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Articlepubs.acs.org/IECRCite This: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7795 7801Chlorine Production by HCl Oxidation in a Molten Chloride SaltCatalystShizhao Su,† Davide Mannini,‡ Horia Metiu,‡ Michael J. Gordon,† and Eric W. McFarland*,††Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510, United StatesDownloaded via UNIV OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY on July 25, 2018 at 21:21:39 (UTC).See https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines for options on how to legitimately share published articles.‡ABSTRACT: A molten salt mixture containing 45 mol % KCl and 55 mol %CuCl2 was investigated as a catalyst for the reaction of HCl with O2 to produceCl2. The HCl conversion for an HCl:O2 molar feed ratio of 1:2 at 450 C and atotal pressure of 1 atm was 80% at a residence time of less than 1 s in a lab scalebubble column reactor. The equilibrium conversion at this temperature andpressure is 84%. The catalyst system was found to remain stable throughout acontinuous 24-h experiment. The use of a mixed transition metal/alkali metalmolten salt catalyst for HCl oxidation reduces the volatility of supportedchlorides and may avoid the mechanical stability limitations of solid catalystscaused by volume changes between the halide and the oxide.1. INTRODUCTIONChlorine is a vital commodity chemical for the global economy.The worldwide demand for chlorine in 2015 was 71 milliontons and is expected to exceed 100 million tons by 2024.1Chlorine (Cl2) is produced predominantly by the electrochemical chlor-alkali process.2 5 Most chlorine is used for theproduction of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), polyvinylchloride (PVC), isocyanates, and oxygenates (e.g., propyleneoxide and propane-1,3-diol). Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is acommon byproduct of chlorine use, and there is significantinterest in cost-effective methods to recover Cl2 from HCl.Although electrochemical processes are used today, directcatalytic oxidation of HCl with oxygen to produce Cl2 andwater was first developed in the late 1800s using solid CuO/CuCl2 catalyst6,7 and is known as the Deacon process. Thereaction is exothermic and equilibrium limited in practice.Separation of the final products and reactor heat transfer arechallenging and add to the process cost. In attempts to reducereaction temperatures, several catalysts have been developedand tested in semicommercial processes, namely, SiO 2supported copper-didymium-potassium chloride (Shell Chlorine Process),8 11 Cr2O3/SiO2 catalyst (Mitsui Process),12,13and rutile oxide (RuO2) (Sumitomo Process).14 20 Catalystvolatilization is the main cause of deactivation for chloridebased catalysts,21 while volume change associated with the solidoxide to chloride conversion are thought to contribute todeactivation.22,23 Figure 1 shows the process flowsheet of thestate-of-the-art Sumitomo HCl oxidation process using a fixedbed tube reactor and RuO2/rutile TiO2 as catalyst. The producthas to go through multiple separation steps to obtain pure Cl2and recycle unreacted O2 and HCl.24If limitations in catalyst lifetime and reactor heat transferwere reduced, catalytic HCl oxidation might be cost 2018 American Chemical Societycompetitive with electrochemical chlorine production. Weinvestigated molten chloride salts as catalysts for HCl oxidation.Whereas the solid catalyst undergoes continuous cyclicconversion between the solid halide and solid oxide, eachwith different unit cell volumes thought to promote mechanicaldegradation, the melt eliminates the structural fatigue andprovides a continuously renewed gas liquid interface witheffectively unlimited lifetime. Further, molten salts haveexcellent heat transfer properties, avoiding “hot spots”, andwhen relatively volatile molten transition metal halide salts aremixed with alkali metal halides, the volatility of the transitionmetal halide is decreased. Molten halide salts have been used ascatalysts in a number of chemical processes,25,26 and the unitoperations and system management are well understood.Molten salt catalysts have been used in extraction of ores,27metal production,28 32 catalytic coal gasification,33 Wackeroxidation of ethylene,34 diesel soot catalytic oxidation,35 andoxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes.25,26,36For HCl oxidation, the Deacon reaction mechanism overCuCl2 has been previously described10,37 39 as2CuCl 2 2CuCl Cl 22CuCl (1)1O2 CuO CuCl 22CuO 2HCl CuCl 2 H 2O(2)(3)Combining reactions 1 3 gives the overall arch 15, 2018May 14, 2018May 22, 2018May 22, 2018DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01141Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7795 7801

ArticleIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry ResearchFigure 1. Flowsheet of the Sumitomo HCl oxidation process in a fixed bed tube reactor using RuO2/rutile TiO2 as catalyst.24 The product mixturegoes through multiple separation steps to obtain pure Cl2 product: (1) HCl absorption, (2) drying, and (3) O2/Cl2 separation.1O2 Cl 2 H 2O(4)20The free energy change, ΔG , as a function of temperaturefor the equilibrium-limited reaction is shown in Figure 2 forvolumetric stresses. In this article, we address the followingquestions: (1) Can a mixture of copper chloride and potassiumchloride provide stable activity in a molten state for HCloxidation? (2) How does the reaction activity and stability ofthe molten salt change as a function of the HCl/O2 feed ratio?(3) In a lab-scale bubble column, how does conversion varywith the height of the bubble column? (4) How to characterizethe catalytic reaction by measuring the HCl conversion as afunction of time and/or residence time at different temperatures and feed concentration?2HCl 2. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS2.1. Reactor System. Molten salts were contacted with gasphase reactants in a small bubble column reactor consisting of aquartz tube sealed at the bottom with a diameter of 0.88 cmand length of 20 cm. Reagent grade ( 99%) anhydrouspotassium chloride (KCl) used in the experiments was fromHoneywell Fluka Chemicals. Analytical reagent grade ( 99.8%)cupric chloride (CuCl2·2H2O) used in the experiments wasfrom Mallinckrodt. The cupric chloride was dried in a boxfurnace at 120 C42 45 overnight ( 12 h) to produceanhydrous CuCl2. Fifteen grams of powdered anhydrous salt(45 mol % KCl 55 mol % CuCl2) was loaded in the reactorand heated above 400 C in a tubular ceramic fiber heater(Watlow) to form a liquid. The experiments were operated in afume hood to avoid any potential safety hazards caused by HCland Cl2 gas. According to the binary phase diagram of KCl CuCl246 the liquidus temperature of the salt mixture is lowerthan 365 C. The liquid height in the reactor was 10.5 cm. Toensure that the salt was dehydrated, argon was sparged throughthe melt for 30 min. The reactant feed stream containing HCland O2 was prepared by bubbling a mixture of Ar and O2through concentrated hydrochloric acid via a Pyrex gas sparger.The mixed gas flow rate of Ar and O2 was set to 20 sccm. Thetotal pressure of the reactant feed stream was 1 atm at all times.Trace amounts of H2O vapor ( 0.5 sccm) were introduced inthe gas feed due to the vaporization of H2O from thehydrochloric acid. A chloride ion selective electrode (ISE)probe (Cole-Parmer, United States) measured the HCl flowrate prior to the reaction. The gas phase reactants (Ar, HCl,and O2) were introduced into the bubble column through aquartz tube with an inside diameter of 1 mm as shown in FigureFigure 2. Gibbs free energy changes, ΔG0, of reaction 1, 2CuCl2 2CuCl Cl2; 2, 2CuCl 1/2O2 CuO CuCl2; 3, CuO 2HCl CuCl2 H2O; and the overall reaction 4, 2HCl 1/2O2 Cl2 H2Oas a function of reaction temperature. Values calculated using HSCchemistry software (Outotec Research Oy, Finland).41reactions 1 4. ΔG0 for reaction 1 is positive and large.However, reaction 2 consumes CuCl and shifts the equilibriumof reaction 1 toward the products. In addition, reaction 3favorably shifts the equilibrium of reaction 2.It is believed that the reaction rates are such that CuCl2 is inthermodynamic equilibrium with CuCl and Cl2, even when theoverall reaction is run at steady state.9 It is noteworthy that thedetailed reaction mechanism is more complicated thanreactions 1 3. The oxychloride (Cu2OCl2), and hydroxyoxichlorides (Cu(OH)Cl, Cu2(OH)3Cl) may be importantreaction intermediates.40The original work with supported copper chloride catalystswas limited by the volatility of the chloride, heat management,and degradation of the supported catalyst due to cyclic7796DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01141Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7795 7801

ArticleIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry ResearchFigure 3. Schematic of the experiment setup. The reactor consists of a quartz tube sealed at the bottom with a diameter of 0.88 cm and length of 20cm. The liquid height of molten salt (45 mol % KCl 55 mol % CuCl2) in the reactor was 10.5 cm. The quartz inlet tube had an inner diameter of 1mm and was inserted to the bottom of the molten salt to deliver a gas mixture of O2, Ar, and HCl.cm3, and the density of equimolar KCl CuCl2 molten salt48 is2.225 g/cm3. It is easier to characterize the bubble in moltenKCl ZnCl2 because it was colorless and transparent, whilemolten KCl CuCl2 was black. The bubble rise velocity wasapproximately 17 cm/sec, and the bubbles were approximately5 mm in diameter.The activity was measured at 450 C over a 24-h period ofcontinuous operation with flow rates of HCl, O2, and Ar of 6.9,9.7, and 10.3 sccm, respectively. The HCl conversion wasmeasured as a function of time on stream.3. The reactor effluent, a mixture of Cl2, H2O, unreacted HCland O2, was passed through a potassium iodide (KI) solution.The Cl2 in the effluent reacts with KI and forms I2. The amountof I2 in the solution was titrated with a standard NaS2O3solution. The iodometric titration result was used to determinethe Cl2 production rate. The Cl2 production was attributed tothe HCl feed and used to calculate the apparent HClconversion. The chloride ISE probe was also used to measurethe total amount of Cl2 and unreacted HCl in the reactoreffluent. The total amount of chlorine in the reactor effluentwas compared with that in the influent to ensure that all Cl2generated during the reaction comes from the HCl feed, andthe molten salt catalyst was not consumed.2.2. Reactant Composition Dependent Activity. Theeffect of gas composition on HCl conversion was investigatedover a range of molar feed ratios. At a reaction temperature of450 C, the molar ratio of HCl to oxygen (n(HCl)/n(O2)) inthe feed was varied from 2:1 to 1:3, as shown in Table 1.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION3.1. Dependence of Activity on Reactant Composition. The stable operation of the bubble column reactor relieson the complete regeneration of CuCl2 in reaction 3. Hence, itis crucial to ensure that the rate of reaction 3 is faster than thatof reaction 4 so that the process is not going to be limited bythe HCl feed. Under such conditions, all Cl2 produced can beattributed to the HCl feed. On the other hand, when oxidationreaction 4 is faster than reaction 3, part of the Cl2 producedmust be attributed to the net reaction between CuCl2 and O2.This means that some of the CuO is not completely convertedto CuCl2 by the HCl feed.Here, we define the ratio x as the Cl2 production rate withrespect to the HCl feed (x 2n(Cl2)/n(HCl)). Under thereaction conditions where CuO is completely converted toCuCl2, the ratio x is effectively the HCl conversion. The HClconversion x for different HCl/O2 molar ratios is shown inFigure 4. For each HCl/O2 molar ratio, the apparent HClconversion increases with time and then levels off. During thereaction, it is likely that the reaction intermediate CuO isformed in the melt and rises to a steady-state level. Accordingto reaction 3, CuO is the active species in the melt that reactswith HCl. The continuous formation of CuO increases theapparent HCl conversion x. The composition of the meltgradually reaches steady state with time on stream. This leadsto the eventual stabilization of the apparent HCl conversion x.An exception to this trend occurs when the HCl/O2 molar ratiois 1:3, when the apparent HCl conversion increases to 98% andthen decreases gradually. The initial increase of the apparentHCl conversion x is due to the formation of CuO, following thesame reaction scheme with other experiments where the HCl/O2 ratios are higher than 1:3. As the reaction proceeds, theTable 1. Reactant Gas Molar Ratios and Flow Rates forActivity Measurementsn(HCl):n(O2)HCl flow rate(sccm)O2 flow rate(sccm)Ar flow 17.011.412.52.3. Temperature and Residence Time Dependencyand Stability. The dependence of HCl conversion on bubbleresidence time in the column was measured by changing theimmersion depth of the gas inlet tube in the molten salt. Thegas residence time is approximately proportional to the effectivebubble column length, which is determined by the distancebetween the surface of the molten salt and the end of the gasinlet tube. The flow rates of HCl, O2, and Ar were 2.5, 5, and 15sccm, respectively. The HCl conversion was measured at 400and 450 C. The bubble size and bubble rise velocity wasdirectly measured with a video camera by passing argon bubblesthrough a 2 mm ID quartz inlet tube in a molten 50 mol %KCl 50 mol % ZnCl2 salt at 450 C. The KCl ZnCl2 moltensalt has similar physical properties with the KCl CuCl2 salt.The density of equimolar KCl ZnCl2 molten salt47 is 2.150 g/7797DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01141Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7795 7801

ArticleIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Researchbased on integrated data over 20 min of reaction time after theapparent HCl conversion x reached steady state, except for anHCl/O2 feed ratio of 1:3 where, as mentioned in Section 3.1,the apparent HCl conversion x did not reach a steady statewhen the HCl/O2 feed ratio was 1:3. The result in Figure 5when the HCl/O2 feed ratio was 1:3 was based on integrateddata of unreacted HCl and the Cl2 product over 20 min ofreaction time when the apparent HCl conversion x was thehighest ( 98%). When the HCl/O2 molar ratio was between2:1 and 1:2, the total amount of chlorine entering the reactorwas equal to the amount exiting the reactor. For these ratios, allchlorine produced originated from the HCl feed; the apparentHCl conversion x is equal to the real HCl conversion. Whenthe HCl/O2 molar ratio was 1:3, the total amount of chlorine(in HCl or Cl2) exiting the reactor exceeded the amount ofchlorine in the HCl feed. This indicates that some of the CuCl2was irreversibly converted to CuO. It is obvious that theaccumulation of CuO should be avoided to prolong catalystlifetime. Therefore, the optimal HCl/O2 molar ratio for ourbubble column reactor at 450 C was 1:2.3.2. Temperature and Residence Time Dependence.When the HCl/O2 feed molar ratio was 1:2, all Cl2 from theeffluent originate from HCl. The HCl conversion as a functionof bubble column length for this HCl/O2 ratio of 1:2 is shownin Figure 6. Each data point in Figure 6 represents the steadyFigure 4. Apparent HCl conversion for various HCl/O2 feed molarratios at 450 C. The molten salt had a height of 11 cm. The totalreactant flow rate was approximately 24 sccm (as shown in Table 1).excessive O2 in the gas feed favors reaction 2 and irreversiblyconverts the CuCl in the melt to CuO. As CuO accumulates inthe melt, the molar activity of CuCl2 continuously decreases inthe melt, causing the decrease of apparent HCl conversion x.To validate this hypothesis, the chlorine balance wasexamined for each HCl/O2 molar ratio in separate experimentswhen the apparent HCl conversion was stable. The feed gascompositions and flow rates are shown in Table 2. As describedTable 2. Reactant Gas Molar Ratios and Flow Rates in theChlorine Balance Experimentn(HCl):n(O2)HCl flow rate(sccm)O2 flow rate(sccm)Ar flow 17.216.413.7in the Experimental Section, the Cl2 and unreacted HCl weremeasured with the chloride ISE probe. Then, the amount oftotal chlorine in the effluent was compared with the amount ofchlorine in the HCl feed. The results shown in Figure 5 areFigure 6. HCl conversion with various bubble column heights at 400and 450 C with HCl/O2 feed ratio of 1:2.state HCl conversion as a function of bubble column height attemperature. The HCl conversion at zero column height wasdue to the reaction at the molten salt surface, i.e. the tubethrough which the feed was inserted in the reactor was notimmersed in the melt but the gas came in contact with thesurface.The calculated equilibrium HCl conversion for reaction 4 at450 C when HCl/O2 2:1 is 84%. In our measurements, theHCl conversion soon reaches 81% at 8 cm, which is close toequilibrium.At 400 C, the HCl conversion slowly increases from 22%,when the gas is in contact to the surface (the tube is notimmersed in the melt), to 59%, when the gas bubbles through a10 cm high column of melt. The HCl conversion at 400 C islower than that of 450 C, even though the thermodynamics ofreaction 4 favor low temperature (ΔG 13.1 kJ/mol at 400 C). Based on the thermodynamics (Figure 2), theFigure 5. Chlorine mass balance closure in the reactor effluent withvarious HCl/O2 feed molar ratios (shown in Table 2) at 450 C.7798DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01141Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 7795 7801

ArticleIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Researchdecomposition of CuCl2 (reaction 1) is unfavorable at lowtemperatures. Although the reaction between CuCl and O2(reaction 2) would continuously pull the equilibrium ofreaction 1 toward the product, previous research has shownthat the reaction rate between O2 and molten halide saltsdecreases at low temperatures.25,26 It is likely that when thebubble column height is larger than 8 cm, the reaction rate islimited by the thermodynamic equilibrium of reaction 1 and thereaction kinetics of reaction 2. Therefore, it is beneficial tooperate the HCl oxidation process in the molten KCl CuCl2catalyst at 450 C. An alternative is to search for catalysts thatwould increase the rate, so one can operate at lowertemperature. Possible approaches include adding a rare earthchloride to the melt8,49 or introducing soluble oxides in themelt system to avoid diffusion-limited mass transfer. The resultspresented here by no means optimized in terms of reactordesign variables to minimize mass transfer limitations of rate;bubble size and bubble column hold-up can be furtherinvestigated to minimize the mass transfer limitations andmaximize the overall rate for potential industrial applications.3.3. Stability of the Molten Salt Catalyst System. Foran HCl:O2 feed ration of 1:1.4, all chlorine product originatesfrom the conversion of HCl. For this reason, we selected theseconditions to investigate the stability of the system. Figure 7Figure 8. XRD spectra of quenched molten salt catalysts in fresh state(top spectra) and after 24 h on stream of HCl oxidation reaction(bottom spectra). The characteristic peaks of KCuCl3, K4Cu4OCl10,and CuO are shown as , *, and Δ, respectively.Ponomarevite,50 we speculate that KCuCl3 and K4Cu4OCl10were formed during cooling of the molten salt. Although thecooled salt does not reflect the active sites in the molten saltduring the reaction, the elemental composition of the cooledsalt represents the molten state. XRD shows there is moreK4Cu4OCl10 and CuO in the solid sample of the salt after 24 hof HCl oxidation. The formation of K4Cu4OCl10 and CuOsuggest that during HCl oxidation, copper oxide or copperoxychloride is formed in the molten salt. The equilibriumcomposition of the molten salt depends on the equilibrium ofreactions 1 3. CuCl was not detected in either of the quenchedsamples.A sample of molten KCl CuCl2 salt, which was used in theHCl oxidation reaction for 24 h, was quenched and thendissolved in wate

Chlorine Production by HCl Oxidation in a Molten Chloride Salt Catalyst Shizhao Su,† Davide Mannini,‡ Horia Metiu,‡ Michael J. Gordon,† and Eric W. McFarland*,† †Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510 .

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