Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 570-575.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.10965

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Catalytic Performance of Bi-functional WC/HZSM-5 Catalysts for n-Hexane Aromatization

SHI Meiqina, CHEN Ningning, MA Chun’anb, LI Ying, WEI Aiping   

  1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, International Sci & Tech Cooperation Base of Energy Materials and Application, Hangzhou 310032, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2011-09-10 Revised:2011-12-02 Online:2012-03-15 Published:2015-07-27

Abstract: Bi-functional tungsten carbide (WC) supported on HZSM-5 (WC/HZSM-5) catalyst samples were prepared and studied in n-hexane aromatization. Two series of catalyst samples with varying WC loadings were synthesized by in-situ reduction-carbonization (WC/HZSM-5(RC)) and impregnation methods (WC/HZSM-5(IP)). The catalyst samples were characterized by NH3 temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy. The results showed that WC/HZSM-5(RC) has much higher catalytic activity than WC/HZSM-5(IP). The aromatic selectivity on 5%WC/HZSM-5(RC) was 10.28%, which was much higher than that of HZSM-5 (2.56%). The aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylene) content in liquid products was 85.07%, much higher than that of HZSM-5 (67.71%). These results are interpreted by the bi-functional mechanism due to the synergistic action between the HZSM-5 and WC.

Key words: HZSM-5 zeolite, tungsten carbide, supported catalyst, n-hexane, aromatization, cracking