JP2000247632A - Production of ammonia using metal hydride as hydrogen source - Google Patents
Production of ammonia using metal hydride as hydrogen sourceInfo
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Abstract
Description
【0001】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、アンモニア合成に関す
るもので、詳しくは、金属水素化物を水素透過膜(隔
膜)として使用し、活性な水素供給源とすること、ある
いは、金属水素化物自身を活性な原子状水素の供給源と
することで、供給されるこれらの活性水素と水素透過膜
の片側あるいは金属水素化物粉末表面に担持した触媒上
に解離吸着した活性窒素との反応により、従来の方法に
比べ非常に温和な反応条件でアンモニアを製造する方法
に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the synthesis of ammonia, and more particularly to the use of a metal hydride as a hydrogen permeable membrane (separation membrane) to provide an active hydrogen supply source, or the use of a metal hydride itself. As a source of active atomic hydrogen, the reaction between the supplied active hydrogen and the active nitrogen dissociated and adsorbed on the catalyst supported on one side of the hydrogen permeable membrane or on the surface of the metal hydride powder, The present invention relates to a method for producing ammonia under much milder reaction conditions than the method.
【0002】[0002]
【従来の技術】従来アンモニア合成は、ハーバー法によ
り工業レベルで大規模に行われている。この方法は窒素
と水素からアンモニアを合成するもので、鉄系の三元系
触媒を用いて温度500℃前後、圧力200気圧程度と
いう高温、高圧下で操業されている。また上記方法の改
良として、ファウザー法、ウーデ法、東京工業試験所法
等があるがハーバー法と大同小異である。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ammonia synthesis has been carried out on a large scale on an industrial level by the Harvard method. This method synthesizes ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen, and is operated under a high temperature and a high pressure of about 500 ° C. and a pressure of about 200 atm using an iron-based ternary catalyst. Further, as an improvement of the above method, there are the Fauser method, the Uhde method, the Tokyo Industrial Laboratory method, and the like, which are slightly different from the Harbor method.
【0003】[0003]
【発明が解決しようという課題】現状のプラントレベル
でのアンモニア合成では、不活性な窒素分子のため鉄系
の三元系触媒を用いても、高温、高圧の過酷な反応条件
を必要とし、多大なエネルギーが消費される。さらにこ
れらの過酷な反応条件に耐えうる高価な装置を必要とす
る。In the current ammonia synthesis at a plant level, severe reaction conditions of high temperature and high pressure are required even if an iron-based ternary catalyst is used due to inert nitrogen molecules, and a great deal of reaction is required. Energy is consumed. Furthermore, expensive equipment that can withstand these harsh reaction conditions is required.
【0004】[0004]
【課題を解決するための手段】前記の課題を解決するた
めには、窒素、水素分子の解離吸着を促進する触媒の利
用に加え、さらに水素分子を活性化させる方法がある。
本発明では、金属水素化物の水素透過隔膜を原子状水素
の定常的な供給源とする、あるいは金属水素化物自身を
原子状水素供給源とすることで、これらの放出される活
性水素と反応室側の膜表面あるいは金属水素化物表面に
担持した触媒層に解離吸着した活性窒素との反応によ
り、従来の触媒単独の方法に比べ、大幅に反応条件を温
和にすることが可能となる。In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is a method of activating hydrogen molecules in addition to the use of a catalyst for promoting the dissociative adsorption of nitrogen and hydrogen molecules.
In the present invention, by using the hydrogen permeable diaphragm of metal hydride as a constant source of atomic hydrogen, or by using the metal hydride itself as an atomic hydrogen source, these released active hydrogen and the reaction chamber The reaction with the active nitrogen dissociated and adsorbed on the catalyst layer supported on the surface of the membrane or the surface of the metal hydride makes it possible to greatly reduce the reaction conditions compared to the conventional method using only the catalyst.
【0005】[0005]
【作用】 本発明では、従来のアンモニアの製造が、高
温、高圧の反応条件を必要としていたのに対し、温和な
反応条件下でアンモニアを製造でき、耐高圧、高温用の
特別な装置を必要としない。According to the present invention, conventional ammonia production requires high-temperature, high-pressure reaction conditions, whereas ammonia can be produced under mild reaction conditions, and special equipment for high-pressure resistance, high temperature is required. And not.
【0006】本発明のでは、水素透過隔膜あるいは金属
水素化物粉末を原子状水素の供給源とし、隔膜の反応室
側表面あるいは金属水素化物粉末表面に担持した窒素分
子の解離吸着活性を有す触媒上の活性窒素と反応させる
ことで、温和な条件でアンモニアを製造することができ
る。According to the present invention, a hydrogen permeation membrane or metal hydride powder is used as a source of atomic hydrogen, and a catalyst having a dissociative adsorption activity of nitrogen molecules carried on the reaction chamber side surface of the membrane or the metal hydride powder surface. By reacting with the above active nitrogen, ammonia can be produced under mild conditions.
【0007】[0007]
【実施例】以下、本発明の実施例を図面を参照しつつ説
明する。図1は、本発明のアンモニア反応装置の概略で
ある。Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the ammonia reactor of the present invention.
【0008】図1に示した装置を用いて、隔膜内の水素
圧を1.5気圧、隔膜外は常圧で窒素ガスを流通させ、
反応温度は50℃?250℃の範囲で行った。なお、隔
膜表面への窒素解離吸着触媒の担持は含浸法により行っ
た。アンモニアの生成量は生成したアンモニアを希硫酸
水溶液で捕集し、反応前後のpH変化から決定し、さらに
ネスラー試薬による吸光光度法においてもアンモニア生
成の定量を行った。Using the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, nitrogen gas is passed at a hydrogen pressure of 1.5 atm inside the diaphragm and at normal pressure outside the diaphragm,
The reaction temperature was in the range of 50 ° C to 250 ° C. The loading of the nitrogen dissociation adsorption catalyst on the surface of the diaphragm was performed by an impregnation method. The amount of produced ammonia was determined by collecting the produced ammonia with a dilute aqueous sulfuric acid solution and determining the pH change before and after the reaction. Further, the amount of produced ammonia was also determined by a spectrophotometric method using a Nessler reagent.
【0009】[0009]
【表1】 [Table 1]
【0010】表1に本発明の水素透過隔膜を用いた各反
応温度でのアンモニア生成速度を示す。常圧下で、反応
温度が室温に近い50℃といった低温においてもアンモ
ニア合成が可能であることが確認された。Table 1 shows the ammonia generation rate at each reaction temperature using the hydrogen permeable diaphragm of the present invention. It was confirmed that ammonia synthesis was possible under normal pressure even at a low reaction temperature of 50 ° C. close to room temperature.
【0011】図2は各温度に対するアンモニア生成速度
のアーレニウスプロットを行った結果である。プロット
の傾きから求められた活性化エネルギーは5.9kcal/m
oleであり、この値は水素透過隔膜上に担持した触媒単
独の値15kcal/moleを大きく下回り、本発明の水素透
過隔膜を原子状水素の供給源したアンモニア反応装置
が、低温で稼働可能であることが明らかとなった。FIG. 2 shows the results of an Arrhenius plot of the ammonia production rate with respect to each temperature. Activation energy obtained from the slope of the plot is 5.9 kcal / m
ole, which is much lower than the value of the catalyst alone supported on the hydrogen permeable diaphragm alone of 15 kcal / mole. It became clear.
【0012】[0012]
【発明の効果】 本発明では、金属水素化物を使用する
ことで高い反応活性を有する原子状水素が反応室側に定
常的に供給され、さらに、反応室側の隔膜あるいは金属
水素化物粉末それ自身の表面に担持した触媒上に解離吸
着した原子状窒素と金属水素化物から放出された活性水
素とを反応させることにより、格段に温和な条件下でア
ンモニアを製造することができる。According to the present invention, atomic hydrogen having high reaction activity is constantly supplied to the reaction chamber side by using a metal hydride, and furthermore, a diaphragm on the reaction chamber side or the metal hydride powder itself is used. By reacting atomic nitrogen dissociated and adsorbed on the catalyst supported on the surface of the metal with active hydrogen released from the metal hydride, ammonia can be produced under extremely mild conditions.
【図1】本発明のアンモニア反応装置の概略を示すもの
である。FIG. 1 schematically shows an ammonia reactor of the present invention.
【図2】金属水素化物自身を水素供給源とし、触媒上に
解離吸着した活性窒素との反応によるアンモニアの製造
を表したものである。FIG. 2 shows the production of ammonia by a reaction with active nitrogen dissociated and adsorbed on a catalyst using a metal hydride itself as a hydrogen supply source.
【図3】水素透過隔膜を使用した反応と使用しなかった
ものの各温度におけるアンモニア生成速度のアーレニウ
スプロットを行った結果である。FIG. 3 shows the results of an Arrhenius plot of the ammonia production rate at each temperature, for a reaction using a hydrogen permeable diaphragm and without using a hydrogen permeable diaphragm.
Claims (2)
用いて隔膜片側の水素ガス雰囲気から定常的に反応室側
へ活性な高い原子状水素を供給すると共に、これと反応
室側隔膜表面に担持した触媒上に解離吸着した活性窒素
との間で反応させることで、従来と比べより温和な条件
でアンモニアを合成する技術。1. A method of using a metal hydride as a hydrogen permeable membrane (diaphragm) to constantly supply highly active atomic hydrogen from a hydrogen gas atmosphere on one side of a membrane to a reaction chamber side, and to supply the active atomic hydrogen to the reaction chamber side. A technology for synthesizing ammonia under milder conditions by reacting with active nitrogen dissociated and adsorbed on a catalyst supported on a catalyst.
吸着に活性な触媒層を付与し、表面に生成した原子状窒
素と金属水素化物から供給される原子状水素とを反応さ
せ、より温和な条件でアンモニアを製造する技術。2. A catalyst layer which is active for dissociation and adsorption of nitrogen molecules is provided on the surface of the metal hydride powder, and the atomic nitrogen generated on the surface reacts with the atomic hydrogen supplied from the metal hydride. Technology for producing ammonia under mild conditions.
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