Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Process for the selective desulphurization of olefinic gasolines, comprising a hydrogen purification step

a technology of olefinic gasoline and hydrogen purification step, which is applied in the direction of organic chemistry, chemistry apparatus and processes, and refining to eliminate heteroatoms, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the service life of catalysts, and achieve the effect of reducing the consumption of hydrogen and reducing the flow rate of hydrogen purification

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-13
INST FR DU PETROLE
View PDF3 Cites 5 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The patent text discusses the problem of CO in hydrogen causing a reduction in the activity of hydrodesulphurization catalysts and the impact on the olefin hydrogenation reaction rate. The text proposes a process for desulphurizing hydrocarbon cuts with a low CO content but with a significant COx content. The process involves selectively oxidizing CO to CO2 and then carrying out a hydrodesulphurization step. The text also mentions the use of selective oxidation of CO to CO2 using oxygen or a nickel based catalyst. The technical effect of the invention is to provide a simple and cost-effective solution to overcome the problem of CO in hydrogen and to allow the use of less pure sources of hydrogen.

Problems solved by technology

The reduction in activity may be compensated for by an increase in temperature, but in that case, the catalyst service life is affected.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

example 1

Comparative

[0041] A pilot unit constituted by a reactor with a capacity of 200 ml was charged with 100 ml of commercially available HR806S catalyst sold by AXENS. This catalyst is based on cobalt and molybdenum deposited on alumina and was supplied in the pre-sulphurized form and thus did not require a subsequent sulphurization step before contact with the feed. The treated feed was gasoline A from a catalytic cracking unit. This gasoline was depentanized to treat only the C6+ fraction by hydrodesulphurization. This feed contained 425 ppm of sulphur with 6 ppm of sulphur in the form of mercaptans and with a bromine index, measured using the ASTM D1159-98 method, of 49 g / 100 g. The cut points for this gasoline A were determined by simulated distillation: gasoline A had 5% by weight and 95% by weight cut points of 61° C. and 229° C. respectively.

[0042] Gasoline A was mixed with pure hydrogen and injected into the reactor. The pressure was kept at 2.1 MPa, the feed flow rate was 400 ...

example 2

Comparative

[0045] In order to measure the influence of CO and CO2 on catalyst performance, a cylinder of hydrogen containing 100 ppmv of CO and 350 ppmv of CO2 was used. This hydrogen was mixed with gasoline at flow rates identical to those of Example 1. The mixture thus formed had a CO content of 65 ppmv and a CO2 content of 228 ppmv. The operating conditions were identical to Example 1. Table 2 shows the results of the test.

TABLE 2Temperature° C.260280300Sulphur, testppm1032513IBr, testg / 100 g38.432.323.6Selectivity5.86.84.8

[0046] The presence of CO and CO2 in respective amounts of 65 ppmv and 228 ppmv in the mixture of hydrogen and gasoline A degrades the hydrodesulphurization activity of the catalyst. In contrast, the hydrogenating activity is virtually unaffected, causing a fall in selectivity.

example 3

In Accordance with the Invention

[0047] Example 3 was in accordance with the invention, i.e. the hydrogen containing CO and CO2 used in Example 2 was pre-treated to oxidize the CO to CO2. Oxidation was carried out by mixing hydrogen and oxygen and treating the mixture over an oxidation catalyst. The hydrogen was mixed with a stream of pure oxygen, the flow rate of which was adjusted so that the molar ratio between the oxygen and the CO was 1.1. The reactor was operated at a temperature close to ambient temperature (50° C.), at a pressure of 2.1 MPa.

[0048] The catalyst was prepared, for example, by co-precipitation of a solution containing HAuCL4.3H2O and Fe(NO3)3.9H2O and a solution containing sodium carbonate. These two solutions were gradually added to a precipitation reactor containing distilled water then vigorously stirred. The reaction mixture was maintained at 80° C. throughout addition of the two solutions, and during the entire operation the pH was maintained between 8 and...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

PropertyMeasurementUnit
temperatureaaaaaaaaaa
pressureaaaaaaaaaa
octane numberaaaaaaaaaa
Login to View More

Abstract

The invention concerns a process for selective hydrodesulphurization of an olefinic gasoline, in which makeup hydrogen and / or the overall feed at the inlet to the catalytic reactor has a CO content of less than 50 ppmv of even less, but a COx(═CO+½CO2) content of more than 120 ppmv. The invention allows diversification as regards the sources of makeup hydrogen and / or can simplify the purification treatment for said hydrogen, and / or can reduce the purge of hydrogen from the hydrodesulphurization unit.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a process for producing low sulphur content hydrocarbons. This invention is principally applicable to mixtures of hydrocarbons which contain a fraction of olefins which is generally over 5% by weight and usually over 10% by weight, and at least 50 ppm by weight of sulphur. The process allows hydrogen with very low CO contents, but with relatively high CO2 contents to be used without significantly affecting the performance of the catalysts employed during the hydrodesulphurization step. This allows diversification as regards the sources of possible makeup hydrogen and / or can simplify the treatment of the hydrogen without resorting to eliminating a lot of CO2. PRIOR ART [0002] Future specifications regarding vehicle fuels envisage a substantial reduction in the sulphur content of such fuels, in particular gasoline. In Europe, specifications regarding sulphur contents are at 150 ppm by weight and will reduce in years to com...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10G45/02C07C67/03C07C67/56C11C3/10
CPCC07C29/1285C07C29/76C07C67/03C07C67/56C11C3/003C07C69/24C07C69/52C07C31/04C07C31/225
Inventor BOURNAY, LAURENTBAUDOT, ARNAUD
Owner INST FR DU PETROLE