1. Ring Enlargement of Methylcyclopentane over Pt/(HZSM-48+pseudoboehmite) Catalysts
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Youri Park, Yong Cheol Kim, Jinhan Kim, Young-Kwon Park, Yun Seok Choi, Ji Man Kim, and Jong-Ki Jeon
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methylcyclopentane ,ring-enlargement ,platinum ,HZSM-48 ,pseudoboehmite ,Chemical technology ,TP1-1185 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Platinum catalysts loaded on a hybrid support, composed of HZSM-48 and pseudoboehmite, were applied to the synthesis of benzene through methylcyclopentane (MCP) reforming in order to investigate the effect of the addition of pseudoboehmite to Pt/HZSM-48 for ring-enlargement reaction. A total of 0.5 wt% of platinum was impregnated on the hybrid support by using the incipient wetness method. Catalyst characterization was performed with nitrogen sorption, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed desorption of NH3, and infrared spectroscopy of adsorbed pyridine. It was found that mesoporous structures were well-developed in Pt/(HZSM-48 + pseudoboehmite) catalyst as a result of the pseudoboehmite addition, of which the average pore size was in the range of 7−8 nm. The presence of pseudoboehmite in the catalyst increases the total amount of acid sites and weakens the acid strength, compared with those of the Pt/HZSM-48 catalyst. Lewis acid sites were more abundant than Brönsted acid sites over the Pt/(HZSM-48+pseudoboehmite) catalysts. It was found that selectivity to the ring-enlargement reaction is dominant over selectivity to the ring-opening reaction over the Pt/(HZSM-48 + pseudoboehmite) catalysts. The benzene yield over Pt/(HZSM-48 + pseudoboehmite, 1:1) catalyst reached 65.1% at 450 °C and 0.3 h−1. As well as being influenced by the mesoporous structure, the higher activity and selectivity in MCP reforming was also determined by appropriate acidity of the Pt/(HZSM-48 + pseudoboehmite) catalysts.
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- 2019
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