Catalytic cracking performance of alkaline-treated zeolite Beta in the terms of acid sites properties and their accessibility

The zeolite Beta is considered as a promising additive for FCC catalyst in diesel oil production. In this article, it is shown that hierarchical zeolite Beta obtained by an optimized desilication procedure increases diesel and propylene yields during gas oil cracking reaction. The alkaline treatment...

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Autores: Tarach, K., Gora-Marek, K., Tekla, J., Brylewska, K., Datka, J., Mlekodaj, K., Makowski, W., Igualada López, María Cristina, Martínez-Triguero, Joaquín|||0000-0003-4590-724X, Rey Garcia, Fernando|||0000-0003-3227-5669
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/74553
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/74553
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hierarchical zeolites
Beta
Desilication
Acidity
TIPB
n-Decane
Cracking
FCC
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Sumario:The zeolite Beta is considered as a promising additive for FCC catalyst in diesel oil production. In this article, it is shown that hierarchical zeolite Beta obtained by an optimized desilication procedure increases diesel and propylene yields during gas oil cracking reaction. The alkaline treatment of zeolite Beta (Si/Al = 22) by desilication with NaOH and NaOH&TBAOH was investigated. The catalytic performance improvement of desilicated zeolite Beta has been rationalized by deep characterization of the samples including X-ray diffraction, low-temperature adsorption of nitrogen, solid-state 29Si MAS NMR and IR studies of acidity. Finally, the catalytic performance of the zeolites Beta was evaluated in the cracking of n-decane, 1,3,5-tri-iso-propylbenzene, and vacuum gas oil. It was found that desilication with NaOH&TBAOH ensures the more uniform intracrystalline mesoporosity with the formation of narrower mesopores, while preserving full crystallinity resulting in catalysts with the most appropriated acidity and then with better catalytic performance.