This invention provides a method and
system for producing needle
coke from
ethylene tar. The method includes the following steps: (1)
ethylene tar feedstock is mixed with
hydrogen-containing gas and then enters a
hydrogenation reaction zone, where it is reacted sequentially with at least two hydrogenation catalyst beds; (2) the reaction
effluent obtained in step (1) is separated into gaseous and
liquid phase products; (3) the
liquid phase product obtained in step (2) enters a coking unit, and the oil and gas generated in the reaction are separated to obtain gas, light component oil, middle distillate oil, and heavy distillate oil. After the reaction cycle is completed, the final needle
coke product is obtained. In the
hydrogenation reaction zone mentioned in step (1), compared with the hydrogenation catalyst in the adjacent upstream hydrogenation catalyst
bed, the proportion of mesopores >30nm in the downstream hydrogenation catalyst
bed is reduced, and the proportion of mesopores <5nm in the upstream hydrogenation catalyst
bed is increased. The method can suppress the formation of coking precursors and produce high-quality needle
coke products.