WO1997040121A1 - Process for removing oxygenated contaminants from hydrocarbon streams - Google Patents

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WO1997040121A1
WO1997040121A1 PCT/EP1997/001994 EP9701994W WO9740121A1 WO 1997040121 A1 WO1997040121 A1 WO 1997040121A1 EP 9701994 W EP9701994 W EP 9701994W WO 9740121 A1 WO9740121 A1 WO 9740121A1
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Stefano Rossini
Valerio Piccoli
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10GCRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G25/00Refining of hydrocarbon oils in the absence of hydrogen, with solid sorbents

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  • the present invention relates to a process for selectively removing oxygenated contaminants from hydrocarbon streams.
  • the oxygenated products present in these cases are the corresponding ter-alkyl alcohols, obtained by the acid-catalyzed addition of water to the iso-olefin and alkyl-teralkyl ethers, generally deriving from impurities in the charge - for example MTBE in C. cuts as it is extremely costly to obtain a C 5 olefin stream without isobutene and also the boiling point of MTBE is very close to that of C 5 hydrocarbons.
  • oxygenated products are harmful is in the polymerization of iso-olefins, preferably isobutene with a high purity obtained by the decomposition of the corresponding alkylether, i.e. MTBE. Also in this case the total oxygenated products (methanol, dimethylether, water) must be less than 10 ppm.
  • Oxygenated products on the level of impurities, are generally harmful in processes using zeolites owing to their great affinity.
  • Competitive adsorptions can in fact arise which reduce the overall efficiency of the process.
  • EP-504980 discloses various methods for removing these oxygenated products.
  • EP-504980 can be mentioned wherein the teralkyl-alkyl ethers and corresponding alcohols (MTBE, TAME, TBA, TAA) are removed from C 5 streams in the synthesis of TAME by
  • a process has been surprisingly found using a material which combines a high adsorbing capacity (molecules retained per unit of the adsorbent mass under conditions of equilibrium) for oxygenated com- pounds and a high adsorption rate of these molecules (molecules adsorbed per unit of time) , also allowing said material to be easily and completely regenerated.
  • This latter aspect although not indicated in the art cited above, is of fundamental importance in applying the method on an industrial scale.
  • the process for selectively removing oxygenated contaminants from streams prevalently containing hydrocarbons with from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, of the present invention is characterized in that it compris- es an adsorption step wherein said oxygenated compounds are adsorbed with an adsorbent essentially consisting of silica gel, carried out at a temperature of between 0 and 150°C and a pressure of between 1 and 20 atms, and a regeneration step for removing the substances adsorbed by means of thermal treatment in a stream of inert gas, carried out at a temperature of between 100 and 200'C.
  • the inert gas used in the thermal treatment can be selected from gases normally used for carrying out regenerations, such as nitrogen, helium, steam, flue gas, air, etc.
  • the silica gel used can have a surface area preferably higher than 300 ⁇ a 2 /g , more preferably higher than 400 m 2 /g > and a porous volume preferably of between 0.38 and 1.75 ml/g.
  • the oxygenated compounds which can be present in the hydrocarbon streams are preferably C ⁇ C. Q alcohols, alkylethers, symmetrical and mixed, but also occasion ⁇ ally aldehydes and ketones.
  • the hydrocarbon streams under consideration can typically contain paraffins, olefins or diolefins, prevalently with from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and do not normally contain more than 10000 ppm of oxygenated compounds. This however does not prevent the process claimed herein to be also used for streams with a much higher content of oxygenated compounds: it will be necessary to suitably dimension the adsorption section.
  • commercial silica gel may contain some impurities, such as for example Na + , Ca 2* , Fe 3+ , S0 4 2" and Cl " , at a level of a few hundreds of ppm, or modifiers for specific uses, such as for example Co 2* , or be in the form of a cogel and contain for example Al 3+ , Zr 4+ , Ti A+ , Mg 2+ .
  • a very interesting aspect of this material is that it has a moderate acidity under the applicative condi ⁇ tions, which however is not sufficient to cause unde ⁇ sired polymerization or isomerization reactions in the hydrocarbon streams, mainly based on olefins which are to be treated and not sufficient to react with the oxygenated compound, which would make it difficult to regenerate.
  • Another peculiar and surprising aspect of this material is that, if a stream is to be treated which contemporaneously contains paraffins and olefins, it does not preferentially adsorb the olefinic component and does not therefore alter the composition of the hydrocarbon stream which is being used.
  • a further aspect which is equally important as those already mentioned consists in the capacity of silica gel to selectively adsorb oxygenated compounds from hydrocarbon streams both in gaseous and liquid phases.
  • the removal of oxygenated compounds is generally a cyclic operation which involves an adsorption step and a regeneration step of the material (desorption of the oxygenated compound adsorbed) .
  • the times for each step of the cycle are strictly correlated to the operating conditions in adsorption phase, such as for example the quantity of oxygenated compound to be removed, the space velocity, the operating pressure and temperature. It can be easily deduced that by increas ⁇ ing the content of the oxygenated compound and the space velocity, the times of the adsorption phase are shortened, as the saturation of the material is more rapidly reached, or by increasing the temperature the adsorbing capacity decreases.
  • Silica gel has an adsorption capacity for oxygen ⁇ ated compounds which can even reach 14-15% by weight, if they are in contact with a hydrocarbon stream which contains several thousand ppm.
  • silica gel has the capacity of selectively adsorbing oxygenated contami ⁇ nants from hydrocarbon streams in both liquid and gas phase. It is also mechanically and chemically stable under operating conditions and can be easily regenerat ⁇ ed without reducing its efficiency after repeated adsorption-regeneration cycles.
  • Exampl e 1 the capacity of selectively adsorbing oxygenated contami ⁇ nants from hydrocarbon streams in both liquid and gas phase. It is also mechanically and chemically stable under operating conditions and can be easily regenerat ⁇ ed without reducing its efficiency after repeated adsorption-regeneration cycles.
  • a stream is fed at a pressure of 2.3 atm and WHSV of 6 h "1 to the reactor containing 0.5 g of silica gel at room temperature (20°C) , having the following composition:
  • TAME methyl-teramylic ether
  • TAA teramylic alcohol
  • a stream is fed in the experimental configuration of example 1 at room temperature (20°C) , a pressure of 2.3 atm and WHSV of 10 h '1 , having the following compo ⁇ sition:
  • Example 5 A stream is fed in the experimental configuration of example 1 at room temperature (20"C) , a pressure of 2.3 atm and WHSV of 10 h "1 , having the following compo ⁇ sition: Compound Weight 2-methyl-butane 97.84 %
  • a stream is fed in the experimental configuration of example 1 at a temperature of 84 °C, a pressure of 6.5 atm and WHSV of 10 h '1 , having the following compo- sition:
  • the material coming from example 2 is subjected to regeneration and reaction cycles.
  • the regeneration is carried out in a tubular reactor feeding inert gas (He: 10 cc/min) raising the temperature to 140°C in about 1 hour.
  • the effluent gases are analyzed by gaschromato- graphy: the regeneration is considered completed when organic compounds are no longer observed in the efflu ⁇ ent.
  • the adsorption is repeated under the same operat ⁇ ing conditions as example 2 with the same charge.
  • the following table shows the adsorbing capacity of the first seven cycles. It can be seen that the adsorbing capacity remains constant within experimental error.

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DE19781821T DE19781821T1 (de) 1996-04-22 1997-04-16 Verfahren zur Entfernung von oxygenierten Verunreinigungen aus Kohlenwasserstoffströmen
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