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Definitions

• the invention relates to a process for the substantial removal of at least one of the carbon monoxide and hydrogen impurities contained in a gaseous compound, in particular a mixture of nitrogen and / or argon with oxygen, such as l air, in which one of said impurities is reacted with oxygen on contact with a catalyst
• inert gas in particular argon and especially nitrogen
• these gases inert materials must be as pure as possible, and, in particular, they must be substantially free of impurities such as carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which reduce the quality and performance of semiconductors
• carbon monoxide contents and / or hydrogen of the order of a few hundred ppb (parts per billion by volume) were still tolerated
• inert gases such as nitrogen
• inert gases such as nitrogen
• Said supports can consist of zeohthes, silica or alumina
• the air treated by passage over the catalyst is , most often, compressed air by means of a compressor, at the outlet of this compressor, the air has a temperature usually between 80 ° C. and 120 ° C.
• the air thus purified is freed from the water and the carbon dioxide it contains , for example by adsorption on a molecular sieve After which, the air is sent to a distillation column for the separation of nitrogen from the other constituents of air, mainly oxygen.
• the Applicant has found that good results have been obtained by means of this process, in particular when the catalysts contain significant contents of particles such as palladium and platinum. However, these precious metals are of relatively high cost, which increases the overall process for the preparation of high purity nitrogen
• the catalysts described in patent application EP-A-0 454 531 must, for effective removal of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, be be regenerated frequently, for example twice a day, either be brought into contact with compressed air, the temperature of which is brought to approximately 200 ° C.
• the frequent regeneration of the catalyst entails the use of two catalyst beds placed in parallel and operating alternately, l '' one allowing the purification of air while the other is regenerated
• the compressed air leaves the compressor at a temperature usually between 80 ° C and 120 ° C It is therefore advisable to have means of heating to bring the incoming air into contact with the catalyst at a temperature of 200 ° C.
• a first object of the invention consists of a process for removing one of said impurities from a gaseous tablet, which can be implemented by means of a catalyst having a low content of precious metals.
• a second object of the invention consists in such a process which can be carried out over a long period of time, for example several weeks, even several months or even several years, without it being necessary to regenerate the catalyst, or to bring the gaseous compound to be treated to a temperature of the order of 200 ° C.
• the present invention relates to a process for the substantial removal of at least one of the carbon monoxide and hydrogen impurities contained in a gaseous compound, characterized in that
• FIG. 1 represents the elimination of hydrogen from the air on the one hand according to the method of the invention and, on the other hand, a process not in accordance with the invention
• the catalyst consists of particles supported with gold and palladium
• the catalyst consists of particles supported with silver and palladium
• the particles are generally supported by an inorganic support
• This inorganic support is preferably titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) , but can also be chosen from the group consisting of alumina, zeolites or a silica.
• the alumina can be a gamma alumina or an alpha alumina
• the zeolite can be chosen from the group consisting of X zeolites, such as 13X and 10X zeolites, A zeolites, such as 5A or 4A zeolites, Y zeolites, chabazites , mordenites or silicalites Such zeolites are for example described in patents US-A-2,882,244, US-A-3,140,932 and US-A-3,140,933
• the weight ratio between the gold and / or silver particles and the metal particles of the platinum family can be between 10/90 and 90/10, preferably, this ratio is of the order of 50/50
• the content by weight of the gold and / or silver particles can be between 0.1 and 5%, preferably between 0 , 1 and 1.5% relative to the total weight of the catalyst
• the content by weight of the metal of the platinum family is usually between 0.3 and 2.5%, preferably between 0.3 and 1%, relative the total weight of the catalyst
• ce ⁇ um oxide (Ce ⁇ 2) it may be advantageous to coat the catalyst as defined above with ce ⁇ um oxide (Ce ⁇ 2), in particular with a view to improving the mechanical properties thereof.
• the weight of this coating of ce ⁇ um oxide (CeO2) may be between 5 and 15% relative to the weight of the catalyst
• Said support can be in different forms, for example in the form of shavings or honeycombs (monolithic structure), but preferably it is in the form of balls or sticks, which can be easily placed in a reactor
• the support used is usually porous and can have a pore volume less than or equal to 1 cm / g, preferably between 0.2 and 0.5 cm 3 / g
• the pore radius of this support can be less than or equal to 25 nm, and preferably it is between 1 and 15 nm
• the specific surface of the support can be between 10 and 300 m 2 / g, preferably between 50 and 250 m 2 / g, more preferably between 50 and 150 m 2 / g
• the density of the support can be between 500 and 1000 g / l When the support is T1O2, its density is preferably between 600 and 900 g / l
• a catalyst used in the process of the invention can be prepared according to known methods of co-precipitation or impregnation. Catalysts prepared according to an impregnation process are preferred. To do this, a catalyst can be prepared by impregnating the support chosen with a solution comprising a gold and / or silver salt and a salt of at least one metal of the platinum family Said gold and / or silver salt or said salt of the platinum family may be a halide, in particular a chloride or advantageously a nitrate After impregnation, the impregnated support is dried, for example by subjecting it for a period of 12 to 48 hours at a temperature between 50 ° C and 150 ° C The support is then calcined, preferably at a temperature between 300 ° C.
• This calcination of the dried impregnated support can be carried out in air, preferably dry air. After calcination, the metal particles are reduced while hot. , for example by sweeping with a reducing gas such as hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and an inert gas such as nitrogen
• the process according to the invention can be used in particular for a gaseous compound consisting of a mixture of at least one inert gas with oxygen.
• the inert gas can preferably be nitrogen or argon, preferably, the gaseous compound is air
• the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen impurities in contact with the catalyst can be carried out with oxygen contained in the gaseous compound, in particular when the latter consists of air, or with oxygen added to said gaseous compound La amount of oxygen thus added must at least correspond to the stoichiometric amount required to form carbon dioxide and water from said impurities
• the reaction between said impurities and oxygen in contact with the catalyst is usually carried out with a gaseous compound whose temperature is less than 130 ° C, more particularly at a temperature between -40 ° C and 130 ° C, and preferably a temperature between 80 and 120 ° C
• the gaseous compound can be subjected to a pressure of between 10 $ and 3 10 ⁇ Pa, more generally between 7 10 5 and 1, 5 10 6 Pa
• the gaseous compound brought into contact with the catalyst has a real space speed which is a function of the pressure and the temperature of the gaseous compound treated.
• the real space speed is less than 2000 h -1 , and preferably between 1000 and 1800 h -1
• the carbon monoxide and hydrogen contents of the gaseous compound treated according to the process of the invention are usually less than 40 ppm (parts per million by volume), more generally of the order of 1 ppm to 200 ppb, in each of these impurities
• the gaseous compound recovered after implementation of the process according to the invention can contain less than 10 ppb of hydrogen and less than 5 ppb of carbon monoxide These contents are those usually meeting the specifications in the electronics industry
• the carbon dioxide and the water formed can be removed from the gaseous compound.
• This removal can be carried out in a conventional manner using an adsorbent such as a molecular sieve or alumina. Removal of water and carbon dioxide is more particularly required when the gaseous compound is air intended to be subsequently treated by cryogenic distillation with a view to the separation of nitrogen from the other constituents of air, essentially l and, where appropriate, argon
• the recovered gaseous compound may, when it consists of a mixture of gases, be subsequently treated with a view to separating some or each of the gases which constitute it
• the air recovered subsequently to the process according to the invention can be treated so that nitrogen and / or argon are separated from the oxygen in the air.
• This separation can be conventionally performed by cryogenic distillation, by selective adsorption (PSA and VSA processes) or by membrane separation
• the latter relates to a process for the preparation of purified nitrogen substantially free of carbon monoxide and hydrogen impurities, from air, characterized in that
• the upstream (at the inlet of the reactor) and downstream (at the outlet of the reactor) contents of carbon monoxide and hydrogen contained in the treated air were measured using an RGA3 analyzer marketed by the company Trace Analytical, of which the detection threshold was less than or equal to 5 ppb for hydrogen and less than 3 ppb for carbon monoxide
• the process according to the invention can be carried out by means of a catalyst arranged in a single bed, which it is not necessary to regenerate.
• the catalyst according to the invention allows elimination of the carbon monoxide impurities. and hydrogen of a gaseous compound, so as to comply with the specifications of the electronic industry, this over a period of several months, even several years, and at a temperature which may be between 80 ° C. and 120 ° C. After this time, simply replace the used catalyst bed with a new one
• the operating time corresponds to the period of time during which the downstream hydrogen and carbon monoxide contents corresponded to the specifications of the electronics industry, ie a content less than 10 ppb in hydrogen and a content less than 5 ppb in monoxide of carbon
• the test is interrupted as soon as the downstream contents exceed those fixed by the specifications. However, the test can be stopped voluntarily when the downstream contents remain in conformity to the specifications, insofar as the experimenter considered that the duration of the test is sufficiently convincing as to the efficiency of the catalyst.
• Test 1 is in accordance with the invention.
• Tests A, B and C are comparative examples.
• a catalyst according to the invention comprising 1% by weight of precious metal (Au + Pd) palladium and gold has an operating time much longer than that of a conventional catalyst, comprising 2% by weight of palladium, for better efficiency (elimination of impurities).
• Tests B and C further show that a catalyst comprising only palladium particles is more effective than a catalyst comprising only gold, even though the temperature used in test C is higher than that of test B.
• Tests 2 to 7 are in accordance with the invention.
• Tests D and E are not in accordance with the invention. Comparative test D was carried out under the same conditions as test 4, but with a catalyst comprising 2% by weight of palladium, and not 0.5% by weight of palladium and 0.5% by weight of gold. It is found that a catalyst according to the invention allows an operating time of at least 15 times higher than that of a catalyst not in accordance with the invention, and this, on the one hand, for a better efficiency of elimination of impurities and, on the other hand, with a precious metal content twice lower
• Test 7 was carried out under the same conditions as comparative test E, but with a content twice as low in precious metals.
• the catalyst according to test E only allowed purification in accordance with the specifications for a period of time. less than 20 hours
• Test 7 allowed purification in accordance with the specifications for 150 hours, after which the test was voluntarily interrupted
• Example 2 In a reactor identical to that of Example 1, various catalysts are available, comprising metallic particles supported by alumina or a titanium dioxide identical to that of Example 2
• Tests 8 to 10 are in accordance with the invention. They were carried out with catalysts comprising 1% by weight of precious metals (Au + Pd or Ag + Pd). Tests F to H are not in accordance with the invention They were carried out with 2% by weight of palladium
• a catalyst in accordance with the invention was placed, consisting of rods of TiO2 supporting particles of palladium and gold
• the content by weight of palladium and gold in the catalyst is of 0.5% in each of these metals
• a catalyst not in accordance with the invention consisting of rods of T1O2 supporting particles of palladium (1% by weight relative to the total weight of the catalyst)
• the density of T1O2 was 780 g / l and its specific surface of 95 m 2 / g
• the same air flow was treated in each of these reactors
• a catalyst according to the invention consisting of rods of TiO 2 supporting particles of palladium.
• the content by weight of palladium supported by the catalyst is 0.5%.
• the density was 780 g / l and its specific surface 95 m 2 / g.
• ZrO 2 was 1200 g / l and its specific surface 95 m 2 / g.
• the actual space velocity of the air at the inlet of the reactor was 1800 h -1 and the operating temperature 120 ° C.
• test 11 is in accordance with the invention, while tests I and J are not.
• TiO 2 impregnated with Pd makes it possible to obtain a maximum H 2 purification (not detectable); the difference in efficiency is therefore due to the nature of the support (TiO 2 ).
• a catalyst in accordance with the invention was placed, consisting of rods of TiO 2 supporting 0.5% Pd + 5% Ag (% by weight per relative to the mass of the catalyst); the density of this catalyst was 850 g / l and its specific surface of 150 m 2 / g.
• a catalyst not in accordance with the invention consisting of balls of AI 2 O 3 supporting 0.5% Pd + 5% Ag (% in weight) ; its density was 670 g / l and its specific surface of 120 m 2 / g.
• test 12 is in accordance with the invention, while test K is not.

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