Process and apparatus employing microchannel process technology
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C10G-047/00
C10G-047/02
C10G-047/14
B01J-023/42
B01J-023/75
B01J-023/96
B01J-019/00
B01J-035/02
C10G-002/00
C10G-045/02
B01J-021/12
출원번호
US-0288936
(2014-05-28)
등록번호
US-9926496
(2018-03-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Tonkovich, Anna Lee
Arora, Ravi
Brophy, John
Daly, Francis P.
Deshmukh, Soumitra
Fanelli, Maddalena
Jarosch, Kai Tod Paul
LaPlante, Timothy J.
Long, Richard Q.
Mazanec, Terry
Ryan, Daniel Francis
Silva, Laura J.
Simmons, Wayne W.
Strangeland, Bruce
Wang, Yong
Yuschak, Thomas
Perry, Steven T.
Marco, Jeffrey Dale
Marchiando, Michael Alan
Litt, Robert Lewis
출원인 / 주소
Velocys, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
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초록
This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit.
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1. A process for hydrocracking a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product in a microchannel reactor to form a hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product, the microchannel reactor comprising a process microchannel layer for conducting the hydrocracking reaction, the process microchannel layer comprising
1. A process for hydrocracking a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product in a microchannel reactor to form a hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product, the microchannel reactor comprising a process microchannel layer for conducting the hydrocracking reaction, the process microchannel layer comprising at least one process microchannel, a first manifold providing a passageway for the flow of a liquid phase comprising the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product into the process microchannel layer, and a second manifold to provide for the flow of a qas phase comprising hydrogen into the process microchannel layer, the process comprising: flowing the gas phase through the second manifold into the process microchannel layer, flowing the liquid phase through the first manifold into the process microchannel layer, the ratio of the hydrogen to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product entering the process microchannel layer being in the range from about 50 to about 4000 standard cubic centimeters of hydrogen per cubic centimeter of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product, the process microchannel layer comprising a fixed bed of particulate solids comprising a hydrocracking catalyst, the fixed bed of particulate solids including interstices between the particulate solids, the particulate solids having a median particle diameter in the range from about 1 to about 1500 microns, the particulate Bond number being below 1, the length of the fixed bed of particulate solids being in the range from about 0.1 to about 2 meters,flowing the liquid phase as a continuous liquid phase through the fixed bed of particulate solids, flowing the gas phase as a continuous gas phase through the fixed bed of particulate solids, the gas phase flowing through the fixed bed of particulate solids at a superficial velocity of at least about 0.01 meter per second, the liquid phase flowing through the fixed bed of particulate solids and forming a liquid film on the surface of the particulate solids, the gas phase flowing through the interstices between the particulate solids past the liquid film and reducing the thickness of the liquid film, the hydrogen diffusing through the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product to the fixed bed of particulate solids and reacting with the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product in the presence of the hydrocracking catalyst to form the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product, the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product comprising one or more straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons having about 5 or more carbon atoms;removing the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product from the process microchannel layer,transferring heat from the process microchannel layer to a heat exchanger; andwherein the temperature in the process microchannel layer is in the range from about 200° C. to about 450° C., and the temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing into the process microchannel layer is at least about 50° C. less than the temperature in the process microchannel layer. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature in the process microchannel layer is in the range from about 300° C. to about 400° C. 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the ratio of hydrogen to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product is in the range from about 100 to about 2000 standard cubic centimeters of hydrogen per cubic centimeter of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product. 4. The process of claim 1 wherein the microchannel reactor has an entrance and an exit, the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing out of the microchannel reactor through the exit, and at least part of the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing out of the microchannel reactor being recycled back into the microchannel reactor through the entrance. 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger comprises at least one heat exchange channel in thermal contact with the process microchannel layer, a heat exchange fluid being in the heat exchange channel, and heat is transferred from the process microchannel layer to the heat exchange fluid. 6. The process of claim 1 wherein the heat exchange fluid undergoes a phase change in the heat exchange channel. 7. The process of claim 1 wherein the heat exchange fluid undergoes partial boiling in the heat exchange channel. 8. The process of claim 1 wherein an endothermic chemical reaction is conducted in the heat exchange channel. 9. The process of claim 1 wherein the endothermic chemical reaction comprises a steam reforming reaction or a dehydrogenation reaction. 10. The process of claim 1 wherein fluid flows in the process microchannels layer in a first direction, and the heat exchange fluid flows in the heat exchange channel in a second direction, the second direction being cross current, cocurrent and/or counter-current relative to the first direction. 11. The process of claim 1 wherein the heat exchange fluid comprises air, steam, liquid water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, gaseous nitrogen, liquid nitrogen, gaseous hydrocarbon, liquid hydrocarbon, or a mixture of two or more thereof. 12. The process of claim 1 wherein the heat exchange fluid comprises the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product and/or the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product. 13. The process of claim 1 wherein a tailored heat exchange is provided along the length of the process microchannel layer to maintain a substantially isothermal temperature profile in the process microchannel layer. 14. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a graded catalyst. 15. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolite. 16. The process of claim 15 wherein the catalyst further comprises a refractory inorganic oxide. 17. The process of claim 16 wherein the refractory inorganic oxide comprises alumina, magnesia, silica, titania, zirconia or silica-alumina. 18. The process of claim 15 wherein the catalyst comprises Y-zeolite, beta zeolite, omega zeolite, L-zeolite, or ZSM-5. 19. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises a hydrogenation component. 20. The process of claim 19 wherein the hydrogenation component comprises a Group IVB metal, a Group VIII metal, or a compound of one or more thereof. 21. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises Pt, Pd, Ni, Co, Mo, W, or a combination of two or more thereof. 22. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product entering the process microchannel layer is within about 20° C. of the temperature of the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing out of the process microchannel layer. 23. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product comprises a middle distillate boiling in the range from about 125° C. to about 375° C. 24. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product comprises a C5 to 205° C. end point fraction. 25. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product comprises gasoline, naphtha, diesel fuel, jet fuel and/or kerosene. 26. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product comprises an isomerized product. 27. The process of claim 1 wherein the weight hourly space velocity for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing in the process microchannel layer is in the range from about 5 hr−1 to about 100 hr−1. 28. The process of claim 1 wherein the pressure drop for the flow of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product in the process microchannel layer is up to about 0.01 MPa per centimeter of length of the process microchannel layer. 29. The process of claim 1 wherein subsequent to removing the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product from the process microchannel layer, a regenerating fluid flows in the process microchannel layer in contact with the catalyst, the residence time for the regenerating fluid in the process microchannel layer being from about 0.01 to about 1000 seconds. 30. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is regenerated in-situ in the process microchannel layer by oxidizing a carbonaceous material on the surface of the catalyst. 31. The process of claim 1 wherein the process is conducted in a plant facility, the plant facility comprising: a plurality of the microchannel reactors; or a plurality of reaction vessels, each reaction vessel comprising one or more microchannel reactors; the catalyst in one or more of the microchannel reactors or reaction vessels being regenerated while the process is carried out in other microchannel reactors or reaction vessels in the plant facility. 32. The process of claim 1 wherein the process is conducted using a regenerated catalyst at a liquid hourly space velocity of about 5 hr−1 or above. 33. The process of claim 1 wherein the process is conducted using a regenerated catalyst for a period in excess of about 1200 hours. 34. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrocracked Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product has a cloud point that is less than about −10° C. 35. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing into the process microchannel layer is less than about 300° C. 36. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product flowing into the process microchannel layer is in the range from about 200° C. to about 250° C. 37. The process of claim 1 wherein the fixed bed of particulate solids comprises an inert section wherein the particulate solids are inert and a catalytic section wherein the particulate solids are catalytic, the inert section being upstream from the catalytic section. 38. The process of claim 37 wherein the liquid phase flows into the inert section of the fixed bed of particulate solids as a continuous liquid phase and then flows through the inert section into catalytic section of the fixed bed of particulate solids, and the gas phase flows into the inert section of the fixed bed of particulate solids as a continuous gas phase and then flows through the catalytic section of the fixed bed of particulate solids. 39. The process of claim 1 wherein the process microchannel layer comprises a plurality of process microchannels aligned in parallel. 40. The process of claim 1 wherein the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product has an average carbon number in the range from about 20 to about 50.
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