WO2017089937A2 - Systèmes et procédés de production d'hydrocarbures en c2 et vapeur d'eau provenant du couplage oxydatif du méthane - Google Patents

Systèmes et procédés de production d'hydrocarbures en c2 et vapeur d'eau provenant du couplage oxydatif du méthane Download PDF

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WO2017089937A2
WO2017089937A2 PCT/IB2016/056970 IB2016056970W WO2017089937A2 WO 2017089937 A2 WO2017089937 A2 WO 2017089937A2 IB 2016056970 W IB2016056970 W IB 2016056970W WO 2017089937 A2 WO2017089937 A2 WO 2017089937A2
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  • the disclosed subject matter relates to systems and methods for producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from the oxidative coupling of methane.
  • ethylene a precursor to many plastic polymers including polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and polyvinyl acetate
  • steam cracking involves thermal cracking, followed by quenching and fractionation, and can therefore be energy intensive.
  • Methane can be used as an alternate feedstock to produce ethylene.
  • Methane which is a main component of natural gas, is widely used as fuel and as a starting material for chemical processes, e.g., steam reforming to produce syngas. Additionally, methane can undergo oxidative coupling to form ethane and ethylene. The oxidative coupling of methane is highly exothermic, and therefore there is interest in integrating the reaction with heat recovery, for example by using the heat to produce steam.
  • U.S. Patent Publication No. 2014/0018589 discloses a system for the oxidative coupling of methane that includes converting the thermal energy produced by the reaction into steam.
  • U.S. Patent Publication No. 2014/0012053 discloses a system for processing natural gas including a reactor for the oxidative coupling of methane.
  • the reactor can be integrated into an existing natural gas processing system, e.g., by using an existing separation system to separate the product stream from the reactor.
  • the system can include a steam generator for recovering heat from the reactor.
  • U.S. Patent Publication No. 2015/0210610 discloses a system for the oxidative coupling of methane that includes a reactor for producing C 2 hydrocarbons, and a subsystem for converting the heat from the reactor into electrical power.
  • U.S. Patent Publication No. 2010/0249473 discloses a process for the oxidative coupling of hydrocarbons, such as methane, which includes an oxidative coupling reaction and recovering heat from the reaction for use as steam in an existing ethylene operation.
  • the disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from methane. Particularly, the disclosed systems and methods provide for the oxidative coupling of methane to produce C 2 hydrocarbons, e.g., ethane and ethylene, and cooling those products to produce high pressure steam.
  • C 2 hydrocarbons e.g., ethane and ethylene
  • an exemplary system for the oxidative coupling of methane includes an OCM reactor coupled to at least two inlet streams and an effluent stream, wherein a first inlet stream includes methane and a second inlet stream includes an oxidation agent, and a monolith within the OCM reactor, wherein the monolith is coated with an alkali earth metal oxide catalyst.
  • An exemplary system can further include a cooling unit, coupled to the OCM reactor, for cooling the effluent stream and producing high pressure steam, a separations unit, coupled to the cooling unit, for separating C 2 hydrocarbons from the effluent stream, and a generator, coupled to the cooling unit, for converting the high pressure steam to electricity.
  • the oxidation agent can include oxygen and/or air.
  • the alkali earth metal oxide catalyst can include an alkali earth metal oxide, such as BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and combinations thereof.
  • the alkali earth metal oxide catalyst can further include a metal oxide, such as CaO, Ti0 2 , Th0 2 , Si0 2 , Sm 2 0 3 , and combinations thereof.
  • the alkali earth metal oxide catalyst can be a mixture of CaO, MgO, and Sm 2 0 3 .
  • the monolith has channels having diameters less than about 4mm.
  • the monolith can have channels with diameters less than about 1mm.
  • the OCM reactor can be a quartz reactor having a diameter of about 1 inch.
  • the OCM reactor can have a temperature of about 1000°C.
  • the system can include a recycle stream, coupled to the separations unit and the OCM reactor, for transferring methane from the separations unit to the OCM reactor.
  • the system can further include a steam cracking unit, coupled to the separations unit, for converting ethane to ethylene.
  • the system can include a natural gas feed stream and a natural gas separations unit, coupled to the feed stream, for separating the natural gas into the first inlet stream containing methane and an ethane stream.
  • the ethane stream can be coupled to the steam cracking unit for transferring ethane to the steam cracking unit.
  • the system can further include a hydrogenation unit, coupled to the separations unit, for converting a carbon dioxide stream from the separations unit into a syngas stream.
  • an exemplary system for the oxidative coupling of methane can include an OCM reactor coupled to at least two inlet streams and an effluent stream, wherein a first inlet stream includes methane and a second inlet stream includes an oxidation agent, and catalyst pellets including CaO, MgO, and Sm 2 0 3 within the OCM reactor.
  • An exemplary system can further include a cooling unit, coupled to the OCM reactor, for cooling the effluent stream and producing high pressure steam, a separations unit, coupled to the cooling unit, for separating C 2 hydrocarbons from the effluent stream, and a generator, coupled to the cooling unit, for converting the high pressure steam to electricity.
  • the disclosed subject matter further provides methods for producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from methane by the oxidative coupling of methane.
  • An exemplary method for the oxidative coupling of methane can include introducing a methane stream to an alkali earth metal oxide catalyst in the presence of an oxidation agent to produce an effluent stream including C 2 hydrocarbons and removing heat from the effluent stream and transferring the heat to a water stream to produce high pressure steam.
  • the method can further include separating the effluent stream into a first stream including ethylene, a second stream including methane, a third stream including ethane, and a fourth stream including carbon dioxide.
  • the second stream can be recycled by combining it with the methane stream.
  • the third stream can undergo steam cracking.
  • the fourth stream can be hydrogenated to produce syngas.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a system for producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from methane according to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
  • FIG. 2 depicts a method of producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from methane according to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
  • the presently disclosed subject matter provides novel systems and methods for producing C 2 hydrocarbons and steam from methane. Particularly, the disclosed systems and methods provide for the oxidative coupling of methane to produce C 2 hydrocarbons, e.g., ethane and ethylene, and cooling the C 2 hydrocarbons to produce high pressure steam.
  • C 2 hydrocarbons e.g., ethane and ethylene
  • Coupled refers to the connection of a system component to another system component by any suitable means known in the art.
  • the type of coupling used to connect two or more system components can depend on the scale and operability of the system.
  • coupling of two or more components of a system can include one or more joints, valves, transfer lines or sealing elements.
  • joints include threaded joints, soldered joints, welded joints, compression joints and mechanical joints.
  • fittings include coupling fittings, reducing coupling fittings, union fittings, tee fittings, cross fittings and flange fittings.
  • Non-limiting examples of valves include gate valves, globe valves, ball valves, butterfly valves and check valves.
  • the term “about” or “approximately” means within an acceptable error range for the particular value as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art, which will depend in part on how the value is measured or determined, i.e., the limitations of the measurement system. For example, “about” can mean a range of up to 20%, up to 10%, up to 5%), and or up to 1% of a given value.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system according to a non-limiting embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
  • the system can include an OCM reactor 110, coupled to one or more inlet streams 101, 102 and an effluent stream 103, a cooling unit 104 coupled to the OCM reactor, a separations unit 130 coupled to the cooling unit, and a generator 140 coupled to the cooling unit.
  • the oxidative coupling of methane can convert methane, either in the form of natural gas or purified methane, to other chemicals, notably C 2 hydrocarbons, e.g., ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) and ethane (C 2 H 6 ).
  • C 2 hydrocarbons e.g., ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) and ethane (C 2 H 6 ).
  • the side reactions of the oxidative coupling of methane can form carbon monoxide (CO) and/or carbon dioxide (C0 2 ).
  • CO carbon monoxide
  • C0 2 carbon dioxide
  • the oxidative coupling of methane is performed in an OCM reactor 110.
  • the OCM reactor can be coupled to one or more inlet streams 101, 102 and an effluent stream 103.
  • a first inlet stream 101 can transfer methane to the OCM reactor.
  • the methane of the presently disclosed subject matter can originate from various sources.
  • the methane can come from natural gas or as a gaseous stream from other chemical processes.
  • the first inlet stream can transfer a natural gas stream containing methane to the OCM reactor.
  • the first inlet stream can transfer a purified methane stream to the OCM reactor.
  • the amount of methane in a purified methane stream can be greater than about 80%, greater than about 85%, greater than about 90%, greater than about 95%, or greater than about 99%.
  • a second inlet stream 102 can transfer an oxidation agent to the OCM reactor.
  • the oxidation agent for use in the presently disclosed subject matter can include oxygen, e.g., as purified oxygen or air.
  • the oxidation agent is air.
  • the first and second inlet streams can be combined prior to transfer to the OCM reactor.
  • the methane and oxidation agent can be transferred to the OCM reactor in a certain flow ratio.
  • methane and oxygen present in the oxidation agent
  • the flow ratio (CH 4 2 ) is about 3 : 1.
  • the total flow rate of methane and the oxidation agent can be from about 300 cc/min to about 1000 cc/min, from about 350 cc/min to about 950 cc/min, or from about 400 cc/min to about 900 cc/min. In certain embodiments, the total flow rate is about 420 cc/min. In other certain embodiments, the total flow rate is about 840 cc/min.
  • the OCM reactor 110 can be any reactor type known to be suitable for the oxidative coupling of methane.
  • reactors include plug flow reactors, fixed bed reactors, such as tubular fixed bed reactors and multitubular fixed bed reactors, and fluidized bed reactors, such as entrained fluidized bed reactors and fixed fluidized bed reactors.
  • the reactor can be made of any suitable material, including but not limited to, quartz, ceramic materials, glass-lined materials, polymer-based materials, carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel, nickel-base metal alloys, cobalt-based metal alloys, or combinations thereof.
  • the OCM reactor is a quartz reactor.
  • the dimensions and structure of the OCM reactor 110 can vary depending on its capacity, which can be determined by the reaction rate, the stoichiometric quantities of the reactants and/or the feed flow rate.
  • the space velocity of the reaction can range from about 1000 h “1 to about 10,000 h “1 , from about 2500 h “1 to about 8500 h “1 , or from about 3500 h "1 to about 7500 h “1 .
  • the space velocity of the reaction is about 3600 h "1 .
  • the space velocity of the reaction is about 7200 h "1 .
  • the OCM reactor is a tubular reactor having a diameter of about 1 inch.
  • the OCM reactor 110 can be operated isothermally.
  • the OCM reactor can be maintained at a temperature from about 600°C to about 1200°C, from about 700°C to about 1000°C, or from about 750°C to about 900°C.
  • the OCM reactor can be maintained at a temperature from about 750°C to about 820°C.
  • the OCM reactor 110 can contain a catalyst.
  • the catalyst can include an alkali earth metal oxide.
  • the catalyst can include BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Ce0 2 and/or combinations thereof.
  • the catalyst can further include another metal oxide.
  • the catalyst can further include CaO, Ti0 2 , Th0 2 , Si0 2 , Sm0 2 , La 2 0 3 , and/or combinations thereof.
  • the catalyst is a combination of Ce0 2 and La 2 0 3 .
  • the catalyst is a combination of CaO, MgO, and La 2 0 3 .
  • the catalyst is a combination of CaO, MgO, and Sm 2 0 3 .
  • Catalyst loading in the OCM reactor 110 can range from about 2 mL to about 15 mL, from about 4 mL to about 12 mL, or from about 5mL to about 10 mL. In certain embodiments, catalyst loading is about 7 mL.
  • the catalyst can be supported on a monolith.
  • the monolith can be made of any suitable material, including but not limited to ceramic materials.
  • the monolith can include channels.
  • the channels may be round or polygonal, e.g., triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal, or hexagonal.
  • the channels are round, and can have diameters less than about 4mm, less than about 2mm, or less than about 1mm. In particular embodiments, the channels have diameters of about 1mm.
  • the catalyst can be supported on pellets.
  • the pellets can contain a porous material having pore diameters of about 2nm to about lOOnm.
  • the pellets can be made of alumina (AI2O3), silica (Si0 2 ), titania (Ti0 2 ), zirconia (Zr0 2 ), chromium (III) oxide (C ⁇ C ), magnesia (MgO), cerium (IV) oxide (Ce0 2 ) and/or combinations thereof.
  • the pellets can have a particle size from about 20 to about 50 mesh.
  • the OCM reactor 110 can be coupled to a cooling unit 120, i.e., via the effluent stream 103.
  • the cooling unit 120 can include one or more steam generators, one or more boilers, one or more evaporators, and/or one or more heat exchangers to produce high pressure steam using the heat from the effluent stream.
  • the cooling unit can be coupled to a feed line 104 for providing water or steam.
  • the cooling unit 120 can produce a cooled effluent stream 105 and a high pressure steam stream 106.
  • the high pressure steam stream can be coupled to a generator 140 for converting the high pressure steam to electricity.
  • the generator can include a steam turbine to drive the generator.
  • high pressure steam can be used to provide mechanical drive, e.g., to one or more pumps or compressors, or to provide thermal energy, e.g., to other streams via a heat exchanger.
  • the system 100 can further include a separations unit 130, coupled to the cooling unit 120, for separating C 2 hydrocarbons from the cooled effluent stream 106.
  • the effluent stream can contain C 2 hydrocarbons, e.g., ethylene and ethane. In certain embodiments, the effluent stream can contain less than about 10 wt-%, less than about 7 wt-%, or less than about 5 wt-% C 2 hydrocarbons.
  • the effluent stream can further include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and unconverted methane.
  • the oxidative coupling of methane described above can be integrated with an ethane steam cracking operation.
  • the cooled effluent stream 106 from the oxidative coupling of methane can be separated with the cracking product stream 109 of an ethane steam cracking unit 150 by transferring it to the separations unit 130 of the ethane steam cracking operation.
  • the ethane steam cracking unit 150 for use in certain embodiments of the disclosed subject matter can include a furnace, also known as a fired heater.
  • the furnace can include a radiant section having one or more burners and a convection section.
  • the furnace can further include one or more catalyst tubes and/or tubular reactors.
  • Ethane can be provided to the ethane steam cracking unit via an ethane stream 113 coupled to the ethane steam cracking unit.
  • a cracking products stream 109 can be coupled to the ethane steam cracking unit for transferring cracking products, e.g., ethylene and unconverted ethane, to the separations unit 130.
  • the separations unit 130 of the presently disclosed subject matter can include one or more distillation columns, which can be adapted to perform fractional distillation, vacuum distillation, azeotropic distillation, extractive distillation, reactive distillation and/or steam distillation.
  • the distillation columns can be adapted to continuous or batch distillation.
  • the one or more distillation columns can be coupled to one or more condensers and one or more reboilers.
  • the one or more distillation columns can be stage or packed columns, and can include plates, trays and/or packing material.
  • the separations unit 130 can include a demethanizer for removing methane from the effluent stream 106 and the cracking product stream 109.
  • Methane can be transferred via a recycle stream 108 to the OCM reactor 110.
  • the recycle stream 108 can be combined with the first inlet stream 101 to the OCM reactor.
  • the separations unit 130 can include a C 2 splitter for separating the effluent stream 106 and cracking product stream 109 into an ethane recycle stream 114 and an ethylene product stream 107.
  • the ethane recycle stream can transfer recovered ethane to the ethane steam cracking unit 150.
  • the separations unit 130 can be configured to recover side reaction products, e.g., carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, from the effluent stream 106.
  • side reaction products e.g., carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
  • C0 2 can be removed from the effluent stream by an acid gas removal process.
  • a C0 2 stream 110 can be coupled to the separations unit for removing C0 2 from the separations unit.
  • the C0 2 stream 110 can be further coupled to a hydrogenation unit 170 for producing a syngas stream 115.
  • Syngas can be produced by the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide.
  • carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ) can react to form carbon monoxide (CO) and water (H 2 0) in a reverse water gas shift reaction.
  • the reverse water gas shift reaction is illustrated by:
  • the reverse water gas shift reaction is equilibrium-driven, and can be performed under conditions resulting in only partial conversion of C0 2 and H 2 .
  • the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide by the reverse water gas shift reaction can result in a syngas stream containing C0 2 and H 2 , as well as CO and H 2 0.
  • the ratio of H 2 and CO in the syngas stream 115 can be significant in downstream reactions and can be manipulated by varying process conditions, e.g., reaction conditions, catalyst type or amount, or the ratio of C0 2 to H 2 provided to the hydrogenation unit 170.
  • H 2 can be provided to the hydrogenation unit via a hydrogen stream.
  • the flow of the hydrogen stream can be adjusted to be stoichiometrically less than the flow of C0 2 .
  • the resulting syngas stream 115 can have a molar ratio of H 2 to CO of about 2: 1.
  • the system 100 can further include a natural gas separations unit 160 for separating a feed stream 111 containing natural gas into a methane feed stream 112 and an ethane feed stream 113.
  • the natural gas separations unit can include a distillation column, which can be adapted to separating ethane from methane, e.g., by fractional distillation.
  • the methane feed stream 112 can transfer methane to the OCM reactor.
  • the methane feed stream can be combined with the first inlet stream 101 and/or the methane recycle stream 108.
  • the ethane feed stream 113 can transfer ethane to the ethane steam cracking unit 150.
  • the ethane feed stream can be combined with the ethane recycle stream 114.
  • the presently disclosed systems can further include additional components and accessories including, but not limited to, one or more gas exhaust lines, cyclones, product discharge lines, reaction zones, heating elements and one or more measurement accessories.
  • the one or more measurement accessories can be any suitable measurement accessory known to one of ordinary skill in the art including, but not limited to, pH meters, flow monitors, pressure indicators, pressure transmitters, thermowells, temperature-indicating controllers, gas detectors, analyzers and viscometers.
  • the components and accessories can be placed at various locations within the system.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a method according to a non-limiting embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
  • the method 200 can include introducing a methane stream to an alkali earth metal oxide catalyst in the presence of an oxidation agent to produce an effluent stream including C 2 hydrocarbons 201 and removing heat from the effluent stream and transferring the heat to a water stream to produce high pressure steam 202.
  • the methane stream can include natural gas or purified methane, as described above.
  • the amount of methane in a purified methane stream can be greater than about 80%, greater than about 85%, greater than about 90%, greater than about 95%, or greater than about 99%.
  • the methane stream can undergo oxidative coupling to produce the effluent stream.
  • the conversion of methane in the methane stream can be from about 10% to about 40%), from about 15% to about 35%, or from about 20% to about 30%. In certain embodiments, the conversion of methane is about 25%.
  • the oxidative coupling of methane can have a certain selectivity to C 2 hydrocarbons. In certain embodiments, the selectivity to C 2 hydrocarbons is about 60%.
  • the method 200 can further include separating the effluent stream into a first stream including ethylene, a second stream including methane, a third stream including ethane, and a fourth stream including carbon dioxide 203.
  • the second stream can be recycled by combining it with the methane stream 204.
  • the third stream including ethane can undergo stream cracking 205.
  • the steam cracking can produce a cracking products stream containing ethylene and unconverted ethane.
  • the unconverted ethane can be separated and recycled to the steam cracking process.
  • the cracking products stream can be combined with the effluent stream from the oxidative coupling of methane prior to separating the streams into ethylene, ethane, methane, and carbon dioxide.
  • the fourth stream including carbon dioxide can be hydrogenated to produce a syngas stream 206.
  • carbon dioxide can undergo the reverse water gas shift reaction (Formula 5) to produce a syngas stream containing carbon monoxide, water, carbon dioxide, and/or water.
  • the systems and methods of the presently disclosed subject matter provide advantages over certain existing technologies. Exemplary advantages include improved production of ethylene using alkali earth metal oxide catalysts, efficient heat recovery to produce high pressure steam, and integrating the oxidative coupling of methane into an ethane steam cracking process.

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La présente invention concerne des systèmes et des procédés de production d'hydrocarbures en C2 et la vapeur d'eau provenant du couplage oxydatif du méthane (OCM). Lesdits systèmes peuvent comprendre un réacteur d'OCM accouplé à au moins deux courants d'entrée et à un courant d'effluent et un monolithe revêtu d'un catalyseur à base d'oxyde de métal alcalino-terreux dans le réacteur d'OCM. Lesdits systèmes peuvent en outre comprendre une unité de refroidissement, accouplée au réacteur d'OCM, destinée à refroidir le courant d'effluent et à produire de la vapeur d'eau à haute pression, une unité de séparation, accouplée à l'unité de refroidissement, destinée à séparer des hydrocarbures en C2 à partir du courant d'effluent, et un générateur, accouplé à l'unité de refroidissement, destiné à convertir en électricité ladite vapeur d'eau à haute pression. Lesdits procédés peuvent consister à introduire un courant de méthane dans un catalyseur à base d'oxyde de métal alcalino-terreux en présence d'un agent d'oxydation pour produire un courant d'effluent comprenant des hydrocarbures en C2 et à éliminer la chaleur du courant d'effluent et à transférer la chaleur pour produire de la vapeur d'eau à haute pression.
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