SO42-/TiO2 promotion on HZSM-5 for catalytic cracking of paraffin

作者:Hou, Xu; Qiu, Yuan; Yuan, Enxian; Zhang, Xiangwen*; Liu, Guozhu*
来源:Applied Catalysis A: General , 2017, 537: 12-23.
DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2017.03.002

摘要

A new kind of SO42-/TiO2/ZSM-5 catalysts were prepared by the sequential TiO2-CLD and sulfation of commercial HZSM-5 zeolite. Characterization results revealed that the external surface of ZSM-5 crystallite was wrapped by SO42-/TiO2 phase; at the same time, the unique MFI-structure and pore properties were well preserved, and the new L acid sites were generated on the external surface. The surface SO42-/TiO2 phase promoted the paraffin saturation adsorption by 8%, and significantly enhanced the diffusion process in the ZSM-5 based catalysts. Compared to the parent HZSM-5 zeolite, a significant promotion of catalytic activity in n-pentane cracking was observed over the SO42-/TiO2/ZSM-5 catalysts, which was probably due to the enhancement of sorption process for the gas-phase n-pentane molecules into HZSM5 crystallite caused by the surface SO42-/TiO2 phase. Moreover, the SO42-/TiO2/ZSM-5 catalysts with a suitable TiO2-loading exhibited excellent catalytic stability and coke-resistance ability in normal-paraffin cracking. A possible role of the surface SO42-/TiO2 phase in coke formation was proposed that it effectively hindered the routes from olefins to aromatic hydrocarbons, and thus restrained the accumulation of coke deposit on the external surface.