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USRE37046E1
USRE37046E1 US09/133,421 US13342198A USRE37046E US RE37046 E1 USRE37046 E1 US RE37046E1 US 13342198 A US13342198 A US 13342198A US RE37046 E USRE37046 E US RE37046E
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  • This invention relates to a process of recycling condensate from a hydrocarbon or alcohol synthesis, wherein the condensate comprises water and orgaic compounds such as oxygenates, alcohols, and hydrocarbons, which comprises contacting the condensate with a hot gaseous mixture, preferably comprising CH 4 and steam, to strip organic compounds and steam from the condensate; recovering a gaseous stream comprising the organic compounds; and separately recovering the purified liquid water of the condensate.
  • a hot gaseous mixture preferably comprising CH 4 and steam
  • Carbon monoxide and hydrogen may be reacted over a suitable catalyst to produce hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds (such as aldehydes and alcohols) containing one or more carbon atoms.
  • hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds such as aldehydes and alcohols
  • oxygenated compounds such as aldehydes and alcohols
  • Fischer-Tropsch process involves the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to produce a variety of products ranging in size and functionality from methane to higher alcohols.
  • the methanation reaction was first described by Sabatier and Senderens in 1902. The later work of Fischer and Tropsch dealing with higher hydrocarbons was described in Brenstoff - Chem. 7, 97 (1926).
  • the product stream of a Fischer-Tropsch reaction or hydrocarbon synthesis will in general comprise hydrocarbon wax and a condensate.
  • This condensate will typically comprise water and such compounds as hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component.
  • the desired heavy hydrocarbon product generally can be separated by sedimentation from the remaining liquid phase or condensate. The separation is not necessarily complete, though, and often the condensate will have present in it some of the lower molecular weight hydrocarbons and oxygenates in the liquid phase.
  • This contaminated condensate is of little or no commercial value
  • the oxygenates are known to cause corrosion while the hydrocarbons may cause foaming.
  • the condensate is normally passed to a water treatment facility where it undergoes typical water treatment steps, such as anaerobic digestion and biological oxidation, in order to remove the contaminants from the clean water.
  • the present invention is directed at the purification of a typical condensate stream from a hydrocarbon synthesis or alcohol synthesis process.
  • the condensate typically comprises water and contaminants, such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons (after the desired heavier hydrocarbons have been separated), alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component.
  • the condensate is contacted with a hot gaseous mixture comprsing a light hydrocabon gas, preferably comprising CH 4 , and steam.
  • the hot gaseous mixture strips the contaminants from the condensate leaving a stream of purified, clean water.
  • the purified water has had about 80-90% of the contaminants removed.
  • One advantage to this invention is that it provides an easy and cost saving process for purifying the condensate from synthesis processes without the need for expensive water treatment facilities.
  • the contaminants are stripped from the condensate as a gaseous stream comprising lower molecular weight hydrocarbons; alcohols; other oxygenates; a light hydrocarbon gas, preferably comprising CH 4 ; and steam.
  • this light hydrocarbon gaseous stream preferably CH 4 -containing, is used as feedgas to a synthesis gas (CO/H 2 ) generation process or to any other process with suitable reictant requirements.
  • the invention also relates to a method of producing heavy hydrocarbons comprising reacting CO and H 2 over a catalyst at reaction conditions; separately recovering the heavy hydrocarbons from the condensate; contacting the condensate with a hot gaseous mixture preferably comprising CH 4 and steam to strip the condensate of any contaminants such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; recovering a gaseous stream comprising the contaminants, CH 4 , and steam; and converting the CH 4 -containing stream to CO and H 2 .
  • the CH 4 -containing gaseous stream is converted to synthesis gas (CO/H 2 ) by a catalytic fluidized bed synthesis gas generation process or any combination of steam reforming and partial oxidation reactions with heat integration between the reactions.
  • CO and H 2 produced may then be used as feedgas in producing the heavy hydrocarbons.
  • the Figure is a simplified schematic flow drawing of one method for practicing the subject invention.
  • the present invention provides a process of purifying a condensate stream from a hydrocarbon or alcohol synthesis process, thereby eliminating the need for expensive water treatment steps. In doing so, a hot gaseous stream comprising contaminants, CH 4 , and steam is produced and used as feed gas to a synthesis gas generation process.
  • the condensate of the instant invention can come from a typical hydrocarbon synthesis process 10 .
  • the heavier hydrocarbons 12 preferably C 5 +, are separated from the water phase or condensate by, for example, a sedimentation process 14 .
  • the remaining condensate 16 comprising predominately water and contaminants such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates. is passed to a vessel 18 , preferably a sieved tray tower.
  • a packed tower or any device that allows countercurrent vapor/liquid separation may also be used.
  • the condensate enters the tower at or near the top at 20 .
  • a hot gaseous mixture comprising CH 4 and steam 22 is injected into the bottom of the tower at 24 .
  • the gaseous mixture is at a temperature in the range of about 450° F. to about 750° F.
  • the hot gaseous mixture contacts the downward flowing condensate, it causes the various contaminants and up to about fifty percent of the water present in the condensate to vaporize.
  • the vaporized contaminants and steam rise to the top of the tower with the gaseous mixture comprising CH 4 and steam.
  • the remaining fifty percent or so of the water in the condensate remains in liquid phase and having had most (about 80-90%) of the contaminants removed, is discharged as purified, clean water 26 at the bottom of the tower at 28 .
  • This purified water stream can then be passed to some reduced process of water treatment, if desired. However, the discharged stream is often sufficiently pure to meet environmental standards, and water treatment processing is not necessary.
  • the hot gaseous mixture 30 comprising CH 4 , steam, and contaminants preferably exits the top of the vessel at 32 and is used in a synthesis gas (CO/H 2 ) generation process 34 .
  • This mixture must be hot, preferably at a temperature between about 750° F. to about 1200° F. upon entering the synthesis gas generation stage.
  • the stream may be heated to the desired temperature by an external heating means 36 , if necessary.
  • Synthesis gas can be produced by either steam reforming or partial oxidation. Conventionally, synthesis gas is produced by a mixture of steam reforming and partial oxidation reactions.
  • the steam reforming reaction is highly endothermic, produces a high ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide, and is described as:
  • the partial oxidation reaction is highly exothermic, produces a low hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio, and is described as:
  • the combined process produces a 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide.
  • the CH 4 -containing gaseous stream 30 can be fed as feedgas separately to a steam reforming process or to a partial oxidation process, or to any combination of the two.
  • the two reactions may take place in two separate vessels with or without a means of heat integration between them.
  • the synthesis gas generation process involves the catalytic conversion of the CH 4 -containing gas stream with oxygen and steam. More preferably, the catalytic conversion is effected in the presence of a fluidized bed of catalyst. Most preferably the catalyst is a nickel catalyst.
  • the fluidized bed operates at an average temperature of about 1700° F. to 1900° F., preferably 1750° F. to 1850° F., and pressures of about 20 atm. to 40 atm.
  • a more preferred embodiment of this invention provides a process for producing heavy hydrocarbons, preferably C 5 + hydrocarbons.
  • a feed gas of CO and H 2 is reacted over a suitable metal catalyst, for example an iron, cobalt, rhenium, or cobalt/rhenium catalyst supported on an inorganic refractory oxide, at normal synthesis conditions in a hydrocarbon or Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
  • Reaction temperatures for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis may vary over a range from about 320° F. to about 560° F., preferably about 350° F. to about 500° F.
  • Reaction pressure may vary from about 80 psig to about 600 psig, preferably about 140 psig to about 400 psig.
  • the gas feed rate, or gas hourly space velocity, in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction may vary from about 100 to about 5000 volume of fresh gas/volume of catalyst/hr. (V/V cat/hr.), preferably about 300 to about 2000 V/V cat/hr.
  • the product stream of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis typically comprises C 1 + hydrocarbons and oxygenates (paraffins, olefins, aldehydes, alcohols, etc.) along with a contaminated water condensate.
  • the composition of the product stream will vary depending upon the specific reaction conditions and catalysts used.
  • a preferred product stream comprises heavy hydrocarbons, preferably C 5 + hydrocarbons. These heavier hydrocarbons may be separated from the contaminated water condensate by sedimentation or some other similar process. Some of the liquid lower molecular weight hydrocarbons remain in the condensate.
  • the condensate typically comprises water and contamnts such as the lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component.
  • the contaminated condensate is passed to a vessel and contacted with a hot gaseous mixture comprising CH 4 and steam, as described previously, to strip the contaminants and about fifty percent of the water from the condensate leaving purified liquid water behind.
  • the gaseous stream of contaminants, CH 4 , and steam is recovered and converted to CO and H 2 via one of the synthesis gas generation processes previously described.
  • the generated synthesis gas (CO/H 2 ) then may be fed to a hydrocarbon or Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to start again the entire process of producing heavy hydrocarbons, i.e., C 5 + hydrocarbons.

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This invention relates to a process of recycling condensate from a hydrocarbon or alcohol synthesis, wherein the condensate comprises water and contaminants such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates. A hot gaseous mixture comprising CH4 and steam contacts the condensate so as to strip the contaminants from the condensate. The stripped contaminants, CH4, and steam are separately recovered as a gaseous stream from the remaining purified water. The recovered CH4-containing gaseous stream may be used in synthesis gas (CO/H2) generation processes with the generated synthesis gas then being used in a hydrocarbon synthesis process to produce heavy hydrocarbons.

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FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to a process of recycling condensate from a hydrocarbon or alcohol synthesis, wherein the condensate comprises water and orgaic compounds such as oxygenates, alcohols, and hydrocarbons, which comprises contacting the condensate with a hot gaseous mixture, preferably comprising CH4 and steam, to strip organic compounds and steam from the condensate; recovering a gaseous stream comprising the organic compounds; and separately recovering the purified liquid water of the condensate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ART
Carbon monoxide and hydrogen may be reacted over a suitable catalyst to produce hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds (such as aldehydes and alcohols) containing one or more carbon atoms. Perhaps the best known of such processes is the Fischer-Tropsch process which involves the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to produce a variety of products ranging in size and functionality from methane to higher alcohols. The methanation reaction was first described by Sabatier and Senderens in 1902. The later work of Fischer and Tropsch dealing with higher hydrocarbons was described in Brenstoff - Chem. 7, 97 (1926).
The product stream of a Fischer-Tropsch reaction or hydrocarbon synthesis will in general comprise hydrocarbon wax and a condensate. This condensate will typically comprise water and such compounds as hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component. The desired heavy hydrocarbon product generally can be separated by sedimentation from the remaining liquid phase or condensate. The separation is not necessarily complete, though, and often the condensate will have present in it some of the lower molecular weight hydrocarbons and oxygenates in the liquid phase. This contaminated condensate is of little or no commercial value The oxygenates are known to cause corrosion while the hydrocarbons may cause foaming. Thus, the condensate is normally passed to a water treatment facility where it undergoes typical water treatment steps, such as anaerobic digestion and biological oxidation, in order to remove the contaminants from the clean water.
It is known in the art to recycle the original condensate from a hydrocarbon synthesis or alcohol synthesis to a process where that condensate can be used as a supplemental reactant in the feedgas, thereby enriching the feedgas. European Patent Application No. 168892 discloses the recycling of organic products of a Fischer-Tropsch, methanol or oxo synthesis as a supplement to the feedgas to a steam reforming reaction. The recycled products increase the product yield and thermal efficiency of the steam reforming reaction.
The need exists in the art for a process of stripping the organic compounds or contaminants from the recycled condensate to produce a purified water stream, thereby eliminating the need for the complex and expensive water treatment processing while at the same time producing a stream of oxygenates, steam, and other organic compounds for use as a reactant in a feedgas to some other process, particularly a synthesis gas generation process.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed at the purification of a typical condensate stream from a hydrocarbon synthesis or alcohol synthesis process. The condensate typically comprises water and contaminants, such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons (after the desired heavier hydrocarbons have been separated), alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component. The condensate is contacted with a hot gaseous mixture comprsing a light hydrocabon gas, preferably comprising CH4, and steam. The hot gaseous mixture strips the contaminants from the condensate leaving a stream of purified, clean water. The purified water has had about 80-90% of the contaminants removed. One advantage to this invention is that it provides an easy and cost saving process for purifying the condensate from synthesis processes without the need for expensive water treatment facilities.
In the above process, the contaminants are stripped from the condensate as a gaseous stream comprising lower molecular weight hydrocarbons; alcohols; other oxygenates; a light hydrocarbon gas, preferably comprising CH4; and steam. Preferably, this light hydrocarbon gaseous stream, preferably CH4-containing, is used as feedgas to a synthesis gas (CO/H2) generation process or to any other process with suitable reictant requirements.
The invention also relates to a method of producing heavy hydrocarbons comprising reacting CO and H2 over a catalyst at reaction conditions; separately recovering the heavy hydrocarbons from the condensate; contacting the condensate with a hot gaseous mixture preferably comprising CH4 and steam to strip the condensate of any contaminants such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; recovering a gaseous stream comprising the contaminants, CH4, and steam; and converting the CH4-containing stream to CO and H2. Preferably, the CH4-containing gaseous stream is converted to synthesis gas (CO/H2) by a catalytic fluidized bed synthesis gas generation process or any combination of steam reforming and partial oxidation reactions with heat integration between the reactions. The CO and H2 produced may then be used as feedgas in producing the heavy hydrocarbons.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The Figure is a simplified schematic flow drawing of one method for practicing the subject invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The present invention provides a process of purifying a condensate stream from a hydrocarbon or alcohol synthesis process, thereby eliminating the need for expensive water treatment steps. In doing so, a hot gaseous stream comprising contaminants, CH4, and steam is produced and used as feed gas to a synthesis gas generation process.
The condensate of the instant invention can come from a typical hydrocarbon synthesis process 10. The heavier hydrocarbons 12, preferably C5+, are separated from the water phase or condensate by, for example, a sedimentation process 14. The remaining condensate 16, comprising predominately water and contaminants such as lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates. is passed to a vessel 18, preferably a sieved tray tower. A packed tower or any device that allows countercurrent vapor/liquid separation may also be used. The condensate enters the tower at or near the top at 20. A hot gaseous mixture comprising CH4 and steam 22 is injected into the bottom of the tower at 24. The gaseous mixture is at a temperature in the range of about 450° F. to about 750° F. As the hot gaseous mixture contacts the downward flowing condensate, it causes the various contaminants and up to about fifty percent of the water present in the condensate to vaporize. The vaporized contaminants and steam rise to the top of the tower with the gaseous mixture comprising CH4 and steam. The remaining fifty percent or so of the water in the condensate remains in liquid phase and having had most (about 80-90%) of the contaminants removed, is discharged as purified, clean water 26 at the bottom of the tower at 28. This purified water stream can then be passed to some reduced process of water treatment, if desired. However, the discharged stream is often sufficiently pure to meet environmental standards, and water treatment processing is not necessary.
The hot gaseous mixture 30 comprising CH4, steam, and contaminants preferably exits the top of the vessel at 32 and is used in a synthesis gas (CO/H2) generation process 34. This mixture must be hot, preferably at a temperature between about 750° F. to about 1200° F. upon entering the synthesis gas generation stage. The stream may be heated to the desired temperature by an external heating means 36, if necessary.
Synthesis gas can be produced by either steam reforming or partial oxidation. Conventionally, synthesis gas is produced by a mixture of steam reforming and partial oxidation reactions.
The steam reforming reaction is highly endothermic, produces a high ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide, and is described as:
CH4+H2⇄CO+3H2   (1)
The partial oxidation reaction is highly exothermic, produces a low hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio, and is described as:
CH4+O2→CO+H2+H2O   (2)
The combination of the two reactions is somewhat exothermic and is described as:
2CH4+O2→2CO+4H2
The combined process produces a 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide.
Depending on the ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide desired in the synthesis gas product, the CH4-containing gaseous stream 30 can be fed as feedgas separately to a steam reforming process or to a partial oxidation process, or to any combination of the two. The two reactions may take place in two separate vessels with or without a means of heat integration between them.
Preferably, the synthesis gas generation process involves the catalytic conversion of the CH4-containing gas stream with oxygen and steam. More preferably, the catalytic conversion is effected in the presence of a fluidized bed of catalyst. Most preferably the catalyst is a nickel catalyst. The fluidized bed operates at an average temperature of about 1700° F. to 1900° F., preferably 1750° F. to 1850° F., and pressures of about 20 atm. to 40 atm.
A more preferred embodiment of this invention provides a process for producing heavy hydrocarbons, preferably C5+ hydrocarbons. A feed gas of CO and H2 is reacted over a suitable metal catalyst, for example an iron, cobalt, rhenium, or cobalt/rhenium catalyst supported on an inorganic refractory oxide, at normal synthesis conditions in a hydrocarbon or Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Reaction temperatures for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis may vary over a range from about 320° F. to about 560° F., preferably about 350° F. to about 500° F. Reaction pressure may vary from about 80 psig to about 600 psig, preferably about 140 psig to about 400 psig. The gas feed rate, or gas hourly space velocity, in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction may vary from about 100 to about 5000 volume of fresh gas/volume of catalyst/hr. (V/V cat/hr.), preferably about 300 to about 2000 V/V cat/hr.
The product stream of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis typically comprises C1+ hydrocarbons and oxygenates (paraffins, olefins, aldehydes, alcohols, etc.) along with a contaminated water condensate. The composition of the product stream will vary depending upon the specific reaction conditions and catalysts used. In this invention a preferred product stream comprises heavy hydrocarbons, preferably C5+ hydrocarbons. These heavier hydrocarbons may be separated from the contaminated water condensate by sedimentation or some other similar process. Some of the liquid lower molecular weight hydrocarbons remain in the condensate. The condensate typically comprises water and contamnts such as the lower molecular weight hydrocarbons, alcohols, and other oxygenates; water being the predominate component.
The contaminated condensate is passed to a vessel and contacted with a hot gaseous mixture comprising CH4 and steam, as described previously, to strip the contaminants and about fifty percent of the water from the condensate leaving purified liquid water behind. The gaseous stream of contaminants, CH4, and steam is recovered and converted to CO and H2 via one of the synthesis gas generation processes previously described. The generated synthesis gas (CO/H2) then may be fed to a hydrocarbon or Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to start again the entire process of producing heavy hydrocarbons, i.e., C5+ hydrocarbons.
Having thus described the invention, it should be apparent that various modifications and changes can be made to the invention as claimed below without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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1. A process for purifying a condensate stream from a hydrocarbon synthesis or alcohol synthesis process which comprises:
(a) contacting the condensate with a hot gaseous mixture comprising methane and steam to strip contaminants from the condensate, said contaminants comprising lower molecular weight hydrocarbons and oxygenates;
(b) recovering a gaseous stream comprising the contaminants and the gaseous mixture; and
(c) separately recovering purified water.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the recovered hydrocarbon-containing gaseous stream of step (b) is the feedgas to a synthesis gas generation process.
3. The process of claim 2 wherein the recovered hydrocarbon-containing gaseous stream comprises CH4.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein the synthesis gas generation process comprises the catalytic conversion of the recovered CH4-containing gaseous stream with oxygen and steam to make synthesis gas.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein the catalytic conversion is effected with a fluidized bed of catalyst.
6. The process of claim 5 wherein the catalyst is a nickel catalyst.
7. A process for producing heavy hydrocarbons and a condensate stream wherein said condensate stream is purified by the process of claim 1.
8. The process of claim 7 wherein said heavy hydrocarbons comprise C5+ hydrocarbons.
9. A process for synthesizing hydrocarbons or alcohol and a condensate stream which comprises purifying said condensate stream utilizing the process of claim 1.
10. The process of claim 9 wherein said hydrocarbons or alcohols comprise C1+ hydrocarbons and oxygenates.
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