1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Transformation Reaction Compared with its Transalkylation Reaction with Toluene over USY Zeolite Catalyst

Catalytic Transformation of Toluene over High Acidity Y-Zeolite Based Catalyst

Catalyst S. Al-Khattaf* Chemical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Abstract Catalytic transformation of toluene has been investigated over Y-zeolite based catalysts in a novel riser simulator at different operating conditions. A number of experiments were carried out in the temperature range of 400-500C to understand the transformat...

Effect of Reaction Pressure and Carrier Gas on Toluene Disproportionation over Molybdenum-zsm-5 Catalyst

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of reaction pressure on the toluene disproportionation reaction using ZSM-5 zeolite based catalyst impregnated with molybdenum. Results showed that there is a marked difference in toluene conversion and xylenes selectivity using nitrogen and hydrogen carrier gases and the reaction pressure. Toluene conversion under nitrogen pressure was higher than u...

DME Synthesis over MSU-S Catalyst through Methanol Dehydration Reaction

MSU-S mesoporous catalyst with [SiO2]/[Al2O3] ratio of 55 was synthesized using tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) as a structure directing agent and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a surfactant. The catalytic activity of the calcined sample was evaluated for the dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) in a vertical fixed bed microreactor...

Mechanistic Model for Hydrogen Activation, Spillover, and Its Chemical Reaction in Zeolite-Encapsulated Pt Catalyst

Effect of Y- Zeolite Acidity on 1,2,4 Tri Methyl Benzenes Reactions

Catalytic transformation of 1,2,4-trimethyl benzene has been investigated over two different USY zeolite based catalysts in a novel riser simulator at different operating conditions. FCC-SY catalyst has low acidity and FCC-CY contains high acidity. The effect of reaction conditions on the variation of isomerization to disproportionation products ratio (I/D), distribution of trimethylbenzene (TM...