TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydroisomerization of tetralin on zeolite beta
T2 - Influence of crystal size
AU - Sharma, Praveen
AU - Iguchi, Yasutoshi
AU - Sekine, Yasushi
AU - Kikuchi, Eiichi
AU - Matsukata, Masahiko
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - Though light cycle oils (LCO) obtained in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) are rich in aromatics and sulphur but are insufficient to diesel fuels due to the low cetane number. It is worthwhile to produce alkylbenzenes from LCO without producing small olefinic hydrocarbons through hydrotreating polyaromatic compounds present in the LCO. In the present study tetralin was used as a model compound. Reactions such as ring opening, dealkylation, transalkylation, hydrogen transfer and coke formation were studied using Platinum-supported beta as catalyst. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the crystal size of beta zeolite and catalytic properties for hydrotreatment of tetralin.
AB - Though light cycle oils (LCO) obtained in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) are rich in aromatics and sulphur but are insufficient to diesel fuels due to the low cetane number. It is worthwhile to produce alkylbenzenes from LCO without producing small olefinic hydrocarbons through hydrotreating polyaromatic compounds present in the LCO. In the present study tetralin was used as a model compound. Reactions such as ring opening, dealkylation, transalkylation, hydrogen transfer and coke formation were studied using Platinum-supported beta as catalyst. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the crystal size of beta zeolite and catalytic properties for hydrotreatment of tetralin.
KW - Crystal size
KW - Light cycle oil (LCO)
KW - Tetralin
KW - Zeolite beta
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U2 - 10.1016/s0167-2991(03)80199-4
DO - 10.1016/s0167-2991(03)80199-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0042308422
SN - 0167-2991
VL - 145
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
JF - Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
ER -