WO1998025691A1 - Utilisation pour l'oxydation directe des composes soufres en soufre et/ou sulfates a basse temperature d'un catalyseur a base de molybdene - Google Patents
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- C01B17/04—Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides
- C01B17/0404—Preparation of sulfur; Purification from gaseous sulfur compounds including gaseous sulfides by processes comprising a dry catalytic conversion of hydrogen sulfide-containing gases, e.g. the Claus process
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- the present invention relates to catalysts for the treatment of gases, in particular industrial gaseous effluents, containing sulfur compounds, with a view to the catalytic transformation of these compounds into easily removable products.
- It relates more particularly to catalysts for the direct oxidation of hydrogen sulphide to sulfur and / or to sulphates.
- the residual compounds of these tail gases can be eliminated by hydrogenation into hydrogen sulfide, then this hydrogen sulfide is converted into elemental sulfur and / or sulfates. It is also possible, at the outlet of the last Claus reactor, to implement a voluntary shift in the H 2 S / SO 2 ratio and then to pass the effluent over a catalyst making it possible to convert the remaining SO 2 into sulfur via the Claus reaction ( 2 H 2 S + SO 2 ⁇ 3 / x S x + 2 H 2 O). Then, a final step of direct oxidation of H 2 S to sulfur and / or sulfates finishes the treatment.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst which makes it possible, during the direct oxidation reaction of sulfur compounds at low temperature (T ⁇ 170 ° C, preferably T ⁇ 150 ° C), to increase the conversion of the H 2 S while minimizing the conversion to SO 2 .
- an object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst making it possible to obtain, during the reaction defined above, a conversion rate of H 2 S close to 100% and a yield rate of SO 2 close 0%.
- the invention relates to the use, for the direct oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds into sulfur and / or sulphates at a temperature below 170 ° C, preferably below 150 ° C, of a catalyst comprising an active phase comprising molybdenum and a support based on titanium dioxide, zirconia, silica, silica-alumina or alumina, said silica, silica-alumina and alumina having a specific surface of at least 20 m 2 / g and a total pore volume of at least 0.3 cm 3 / g.
- the invention firstly relates to the use for the direct oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds to sulfur and / or sulphates at a temperature below 170 ° C, preferably below 150 ° C, of a catalyst comprising an active phase comprising molybdenum and a support based on titanium dioxide, zirconia, silica, silica-alumina or alumina, said silica, silica-alumina and alumina having a specific surface of at least 20 m / g and a volume total porous of at least 0.3 c ⁇ g.
- the catalyst according to the invention has an active phase based on molybdenum which can be in the form of at least one oxide or salt of molybdenum, the latter being able to be chosen, for example, from nitrate, sulfate, chloride of molybdenum or an ammonium salt.
- the content of molybdenum element in the catalyst according to the invention is at least 1% by weight relative to the catalyst, preferably at most 50%, even more preferably between 2 and 30%.
- the active phase of the catalyst according to the invention can also comprise at least one element other than molybdenum chosen from: iron, titanium, nickel, cobalt, tin, germanium, gallium, ruthenium, l antimony, niobium, manganese, vanadium, chromium, phosphorus, zinc, bismuth, the alkali group, the alkaline earth group, the rare earth group and yttrium.
- these elements can be present in the form of oxides or salts such as sulfates, nitrates, chlorides.
- the content of element (s) other than molybdenum can be at most 40% by weight relative to the catalyst, preferably at most 30%, even more preferably at most 20%.
- the catalyst support according to the invention can be based on alumina, zirconia, silica, silica-alumina or titanium dioxide.
- the alumina, silica or silica-alumina of the catalyst according to the invention have a specific surface (SS) of at least 20 m 2 / g, preferably at least 40 m 2 / g, even more preferably d '' at least 100 m 2 / g. This specific surface is a surface measured by the BET method.
- surface measured by the BET method means the specific surface determined by nitrogen adsorption in accordance with standard ASTM D 3663-78 established on the basis of the BRUNAUER - EMMETT - TELLER method described in the periodical 'The
- the alumina, silica or silica-alumina of the catalyst support according to the invention also have a total pore volume (VPT) of at least 0.3 cm 3 / g, preferably at least 0.4 cm 3 / g, even more preferably at least 1 cm 3 / g.
- VPT total pore volume
- This VPT is measured as follows: the value of the grain density and of the absolute density is determined: the grain densities (Dg) and absolute (Da) are measured by the picnometry method respectively with mercury and helium, VPT is given by the formula: _L _L Dg " Da -
- the alumina, the silica or the silica-alumina of the catalyst according to the invention have a pore volume of diameter greater than 100 A, called Vioo - greater than 0.3 cm 3 / g.
- the volume of pores with a diameter greater than 100 ⁇ represents the cumulative volume created by all pores larger than a diameter of 100 A. This volume is measured by the mercury penetration technique, in which Kelvin's law is applied .
- the catalysts according to the invention are in the form of beads, however any form can be envisaged, in particular extruded, crushed, monoliths, honeycombs.
- catalyst supports can be obtained by any technique known to those skilled in the art.
- the alumina powder used as starting material for the preparation of the support can be obtained by conventional methods such as the precipitation or gel method, and the method by rapid dehydration of a hydroxide.
- alumina such as Bayer hydrate (hydrargillite). The latter alumina is the preferred one of the invention.
- alumina beads they can come from shaping by coagulation in drops.
- This type of bead can for example be prepared according to the teaching of patents EP-A-0 015 801 or EP-A-0 097 539.
- the control of the porosity can be carried out in particular according to the process described in patent EP- A-0 097 539 by coagulation in drops of an aqueous suspension or dispersion of alumina or of a solution of a basic aluminum salt in the form of an emulsion consisting of an organic phase, an aqueous phase and a surfactant or an emulsifier.
- Said organic phase may in particular be a hydrocarbon, the surfactant or emulsifier is for example Galoryl EM 10®.
- the ball-shaped supports can also be obtained by agglomeration of an alumina powder.
- Agglomeration in the form of beads takes place directly on the alumina powder by rotating technology.
- Rotating technology means any device in which agglomeration takes place by contacting and rotating the product to be granulated on itself.
- This type of process makes it possible to obtain beads with controlled dimensions and pore distributions, these dimensions and these distributions being, in general, created during the agglomeration step. Control of the pore volumes of given diameter can also be carried out during this agglomeration step by an adequate adjustment of the rate of introduction of the alumina powder and possibly of water, of the rotation speed of the device or during the introduction of a shaping primer.
- the supports are extruded from alumina, they can be obtained by kneading and then extrusion of an alumina-based material, said material being able to result from the rapid dehydration of hydrargillite or from the precipitation of boehmite or pseudo-boehmite alumina.
- the porosity of the extrudates can be controlled by the operating conditions for kneading this alumina before extrusion.
- the alumina can also be mixed during mixing with porogens.
- extrudates can be prepared by the preparation process described in US-A-3,856,708.
- the alumina supports are crushed, they can result from the crushing of any type of material based on alumina such as, for example, balls obtained by all types of process (coagulation in drops, bezel or rotating drum) , extruded.
- the porosity of these crushed is controlled by choosing the material based on alumina that is crushed to obtain them.
- the porosity can be created by various means such as the choice of the granulometry of the alumina powder or the mixture of several alumina powders of different granulometries.
- Another method consists in mixing with the alumina powder, before or during the agglomeration or extrusion steps, a compound, called pore-forming agent, disappearing completely by heating and thus creating a porosity in the supports.
- pore-forming compounds used there may be mentioned, by way of example, wood flour, charcoal, sulfur, tars, plastics or plastic emulsions such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl alcohols, mothballs or the like.
- the amount of pore-forming compounds added is not critical and is determined by the pore volume desired.
- the support can also include additives to facilitate shaping and additives to improve the final mechanical properties.
- additives conventionally used in shaping techniques can be used. These additives give the paste obtained by kneading the rheological properties suitable for shaping.
- the amount of these additives can vary between 0 and 15% by weight relative to the weight of the catalyst.
- These constituents can be chosen from clays, silicates, alkaline earth sulphates, ceramic fibers, asbestos. These constituents can be used in amounts by weight relative to the support which can range up to 99.5% by weight, particularly up to 60%, preferably up to 30%.
- the alumina supports obtained can be subjected to various operations intended to improve their mechanical resistance such as ripening by keeping in an atmosphere with a controlled humidity, followed by a calcination followed by impregnation of the supports with a solution of one or more acids and a hydrothermal treatment in a confined atmosphere.
- the catalyst support is based on titanium dioxide, it can be obtained by any preparation method known to those skilled in the art, for example according to the teaching of documents EP-A-038741 and EP-A-060741.
- the catalyst according to the invention may be in the form of beads with a diameter between 1 and 10 mm, preferably between 1 and 6 mm, or in the form of extrudates with a cross section between 0.7 and 5 mm, preferably between 1 and 3 mm.
- the deposition of the catalytic phase on or in the support can be carried out by any method known to those skilled in the art. It can be produced, for example, by impregnating the support already prepared with the catalytically active elements or precursors of these elements, or by mixing the catalytically active elements or precursors with alumina or titanium dioxide during the setting. in the form of these materials. In the case of alumina, the deposition of the catalytic phase in the support can also be carried out by coprecipitation of the alumina and of the catalytically active elements or their precursors.
- the operation is generally carried out by soaking the support in a determined volume of solution of at least one precursor of a catalytically active element.
- solution of a precursor of a catalytically active element is meant a solution of a salt or compound of the element or of at least one of the elements constituting the catalytic phase, these salts and compounds being thermally decomposable.
- the salt concentration of the solution is chosen according to the amount of active phase to be deposited on the support.
- the impregnation surface of the active phase is determined by the volume of solution adsorbed.
- the adsorbed volume of the catalytic phase is equal to the total pore volume of the support to be impregnated. It is also possible to impregnate the support by soaking it in the solution of precursor of catalytically active element and to remove the excess solution by draining.
- the active phase is deposited by dry impregnation.
- the support can then be subjected to a drying and optionally calcination operation.
- the catalyst can be calcined at a temperature between 200 and 1000 ° C, preferably between 300 and 800 ° C. It is also possible to repeat these operations with the same support after having dried and calcined it and to successively deposit several elements on the support and on determined surfaces, which may vary.
- an alumina support with a molybdenum compound and calcine it.
- This support can then be treated by another element as defined above.
- the catalytically active elements or their precursors are mixed with the raw material of alumina or titanium dioxide before its shaping.
- the invention also relates to the use of the catalyst described above for the direct oxidation of sulfur compounds to elemental sulfur.
- This use makes it possible in particular to treat effluents containing quantities of H 2 S of less than 2% by volume.
- the contact times of the reaction medium with the catalyst can range from 0.5 to 20 s, preferably from 1 to 10 s, or even from 2 to 8 s, these values being given under standard conditions of pressure and temperature, preferably, direct oxidation is carried out at a contact time of at least 3 s.
- the gas to be treated with added oxygen is passed over the catalyst according to the invention at a temperature between 50 and 170 ° C, preferably the temperature is less than 150 ⁇ C.
- the sulfur-laden catalyst is swept using an oxygen-free gas at a temperature between 200 and 500 "C.
- Impregnation is carried out dry. The drying and calcination conditions depend on the nature of the impregnation salt and are indicated below:
- the salts used for the different metals are as follows:
- the catalytic test protocol takes place in three stages.
- the catalyst is first subjected to pre-aging so as to test it under normal conditions of use.
- This pre-aging is a presulfation at 140 ° C. by passing for 20 hours an effluent whose average composition by volume is:
- the catalyst is then subjected to regeneration at 300 ° C. by passing for 6 hours an effiuent whose average composition by volume is: 30% H 2 O 70% N 2
- the catalysts of the prior art exhibit either a good conversion of H 2 S but simultaneously a high yield of SO 2 (like those based on Co, Fe and Ni), or a low yield of SO 2 but poor conversion of H 2 S (like those based on Mn).
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AU78455/98A AU7845598A (en) | 1996-12-13 | 1997-12-03 | Use of a catalyst with base of molybdenum for direct oxidation at low te mperature of sulphurous compounds into sulphur and/or sulphates |
EP97948989A EP0944427A1 (fr) | 1996-12-13 | 1997-12-03 | Utilisation pour l'oxydation directe des composes soufres en soufre et/ou sulfates a basse temperature d'un catalyseur a base de molybdene |
JP52628098A JP2001505866A (ja) | 1996-12-13 | 1997-12-03 | 低温での硫黄化合物の硫黄および/または硫酸塩への直接酸化におけるモリブデンをベースとする触媒の使用法 |
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