TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetics and reactor modeling of the conversion of: N -pentane using HZSM-5 catalysts with different Si/Al ratios
AU - Cordero-Lanzac, Tomás
AU - Aguayo, Andrés T.
AU - Castaño, Pedro
AU - Bilbao, Javier
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government (MINECO), some cofounded with ERDF funds (CTQ2016-77812-R and CTQ2016-79646-P), the Basque Government (IT2018-19) and the European Comission (HORIZON H2020-MSCA RISE-2018. Contract No. 823745). The authors thank Dr. Ricardo Andrade of the SGIker of UPV/EHU for the support provided with the CFM technique and T. Cordero-Lanzac also acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for the award of the FPU grant (FPU15/01666).
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - The production of olefins and aromatics from n-pentane has been modeled using the experimental results collected in an isothermal packed bed reactor with HZSM-5 zeolite catalysts with different Si/Al ratios (15 and 140) in the temperature range of 400-550 °C. In the first stage, a lump-based kinetic model has been established, evaluating the role of the Si/Al ratio in the kinetic parameters and therefore, in the conversion, product distribution and deactivation by coke. The effect of the catalyst acidity and the reaction conditions has been explained by analyzing the used catalysts by means of N2 and tert-butylamine adsorption-desorption, temperature-programmed oxidation and confocal fluorescence microscopy. In the second stage, the kinetic parameters extracted for both catalysts have been used in simulations of an isothermal packed bed reactor in order to study the evolution of the reaction with the space time and time on stream. Certain suitable conditions (550 °C and 3.5 gcat h molC-1) for maximizing the yield and selectivity to olefins (31 and 51%, respectively, using the zeolite with Si/Al = 140) and aromatics (yield and selectivity of 53%, using the one with Si/Al = 15) in the simulated range were found.
AB - The production of olefins and aromatics from n-pentane has been modeled using the experimental results collected in an isothermal packed bed reactor with HZSM-5 zeolite catalysts with different Si/Al ratios (15 and 140) in the temperature range of 400-550 °C. In the first stage, a lump-based kinetic model has been established, evaluating the role of the Si/Al ratio in the kinetic parameters and therefore, in the conversion, product distribution and deactivation by coke. The effect of the catalyst acidity and the reaction conditions has been explained by analyzing the used catalysts by means of N2 and tert-butylamine adsorption-desorption, temperature-programmed oxidation and confocal fluorescence microscopy. In the second stage, the kinetic parameters extracted for both catalysts have been used in simulations of an isothermal packed bed reactor in order to study the evolution of the reaction with the space time and time on stream. Certain suitable conditions (550 °C and 3.5 gcat h molC-1) for maximizing the yield and selectivity to olefins (31 and 51%, respectively, using the zeolite with Si/Al = 140) and aromatics (yield and selectivity of 53%, using the one with Si/Al = 15) in the simulated range were found.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660198
UR - http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C9RE00222G
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074068433&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c9re00222g
DO - 10.1039/c9re00222g
M3 - Article
SN - 2058-9883
VL - 4
SP - 1922
EP - 1934
JO - Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
JF - Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
IS - 11
ER -