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• This invention relates to reconstitution of a deactivated dehydrogenation catalyst, especially a dehydrogenation catalyst comprising a Group 10 transition metal such as platinum (Pt).
• U.S. Pat. No. 4,422,954 discloses a method for restoring the metal content of a supported noble metal (e.g., palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), or osmium (Os)) hydrogenation catalyst.
• a supported noble metal e.g., palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), or osmium (Os)
• Catalyst supports include alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) and silica (SiO 2 ).
• the method comprises adding an appropriate amount of a noble metal salt (e.g., palladium phenate) of a weak acid to a fluid feed (e.g., phenol) passing across the catalyst.
• a noble metal salt e.g., palladium phenate
• the noble metal salt of a weak acid is reduced to the noble metal under hydrogenation conditions, which include a temperature such as 160 degrees Celsius (° C.), whereas a noble metal salt of a strong acid resists reduction to the noble metal.
• U.S. Pat. No. 4,147,660 teaches a method for reactivating a supported platinum group metal (e.g., Pd, Pd or Ru) catalyst by treating the catalyst with at least one agent selected from an inorganic alkaline substance and a reducing substance in an aqueous medium.
• the inorganic alkaline substance contains at least one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.
• the reducing substance is a water-soluble or water-dispersible material such as hydrazine, calcium tartrate or glucose.
• U.S. Pat. No. 4,409,122 discloses a process for reactivating spent tellurium-containing oxidic catalysts by mixing a solid particulate tellurium compound such as tellurium oxide with spent catalyst to raise the tellurium content thereof to a value between 90% and 500% of the original catalyst tellurium content.
• Catalyst reactivation can include calcining a mixture of solid particulate tellurium compound and spent catalyst.
• U.S. Pat. No. 3,259,588 (Harvey, et al.) relates in part to reactivation of hydrogenation catalysts that comprise a Group VI or Group VIII metal other than a noble metal on a high surface area support. Reactivation includes impregnation of spent catalysts with a metal salt solution and thereafter thermoactivating (calcining) the impregnated, spent catalyst.
• U.S. Pat. No. 2,862,890 teaches reactivation of reforming catalysts such as those containing a small amount of Pt on a metal oxide carrier. Reactivation involves resurfacing deactivated catalyst with an amount of Pt that is relatively small compared to virgin catalyst. Reactivation comprises treating deactivated catalyst with a Pt-containing solution and then calcining the treated catalyst.
• the amount of Pt-containing solution e.g., chloroplatinic acid
• the present invention provides a process for dehydrogenating alkane or alkylaromatic compounds comprising contacting, in a fluidized bed, an alkane compound or an alkylaromatic compound and a reconstituted dehydrogenation catalyst, such reconstituted dehydrogenation catalyst having been prepared by (a) obtaining a dehydrogenation catalyst comprising platinum and gallium on an alumina-based support, the dehydrogenation catalyst having been previously fresh but having become at least partially deactivated; (b) impregnating the at least partially deactivated dehydrogenation catalyst with a platinum salt solution to form an impregnated dehydrogenation catalyst; and (c) calcining the impregnated dehydrogenation catalyst at a temperature ranging from 400° C.
• a reconstituted dehydrogenation catalyst having (i) a platinum content ranging from 1 part per million (ppm), based on weight of catalyst, to 500 ppm, based on weight of catalyst; (ii) a gallium content ranging from 0.2 wt % to 2.0 wt %; and (iii) a ratio of platinum to gallium ranging from 1:20,000 to 1:4; wherein the reconstituted dehydrogenation catalyst further exhibits a platinum retention greater than or equal to the platinum retention of a fresh dehydrogenation catalyst when each is used in the same or another, otherwise identical dehydrogenation process.
• the present invention provides the reconstituted dehydrogenation catalyst described hereinabove and a process to prepare it.
• An object of this invention is to prepare a reconstituted Pt—Ga/Al 2 O 3 catalyst that is less expensive than fresh Pt—Ga/Al 2 O 3 catalyst, yet sufficiently effective for dehydrogenation, without a need to replace modifier components such as Ga or support materials such as Al 2 O 3 , such that the reconstituted Pt—Ga/Al 2 O 3 catalyst may be comparable to or even preferred over “fresh,” never used Pt—Ga/Al 2 O 3 catalyst.
• a Pt—Ga catalyst on an alumina-based support such as Al 2 O 3 or modified Al 2 O 3 , e.g., silica modified Al 2 O 3 (see, for example, WO 2005/077867 A, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety)
• a Pt—Ga catalyst on an alumina-based support such as Al 2 O 3 or modified Al 2 O 3 , e.g., silica modified Al 2 O 3 (see, for example, WO 2005/077867 A, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety)
• the Pt is selectively removed from the catalyst particles, thereby altering the overall catalyst composition and in particular the ratio of platinum to gallium.
• the inventors have developed a catalyst that demonstrates remarkably improved retention of the Pt metal on the catalyst support following the reconstitution process, in comparison with the retention exhibited by an otherwise equivalent “fresh” (neither partially deactivated nor reconstituted, as described further hereinbelow) catalyst, which means that deactivation due to Pt loss is delayed following the catalyst reconstitution described herein, in comparison with the deactivation rate suffered by fresh catalyst.
• the invention includes, in various aspects, a catalyst composition, a process for preparing it, and a dehydrogenation process using it.
• the method comprises impregnating an “at least partially deactivated” (i.e., “used” or “spent”) Pt—Ga/Al 2 O 3 catalyst.
• an “at least partially deactivated” i.e., “used” or “spent”
• Synonyms used herein for “at least partially deactivated” include common industry terms “used” or “spent,” and the phrase is defined herein as referring to a catalyst that has shown a measurable decrease in its activity during use for its catalytic purpose (for example, a dehydrogenation process), i.e., a catalyst that now exhibits a measurably lowered conversion of the material upon which its catalytic activity has previously been directed, such conversion reduction being primarily due to loss of the catalyst's catalytically active component.
• This impregnation step is carried out by contacting the used catalyst with an amount of platinum, preferably a Pt-containing compound, which is a Pt-containing compound including but not limited to tetraamineplatinum (II) nitrate, platinum (II) nitrate, chloroplatinic acid, platinum (II) acetylacetonate, and combinations thereof.
• platinum preferably a Pt-containing compound, which is a Pt-containing compound including but not limited to tetraamineplatinum (II) nitrate, platinum (II) nitrate, chloroplatinic acid, platinum (II) acetylacetonate, and combinations thereof.
• the amount of the post-calcination Pt is desirably from 1 ppm to 500 ppm, based on weight of catalyst, preferably from 40 ppm to 400 ppm, more preferably from 100 ppm to 400 ppm, and most preferably from 150 ppm to 300 ppm; and post-calcination gallium is preferably within a range of from 0.2 wt % to 2.0 wt %, and more preferably from about 0.8 wt % to 2.0 wt %.
• the post-calcination ratio of platinum to gallium desirably ranges from 1:20,000 to 1:4, preferably from 1:500 to 1:5, more preferably from 1:200 to 1:20, and most preferably from 3:400 to 3:80.
• the content of Ga expressed as the weight percent content of Ga in the used catalyst, may be assumed to be approximately equal to the starting content of the “fresh” catalyst, as very little, if any, Ga is lost during catalyst use.
• the Pt is preferentially removed during catalyst use, possibly due to volatility of PtO 2 , migration of metal to the surface of the support in combination with mechanical removal of platinum-containing particles, or some other unknown mechanism(s).
• Impregnation may be carried out by any method known to those skilled in the art, including but not limited to the incipient wetness method, slurry impregnation, chemical vapor deposition, a combination thereof, or the like.
• the impregnated catalyst may optionally be allowed to age, i.e., to remain quiescent, for a time. This time may range from 1 hour (h) to 24 h. In certain particular embodiments, the time may range from 4 h to 16 h.
• the catalyst may then be calcined.
• a pre-calcination drying step of some type in order to remove solvent. Removal of the solvent helps to prevent problems that may arise when a solvent-containing catalyst is directly calcined.
• the drying and calcinations stages may overlap as to temperature, particularly if temperature is ramped. In general, drying may occur during exposure of the impregnated catalyst to temperatures ranging from room (ambient) temperature to a temperature ranging up to 150° C. During this drying the catalyst is not chemically transformed.
• the calcination may be carried out at any effective temperature ranging from 400° C. to 1000° C. In particular embodiments the temperature may range from 450° C. to 1000° C., and more preferably from 500° C. to 800° C., and most preferably from 600° C. to 800° C. Calcination is effectively carried out under an atmosphere comprising oxygen, preferably air. Time is preferably from 20 minutes to 720 minutes, more preferably from 40 minutes to 360 minutes. Means conventionally used by or known to those skilled in the art may be selected.
• alumina-based catalyst support be affected or altered as little as possible by the calcination conditions; therefore, use of an alumina-based support, particularly one that is modified with silica and having a surface area of less than 150 meters squared per gram (m 2 /g), preferably also a Davison Attrition Index below 14, may be, in some embodiments, particularly useful.
• m 2 /g meters squared per gram
• a Davison Attrition Index below 14
• Those skilled in the art will be aware of the performance of certain alumina phases under a variety of temperature conditions and are referred to U.S. Pat. No. 7,235,706 as a general reference.
• the foregoing inventive reconstitution process may be repeated until yield accomplished using the catalyst is reduced to a level that is unsatisfactory or undesirable, or until catalyst attrition results in particles (“fines”) that are sufficiently small (e.g., less than 20 micrometers ( ⁇ m)) that they are simply lost in the dehydrogenation process, e.g., they are effectively entrained in the gas used in the fluidized bed and are not effectively recoverable. Absent an effective means of recovering such particles it has heretofore been conventional and unavoidable to, at that point, replace the catalyst with fresh catalyst.
• the reconstituted catalyst of the invention may be particularly useful to facilitate a circulating fluidized bed dehydrogenation of alkanes, alkylaromatics, or combinations thereof.
• the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) dehydrogenation process for this application uses, in preferred but non-limiting embodiments, a system which comprises mainly a dehydrogenation reactor and a regenerator, both fluid bed based.
• one or more hydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of paraffinic hydrocarbons and alkylaromatic hydrocarbons contact the inventive dehydrogenation catalyst at reaction temperature and in concurrent flow through a dehydrogenation reactor.
• the temperature in the dehydrogenation reactor is typically from 500° C.
• Catalyst residence time in the dehydrogenation reactor may typically vary from 0.5 seconds (sec) to 240 sec.
• the catalyst/gas products are separated by high efficiency cyclones. After the separation, the catalyst is stripped with an inert gas before being sent to a regenerator. In the regenerator vessel, coke on the catalyst is removed by combustion in an oxygen-containing environment (usually air), and catalyst is heated by additional fuel to the target temperature. Catalyst circulates back to the reactor, carrying the necessary heat for the dehydrogenation reaction.
• the reconstituted catalyst of the invention offers renewed or regenerated activity where the catalyst is exhibiting reduced activity due to use, particularly where it has been used in a dehydrogenation such as is described hereinabove, such that yield (activity) has been measurably reduced.
• the used or spent (“at least partially deactivated”) catalyst may be reconstituted according to the invention and cycled back into the system, where it may exhibit a propane dehydrogenation activity that is at least 2% absolute propane conversion greater than that of the at least partially deactivated catalyst under otherwise identical dehydrogenation conditions.
• the propane dehydrogenation activity exhibited by the reconstituted catalyst may be greater by an amount equal to or more than 5% on the same basis. This may reasonably be construed as implying that, in certain embodiments, the inventive catalyst may then or thereafter be exhibiting a loss in activity that is relatively delayed when compared to the loss in activity exhibited by fresh catalyst under otherwise identical dehydrogenation conditions.
• the foregoing process may be, and preferably is, practiced without use of precursor steps that remove extraneous materials, such as impurities picked up from the reactor metal or refractory or the feed stream, deposited on catalyst surfaces.
• precursor steps include washing a catalyst that has extraneous materials deposited thereon with an organic solvent, an acid or a base to remove the extraneous materials. Eliminating such precursor steps concurrently eliminates their cost and contributes to economic desirability of the foregoing method.
• SiC silicon carbide
• alkane conversion and dehydrogenation selectivity e.g., ethane to ethylene, propane to propylene, or butane to butylene
• the catalyst is subjected to a N 2 stream which has been tangentially injected into the jet cup with a linear velocity of 580 feet per second (ft/sec) and temperature of 30° C. Moisture is added to the system to keep the relative humidity at 60%. The solid particles are accelerated by the gas and moved around inside the wall of the cup. The fines in the catalyst and the fines generated are carried away and collected in a thimble.
• the catalyst is under N 2 jet treatment for 1 hr. At the end of the test, the catalyst remaining in the jet cup (“Cup Materials”) is collected. Pt retention is determined by the Pt concentration on catalyst before and after the Jet Cup Attrition Test.
• the collected cup materials are sent for Pt analysis by X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) or ICP-MS along with the fresh catalyst.
• the Pt retention reported in Table 1 is calculated as the ratio of Pt concentration in Cup Materials to Pt concentration of the starting materials. Record results in Table 1.
• the Jet Cup Attrition Test as used to determine Pt retention is designed to achieve accelerated Pt loss via severe laboratory experimental conditions, for generation of a ranking according to relative Pt retention.

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