Dual-templated synthesis of Si-rich [B]-ZSM-5 for high selective light olefins production from methanol

Beyraghi, Salman; Rostamizadeh, Mohammad; Alizadeh, Reza

doi:10.22063/poj.2021.2852.1176

Dual-templated synthesis of Si-rich [B]-ZSM-5 for high selective light olefins production from methanol

Document Type : Original research

Authors

Salman Beyraghi ¹^{, 2}

Mohammad Rostamizadeh ¹^{, 2}

Reza Alizadeh ¹^{, 2}

¹ Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran, P.O. Box: 51335-1996

² Research Center of Environmental Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Sahand New Town, Tabriz, Iran, P.O. Box: 51335-1996

https://doi.org/10.22063/poj.2021.2852.1176

Abstract

Methanol dehydration is a high potential route for the production of light olefins (C2-C4). In this study, hierarchical Si-rich [B]-ZSM-5 catalysts (Si/Al= 200) were prepared through one-pot hydrothermal synthesis, including boron as a promoter and ethanol as a low-cost secondary template. N₂ adsorptiondesorption, XRD, FE-SEM, and FT-IR techniques were applied to characterize the catalysts. The effect of different amounts of ethanol and different operating conditions was studied on the ZSM-5 catalyst preparation and performance in methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction. The results showed that the optimum amount of ethanol (ethanol/TPABr=5) led to the highest crystallinity (91.2%), the highest specific surface area (>400 m²g^-1), and total pore volume (0.19 cm³g^-1). The best catalytic performance was obtained at temperature of 480°C and methanol hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 7.2 h^-1. The optimum catalyst had the highest propylene selectivity (58%) and light olefin selectivity (85%). The results proved the high capability of the new strategy for the efficient and fast development of the MTO catalyst.

Keywords

Methanol to olefin

ZSM-5

dual template

ethanol

catalyst

Subjects

Olefin synthesis

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