  • the zeolite catalyst of the EUO-type is selected from ZSM- 50 and EU-1 .
  • the preferred zeolite catalyst of the MFS-type is ZSM-57.
  • the preferred zeolite catalyst of the AEL-type is SAPO-1 1.
  • ZSM-48 refers to the family of microporous materials consisting of silicon, aluminium, oxygen and optionally boron. All the zeolite are preferably under their acidic form or H-form.
  • the catalyst composition comprises one or more zeolite catalysts having an acid 10-membered ring channels selected from the list comprising ZSM-5, silicalite-1 , ZSM-1 1 , silicalite-2, SSZ-46, MCM-68, CIT-1 , SSZ-33, ZSM-8, Ferrierite, FU-9, ZSM-35, ZSM-23, ZSM- 22, Theta-1 , NU-10, ZSM-50, EU-1 , ZSM-57, SAPO-1 1 and ZSM-48. More preferably the catalyst is or comprises ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst. All the zeolite are preferably under their acidic form or H-form.
  • the catalyst composition comprises 3D zeolite catalyst without cages (cavities) and containing at least one 10-member rings.
  • the catalyst composition comprises at least 60 wt% of one or more zeolite catalysts having an acid 10-membered ring channels, more preferably at least 70 wt%, even more preferably at least 80 wt% and most preferably at least 90 wt%.
  • mesoporisation approaches may be used to create zeolites crystals that contain both mesopores and micropores, including destructive approaches such as demetallation (desilication and dealumination) and recrystallization; and constructive approaches such as using hard templates, supramolecular templates, and surface silanization.
  • the zeolite catalysts are at least partly in their hydrogen form, e.g. H-ZSM-5 or H-ZSM-1 1 .
  • Preferably more than 50 wt% of the total amount of the zeolite catalysts used are in their hydrogen form, preferably at least 80 wt%, more preferably at least 90 wt%, and even more preferably 100 wt% of the zeolite catalysts are in their hydrogen form.
  • the zeolite catalysts When the zeolite catalysts are prepared in the presence of an organic cation, they may be activated by heating them in an inert or oxidative atmosphere to remove the organic cation. For example, they may be activated at a temperature over 500 °C for at least 1 hour.
  • the one or more zeolite catalysts have a Si/AI molar ratio ranging from 10 to 100, preferably from 20 to 80, more preferably from 30 to 60.
  • the zeolite catalysts are shaped with a binder.
  • the binder is an inorganic material.
  • the binder is selected from silica, alpha-alumina, gamma-alumina, clays, alumina phosphates, mullite, zirconia, titania, yttria, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, iron, bronze and stainless steel, glass, and carbon, preferably the binder is alumina.
  • the zeolite catalysts shaped with the binder forms a catalyst composition
  • the catalyst composition of the present invention preferably comprises at least 10 wt% of a binder as based on the total weight of the catalyst composition, most preferably at least 20 wt% of a binder and preferably comprises up to 40 wt% of a binder.
  • the zeolite catalysts may be modified by phosphorous, steaming, leaching, mesoporization, dealumination or modification with alkali-earth or rare-earth metals.
  • the catalyst composition used in the process of the present invention is prepared by the method comprising the steps of:
  • the said metals may be further presented on catalyst in form of oxides, silicates, aluminates or phosphates.
  • the one or more acid zeolite catalysts are contacted with a solution in which one or more basic compounds are dissolved, and wherein, with preference, one or more redox elements are dissolved as well.
  • the solution is an aqueous solution.
  • the preferred source of phosphorous is the phosphoric acid.
  • the preferred soluble salts of the basic compounds and of the redox elements are nitrate salts.
  • the preferred soluble salts of the basic compounds are selected from the list consisting of Mg(N0 3 ) 2 , Ca(N0 3 ) 2 , Sr(N0 3 ) 2 , La(N0 3 ) 3 , Ga(N0 3 ) 3 , Fe(N0 3 ) 3 .
  • the phosphorous modified acid zeolite catalysts are preferably obtained by the process described in W02009/016156, which is incorporated herein by reference. The process comprises the following steps in this order:
  • zeolite with low Si/AI molar ratio (advantageously lower than 30) among FT or NhV-form of MFI, MEL, FER, MOR, clinoptilolite, said zeolite having been made preferably without direct addition of organic template;
  • the basic compounds and the optional redox element(s) and phosphorus (P), may be deposited by contacting the one or more acid zeolite catalysts with a single solution in which the soluble salts of the basic compounds, soluble salts of the redox elements and phosphoric acid are dissolved.
  • the basic compounds and the optional redox element(s) and phosphorus (P) may be deposited by subsequently contacting the one or more acid zeolite catalysts with the different elements and/or phosphorus, whereby the composition is dried to evaporate the solvent before contacting the composition with the following element. After depositing all the required elements, the resulting composition (catalyst precursor) is dried.
  • the catalyst precursor is air-dried, preferably for about 8 hours at a temperature ranging from 60 °C to 80 °C while stirring.
  • the zeolite-comprising composition After drying, the zeolite-comprising composition, on which the basic compounds and the optional redox element(s) and the phosphorus (P) are deposited, is calcined in an oxygen- comprising atmosphere, preferably in a moisture-free atmospheric air.
  • the catalyst precursor is calcined at a temperature ranging from 450 °C to 550 °C to remove the residual amount of nitrates and carbons.
  • the catalyst precursor is calcined at about 500 °C for about 4 hours.
  • the one or more acid zeolite catalysts are mixed with the binder prior to contacting the one or more acid zeolite catalysts with one or more solutions comprising soluble salts of basic compounds and the optional soluble salts of redox elements and phosphoric acid.
  • the naphtha feedstock is contacted with the catalyst composition at elevated temperatures and elevated pressures in hydrocracking conditions to perform a hydrocracking step.
  • the hydrocracking conditions comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst composition at a temperature ranging from 200 °C to 600 °C, preferably ranging from 250 °C to 550 °C, more preferably ranging from 300 °C to 450 °C.
  • the hydrocracking conditions comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst composition at a pressure ranging from 1 to 10 MPa, preferably in the range of 2 to 6 MPa, more preferably from 3 to 5 MPa.
  • the hydrocracking conditions comprise the naphtha feedstock being contacted with the catalyst composition at a weight hourly space velocity of the naphtha feedstock (WHSV) of at least 0.1 h 1 , preferably is ranging from 0.1 h 1 to 10.0 h 1 , more preferably from 0.5 h 1 to 8.0 h 1 , even more preferably from 1 .0 h 1 to 6.0 h 1 , and most preferably from 1 .5 h 1 to 5.0 h 1 .
  • WHSV weight hourly space velocity of the naphtha feedstock
  • Hydrogen may be provided at any suitable ratio to the paraffin contained in the naphtha feedstock.
  • the hydrogen is provided in a molar ratio hydrogen to the paraffin in the naphtha feedstock ranging from 1000:1 to 1 :1 , more preferably from 100:1 to 1 :1 , even more preferably from 20:1 to 1 :1 ; wherein the number of moles of the paraffin in the naphtha feedstock is based on the average molecular weight of the naphtha feedstock.
  • the process according to the invention is to achieve a set conversion of the hydrocarbon naphtha feedstock.
  • the ratio of hydrogen to the paraffin in the naphtha feedstock is chosen such that the process conditions enable to achieve the desired conversion.
  • the process further comprises a step of dehydrogenation of propane into propylene.
  • PDH is a catalytic dehydrogenation process that converts paraffin (in this case propane) to their corresponding light olefins (propylene) dating back from the 1930s.
  • paraffin in this case propane
  • the chromia-alumina catalyst was specifically applied in the dehydrogenation of propane to propylene.
  • the conversion process is favoured under high temperature and low partial pressure of propane.
  • the reaction is run optimally at 500 °C - 700 °C to minimise thermal cracking, while the reaction pressure is typically atmospheric.
  • the product mixture goes through a deethaniser to remove light hydrocarbons and traces of hydrogen.
  • the last separation step involves a propane-propylene splitter to achieve polymer-grade propylene.
  • Lummus CATOFIN and UOP OLEFLEX are the most commonly licensed and proven technology. Less common, at the global level, are the ThyssenKrupp Udhe STAR process and Linde/BASF’s PDH technology. Recently, Dow Chemicals introduced a new fluidized bed propane dehydrogenation technology to the market.
  • the catalytic dehydrogenation of propane is an endothermic reaction, which produces propane and hydrogen. Hydrogen can be reused for naphtha cracking. The extent of conversion is limited by the thermodynamics of the reaction with higher temperature favouring higher conversion. The selectivity decreases as the conversion increases.
  • US 6,392,1 13 B1 assigned to ABB Lummus the performance and economics of a catalytic dehydrogenation process are improved by using two pre-reactors before two main dehydrogenation reactors (one in operation and the other in regeneration). In this process, propane is preheated and then passed to the pre-reactor, wherein the catalyst bed is not heated, and propane is partially dehydrogenated with conversion at about 10-25% with the effluent leaves the reactor at 100 °C.
  • the pre-reactor can be operated for hours before it is subjected to regeneration.
  • the partially dehydrogenated reactor effluent is then reheated by passing through a fired unit, where the heat is supplied by a portion of the effluent air from the regeneration of the main dehydrogenation reactor.
  • the remainder of the effluent air is used to regenerate the catalyst in the pre-reactor.
  • the heated effluent from the pre-reactor is then dehydrogenated in the main dehydrogenation reactor.
  • the operation of the pre-reactor is comparatively steady than that of the main reactor, which permits an extended cycle of about 24 hrs before any catalyst regeneration is required.
  • the overall performance of the dehydrogenation process can be improved with respect to the dehydrogenation cycle and heating cycle by the change from co-current to counter-current flow through the catalyst bed.
  • the regeneration gas is introduced at the opposite of the reactor from the feed hydrocarbon. This provides the highest temperature at the end of the reactor, thus creating the most favourable conditions for the dehydrogenation reaction with respect to equilibrium.
  • the reaction is carried at 590 °C and 0.05 MPa in the presence of chromium catalyst supported on alumina with a conversion of propane at 47% and selectivity to propylene at 87%.
  • the dehydrogenation reaction is carried out at about 600 °C and 0.1 MPa in four sequential moving-bed reactors with interheaters to reheat the reactor effluent to the desired reaction temperature before passing it to the next catalyst bed (US5321 192). Hydrogen and other inert compounds may be added to the feed stream to the dehydrogenation reactor.
  • the catalyst comprises 0.7-0.75 wt% Pt, 0.5 wt% Sn, and 3.5-4.4 wt% alkali metal supported on g -alumina (EP 0448858 B1 , US 5457256). It passes through annular bed via gravity flow (US 5227567, US 5177293).
  • the reactor effluent is compressed and dried before it passes to a cryogenic operation system (a cold box) where hydrogen-methane gas is removed from C2+ hydrocarbon compounds.
  • the gas is subjected to adsorption with an adsorbent, such as alumina.
  • Silica gel, active carbon, or molecular sieves are used to remove methane from the hydrogen gas (US5457256).
  • a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process is used for the separation of a hydrocarbon feed gas comprising propylene and propane into a fraction, which comprises predominantly propylene and a fraction comprising propane.
  • the process uses a small pore aluminophosphate molecular sieve, ALPO-14, to selectively adsorb propylene while essentially excluding propane at an adsorption temperature of 70-120 °C and at a propylene partial pressure of 0.05-0.2 MPa.
  • the desorption conditions are conducted under a temperature of 70-120°C and a propylene partial pressure of 0.001 and 0.05 MPa.
  • the process comprises the adsorption step, the series of connected co-purge steps, and the counter-current depressurization and repressurization step.
  • a selective hydrogenation is employed to treat a mixture of the reactor effluent from a dehydrogenation and a recycle stream from a downstream propane-propylene splitter, and to convert the majority of highly unsaturated impurities, such as methylacetylene and propadiene, to propane.
  • the effluent from the selective hydrogenation reactor is sent to a deethanizer before being purified within a propylene-propane splitter.
  • the step 19 of dehydrogenation of propane 15 to propylene 23 is performed with a catalyst selected from:
  • the PDH step is performed at a temperature ranging from 500 to 800°C and a partial pressure of propylene below one atmosphere.
  • the PDH step is performed as described in US2010/0236985.
  • the catalyst used in the dehydrogenation step of propane to propylene comprises:
  • iii from 0.0 to 2.0 percent, preferably 0.1 to 1.0 percent of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, preferably potassium; and
  • a support comprising alumina in the gamma crystalline form.
  • the elemental composition (i.e. the metal content) of catalyst composition can preferably be determined by ICP-OES according for instance to the method UOP Method 961 -12.
  • the platinum content can be preferably determined according to the method ASTM D4642. Examples
  • the process was conducted in a fixed bed reactor loaded with a ZSM-5 (Si/AI-40, CBV8014 from Zeolyst INT) containing catalyst extruded with an AI2O3 binder (80 wt% zeolite, 20 wt% AI2O3) in form of cylinders 1.6 mm.
  • the catalyst composition was dried at room temperature for 24 hours followed by calcination at 550 °C for 6 h.
  • the demonstration of the invention was performed in both micro pilots.
  • a stainless-steel reactor tube having an internal diameter of 10 mm is used.
  • 10 ml of the catalyst composition, as pellets of 35-45 mesh, is loaded in the tubular reactor.
  • the void spaces, before and after the catalyst composition, are filled with SiC granulates of 2mm.
  • the temperature profile is monitored with the aid of a thermocouple placed inside the reactor at the top of the catalyst bed.
  • the catalyst composition was pretreated with an hydrogen flow at 400°C for 6h (heating rate 60°C/h) followed by cooling down to the reaction temperature.
  • the performance test is performed down-flow at 4 MPa of total pressure, molar hh/Naphtha of 13.2; WHSV (naphtha) of 2.5h 1 , temperature of 400°C. Analysis of the products is performed by using an on-line gas chromatography. The results are provided in tables 1 to 3.
  • Feedstock characteristics Table 1 Naphtha feedstock, POINA analysis
  • the density was determined according to ISO 12185 at 15 °C and was found to be 0.6702 g/ml Table 3
  • the process allows valorizing about 50% naphtha as propane and about 37 wt% as gasoline, which shows a very high carbon efficiency.
  • the C5+ produced in the reaction demonstrates very valuable properties for the use of gasoline.
  • the catalyst composition was two times regenerated in the air at 550 °C and demonstrated full recovering of the activity.
  • the process shows a low Fh consumption.
  • the naphtha feedstock contained 15.7 wt% of hydrogen as based on the total weight of the feed, whereas the weight content of hydrogen in the effluent was 16.4 wt%.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de conversion catalytique par hydrocraquage d'hydrocarbures paraffiniques et naphténiques à partir d'une charge de naphta en propane, le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à fournir une charge de naphta contenant une ou plusieurs paraffines comprenant de 4 à 10 atomes de carbone et pas d'oléfines; et à mettre en contact ladite charge de naphta avec une composition de catalyseur en présence d'hydrogène dans une zone de réaction dans des conditions d'hydrocraquage; la composition de catalyseur étant constituée d'un ou de plusieurs catalyseurs de zéolite comprenant des canaux cycliques à 10 chaînons d'acide ne contenant pas de métaux ajoutés.
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