Vapor-phase transport (VPT) modification of ZSM-5/SiC foam catalyst using TPAOH vapor to improve the methanol-to-propylene (MTP) reaction

Jiao, Yilai, Fan, Xiaolei, Perdjon, Michal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-1647, Yang, Zhenming and Zhang, Jinsong 2017. Vapor-phase transport (VPT) modification of ZSM-5/SiC foam catalyst using TPAOH vapor to improve the methanol-to-propylene (MTP) reaction. Applied Catalysis A: General 545 , pp. 104-112. 10.1016/j.apcata.2017.07.036

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Abstract

Tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) was introduced in the vapor phase to perform the vapor-phase transport (VPT) modification of the structured ZSM-5 supported on SiC foam (ZSM-5/SiC foam) catalyst. An optimum precursor concentration of 0.5 M TPAOH could effectively convert the amorphous aluminosilicate binder to the zeolitic phase with improved intracrystal mesopores, nanosized crystals (ca. 100 nm), high concentration of acidity sites (83 mmol g−1) as well as a high value of the relative acidity (0.7). Combined with the intrinsic property of macroscopic SiC foams such as the low pressure drop and the high thermal conductivity (14 W m−1 K−1 at 773 K), TPAOH VPT modified ZSM-5/SiC foam catalyst demonstrated an excellent activity in the catalytic methanol-to-propylene (MTP) reaction, surpassing the state-of-the-art hierarchal ZSM-5 monolith catalyst. The catalyst showed an extended activity for ca. 970 h (>95% methanol conversion) with the high selectivity to the propylene (>45%). The coke formation was significantly retarded (ca. 2.1 × 10−2 wt.% h−1) due to the enhanced transport phenomena within the developed structured catalyst.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0926-860X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	31 January 2018
Date of Acceptance:	24 July 2017
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2023 01:25
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/108662

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