Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 123.

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Non-oxidative Dehydro-aromatization of Methane over Strong Acid-promoted W/HZSM-5-based Catalysts

ZENG Jin-Long, XIONG Zhi-Tao, LIN Guo-Dong, ZHANG Hong-Bin   

  1. Institute of Chemistry and Chem. Eng., State Key Lab. for Phys. Chem. of the Solid Surface, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005
  • Received:1997-08-18 Online:1998-01-24 Published:1998-01-24

Abstract: Highly active and heat-resisting strong acid-promoted W/HZSM-5-based catalysts, W-Zn (La, Nb)-H2SO4/HZSM-5, for non-oxidative dehydro-aromatization of methane have been developed. Over a W-Zn-H2SO4/HZSM-5 catalyst and under the reaction conditions of 1123 K, 0. 1 MPa, and GHSV=1500 mL/h per gram cat., methane conversion (XCH4) reached 23%, with a selectivity to benzene at 97% and an amount of coking for 3 h operation at 0. 02% of the weight of the catalyst used. During a stability test at 1073 Kfor 3 h, XCH4 had been maintaind at about 21.5% over the W-Zn-H2SO4/HZSM-5 catalyst,whereas dropped gradually to 13% from 19% in the initial stage over the Mo-Zn-H2SO4/HZSM-5, demonstrating that the former has a better heat-resisting peculiarity than the latter. The results of investigation of optimization of the catalyst composition showed that the optimal W-loading on the HZSM-5[n-(Si)/n-(Al)=38] zeolite support was about 2.5%, and that an optimal match-ratio existed among the Wand the promoters, Zn (or La or Nb) and H2SO4. The experimental results also indicated that the promoting effects of Zn and La were more pronounced than Nb.

Key words: Methane, Dehydro-aromatizatlon, W-Zn (La, Nb)-H2SO4/HZSM-5 catalysts, Aromatic hydrocarbons

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