WANG Yao, DI Zuoxing, LI Yuxin, et al. Multiphase catalytic reactors for methanol-to-olefins[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (7): 2474-2484.
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WANG Yao, DI Zuoxing, LI Yuxin, et al. Multiphase catalytic reactors for methanol-to-olefins[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (7): 2474-2484.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.07.009.
Multiphase catalytic reactors for methanol-to-olefins
The methanol-to-olefins (MTO) and methanol-to-propylene (MTP) processes are important ways to convert coal to chemicals. Successfully commercialized processes in recent years include the DMTO
s-MTO
MTO+OCP and MTP technologies developed respectively by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
SINOPEC
UOP and Lurgi. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the heterogeneous catalytic reactions in the MTO process
and on this basis discusses various multiphase catalytic reactors used for converting methanol to olefins. Key features and specifications of different technologies
and the similarity and difference between the MTO and fluidized catalytic cracking processes are compared. The MTO reactions occur by hydrocarbon pool reaction mechanism
which has autocatalytic and coking deactivation behavior that makes it important to control the working state of the catalyst and limit back-mixing in the reactor to achieve good activity and olefin selectivity. The use of a hierarchical zeolite catalyst and a fluidized bed reactor with little back-mixing or a reactors-in-series assembly is suggested as potential improvement for the process.