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US 11,007,510 · App. 17/044,694 · Granted May 18, 2021

Supported ε/ε′ iron carbide catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, preparation method thereof and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process

Inventors: Peng Wang (Beijing, CN); Kui Zhagn (Beijing, CN); Yijun Lv (Beijing, CN); Quan Lin (Beijing, CN); Bo Feng (Beijing, CN); Zhuowu Men (Beijing, CN); Fengbo Zhang (Beijing, CN); Qi Sun (Beijing, CN); Ping Miao (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
B01J27/22B01J21/04B01J21/063B01J21/08B01J35/026B01J37/0221B01J37/0236B01J37/088B01J37/18C07C1/044C10G2/32C07C2521/04C07C2521/06C07C2521/08C07C2523/745
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Patent No.
US 11,007,510
App. No.
17/044,694
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction catalysts, and discloses a supported ε/ε′ iron carbide catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, preparation method thereof and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (1) dipping a catalyst carrier in a ferric salt aqueous solution, drying and roasting the dipped carrier to obtain a catalyst precursor; (2) subjecting the catalyst precursor and H 2 to a precursor reduction at the temperature of 300-550° C.; (3) pretreating the material obtained in the step (2) with H 2 and CO at the temperature of 90-185° C., wherein the molar ratio of H 2 /CO is 1.2-2.8:1; (4) preparing carbide with the material obtained in the step (3), H 2 and CO at the temperature of 200-300° C., wherein the molar ratio of H 2 /CO is 1.0-3.2:1. The preparation method has the advantages of simple and easily obtained raw materials, simple and convenient operation steps, being capable of preparing the catalyst with 100% pure phase ε/ε′ iron carbide as the active phase, the catalyst has lower selectivity of CO 2 and CH 4 and higher selectivity of effective products.

Claims (22)

1. A method of preparing a supported ε/ε′ iron carbide catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps:

(1) dipping a catalyst carrier in a ferric salt aqueous solution, drying and roasting the dipped carrier to obtain a catalyst precursor;

(2) subjecting the catalyst precursor and H 2 to a precursor reduction at the temperature of 300-550° C.;

(3) pretreating the material obtained in the step (2) with H 2 and CO at the temperature of 90-185° C., wherein the molar ratio of H 2 /CO is 1.2-2.8: 1;

(4) preparing carbide with the material obtained in the step (3), H 2 and CO at the temperature of 200-300° C., wherein the molar ratio of H 2 /CO is 1.0-3.2: 1.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ferric salt is at least one selected from the group consisting of iron nitrate, iron chloride and ferrous ammonium sulfate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dipping is performed such that the iron content in the dipped carrier after drying is within a range of 10-30 wt %.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drying and roasting process comprises: firstly drying the dipped carrier at 20-30° C. for 0.5-4h, then stoving the dipped carrier at 35-80° C. and the vacuum degree of 250-1,200 Pa for 6-10h, drying the stoved material at 110-150° C. for 3-24h, and then roasting the obtained material at 300-550° C. for 1-10h.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst carrier is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina and titania.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst carrier has a particle size within a range of 30-200 μm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (2), the pressure of the precursor reduction is within a range of 0.1-15 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 0.7-15h; the gas velocity of H 2 in the step (2) is within a range of 600-25,000 mL/h/g.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein in the step (2), the pressure of the precursor reduction is within a range of 0.3-2.6 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 1-12h; the gas velocity of H 2 in the step (2) is within a range of 2,800-22,000 mL/h/g.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (3), the pressure of the pretreatment process is within a range of 0.05-7 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 15-120 min; the total gas velocity of H 2 and CO in the step (3) is within a range of 300-12,000 mL/h/g.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein in the step (3), the pressure of the pretreatment process is within a range of 0.08-4.5 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 20-90 min; the total gas velocity of H 2 and CO in the step (3) is within a range of 1,500-9,000 mL/h/g.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (4), the pressure of the carbide preparation in step (4) is within a range of 0.1-10 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 1.5-15h; the total gas velocity of H 2 and CO in the step (4) is within a range of 500-30,000 mL/h/g.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein in the step (4), the pressure of the carbide preparation in step (4) is within a range of 0.2-4.5 atmospheric pressure; the time is within a range of 2.5-12h; the total gas velocity of H 2 and CO in the step (4) is within a range of 3,000-25,000 mL/h/g.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: the system temperature after the pretreatment is increased to 200-300° C. at the heating rate of 0.2-5° C./min.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the system temperature after the pretreatment is increased to 210-290° C. at a heating rate of 0.2-2.5° C./min.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the precursor reduction, pretreatment and carbide preparation process is carried out in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor.

16. A supported ε/ε′ iron carbide catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction obtained with the method of claim 1 .

17. A Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process comprising: contacting a synthesis feed gas with a catalyst under the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction conditions, wherein the catalyst is the supported ε/ε′ iron carbide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction of claim 9 .

18. The process of claim 17 , wherein the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is carried out in a high temperature and high pressure continuous reactor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2021
From: WANG, PENG; ZHAGN, KUI; LV, YIJUN; LIN, QUAN; FENG, BO; MEN, ZHUOWU; ZHANG, FENGBO; SUN, QI; MIAO, PING
To: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810283256.6 · Apr 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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