Hydrogen separation membrane embedded improved cryogenic liquefaction system for star propane dehydrogenation

Abstract

The invention provides a hydrogen separation membrane embedded improved copious cooling liquefying system aiming at an STAR propane dehydrogenation process, and belongs to the technical field of petrochemical engineering. According to the system, starting from the composition characteristics of dehydrogenation reaction products, a hydrogen membrane separation unit is introduced behind a shallow cooling unit, most hydrogen is separated through selective permeation of a membrane, then pressurizing and copious cooling liquefying are further carried out, and propane and propylene are further separated from remaining non-condensable components. By means of the hydrogen membrane separation unit embedded improved copious cooling liquefying system, compression loads can be remarkably reduced whilehigh-concentration hydrogen is obtained, the total compression energy consumption can be reduced by 8-24%, the heat exchange load of a copious cooling unit can be reduced by 80-86%, the purity of thebyproduct hydrogen can be increased from 82 mol% to 99 mol%, and the requirements of hydrogen consumption devices such as hydrocracking devices in the refinery enterprise are met. Under the optimum working condition, by means of the 350,000-ton STAR process, 1020 kW of the compression energy consumption can be reduced, and 16,198 Nm<3> / h of qualified hydrogen is output.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an improved cryogenic liquefaction system embedded with a hydrogen separation membrane for the STAR propane dehydrogenation process, which belongs to the field of petrochemical industry. In this process, a hydrogen membrane separation unit is embedded between the shallow cooling unit and the cryogenic unit, and most of the hydrogen in the reaction product is removed through the selective permeation of the membrane, and the non-phase-change concentration of propane and propylene is carried out, greatly reducing the gas flow rate, and then Further pressurization and cryogenic liquefaction can reduce the compression energy consumption of the cryogenic liquefaction process while obtaining high-concentration hydrogen. Background technique [0002] Propylene is the basic raw material for three major synthetic materials including plastics, synthetic rubber and synthetic fibers. In addition, propylene is also widely used in the produc...

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Problems solved by technology

Restricted by the existence of a large number of non-condensable components, the traditional STAR process adopts a cryogenic liquefaction system, which needs to be carried out under high pressure and low temperature conditions of 3.20 MPaG and -78 °C. The main disadvantages are as follows: 1) All gaseous reaction products need to be produced by 0.50 MPaG is pressurized to 3.20 MPaG, and the compression energy consumption is very large; 2) Non-condensable components such as methane and nitrogen coexist with hydrogen in the cryogenic process, and the concentration of by-product crude hydrogen is lower than 90mol%, which cannot be directly used for Typical hydrogen consumption processes in refining and chemical enterprises such as hydrocracking and hydrofining, and using it as fuel will cause great waste

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