Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the first aspect of the invention provides a catalyst grading method for synthesizing diphenylamine from aniline. The catalyst grading method carries out grading on two acidic molecular sieve catalysts, so that the catalyst has higher aniline conversion rate, further condensation or cyclization of diphenylamine products can be effectively avoided, the content of macromolecular byproducts in the products is reduced, and the selectivity of target products is improved.
The invention provides a beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and a grading method of the beta molecular sieve catalyst, which comprises the following contents: under the condensation condition, aniline raw materials sequentially pass through two catalyst beds of a fixed bed reactor, wherein the first catalyst bed is filled with a beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst, and the second catalyst bed is filled with a beta molecular sieve catalyst.
Further, the volume ratio of the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst to the beta molecular sieve catalyst is generally 1:1-6, preferably 1:1.5-5.
Further, the condensation reaction conditions include: the reaction pressure is 1.0-6.0 MPa, preferably 1.5-3.0 MPa; the reaction temperature is 200-400 ℃, preferably 280-380 ℃; the liquid hourly space velocity is 0.1-0.5 h -1, preferably 0.1-0.3 h -1. Further, the reaction temperature t2 of the second bed is higher than the reaction temperature t1 of the first bed, preferably t2 is 2 to 45 ℃ higher than t1, more preferably t2 is 5 to 30 ℃ higher than t 1.
Further, the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst comprises, based on the weight of the catalyst:
60% -75%, preferably 65% -72% of H beta molecular sieve;
5% -20%, preferably 8% -15% of an HY molecular sieve;
0.5% -12% of metal calculated by oxide, preferably 4.5% -10%;
10% -34.5% of aluminum oxide, preferably 10% -22.5%;
Wherein the molar ratio of silicon to aluminum of the H beta molecular sieve is 20-300, preferably 25-200; the molar ratio of silicon to aluminum of the HY molecular sieve is 1.0-4.0, preferably 1.5-3.0.
Further, the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst is a bar-shaped or spherical particle, the cross section of the catalyst can be cylindrical, clover or a vast expanse of country grass shape when the catalyst is bar-shaped, and the diameter of the bar-shaped particle is 0.5-3.0 mm, preferably 1.0-2.0 mm; in the case of spherical particles, the diameter is 0.5 to 5.0mm, preferably 1.0 to 3.0mm. The specific surface area of the catalyst is 300-600 m 2/g, preferably 400-550 m 2/g; the specific pore volume is 0.25-0.50 mL/g, preferably 0.30-0.45 mL/g; the average pore diameter is 1.5 to 5nm, preferably 2.0 to 4.0nm.
Further, the metal is selected from at least one of Li, na, K, mg, ca, sr, la, ce, pr, zr, cu, preferably La and/or Ce.
Further, the catalyst may further contain a non-metal oxide such as one or more oxides of Si, P, B, C. The content of the nonmetallic oxide in the catalyst is generally 0.01% -5%. The addition of the non-metal oxide promoter may further improve the acid distribution or specific surface area of the catalyst.
In the present invention, the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst may be prepared by conventional methods in the art. In the invention, the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst is recommended to be prepared by the following method:
(1) And (3) carrying out metal modification on the HY molecular sieve by adopting an impregnation mode, and then drying and roasting.
(2) Fully kneading the H beta molecular sieve, the HY molecular sieve obtained in the step (1), an alumina precursor, an extrusion aid and a peptizing agent solution according to a certain proportion, forming, drying and roasting to obtain a catalyst precursor;
(3) And (3) carrying out metal modification on the catalyst precursor obtained in the step (2) by adopting an impregnation mode to obtain the finished catalyst.
Further, the operation of step (2) is well known to those skilled in the art. For example, the weight ratio of the H beta molecular sieve, the HY molecular sieve, the alumina, the extrusion aid and the peptizing agent solution is (60-75): (5-20): (15-40): (3-20): (5-80), preferably (65-72): (8-15): (20-30): (10-15): (20-50). In the material consumption, the H beta molecular sieve, the HY molecular sieve and the alumina precursor are all weight based on dry basis.
Further, the extrusion aid may be selected from sesbania powder. The peptizing agent may be selected from dilute nitric acid solution or citric acid. The mass concentration of the dilute nitric acid solution is 3% -15%.
Further, the drying conditions in the steps (1) and (2) are as follows: the drying temperature is 60-150 ℃, preferably 80-120 ℃, and the drying time is 8-24 hours, preferably 10-20 hours. Preferably naturally drying in the shade for 10-48 h before drying. The roasting conditions are as follows: the roasting temperature is 300-800 ℃, preferably 400-700 ℃, and the roasting time is 2-24 hours, preferably 4-8 hours.
Further, the metal in step (1) and (3) is at least one selected from Li, na, K, mg, ca, sr, la, ce, pr, zr, cu, preferably La and/or Ce. The metal precursor used is a nitrate or chloride of the metal. After impregnation, the materials are dried and roasted. Impregnation, drying and calcination processes are well known to those skilled in the art. The addition amount of the metal in terms of elements is 4.5% -12%, preferably 5% -10% of the weight of the finished catalyst.
Further, the beta molecular sieve catalyst comprises, by weight:
50% -85%, preferably 65% -80% of the H beta molecular sieve;
0.1% -5%, preferably 0.5% -4.6% of metal in terms of oxide;
10% -49.9% of aluminum oxide, preferably 15% -34.5%;
wherein the molar ratio of silicon to aluminum of the H beta molecular sieve is 20-300, preferably 30-200.
Further, the beta molecular sieve catalyst can be bar-shaped or spherical particles, and when the beta molecular sieve catalyst is bar-shaped, the cross section of the beta molecular sieve catalyst can be cylindrical, clover or a vast expanse of country grass-shaped, and the diameter of the beta molecular sieve catalyst is 0.5-3.0 mm, preferably 1.0-2.0 mm; in the case of a spherical shape, the diameter is 0.5 to 5.0mm, preferably 1.0 to 3.0mm. The specific surface area of the catalyst is 300-600 m 2/g, preferably 400-550 m 2/g; the specific pore volume is 0.25-0.50 mL/g, preferably 0.30-0.45 mL/g; the average pore diameter is 1.5 to 5nm, preferably 2.0 to 4.0nm.
Further, the metal in the beta molecular sieve catalyst is selected from at least one of Li, na, K, mg, ca, sr, la, ce, pr, zr, cu, preferably Na or Mg.
Further, the beta molecular sieve catalyst may further comprise a non-metal oxide, such as one or more oxides of Si, P, B, C. The content of the nonmetallic oxide in the catalyst is generally 0.01% -5%. The addition of the non-metal oxide promoter may further improve the acid distribution or specific surface area of the catalyst.
Further, the alumina is preferably alumina obtained by pre-roasting pseudo-boehmite at 800-1200 ℃. The calcined alumina crystal form can be delta type, theta type or alpha type single crystal type structure, or can be a composite structure of two crystal forms.
Further, the beta molecular sieve catalyst may be prepared by the following method:
a) Pre-roasting pseudo-boehmite at 800-1200 ℃ to obtain single-crystal or composite crystal alumina;
b) Fully kneading an H beta molecular sieve, an alumina precursor, an extrusion assisting agent and a peptizing agent solution according to a certain proportion, forming, drying and roasting to prepare a catalyst precursor;
c) And c) carrying out metal modification on the catalyst precursor obtained in the step b) by adopting an impregnation mode to obtain the finished catalyst.
Further, the pre-calcination temperature of the pseudo-boehmite in the step a) is 800-1200 ℃, preferably 850-1150 ℃, and the calcination time is 1-10 hours, preferably 2-6 hours. The calcined alumina crystal form can be a delta type, theta type or alpha type single crystal structure, or can be a composite structure of two crystal forms.
Further, the operation of step b) is well known to those skilled in the art. For example, the ratio of the H beta molecular sieve, the alumina obtained in the step a), the extrusion aid and the peptizer is 100: (15-50): (3-20): (5-80), preferably 100: (20-35): (10-15): (20-50). In the material dosage, the H beta molecular sieve and the alumina precursor are calculated by the weight of a dry basis. The extrusion aid may be selected from sesbania powder. The peptizing agent may be selected from dilute nitric acid solution or citric acid. The mass concentration of the dilute nitric acid solution is 3% -15%.
Further, the drying conditions in the step (2) are as follows: the drying temperature is 60-150 ℃, preferably 80-120 ℃, and the drying time is 8-24 hours, preferably 10-20 hours. Preferably naturally drying in the shade for 10-48 h before drying. The roasting conditions are as follows: the roasting temperature is 300-800 ℃, preferably 400-700 ℃, and the roasting time is 2-24 hours, preferably 4-8 hours.
Further, the metal of step c) is selected from at least one of Li, na, K, mg, ca, sr, la, ce, pr, zr, cu, preferably Na or Mg. The metal precursor used is a nitrate or chloride of the metal. After impregnation, the materials are dried and roasted. Impregnation, drying and calcination processes are well known to those skilled in the art. The addition amount of the metal in terms of elements is 0.1% -5.0% of the weight of the finished catalyst, and preferably 0.3% -4.6%.
The applicant has studied the ammonification reaction and its catalyst to reach the following conclusion: the reaction of synthesizing diphenylamine from phenylamine is a typical acid catalytic reaction, and the acidity of the catalyst directly influences the reaction performance. The H beta molecular sieve has a silicon-aluminum ratio of 25-28, has an acidity and a pore canal structure suitable for synthesizing diphenylamine from aniline, and has two independent pore canal structures, wherein the pore diameter of one pore canal is 0.66nm multiplied by 0.67nm, and the other pore canal is a curved channel system formed by intersecting two linear channels, and the pore diameter of the curved channel system is 0.56nm multiplied by 0.56nm. The pore diameter can just allow a single benzene ring or a molecule with a linear biphenyl structure to pass through, and can effectively limit the generation of branched aromatic species with larger molecular size or the outward diffusion of pore channels, such as anthracene condensed ring species, acridine, quinoline and the like, so that excellent diphenylamine selectivity can be obtained. In the prior art, the selectivity of the reaction for synthesizing the diphenylamine by catalyzing the phenylamine by using the H beta molecular sieve catalyst is higher, but the conversion rate of the phenylamine is generally only 20% -25%, and the activity of the catalyst is lower. And a large amount of unreacted aniline needs to be separated and then is reacted again, and the energy consumption for separating the product is high. In order to improve the conversion rate of aniline, research in recent years mainly focuses on modulating or modifying the acidity and pore channels of beta molecular sieves. However, the conversion rate and selectivity of the existing catalyst cannot be considered. The inventors found that: the HY molecular sieve is the same as the H beta molecular sieve, has a twelve-membered ring pore channel structure, has the pore diameter of 0.74nm multiplied by 0.74nm, is close to the H beta molecular sieve, and can obtain higher product selectivity. Importantly, the HY molecular sieve has low silicon-aluminum ratio, usually below 4.0, and a large number of acid centers, can provide rich active sites, and achieves higher aniline conversion rate.
However, the present inventors have studied to find that: if the HY molecular sieve is simply introduced, although the equilibrium conversion rate of aniline can be improved, the problems of selectivity reduction and stability deterioration can be caused, and the problems are the root cause that the catalyst cannot be used for synthesizing diphenylamine from aniline. In the application, after the HY molecular sieve is introduced, the dosage of the modified metal needs to be increased in consideration of the acidity and the increase of the acid density; on the one hand, the strong acid center can be covered, and more importantly, the pore canal of the introduced HY molecular sieve can be modified appropriately. The modified metal is preferably La and/or Ce, and the large-size oxide can be obtained after roasting, and is attached to the inner surface and the orifice position of the pore canal of the HY molecular sieve, so that the bending degree of the pore canal of the HY molecular sieve is increased, the orifice diameter of the HY molecular sieve is reduced, and the large-molecular byproducts are generated in the catalyst pore canal without enough space and are diffused out from the orifice, so that the generation of the large-molecular byproducts is reduced. Therefore, the method can reduce the yield of macromolecular byproducts and keep the selectivity of the diphenylamine to be basically equivalent to or slightly increased as before while introducing the HY molecular sieve to modulate the acid amount and the acid density of the catalyst. Modification of the molecular sieve pore channels and openings also reduces the propensity of aniline molecules or fragments to cyclize, coke, and form carbon deposits within the pore channels. Namely, the stability of the catalyst is improved, and the service life of the catalyst is prolonged. In addition, the selectivity of the catalyst is also influenced by the acid amount of the catalyst, when the acid amount of the catalyst is high and the acid density is high, the generated target product is extremely easy to be captured again by an acid center, and further acid-catalyzed cyclization, isomerization, condensation and other reactions occur to generate byproducts, so that the selectivity of the target product is reduced. The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the beta molecular sieve catalyst are graded for use, so that the aniline raw material firstly passes through the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst bed to obtain higher aniline conversion rate, and then passes through the beta molecular sieve catalyst bed to limit the product to further undergo side reaction, thereby effectively improving the product selectivity.
Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects:
1. The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst used in the process of the invention has higher conversion and substantially equivalent selectivity compared to beta molecular sieve catalysts. The raw material aniline and the composite molecular sieve catalyst of the first bed layer are in contact reaction, and can be subjected to conversion reaction at relatively low temperature, so that the generation of macromolecule byproducts such as acridine, quinoline and the like is reduced on the premise of maintaining the conversion rate not to be reduced or even being improved to some extent. While the effluent from the first bed, when passing through the beta/molecular sieve catalyst bed of the second bed, may continue to be converted to diphenylamine at a relatively high temperature, resulting in higher conversion rates while producing less macromolecular byproducts. Thus, the catalyst grading scheme of the present invention has higher conversion and better selectivity.
2. The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst used in the method has higher acidity and more proper acid distribution; and after the metal modification is introduced, the catalyst has proper pore size, and has higher activity and basically equivalent product selectivity when being used for synthesizing diphenylamine from aniline.
3. In the preparation process of the catalyst, the precursor pseudo-boehmite of the binder alumina is pre-baked at a temperature far higher than the conventional conditions, so that the precursor pseudo-boehmite is pre-crystallized into a delta type, theta type or alpha type single crystal type or two crystal type composite structure, and the total acid amount of the alumina can be greatly reduced, and especially the acid density is greatly reduced. The alumina after pre-roasting and crystal transformation is kneaded with a molecular sieve to form and load modified metal to prepare the finished beta/molecular sieve catalyst, the total acid amount of the catalyst is low, side reactions are reduced, the selectivity is improved, and the catalyst has good stability and long one-way operation period.
4. The catalyst grading method has high product selectivity and less byproduct heavy components, can effectively reduce the energy consumption of a separation section and reduce the solid waste discharge, thereby saving the production cost for enterprises.
Detailed Description
The following examples are given to illustrate the technical aspects of the present invention in detail, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
In the material consumption, the H beta molecular sieve, the HY molecular sieve and the alumina precursor are all weight based on dry basis.
Example 1
La is loaded on an HY molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 1.6 in an impregnation mode, dried for 4 hours at 110 ℃, and baked for 4 hours at 550 ℃. Uniformly mixing an H beta molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 52, a modified HY molecular sieve, pseudo-boehmite, sesbania powder and a dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and molding, drying in the shade for 24 hours, drying in an oven at 110 ℃ for 16 hours, and roasting at 540 ℃ for 4 hours. La is loaded in an impregnation mode, and the catalyst is dried for 3 hours at 120 ℃ and baked for 3 hours at 540 ℃ to obtain the finished catalyst. The catalyst comprises the following components: 66.1% of H beta molecular sieve, 7.2% of HY molecular sieve, 8.5% of lanthanum oxide and 18.2% of aluminum oxide.
The pseudo-boehmite is baked for 6 hours at 1050 ℃ and then is transformed into theta-alumina. Mixing H beta molecular sieve with silicon-aluminum ratio of 75, alumina, sesbania powder and dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) uniformly according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and forming, drying in the shade for 24 hr, drying in oven at 110 deg.C for 16 hr, and roasting at 540 deg.C for 4 hr. Na is loaded in an impregnation mode, and the finished catalyst is obtained after the drying at 120 ℃ for 3 hours and the roasting at 540 ℃ for 3 hours. The catalyst comprises the following components: the H beta molecular sieve content is 78.1%, the sodium oxide content is 2.4%, and the alumina content is 19.5%.
The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the beta molecular sieve catalyst are filled according to the volume ratio of 1:4, and the aniline material firstly contacts the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst bed layer and then contacts the beta molecular sieve catalyst bed layer. This scheme is designated a.
Comparative example 1
Referring to the preparation scheme of the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst in example 1, the catalyst bed is fully filled with the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst. This scheme is designated B1.
Comparative example 2
Referring to the preparation scheme of the beta molecular sieve catalyst in example 1, the catalyst bed was fully loaded with beta molecular sieve catalyst. This scheme is designated B2.
Comparative example 3
Referring to the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the preparation scheme of the beta molecular sieve catalyst in the embodiment 1, the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the beta molecular sieve catalyst are filled according to the volume ratio of 1:4, and the aniline material is firstly contacted with the beta molecular sieve catalyst bed layer and then contacted with the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst bed layer. This scheme is designated B3.
Example 2
Ce is loaded on an HY molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 2.0 by adopting a dipping mode, dried for 4 hours at 110 ℃, and baked for 4 hours at 550 ℃. Uniformly mixing an H beta molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 45, a modified HY molecular sieve, pseudo-boehmite, sesbania powder and a dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and molding, drying in the shade for 24 hours, drying in an oven at 120 ℃ for 24 hours, and roasting at 560 ℃ for 4 hours. Ce is loaded in an impregnation mode, and the catalyst is dried for 3 hours at 120 ℃ and baked for 3 hours at 540 ℃ to obtain the finished catalyst. The catalyst comprises the following components: 61.2% of H beta molecular sieve, 11.2% of HY molecular sieve, 9% of cerium oxide and 18.6% of aluminum oxide.
The pseudo-boehmite is baked for 5 hours at 950 ℃ and is transformed into theta+delta alumina. Mixing H beta molecular sieve with silicon-aluminum ratio of 50, alumina, sesbania powder and dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) uniformly according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and forming, drying in the shade for 24 hr, drying in oven at 120 deg.C for 18 hr, and roasting at 540 deg.C for 4 hr. Mg is loaded in an impregnation mode, and the catalyst is dried for 3 hours at 110 ℃ and baked for 3 hours at 550 ℃ to obtain the finished catalyst. The catalyst comprises the following components: the H beta molecular sieve content is 78.2%, the magnesia content is 1.8% and the alumina content is 20%.
The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the beta molecular sieve catalyst are filled according to the weight ratio of 1:3, and the aniline material firstly contacts the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst bed layer and then contacts the beta molecular sieve catalyst bed layer. This scheme is designated C.
Example 3
K is loaded on an HY molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 1.6 in an impregnation mode, dried for 4 hours at 110 ℃, and baked for 4 hours at 550 ℃. Uniformly mixing an H beta molecular sieve with a silicon-aluminum ratio of 52, a modified HY molecular sieve, pseudo-boehmite, sesbania powder and a dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and molding, drying in the shade for 24 hours, drying in an oven at 110 ℃ for 16 hours, and roasting at 540 ℃ for 4 hours. K is loaded by adopting an impregnation mode, and the finished catalyst is obtained after drying for 3 hours at 120 ℃ and roasting for 3 hours at 540 ℃. The catalyst comprises the following components: 66.1% of H beta molecular sieve, 7.2% of HY molecular sieve, 8.5% of potassium oxide and 18.2% of alumina.
The pseudo-boehmite is baked for 5 hours at 950 ℃ and is transformed into theta+delta alumina. Mixing H beta molecular sieve with silicon-aluminum ratio of 50, alumina, sesbania powder and dilute nitric acid solution (10 wt%) uniformly according to a certain mass ratio, extruding and forming, drying in the shade for 24 hr, drying in oven at 120 deg.C for 18 hr, and roasting at 540 deg.C for 4 hr. K is loaded by adopting an impregnation mode, and the finished catalyst is obtained after drying for 3 hours at 110 ℃ and roasting for 3 hours at 550 ℃. The catalyst comprises the following components: the H beta molecular sieve content is 78%, the potassium oxide content is 2.2%, and the alumina content is 19.8%.
The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the beta molecular sieve catalyst are filled according to the weight ratio of 1:4, and the aniline material firstly contacts the beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst bed layer and then contacts the beta molecular sieve catalyst bed layer. This scheme is designated D.
Example 4
The catalysts prepared in the examples and the comparative examples are adopted to carry out an evaluation experiment of synthesizing diphenylamine from aniline in a miniature evaluation device, wherein aniline is used as a raw material, the reaction temperature is 300 ℃, the reaction pressure is 4.0MPa, and the volume space velocity of the aniline is 0.2h -1.
TABLE 1
Examples 5 to 8
The beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst prepared in example 2 was selected from beta molecular sieve catalysts, with the first bed packed with beta/Y composite molecular sieve catalyst and the second bed packed with H beta molecular sieve catalyst. Under different technological conditions, catalyzing aniline to synthesize diphenylamine. The process conditions and test results are shown in Table 2.
TABLE 2