Predicting Catalytic Performance of Micro-Mesoporous Pt/Beta-KIT-6 Catalyst in n-Heptane Hydroisomerization Using Indexed Isomerization Factor and Experimental Verification

Li Gao, Ubong Jerome Etim, Zhiyuan Shi, Wei Xing, Pingping Wu, Dezhi Han, Peng Bai*, Zifeng Yan

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Abstract

A Beta-KIT-6 (BK) micro-mesoporous composite material was assembled using zeolite Beta seed solution as raw material. BK composite contained both zeolite Beta units and three-dimensional cubic Ia3d mesostructure of KIT-6, which served as a catalyst support for hydroisomerization of n-heptane. The composite was characterized by a variety of techniques. Results show that catalyst Pt/HBK using the composite as the support exhibited the highest isoheptanes yield among all catalysts, which is attributed to both appropriate surface acidity and excellent mass transfer properties of Beta-KIT-6 composite. Experimental results verified that the indexed isomerization factor as a general performance descriptor could accurately predict the hydroisomerization performance of support materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5146-5157
Number of pages12
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume58
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

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