METHOD FOR IMPROVING STABILITY OF CATALYST IN RECYCLING HFC-23

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23. The recycling is realized by means of a fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction with HFC-23 and a halogenated hydrocarbon. The catalyst for the fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction comprises a main body catalyst and a metal oxide, wherein the metal oxide is selected from at least one metal oxide of K, Na, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn or Ti, and has an addition amount of 0.1-5 wt %. The present invention has advantages such as a good catalyst stability, a long life, and a low content of by-product CFC-12.

Claims

1. A method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23, the recycling is realized by means of a fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction with HFC-23 and a halogenated hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst for the fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction comprises a main body catalyst and a metal oxide, and the metal oxide is selected from at least one metal oxide of K, Na, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn or Ti, and has an addition amount of 0.1-5 wt %.

2. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 1, wherein the metal oxide is selected from a metal oxide of Fe, Co, Ni or Zn, and has an addition amount of 0.5-2 wt %.

3. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 1, wherein the selectivity of HCFC-22 in the process of fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction is monitored, and a decarbonization gas is introduced to maintain the selectivity of HCFC-22 at 50%-54% when the selectivity of HCFC-22 drops to 46%-48%.

4. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 3, wherein the decarbonization gas, HFC-23, and halogenated hydrocarbon form a mixed gas before introduction, when the selectivity of HCFC-22 drops to 46%-48%, the decarbonization gas with a volume content of 0.5n % of the mixed gas is introduced for a duration of 10n hours, n is the number of times of regenerations, and n is <6.

5. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 4, wherein the decarbonization gas with a volume content of 1%-3% of the mixed gas is introduced continuously when n is >6.

6. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 3, wherein the decarbonization gas is a mixed gas of at least one of air, Cl.sub.2, CO.sub.2, or O.sub.2 with N.sub.2.

7. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 1, wherein the halogenated hydrocarbon is chloroform or a mixture containing chloroform.

8. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 7, wherein the main body catalyst is chromium, aluminum, or magnesium-based catalyst or chromium, aluminum, or magnesium catalyst supported on activated carbon/graphite.

9. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 1, wherein the conditions for the fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction are: a molar ratio of HFC-23 to halogenated hydrocarbon of 1:1-3, a reaction temperature of 250-400° C., a reaction pressure of 0.1-3 bar, and a residence time of 4-50 s.

10. The method for improving the stability of a catalyst in recycling HFC-23 according to claim 9, wherein the conditions for the fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction are: a molar ratio of HFC-23 to halogenated hydrocarbon of 1:1.2-2.2, a reaction temperature of 300-360° C., a reaction pressure of 1-2 bar, and a residence time of 4-12 s.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art should realize that the present invention covers all alternatives, improvements and equivalents that may be included in the scope of the claims.

Example 1

[0026] Preparation of catalyst: Chromium trioxide and cobalt trioxide powder were ground and mixed, and the Co mass content was controlled to 1.0% to obtain 1.0% Co/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor. The 1.0% Co/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor was subjected to two-stage fluorination treatment: 1) fluorination treatment was performed at 250° C. for 2 hours under a mixed atmosphere of 10% hydrogen fluoride and 90% nitrogen; 2) fluorination treatment was performed at 300° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere. A catalyst was obtained after fluorination treatment, which was designated as catalyst 1.

[0027] HFC-23 recycling: Trifluoromethane and chloroform were introduced into a reactor containing 50 ml of catalyst 1 at a molar ratio of 1:1.5, and the reaction was carried out under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 310° C., a pressure of 1 bar and a residence time of 5s. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 26.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.8%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.7%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.5%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 973 h.

Example 2

[0028] Preparation of catalyst: Chromium trioxide and iron trioxide powder were ground and mixed, and the Fe mass content was controlled to 1.0% to obtain 1.0% Fe/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor. The 1.0% Fe/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor was subjected to two-stage fluorination treatment: 1) fluorination treatment was performed at 250° C. for 2 hours under a mixed atmosphere of 10% hydrogen fluoride and 90% nitrogen; 2) fluorination treatment was performed at 300° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere. A catalyst was obtained after fluorination treatment, which was designated as catalyst 2.

[0029] HFC-23 recycling: Trifluoromethane and chloroform were introduced into a reactor containing 50 ml of catalyst 2 at a molar ratio of 1:1.5, and the reaction was carried out under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 310° C., a pressure of 1 bar and a residence time of 5s. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 26.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.9%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.5%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.6%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 861 h.

Example 3

[0030] Preparation of catalyst: Chromium trioxide and nickel trioxide powder were ground and mixed, and the Ni mass content was controlled to 1.0% to obtain 1.0% Ni/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor. The 1.0% Ni/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor was subjected to two-stage fluorination treatment: 1) fluorination treatment was performed at 250° C. for 2 hours under a mixed atmosphere of 10% hydrogen fluoride and 90% nitrogen; 2) fluorination treatment was performed at 300° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere. A catalyst was obtained after fluorination treatment, which was designated as catalyst 3.

[0031] HFC-23 recycling: Trifluoromethane and chloroform were introduced into a reactor containing 50 ml of catalyst 3 at a molar ratio of 1:1.5, and the reaction was carried out under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 310° C., a pressure of 1 bar and a residence time of 5s. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 25.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 43.8%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.5%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.7%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 758 h.

Example 4

[0032] The operation procedure of this embodiment were the same as that of Example 1, except that the intermittent decarbonization gas was added during the HFC-23 recycling, to burn carbon. The timing of the intermittent introduction of carbon-burning gas: when the selectivity of monochlorodifluoromethane dropped to 46.0% after reaction for 551h, the introduction of raw materials was stopped, and 0.5% wt (accounting for the total flow of trifluoromethane and chloroform) 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 10h for the first time. After continuous introduction of raw materials for a period of time, the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 54.1%, and when reaction for 952h, the selectivity of R22 dropped to 46.0%; the reaction was stopped immediately, 1.0% wt 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 20h for the second time. After the end of carbon burning, raw materials were introduced to react, and the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 53.2%, and then dropped to 46.0% at 1304h; the reaction was stopped immediately and 1.5% wt 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 30h for the third time, raw materials were introduced continuously to react, the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 52.6% and dropped to 46.0% at 1605h; The reaction was stopped immediately, and 2.0% wt 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 40h for the fourth time, the raw materials were introduced continuously to react, and the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 51.9%, dropped to 46.0% at 1856h; the reaction was stopped immediately, and 2.5% wt 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 50h for the fourth time, the raw materials were introduced continuously to react, and the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 51.1%, and dropped to 46.0% at 2057h; the reaction was stopped immediately, and 3.0% wt 02 was introduced for carbon burning for 60h for the fourth time, the raw materials were introduced continuously to react, and the selectivity of R22 gradually recovered to 50.6%, and dropped to 46.0% at 2210h; When 3.0 wt % 02 was mixed in the raw materials to react continuously until 2507h, the conversion rate of trifluoromethane dropped to 16.6%, and the selectivity of monochlorodifluoromethane dropped to 27.2%. The catalyst was deactivated after reaction for 2507h, and the conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 25.1%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 43.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.4% and the selectivity of the by-product CFC-12 was 0.9%. The tail gas contained trace amount of CH.sub.4 and other gases.

[0033] The experimental results showed that, after intermittent introduction of appropriate amount of 02 for carbon burning for a reasonable time for more than 6 times, and continuous introduction of 02 for carbon burning, the stability and life of the catalyst were significantly improved, and the selectivity of the by-product CFC-12 was guaranteed to be below 1.0%.

Example 5

[0034] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 2, except for the difference that, when the catalyst reacted for 411h, the selectivity of R22 dropped to 46.0%. After six times of intermittent carbon burning and continuous introduction of carbon-burning gas, the catalyst continued to react until 1945h and the catalyst was in an inactive state. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 24.9%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 43.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.5%, the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.9%. The tail gas contained trace amount of CH.sub.4 and other gases.

Example 6

[0035] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 2, except for the difference that, when the catalyst reacted for 386 h, the selectivity of R22 dropped to 46.0%. After six times of intermittent carbon burning and continuous introduction of carbon-burning gas, the catalyst continued to react until 1623h and the catalyst was in an inactive state. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 24.7%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 42.8%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.9%, the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 1.0%. The tail gas contained trace amount of CH.sub.4 and other gases.

Example 7

[0036] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 1, except for the difference that, the Co mass content dropped 1.0% to 0.5%. The prepared catalyst was subjected to fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction. After reaction, the conversion of trifluoromethane was 26.5%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.8%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.6%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 654 h.

Example 8

[0037] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 1, except for the difference that, the Co mass content increased from 1.0% to 2.0%. The prepared catalyst was subjected to fluorine-chlorine exchange reaction. After reaction, the conversion of trifluoromethane was 26.7%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.5%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.8%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.5%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 756 h.

Example 9

[0038] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 1, except for the difference that, the molar ratio of trifluoromethane to chloroform was changed from 1:1.5 to 1:1. After reaction, the conversion of trifluoromethane was 24.7%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 43.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.6%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.7%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 507 h.

Example 10

[0039] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 1, except for the difference that, the molar ratio of trifluoromethane to chloroform was changed from 1:1.5 to 1:2. After reaction, the conversion of trifluoromethane was 25.5%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 43.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.8%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 0.9%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 486 h.

Comparative Example 1

[0040] Preparation of catalyst: The chromium trioxide catalyst was subjected to two-stage fluorination treatment: 1) fluorination treatment was performed at 250° C. for 2 hours under a mixed atmosphere of 10% hydrogen fluoride and 90% nitrogen; 2) fluorination treatment was performed at 300° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere. A catalyst was obtained after fluorination treatment, which was designated as catalyst D1.

[0041] HFC-23 recycling: Trifluoromethane and chloroform were introduced into a reactor containing 50 ml of catalyst D1 at a molar ratio of 1:1.5, and the reaction was carried out under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 310° C., a pressure of 1 bar and a residence time of 5s. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 25.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.4%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.2%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 1.4%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 340 h. After taken out, the catalyst was found to become obviously black, and serious carbon deposition occurred.

Comparative Example 2

[0042] Preparation of catalyst: Chromium trioxide and calcium oxide powder were ground and mixed, and the Ca mass content was controlled to 1.0% to obtain 1.0% Ca/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor. The 1.0% Ca/Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 catalyst precursor was subjected to two-stage fluorination treatment: 1) fluorination treatment was performed at 250° C. for 2 hours under a mixed atmosphere of 10% hydrogen fluoride and 90% nitrogen; 2) fluorination treatment was performed at 300° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen fluoride atmosphere. A catalyst was obtained after fluorination treatment, which was designated as catalyst D2.

[0043] HFC-23 recycling: Trifluoromethane and chloroform were introduced into a reactor containing 50 ml of catalyst D2 at a molar ratio of 1:1.5, and the reaction was carried out under the conditions of a reaction temperature of 310° C., a pressure of 1 bar and a residence time of 5s. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 26.6%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 44.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 54.7%, and the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 1%. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 345h, and the addition of Ca element did not increase the life of the catalyst.

Comparative Example 3

[0044] The operation procedure of this example was the same as that Example 2, except for the difference that, the raw material gas was continuously mixed with 3.0% wt 02 and introduced into the bed for reaction. The conversion rate of trifluoromethane was 26.3%, the selectivity of HCFC-22 was 41.5%, the selectivity of HCFC-21 was 55.0%, the selectivity of by-product CFC-12 was 3.5%. The tail gas contained trace amount of CH.sub.4 and other gases. The catalyst was significantly deactivated after 341h. The continuous introduction of 3.0% wt 02 with the raw materials would increase the selectivity of the by-product CFC-12.