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- the invention relates to a process for converting methane to methanol.
- the process involves either co-feeding or alternately feeding methane and an oxidant to a reactor containing a catalyst at oxidation conditions to convert the methane to methanol.
- the effluent from this oxidation reactor is separated into a gaseous stream comprising unreacted methane and a bottom stream comprising methanol or a methanol adduct.
- the gaseous stream is further separated to provide a methane stream which is recycled to the reactor, while the bottom stream is separated into a methanol stream and a solvent stream which is also recycled to the reactor.
- Methane is underutilized as a chemical feedstock, despite being the primary constituent of natural gas, an abundant carbon resource. Factors limiting its use include the remote locations of known reserves, its relatively high transportation costs and its thermodynamic and kinetic stability. Methane's main industrial use is the production of synthesis gas or syngas via steam reforming at high temperatures and pressures. Syngas in turn can be converted to methanol also at elevated temperatures and pressures. The production of methanol is important because methanol can be used to produce important chemicals such as olefins. The above two step process for the production of methanol is expensive and energy intensive with corresponding environmental impacts.
- Applicants have developed a process which efficiently produces a methanol stream from methane.
- the process comprises reacting methane and an oxidant in the presence of a catalyst at oxidation conditions.
- the resultant product mixture is next processed to give a purified methanol stream and recycle methane and solvent streams.
- the FIGURE is a flow diagram showing one embodiment of the invention.
- the present invention relates to the selective oxidation of methane to methanol using a catalyst.
- the methane or feedstream can either be a pure methane stream or can be diluted with an inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, etc.
- Another element of the invention is an oxidant which will react with the methane.
- the oxidant can be oxygen, hydrogen peroxide or an organic hydroperoxide.
- organic hydroperoxides include tert-butyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide, etc.
- a blend of hydrocarbons such as gasoline, straight run diesel, light cycle oil, vacuum gas oil, fuel oil and crude oil can be oxidized to give a mixture of organic hydroperoxides.
- hydrocarbons such as gasoline, straight run diesel, light cycle oil, vacuum gas oil, fuel oil and crude oil.
- One process for producing these hydroperoxides is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,038,090 B1 which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- the oxidant stream and methane are now flowed into an oxidation reactor or oxidation zone where they are reacted in the presence of a catalyst to produce methanol.
- the oxidant and methane streams can either be introduced into the oxidation zone in an alternate arrangement or they can be combined into one stream and than flowed into the oxidation zone.
- the oxidation zone will contain a catalyst for promoting the oxidation of methane to methanol and a solvent.
- the catalyst can either be a heterogeneous catalyst or a catalytic metal compound which is dissolved in the solvent, i.e. a homogeneous catalyst.
- the metal compounds which can be used have an empirical formula of M x X m where M is selected from the group consisting of palladium, copper, manganese, mercury, silver, cobalt, vanadium, platinum, lead, gold, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, cerium and mixtures thereof, X is an anion; examples of which include but are not limited to acetate, trifluoroacetate, sulfate, carbonate, halide, nitrate, perchlorate, propionate, pentafluoropropionate, acetylacetonate, and hexafluoroacetylacetonate, “m” is the oxidation state of M, and “x” is the anion valence of X.
- M is selected from the group consisting of palladium, copper, manganese, mercury, silver, cobalt, vanadium, platinum, lead, gold, niobium, chromium, molyb
- the compounds described above are readily available from commercial suppliers, can be prepared by known methods or in certain cases can be prepared in situ by dissolving the corresponding metal oxide in the reaction solvent.
- copper oxide can be dissolved in trifluoroacetic acid to provide copper trifluoroacetate.
- Another component of the invention is a solvent in which the metal compounds described above are soluble.
- solvents are trifluoroacetic acid, trifluoroacetic anhydride, pentafluoropropionic acid, acetic acid, supercritical carbon dioxide and mixtures thereof with trifluoroacetic acid being preferred.
- the amount of compound which is added to the solvent can vary widely, but is usually from about 0.01 weight % to about 2 weight % of M as the metal.
- heterogeneous catalysts include the oxides of metals such as manganese, cobalt, palladium, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper, and composite materials where one or more of these oxides is supported on silica, alumina, zirconia, magnesia, carbon, silicon carbide and other supports known in the art.
- the catalyst may also include additional non-catalytically active components which act as catalyst modifiers including but not limited to lithium, sodium, potassium, tin, germanium, sulfur, boron, chlorine.
- the heterogeneous catalyst can be present as a fixed bed or can be used in a riser/regenerator reactor.
- the reactor can be a continuous autoclave or the process can be carried out in a batch mode.
- the oxidation conditions include a pressure of about 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 6,895 kPa (1,000 psi) and preferably from about 4,137 kPa (600 psi) to about 6,895 kPa (1,000 psi). These pressures are sufficient to ensure that the methane is dissolved in the liquid phase and the reaction is a liquid phase reaction. Of course if the oxidant is oxygen, it will be in the gas phase in the reactor.
- the reaction temperature varies from about 25° C. to about 250° C.
- the product mixture will contain either methanol or a methyl ester formed from the methane and an adduct from the solvent. Additional components of the product mixture will include unreacted methane (the reaction is carried out with the oxidant as the limiting reagent), CO 2 (which results from the degradation of the solvent) and higher molecular weight alcohols which are byproducts from the organic hydroperoxide which may be used as the oxidant.
- the product stream or effluent stream from the oxidation reactor or oxidation zone is now flowed to a separation zone which is operated at conditions to provide an overhead gaseous stream and a liquid bottom stream.
- the overhead stream will comprise methane and carbon dioxide while the liquid bottom stream will comprise methanol, solvent, water and byproducts.
- the separation conditions in this separation zone include a temperature of about 50° C. to about 200° C. and a pressure of about 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 6895 kPa (1000 psi).
- the liquid bottom stream is now flowed to a second separation zone operated at conditions to provide a purified methanol product stream, a solvent stream and a byproduct greater than or equal to C2 alcohol stream.
- the second separation zone can utilize any method known in the art including distillation and adsorptive separation.
- typical conditions include a temperature of 20-240° C., and a pressure of 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 1030 kPa (150 psi).
- Hydrolysis conditions include a temperature of about 20° C.
- a co-solvent and/or catalyst may also be introduced to the reactor to facilitate hydrolysis.
- the methyl ester adduct is hydrolyzed, it is now flowed to the second separation zone and treated as described above.
- the solvent stream is now recycled to the oxidation reactor, but since there may have been degradation of the solvent, makeup solvent may be added to this stream prior to introducing it back into the oxidation reactor.
- the methane feedstream and the methane recycle stream (as described below) can also be added to the solvent stream which is than either directly flowed into the oxidation reactor or combined with the oxidant stream and than flowed into the oxidation reactor.
- the overhead gaseous stream is now flowed to a third separation zone which is operated at conditions to provide a methane stream and a waste stream comprising carbon dioxide.
- the methane stream is recycled back to the oxidation reactor by flowing it into the recycle solvent stream.
- methane or a methane/inert gas stream is introduced via line 12 which may be combined with recycle methane from line 26 and than in turn combined with the recycle solvent stream 36 flowed into line 16 and into reactor 10 .
- the oxidant is flowed through line 14 into the valve connecting it with line 36 containing solvent and methane which in turn is flowed into line 16 and then into reactor 10 .
- the valve joining lines 14 and 36 can be operated in such a way that both the methane solvent stream and oxidant stream are joined together or the methane solvent stream is first flowed into the reactor and then followed by the oxidant stream with the two streams being alternately fed into reactor 10 .
- Reactor 10 contains either a heterogeneous catalyst present as a catalyst bed or a homogeneous catalyst compound dissolved in the solvent. If the catalyst is a homogeneous catalyst, reactor 10 is charged with the homogeneous catalyst and heated tip to operating temperature prior to flowing oxidant and methane into the reactor. Once the methane and oxidant are contacted for a sufficient time (as described above) in order to convert the methane to methanol, the effluent or product mixture is flowed out the reactor via line 18 and into reactor 20 .
- Reactor 20 is a separation reactor or zone where the gaseous components of the effluent stream are separated from the liquid components.
- the gaseous components will comprise methane and carbon dioxide which form an overhead gaseous stream which is removed via line 22 .
- This overhead gaseous stream is now flowed to a separation zone 30 which separates methane from the carbon dioxide.
- the methane is removed via line 26 and recycled to line 12 while the carbon dioxide is vented via line 38 .
- the liquid bottom stream from reactor 20 is removed via line 24 and flowed into hydrolysis zone 40 .
- Water is introduced, along with any catalysts and co-solvents, to the hydrolysis zone via line 44 .
- the liquid bottom stream is hydrolyzed to give methanol and regenerate the solvent.
- the effluent stream from the hydrolysis zone is now flowed via line 28 into separation zone 50 . If methanol is the direct product from reactor 10 , then the liquid bottom feed from reactor 20 is flowed directly via line 24 and 28 into separation zone 50 .
- separation zone 50 a purified methanol stream is separated and collected via line 32 while water, co-solvents from the hydrolysis zone, any higher molecular weight alcohols and other liquid by-products are removed via line 34 and the solvent is removed via line 36 and recycled back to reactor 10 . Since some solvent degradation occurs and thus solvent is lost, additional solvent may need to be added via line 42 .
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- This application claims priority from Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/753,205 filed Dec. 22, 2005, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The invention relates to a process for converting methane to methanol. The process involves either co-feeding or alternately feeding methane and an oxidant to a reactor containing a catalyst at oxidation conditions to convert the methane to methanol. The effluent from this oxidation reactor is separated into a gaseous stream comprising unreacted methane and a bottom stream comprising methanol or a methanol adduct. The gaseous stream is further separated to provide a methane stream which is recycled to the reactor, while the bottom stream is separated into a methanol stream and a solvent stream which is also recycled to the reactor.
- Today, both chemical and energy industries rely on petroleum as the principal source of carbon and energy. Methane is underutilized as a chemical feedstock, despite being the primary constituent of natural gas, an abundant carbon resource. Factors limiting its use include the remote locations of known reserves, its relatively high transportation costs and its thermodynamic and kinetic stability. Methane's main industrial use is the production of synthesis gas or syngas via steam reforming at high temperatures and pressures. Syngas in turn can be converted to methanol also at elevated temperatures and pressures. The production of methanol is important because methanol can be used to produce important chemicals such as olefins. The above two step process for the production of methanol is expensive and energy intensive with corresponding environmental impacts.
- Selective oxidation of methane has been studied for over 30 years by individual, academic and government researchers with no commercial success. The key challenges to a commercial direct methane oxidation process are the inertness of methane relative to intermediates and oxygenate products and designing a catalytic process for direct gas phase reaction with high conversion and selectivity. For example, Sen et al. in New J. Chem, 1989, 13, 755-760 disclose the use of Pd (O2C Me)2 in trifluoroacetic acid for the oxidation of methane to CF3CO2Me. The reaction is carried out for 4 days at a pressure of 5516-6895 kPa (800-1000 psi). E. D. Park et al. in Catalysis Communications, Vol. 2 (2001), 187-190, disclose a Pd/C plus Cu (CH3COO)2 catalyst system for the selective oxidation of methane using H2/O2. L. C. Kao et al. in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 113 (1991), 700-701 disclose the use of palladium compounds such as Pd (O2CC2H5)2 to oxidize methane to methanol in the presence of H2O2 and using trifluoroacetic acid as the solvent. U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,515 discloses the use of catalysts such as Cu(I) ions in trifluoroacetic acid to oxidize methane to methanol.
- Applicants have developed a process which efficiently produces a methanol stream from methane. Generally, the process comprises reacting methane and an oxidant in the presence of a catalyst at oxidation conditions. The resultant product mixture is next processed to give a purified methanol stream and recycle methane and solvent streams.
- One embodiment of the invention is a process for converting methane to methanol comprising:
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- a) flowing a methane and an oxidant stream to a methane oxidation reactor and contacting the methane and oxidant with a catalyst and a solvent at oxidation conditions to provide an effluent stream comprising methanol or a methanol adduct;
- b) flowing the effluent stream to a separation zone operated at conditions to provide an overhead gaseous stream comprising methane and carbon dioxide and a bottom stream comprising methanol or a methanol adduct, solvent and byproducts;
- c) flowing the bottom stream to a second separation zone operated at conditions to provide a purified product stream comprising methanol, and a solvent stream which is recycled to the oxidation reactor; and
- d) flowing the overhead gaseous stream to a third separation zone operated at conditions to provide a methane stream which is recycled back to the oxidation reactor and a waste stream comprising carbon dioxide.
- This and other objects and embodiments will become clearer after a detailed description of the invention.
- The FIGURE is a flow diagram showing one embodiment of the invention.
- The present invention relates to the selective oxidation of methane to methanol using a catalyst. The methane or feedstream can either be a pure methane stream or can be diluted with an inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, etc. Another element of the invention is an oxidant which will react with the methane. The oxidant can be oxygen, hydrogen peroxide or an organic hydroperoxide. Non limiting examples of organic hydroperoxides include tert-butyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide, etc. It is also within the scope of the invention that a blend of hydrocarbons such as gasoline, straight run diesel, light cycle oil, vacuum gas oil, fuel oil and crude oil can be oxidized to give a mixture of organic hydroperoxides. One process for producing these hydroperoxides is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,038,090 B1 which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The oxidant stream and methane are now flowed into an oxidation reactor or oxidation zone where they are reacted in the presence of a catalyst to produce methanol. The oxidant and methane streams can either be introduced into the oxidation zone in an alternate arrangement or they can be combined into one stream and than flowed into the oxidation zone. The oxidation zone will contain a catalyst for promoting the oxidation of methane to methanol and a solvent. The catalyst can either be a heterogeneous catalyst or a catalytic metal compound which is dissolved in the solvent, i.e. a homogeneous catalyst.
- The metal compounds which can be used have an empirical formula of MxXm where M is selected from the group consisting of palladium, copper, manganese, mercury, silver, cobalt, vanadium, platinum, lead, gold, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, cerium and mixtures thereof, X is an anion; examples of which include but are not limited to acetate, trifluoroacetate, sulfate, carbonate, halide, nitrate, perchlorate, propionate, pentafluoropropionate, acetylacetonate, and hexafluoroacetylacetonate, “m” is the oxidation state of M, and “x” is the anion valence of X. The compounds described above are readily available from commercial suppliers, can be prepared by known methods or in certain cases can be prepared in situ by dissolving the corresponding metal oxide in the reaction solvent. For example, copper oxide can be dissolved in trifluoroacetic acid to provide copper trifluoroacetate.
- Another component of the invention is a solvent in which the metal compounds described above are soluble. Non limiting examples of solvents are trifluoroacetic acid, trifluoroacetic anhydride, pentafluoropropionic acid, acetic acid, supercritical carbon dioxide and mixtures thereof with trifluoroacetic acid being preferred. The amount of compound which is added to the solvent can vary widely, but is usually from about 0.01 weight % to about 2 weight % of M as the metal.
- Non limiting examples of heterogeneous catalysts include the oxides of metals such as manganese, cobalt, palladium, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium and copper, and composite materials where one or more of these oxides is supported on silica, alumina, zirconia, magnesia, carbon, silicon carbide and other supports known in the art. The catalyst may also include additional non-catalytically active components which act as catalyst modifiers including but not limited to lithium, sodium, potassium, tin, germanium, sulfur, boron, chlorine. The heterogeneous catalyst can be present as a fixed bed or can be used in a riser/regenerator reactor. In the case of a homogeneous catalyst, the reactor can be a continuous autoclave or the process can be carried out in a batch mode. Regardless of what type of reactor is employed, the oxidation conditions include a pressure of about 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 6,895 kPa (1,000 psi) and preferably from about 4,137 kPa (600 psi) to about 6,895 kPa (1,000 psi). These pressures are sufficient to ensure that the methane is dissolved in the liquid phase and the reaction is a liquid phase reaction. Of course if the oxidant is oxygen, it will be in the gas phase in the reactor. The reaction temperature varies from about 25° C. to about 250° C. and preferably from about 60° C. to about 100° C. The contact time can vary considerably, but is usually from about 30 minutes to about 24 hours. The product mixture will contain either methanol or a methyl ester formed from the methane and an adduct from the solvent. Additional components of the product mixture will include unreacted methane (the reaction is carried out with the oxidant as the limiting reagent), CO2 (which results from the degradation of the solvent) and higher molecular weight alcohols which are byproducts from the organic hydroperoxide which may be used as the oxidant.
- The product stream or effluent stream from the oxidation reactor or oxidation zone is now flowed to a separation zone which is operated at conditions to provide an overhead gaseous stream and a liquid bottom stream. The overhead stream will comprise methane and carbon dioxide while the liquid bottom stream will comprise methanol, solvent, water and byproducts. The separation conditions in this separation zone include a temperature of about 50° C. to about 200° C. and a pressure of about 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 6895 kPa (1000 psi).
- The liquid bottom stream is now flowed to a second separation zone operated at conditions to provide a purified methanol product stream, a solvent stream and a byproduct greater than or equal to C2 alcohol stream. The second separation zone can utilize any method known in the art including distillation and adsorptive separation. For separation by distillation typical conditions include a temperature of 20-240° C., and a pressure of 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 1030 kPa (150 psi). However, if the liquid bottom stream contains methyl ester adducts, the stream must first be passed to a hydrolysis zone where the methyl ester is hydrolyzed to methanol and regenerate the solvent. Hydrolysis conditions include a temperature of about 20° C. to about 200° C. and a pressure of about 103 kPa (15 psi) to about 1030 kPa (150 psi). A co-solvent and/or catalyst, well-known in the art, may also be introduced to the reactor to facilitate hydrolysis. Once the methyl ester adduct is hydrolyzed, it is now flowed to the second separation zone and treated as described above. The solvent stream is now recycled to the oxidation reactor, but since there may have been degradation of the solvent, makeup solvent may be added to this stream prior to introducing it back into the oxidation reactor. The methane feedstream and the methane recycle stream (as described below) can also be added to the solvent stream which is than either directly flowed into the oxidation reactor or combined with the oxidant stream and than flowed into the oxidation reactor.
- The overhead gaseous stream is now flowed to a third separation zone which is operated at conditions to provide a methane stream and a waste stream comprising carbon dioxide. The methane stream is recycled back to the oxidation reactor by flowing it into the recycle solvent stream.
- Referring now to the FIGURE, methane or a methane/inert gas stream is introduced via
line 12 which may be combined with recycle methane fromline 26 and than in turn combined with therecycle solvent stream 36 flowed intoline 16 and intoreactor 10. The oxidant is flowed throughline 14 into the valve connecting it withline 36 containing solvent and methane which in turn is flowed intoline 16 and then intoreactor 10. Thevalve joining lines reactor 10.Reactor 10 contains either a heterogeneous catalyst present as a catalyst bed or a homogeneous catalyst compound dissolved in the solvent. If the catalyst is a homogeneous catalyst,reactor 10 is charged with the homogeneous catalyst and heated tip to operating temperature prior to flowing oxidant and methane into the reactor. Once the methane and oxidant are contacted for a sufficient time (as described above) in order to convert the methane to methanol, the effluent or product mixture is flowed out the reactor vialine 18 and intoreactor 20.Reactor 20 is a separation reactor or zone where the gaseous components of the effluent stream are separated from the liquid components. The gaseous components will comprise methane and carbon dioxide which form an overhead gaseous stream which is removed vialine 22. This overhead gaseous stream is now flowed to aseparation zone 30 which separates methane from the carbon dioxide. The methane is removed vialine 26 and recycled to line 12 while the carbon dioxide is vented vialine 38. - If the product from
reactor 10 comprises a methyl ester, than the liquid bottom stream fromreactor 20 is removed vialine 24 and flowed intohydrolysis zone 40. Water is introduced, along with any catalysts and co-solvents, to the hydrolysis zone vialine 44. In the hydrolysis zone, the liquid bottom stream is hydrolyzed to give methanol and regenerate the solvent. The effluent stream from the hydrolysis zone is now flowed vialine 28 intoseparation zone 50. If methanol is the direct product fromreactor 10, then the liquid bottom feed fromreactor 20 is flowed directly vialine separation zone 50. Inseparation zone 50, a purified methanol stream is separated and collected vialine 32 while water, co-solvents from the hydrolysis zone, any higher molecular weight alcohols and other liquid by-products are removed vialine 34 and the solvent is removed vialine 36 and recycled back toreactor 10. Since some solvent degradation occurs and thus solvent is lost, additional solvent may need to be added vialine 42. - While the invention has been described with what are presently considered the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but it is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the scope of the appended claims.
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