Alkylation of benzene with 1-butylene over β-zeolite modified by Fe or La

Xinjiang Huang, Kaimei Fu, Yaochi Hu, Bin Zou, Yi Hu

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Abstract

The catalytic performance of β-zeolites modified by Fe or La was investigated in the alkylation of benzene with 1-butylene in a fixed-bed reactor. Effects of metal content, temperature and feed ratio on the reaction were studied. The structure and acidity of modified β-zeolites were characterized by XRD, BET, NH3-TPD and TG-DTA. The quantities of both strong and weak acid decreased evidently. Especially, the acidity of the β-zeolite modified by La is higher than that modified by Fe, and the La modified β-zeolite shows better catalytic performance and stronger coke-resistance, which is supported by the results obtained by BET and TG-DTA. Both of Fe and La modified β-zeolites show better catalytic performance than the original one. After 6 h reaction over 2.0%La/β-zeolites at 453 K with WHSV of 0.6 h-1 for 1-butylene and of 1.2 h-1 for benzene, the conversion of 1-butylene is 87.9% with the selectivity of 88.2% for sec-butylbenzene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2497-2502
Number of pages6
JournalHuagong Xuebao/CIESC Journal
Volume60
Issue number10
StatePublished - Oct 2009

Keywords

  • 1-butylene
  • Alkylation
  • Benzene
  • Modification
  • β-zeolite

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