INCAPE 05401
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CATALISIS Y PETROQUIMICA "ING. JOSE MIGUEL PARERA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Isomerization of n-hexane on PtNi catalysts supported on nanocrystalline H-BEA zeolite
Autor/es:
PATRICIA LIMA; T.F. GARETTO; CÉLIO L. CAVALCANTE JR; DILSON CARDOSO
Revista:
CATALYSIS TODAY
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 172 p. 195 - 202
ISSN:
0920-5861
Resumen:
The zeolite Beta used in this work consists of nanosized crystallites (2030 nm) aggregates, determined by HRTEM analysis. The influence of the zeolite structure and crystallite size on the desorption rates of linear paraffins was determined by ZLC chromatography. Desorption from Beta zeolite was faster than from USY zeolite. IR acidity analysis by adsorption and desorption of pyridine showed that Beta zeolite has a smaller number of Brønsted acid sites than USY zeolite, but that they are a little stronger. PtNi/HBEA catalysts showed higher activity than PtNi/H-USY ones. This behavior can be attributed to the very small crystallites of Beta zeolite, which enable faster diffusion of the reactant and products molecules.Among bimetallic catalysts, the highest activity was observed with that containing 60% Pt. This result is very interesting in view of the cost reduction, relative to 100% Pt catalyst
