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US20020197204A1 US10/154,915 US15491502A US2002197204A1 US 20020197204 A1 US20020197204 A1 US 20020197204A1 US 15491502 A US15491502 A US 15491502A US 2002197204 A1 US2002197204 A1 US 2002197204A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a formed body of an ⁇ -alumina. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for producing a high-strength formed body of an ⁇ -alumina with a controlled pore volume.
  • ⁇ -alumina formed bodies have been used as carriers for various materials such as chemicals.
  • various requests are made on the pore distribution and the pore volume of the carriers.
  • a large pore volume is required to carry a large amount of components therein, or a case in that pore distribution is needed to be controlled to have a predetermined one (see, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-89988, which corresponds to U.S. Pat. No. 4,242,235, or Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-16850, which corresponds to U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,990,481 and 5,100,857).
  • an alumina formed body when used in a fixed bed facility as a catalyst carrier or an adsorbent, high strength is required to be durable against the collapse thereof during the taking out and filling in of the catalyst. In order to fulfill these requirements, an ⁇ -alumina formed body having a large pore volume with high strength has been needed.
  • an alumina formed body has a smaller content of Na 2 O (hereinafter, referred to as “soda”) in order to reduce segregation of carried metals and the deterioration of the carried components.
  • ⁇ -alumina carriers for catalyst are typically produced in one of the following methods (1)-(3).
  • Method (1) An aluminum hydroxide as a starting material is calcined at a temperature of from 500° C. to 700° C. to obtain an activated alumina powder.
  • the activated alumina powder is mixed with a binder or the like and is then granulated.
  • the resultant grains are calcined and are sintered at a high temperature of from 1400° C. to 1600° C., to obtain an ⁇ -alumina carrier with high strength.
  • Method (2) The starting material as in (1) is calcined at a high temperature of from 1200° C. to 1300° C. to obtain ⁇ -alumina powder.
  • the ⁇ -alumina powder is mixed with a binder or the like and is then granulated.
  • the resultant grains are calcined and are sintered at a high temperature of from 1400° C. to 1600° C., to obtain an ⁇ -alumina carrier with high strength.
  • Method (3) A gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide powder is mixed with a binder or the like and is then granulated. The resultant grains are subjected to hydrothermal treatment to obtain a boehmite. The boehmite is calcined and is then sintered at a high temperature of 1200° C., to obtain an ⁇ -alumina carrier with high strength.
  • Method (4) An aluminum hydroxide with a low soda content, which may be obtained by hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxide, is used as a starting material to obtain an alumina carrier.
  • Method (5) An alumina formed body with a high soda content is washed with an acid or water, to obtain an alumina carrier.
  • method (4) and (5) an alumina carrier (or formed body) with a low soda content is obtained.
  • method (4) has problems such that the production method is complicate and costs high.
  • Method (5) has problems such that the alumina itself is eluted by the acid treatment, causing reduction in strength and that the method requires a cost for wasted water treatment and thus is not necessarily economical.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a high-strength ⁇ -alumina formed body (with a low soda content, if needed) of which pore distribution can be controlled, in an easy and inexpensive manner, as well as to provide a carrier comprising the ⁇ -alumina formed body.
  • the inventors of the present invention have made vigorous examination to solve the above-mentioned problems. As a result, the present inventors have found that a high-strength ⁇ -alumina formed body with a controllable pore distribution, which is usable as a carrier for materials such as catalysts, can be obtained in a very simple process comprising the steps of rehydrating a formed body of at least partially rehydratable alumina powder and calcining the formed body. Based on the above findings, the present invention has been completed.
  • an ⁇ -alumina formed body with a low soda content which is useful as carrier, can be obtained by washing a rehydrated ⁇ -alumina formed body with water before calcination under commonly applied conditions.
  • the present invention provides a method for producing an ⁇ -alumina formed body, the method comprising the steps of:
  • FIG. 1 shows pore distributions of example ⁇ -alumina formed bodies of the present invention and that of a comparative example (see, Examples 1-5 and Comparative Example 1).
  • a gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide may be used to produce an ⁇ -alumina formed body.
  • the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide may be aluminum trihydroxide (Al(OH) 3 ) obtainable industrially by the Bayer process.
  • Al(OH) 3 aluminum trihydroxide
  • the purity of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide is not limited.
  • the Na 2 O content in the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide may be in the range of from about 0.2% to about 1%.
  • the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide preferably has a controlled median particle size and a controlled packed bulk density.
  • the median particle size of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide may be controlled to be about 15 ⁇ m or smaller.
  • the median particle size of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide is preferably controlled to be in the range of from about 5 ⁇ m to about 15 ⁇ m, more preferably in the range of from about 6 ⁇ m to about 14 ⁇ m, and most preferably in the range of from about 8 ⁇ m to about 12 ⁇ m.
  • macro pores tend to be generated in the resultant ⁇ -alumina.
  • the median particle size is about 10 ⁇ m or larger, macro pores having a radius of about 0.3 ⁇ m or larger may be formed in the resultant ⁇ -alumina.
  • the packed bulk density of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide may be controlled to be about 0.8 g/cm 3 or larger.
  • the packed bulk density of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide is preferably controlled to be in the range of from about 0.8 g/cm 3 to about 1.8 g/cm 3 , more preferably in the range of from about 0.9 g/cm 3 to about 1.4 g/cm 3 , most preferably in the range of from about 0.9 g/cm 3 to about 1.2 g/cm 3 .
  • the packed bulk density of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide is smaller, the total pore volume of the resultant ⁇ -alumina tends to be larger.
  • the total pore volume of the resultant ⁇ -alumina may be about 0.50 cm 3 /g or larger.
  • the value of the packed bulk density of the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide can be measured in the state in which the aluminum hydroxide has the content of water attached thereto of about 1% or less.
  • the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide is calcined to obtain at least partially rehydratable alumina powder.
  • the calcination is preferably carried out instantaneously under the conditions to be described later.
  • the rehydratable alumina refers to one of alumina, such as ⁇ -alumina, ⁇ -alumina and amorphous alumina, which is capable of being rehydrated among transition alumina obtained by thermal decomposition of aluminum hydroxide.
  • transition alumina here includes all types of alumina having polymorphism represented by Al 2 O 3 , other than ⁇ -alumina.
  • the preferable instantaneous calcination is performed by allowing the gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide to flow in an airflow of a linear velocity of from about 5 m/sec to about 50 m/sec at a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 1200° C. for a contact time period of about 0.1 to about 10 seconds.
  • the calcination is preferably continued until the ignition loss becomes from about 3% by weight to about 10% by weight.
  • the alumina powder obtained by the calcinations in the airflow can be separated from the airflow and can be collected by a known method using a cyclone, a bug filter, an electric collector or the like.
  • the powder may be cooled simultaneously with or after the separation and collection, to obtain the at least partially rehydratable alumina powder.
  • the thus-obtained at least partially rehydratable alumina powder may have an ignition loss of from about 3% by weight to about 10% by weight and may have a BET specific surface area of about 100 m 2 /g or more.
  • the alumina powder may contain ⁇ -alumina and/or ⁇ -alumina as its main component as to crystal phase.
  • the at least partially rehydratable alumina powder may be formed in the presence of water to obtain a formed body thereof.
  • the forming may be conducted by a method in which the rehydratable alumina powder is fed to Marumerizer or a tumbling granulator together with water and is granulated.
  • the forming may be conducted by a method in which the rehydratable alumina powder is moistened with water and then is compacted with a die; a method in which the rehydratable alumina powder is mixed with water and then is formed with an extruder; a method in which the rehydratable alumina powder is mixed with water and then is stirred in a solvent that is non-miscible with water.
  • the forming of the rehydratable alumina powder without using water is not preferred. However, in the forming, a small amount of water-miscible organic solvent can be present with water. If a spherical product is desired, the tumbling granulation method is most suitable because this method provides high productivity.
  • the amount of water to be present with the rehydratable alumina powder in the forming is not limited, and may be about 40 parts by weight to about 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rehydratable alumina powder.
  • the resultant formed body of the rehydratable alumina may have various shapes such as a spherical shape, a cylindrical shape, a ring shape, a plate shape, a honeycomb shape and a block shape.
  • the rehydratable alumina When the rehydratable alumina is formed in the presence of water, another inorganic compound may be added to the rehydratable alumina as long as the pore structure and strength of the final product, i.e., an ⁇ -alumina formed body will not be impaired.
  • examples of such an inorganic compound include non-rehydratable alumina such as ⁇ -alumina, aluminum salt, silica, clay, talc, bentonite, zeolite, cordierite, titania, alkali metal salt, alkali-earth metal salt, rare earth metal salt, zirconia, mullite and silica alumina. If a salt other than an oxide is added, it is preferred that the salt is decomposed during the calcination conducted later, to become an oxide of the salt.
  • the thus-obtained formed body of the at least partially rehydratable alumina may be maintained in the presence of water (for example, in a water vapor atmosphere, in a gas containing water vapor or the like) at a temperature of form about 110° C. to about 200° C., and preferably at a temperature of form about 130° C. to about 180° C., to rehydrate the formed body.
  • water for example, in a water vapor atmosphere, in a gas containing water vapor or the like
  • a temperature of form about 110° C. to about 200° C. and preferably at a temperature of form about 130° C. to about 180° C.
  • the mechanical strength of the final product i.e., an ⁇ -alumina formed body
  • it is preferred that the formed body is maintained in a humidity such that water can be adsorbed into the micro-pores of the formed body.
  • the humidity may be about 20% RH or more.
  • the rehydration of the formed body of the at least partially rehydratable alumina may be performed for about 10 minutes to one week, preferably for about one hour to about ten hours. It is preferred that, during the rehydration, the rehydratable alumina is substantially completely rehydrated to become boehmite-crystal aluminum hydroxide. The longer the rehydration time period is and/or the higher the rehydration temperature is, the higher mechanical strength of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body has. On the other hand, the rehydration at a temperature higher than about 200° C. is not economical because an expensive pressure-resistant facility is needed.
  • the rehydrated alumina formed body may be subjected to a soda removal treatment, to finally obtain an ⁇ -alumina formed body with a low soda content.
  • the final product (an a -alumina formed body) in the present invention may have a low soda content such as about 0.2% or lower, which is desirable when the product is used as a carrier for a catalyst.
  • the soda removal treatment may be conducted by a method in which a rehydrated alumina formed body is washed with water at a temperature of about 100° C. or lower, and preferably at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 90° C.
  • the higher soda removal treatment temperature is, the faster the soda removal rate becomes.
  • the amount of the water to be used in the soda removal treatment is preferably in the range of from about the same to about 25 times by volume as large as the volume of the formed body to be treated.
  • the soda removal effect may be insufficient.
  • the amount of water exceeds about 25 times by volume as large as the volume of the formed body, the soda removal effect may be no more enhanced in proportion to the volume of the water and thus is not economical.
  • the method of the soda removal treatment is not limited, and may be a batch method or a column flow method.
  • an acid solution and/or a solution of an electrolyte may be added to water for the treatment as long as the mechanical strength of the resultant formed body will not be reduced.
  • the acid to be used include a mineral acid such as hydrochloric acid and nitric acid and an organic acid such as acetic acid.
  • the electrolyte to be used include a salt such as ammonium nitride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride and ammonium acetate.
  • the alumina rehydrated formed body may be calcined at a temperature of about 1200° C. or higher.
  • the calcination temperature may be determined depending on the desired degree of changing to ⁇ -alumina or the desired specific surface of the formed body or the like.
  • the calcination temperature may be about 1200° C. or higher, and preferably in the range of from about 1300° C. to about 1400° C.
  • the calcination may be performed by various heating methods such as indirect heating with a burning gas or an electric heater and infrared heating.
  • the calcination atmosphere is not limited, and the calcination may be performed in the air or in an atmosphere of nitrogen or hydrogen.
  • the water attached to the formed body is preferably removed by air drying, hot-blast drying, vacuum drying or the like.
  • a precursor of a catalyst component such as precious metal may be added to the formed body after the forming step or the rehydration step as long as the strength and the pore structure of the final product will not be impaired.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body obtained in the present invention may has a BET specific surface area of from about 0.1 m 2 /g to about 10 m 2 /g, a pore volume of about 0.35 cm 3 /g or larger, a crashing strength of 100 daN/cm 2 or larger, and a wear ratio of about 2% or less.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body thus obtained in the present invention is usable as a carrier for various materials such as catalysts, chemicals and microbes for food leftover disposal.
  • an ⁇ -alumina formed body in the present invention is usable as a catalyst (for example, a reformed catalyst for preparation of hydrogen, or a catalyst for preparation of ethylene oxide) supporting precious metals and the like.
  • the ⁇ -alumina formed body may be used as a filler as it is.
  • a high-strength ⁇ -alumina formed body with a low soda content, of which pore distribution can be controlled is provided in an easy and inexpensive manner.
  • a carrier comprising the ⁇ -alumina formed body is useful especially when the formed body is utilized as a carrier for catalysts, chemicals, microbes for food leftover disposal and the like.
  • a median particle size of a sample was measured with a Microtrac particle size analyzer manufactured by Leeds & Northrup
  • a packed bulk density of a sample was measured with a powder tester manufactured by Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation.
  • a crystal phase of a sample was measured with a powder X-ray diffractometer manufactured by Rigaku Corporation.
  • a BET specific surface area of a sample was measured with a specific surface are measuring apparatus manufactured by Mountech Co., Ltd.
  • a diameter and disruptive strength of a sample grain were measured with a micrometer and a hardness tester, respectively. Based on the diameter and disruptive strength, disruptive strength per cross-section of the sample was calculated. Using 10 samples, an average disruptive strength per cross-section of the samples was obtained, and was utilized as crashing strength of the samples.
  • Pore volume and pore distribution of a sample were measured respectively in a Hg injection method using Autoscan 33 porisimeter manufactured by Quantachrome Corporation.
  • the obtained alumina powder was a rehydratable alumina powder having ⁇ , ⁇ phase and an ignition loss of 7%.
  • the rehydratable alumina powder was formed into spherical grains having a diameter of 2 mm to 4 mm, while spraying about 60 parts of water based on 100 parts of the powder.
  • About 1 kg of the obtained grains was put in a glass beaker, which was then placed in a 5-liter autoclave made of stainless steel. While adding water into the autoclave and raising the temperature therein to 130° C., the grains were maintained in the saturated water vapor atmosphere for four hours, to rehydrate the grains and allow the grains to be aged.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body was obtained in the same manner as that described in Example 1, except that the rehydration temperature was changed from 130° C. to 150° C.
  • the physical properties of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body are shown in Table 1, and the pore distribution thereof is shown in FIG. 1.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body was obtained in the same manner as that described in Example 1 using a dried gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide (water content: 1% or less) having a median particle size of 12 ⁇ m and a packed bulk density of 1.8 g/cm 3 , which had been obtained by the Bayer process.
  • the physical properties of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body are shown in Table 1, and the pore distribution thereof is shown in FIG. 1.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body was obtained in the same manner as that described in Example 1 using a dried gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide (water content: 1% or less) having a median particle size of 12 ⁇ m and a packed bulk density of 1.12 g/cm 3 , which had been obtained by the Bayer process.
  • the physical properties of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body are shown in Table 1, and the pore distribution thereof is shown in FIG. 1.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body was obtained in the same manner as that described in Example 1 using a dried gibbsite-phase aluminum hydroxide (water content: 1% or less) having a median particle size of 8 ⁇ m and a packed bulk density of 1.05 g/cm 3 , which had been obtained in the Bayer process.
  • the physical properties of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body are shown in Table 1, and the pore distribution thereof is shown in FIG. 1.
  • An ⁇ -alumina formed body was obtained in the same manner as that described in Example 1, except that the rehydration temperature was changed from 130° C. to 90° C.
  • the physical properties of the resultant ⁇ -alumina formed body are shown in Table 1, and the pore distribution thereof is shown in FIG. 1.
  • Example 1 BET surface Crashing Pore Na 2 O area Crystal strength volume content (m 2 /g) phase (daN/cm 2 ) (cm 3 /g) (%)
  • Example 1 6.4 ⁇ 110 0.60 0.27
  • Example 2 5.3 ⁇ 280 0.53 0.27
  • Example 3 7.1 ⁇ 206 0.39 0.26
  • Example 4 6.3 ⁇ 242 0.47 0.18
  • Example 5 4.5 ⁇ 248 0.55 0.05 Comparative 7.6 ⁇ 42 0.58 0.27
  • Example 1 BET surface Crashing Pore Na 2 O area Crystal strength volume content (m 2 /g) phase (daN/cm 2 ) (cm 3 /g) (%)
  • Example 1 6.4 ⁇ 110 0.60 0.27
  • Example 2 5.3 ⁇ 280 0.53 0.27
  • Example 3 7.1 ⁇ 206 0.39 0.26
  • Example 4 6.3 ⁇ 242 0.47 0.18
  • Example 5 4.5 ⁇ 248 0.55 0.05 Comparative 7.6 ⁇ 42 0.58 0.27
  • the present invention provides an ⁇ -alumina formed body having a significantly high crashing strength and a wee-controlled pore distribution.
  • the present invention can provide an ⁇ -alumina formed body with a low soda content.

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