期刊
APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
卷 466, 期 -, 页码 90-97出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.06.025
关键词
Syngas; Toluene methylation; Methanol synthesis catalyst; Cr2O3/ZnO; HZSM-5; Bifunctional catalyst; Xylenes production
资金
- SK Innovation
The in situ methylation of toluene using syngas (in situ methylation hereafter) was studied to produce xylenes over bifunctional catalysts comprising Cr2O3/ZnO (CrZ) and HZSM-5 (SiO2/Al2O3 = 30) in a fixed-bed down-flow reactor at 460 psig. In this study, three basic aspects in the in situ methylation were investigated: (1) the catalytic activity of CrZ as the methanol synthesis catalyst with respect to the equilibrium conversion, (2) the evaluation of catalytic synergies in the in situ methylation over bifunctional catalyst, and (3) the effect of the ratio of catalytic functions regarding the ratio of methanol synthesis catalyst to HZSM-5, and their intimacy. The CrZ catalyst exhibited very low CO conversion to methanol in the methanol synthesis reaction, which is controlled by the equilibrium. However, the bifunctional mixture of CrZ and HZSM-5 catalysts exhibited significant catalytic synergies in the in situ methylation in terms of catalytic activity and product selectivities, with about a 10-times-higher CO conversion rate, and 2- to 3-times-higher toluene conversion and xylene production rates compared to the monofunctional catalysis of methanol synthesis and toluene disproportionation, respectively. The in situ methylation also gave rise to higher catalytic performance than in typical toluene methylation conducted with a molar feed ratio of methanol/toluene of 0.5. The catalytic synergy was manifested when both metallic and acidic functions were brought into close intimacy with a weight ratio of CrZ/HZSM-5 close to one in the in situ methylation. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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