Abstract

The secondary reaction of toluene is difficult to be suppressed in benzene alkylation with methanol over conventional acidic zeolite catalysts. Moreover, the formation of coke yet remains a challenging problem. In this study, Na-Y zeolites were modified with ammonium carbonate (AC), citric acid (CA) and caesium nitrate(CN) to evaluate the alkylation of benzene with methanol, which was also characterized by XRD, SEM, FT-IR, N2 adsorption and Py-IR. For the Na-Y treated with AC-CA-CN, not only the catalytic selectivity for the alkylation of benzene with methanol was improved (the total selectivity of toluene and xylene was 97.9% and toluene selectivity was 86.4%), but also the quantity of coke was greatly decreased.

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Title
The alkylation reaction of benzene with methanol to produce toluene: Y-C and Y-CCs catalyst
Author
Peng, Dong 1 ; Li, Zeyu 2 ; Wang, Xiaorui 3 ; Yun, Hongfei 4 ; Li, Guixian 4 

 College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; Lanzhou Petrochemical College of Vocational Technology, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 Lanzhou Petrochemical College of Vocational Technology, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China 
 College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China 
End page
164
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jun 2018
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
17518253
e-ISSN
17517192
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2195309945
Copyright
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