Effect of Heteroatom Concentration in SSZ-13 on the Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction

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• 作者：Mark A. Deimund ; Luke Harrison ; Jonathan D. Lunn ; Yu Liu ; Andrzej Malek ; Ramzy Shayib ; Mark E. Davis
• 刊名：ACS Catalysis
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 5, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：6
• 期：2
• 页码：542-550
• 全文大小：497K
• ISSN：2155-5435

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SSZ-13 materials have been synthesized with varying amounts of Al to produce samples with different concentrations of Br?nsted acid sites, and consequently, these SSZ-13 materials contain increasing numbers of paired Al heteroatoms with increasing Al content. These materials were then characterized and tested as catalysts for the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction at 400 °C and 100% methanol conversion under atmospheric pressure. A SAPO-34 sample was also synthesized and tested for comparison. SSZ-13 materials exhibited significant differences in MTO reactivity as Si/Al ratios varied. Reduced Al content (higher Si/Al ratio) and, consequently, fewer paired Al sites led to more stable light olefin selectivities, with a reduced initial transient period, lower initial propane selectivities, and longer catalyst lifetime. To further support the importance of paired Al sites in the formation of propane during this initial transient period, a series of experiments was conducted wherein an H-SSZ-13 sample was exchanged with Cu²⁺, steamed, and then back-exchanged to the H form. The H-SSZ-13 sample exhibited high initial propane selectivity, while the steamed H-SSZ-13, the Cu²⁺-exchanged SSZ-13 sample, and the steamed Cu-SSZ-13 sample did not, as expected since steaming selectively removes paired Al sites and Cu²⁺ exchanges onto these sites. However, when it was back-exchanged to the proton form, the steamed Cu-SSZ-13 sample still exhibited the high initial alkane selectivity and transient period typical of the higher Al content materials. This is attributed to protection of paired Al sites during steaming via the Cu²⁺ cation. Post-reaction coke analyses reveal that the degree of methylation for each aromatic species increases with increasing Si/Al in SSZ-13. Further, SAPO-34 produces more polycyclic species than SSZ-13 samples. From these data, the paired Al site content appears to be correlated with both MTO reaction behavior and coke species formation in SSZ-13 samples.