Advantages of Producing Aromatics from Propene over Ethene Using Zeolite-Based Catalysts

Paresh S.  Butolia; Xiaoying  Xi; Jozef G.M. Winkelman; Marc C.A.  Stuart; Matthijs van Akker; André Heeres; Hero Jan Heeres; Jingxiu Xie

doi:10.1002/cite.202200080

Advantages of Producing Aromatics from Propene over Ethene Using Zeolite-Based Catalysts

Paresh S. Butolia
, Xiaoying Xi
, Jozef G.M. Winkelman
, Marc C.A. Stuart
, Matthijs van Akker
, André Heeres
, Hero Jan Heeres
, Jingxiu Xie

University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Green Chemical Reaction Engineering
Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen
University of Groningen, Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB)
BioBTX BV

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Abstract

Sustainable production of aromatics, especially benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX), is essential considering their broad applications and the current global transition away from crude oil utilization. Aromatization of lower olefins, particularly ethene and propene, offers great potential if they are derived from more circular alternative carbon feedstocks such as biomass and waste plastics. This work aims to identify the preferred olefin feed, ethene or propene, for BTX production in a fixed-bed reactor. A commercial H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al = 23) catalyst was used as a reference catalyst, as well as a Ga-ZSM-5 catalyst, prepared by Ga ion-exchange of the H-ZSM-5 catalyst. At 773 K, 1 bar, 45 vol % olefin, 6.75 h−1, propene aromatization over the Ga-ZSM-5 catalyst exhibited higher BTX selectivity of 55 % and resulted in slower catalyst deactivation compared to ethene aromatization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1845-1852
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemie Ingenieur Technik - CIT
Volume	94
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202200080
Publication status	Published - 11 Oct 2022

Keywords

aromatics
etheen
op zeoliet gebaseerde katalysatoren
propeen

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