Wednesday, April 23, 2014

1-Butene oligomerization over ZSM-5 zeolite: Part 1 – Effect of reaction conditions

Fuel, Volume 111, September 2013, Pages 449–460
1-Butene oligomerization over ZSM-5 zeolite: Part 1 – Effect of reaction conditions
A. Coelho (a), G. Caeiro (b), M.A.N.D.A. Lemos (a), F. Lemos (a), F. Ramôa Ribeiro (a)
a IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
b Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A., Rua Tomás da Fonseca, 1600-209 Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract
The production of liquid fuels using a catalytic cracker generates a significant amount of lighter fractions of olefinic nature. The use of oligomerization reactions to convert lighter olefin cuts into middle distillates to incorporate in the diesel pool is a promising process for the production of clean diesel fractions.
Researchers studied 1-butene oligomerization over H-ZSM-5 zeolite in a differential reactor operating at ambient pressure. They examined the effect of reaction conditions, such as reaction temperature, contact time and partial pressure, on the activity, selectivity and stability of the catalyst. Their results reveal that an increase in the reaction temperature and/or partial pressure and in the contact time produces an improved catalyst activity.
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