Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2018
Publication Title
American Journal of Applied Chemistry
Volume
6
Abstract
Zeolite (ZSM) catalysts are known to convert small-size alkenes, e.g., propene, into aromatic hydrocarbons, specifically benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX), with both high efficiency and specificity. The efficiency of conventional and hierarchical nano-size ZSM-5 for propene aromatization was compared in this study using a Design of Experiments (DOE) approach combined with detailed product analysis. Contrary to our expectations, the former showed a significantly greater BTX yield than the latter. Analysis of the obtained data by DOE and additional experiments with soybean oil cracking using both catalyst types indicated that a reason for the observed reduced activity of nano-scale zeolites may be tenacious water adsorption, which may reduce the catalyst active site availability to the substrate.
Issue
5
First Page
175
Last Page
188
DOI
10.11648/j.ajac.20180605.13
ISSN
2330-8745
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wayne Seames, Swapnil Fegade, Inna Sakodynskaya, et al.. "The Aromatization of Propene Via Nano-Size HZSM-5" (2018). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 20.
https://commons.und.edu/chem-fac/20
