The conversion of biomass to produce high-valued chemical aromatic intermediates such as benzene (B), toluene (T), ethylbenzene (E), xylene (X), naphthalene (N) has attached booming interests. Herein, in order to obtain BTEXN aromatics on the hydrocracking of Jatropha oil, several LaNiMo/ZSM-5 catalysts (La loading from 0.5 to 15 wt%) by alkali treatment and metal impregnation methods were synthesized and investigated. Fundamentally, we found the alkali treatment engendered more mesoporosity to ZSM-5 and resulted in higher catalytic activity . It bears emphasis that further metal impregnated catalyst NiMo/ZSM-5 could improve the aromatics yield due to the increase of metal active sites and acidity sites. Besides, we noted that La loading had positive effects on coke reduction, catalytic stability and catalyst lifetime. To sum up, results confirmed the favorable 1 wt% La–NiMo/ZSM-5 had maximum 75 wt% BTEXN yield, longer catalyst lifetime for 100 h and decreased carbon deposits by 1.11%.
Chenyao Bi,Zhuangzhuang Zhang,Daizong Han,Chengan Wang,Jianbo Zhang,Ming Sun,Qingqing Hao,Huiyong Chen,Xiaoxun Ma
Quality improvement of pyrolysis tar with yield increasing of high value-added components is highly desired for coal utilization. Herein, Ga-impregnated mesoporous ZSM-5 (Ga/MZ5) directed by organosilane surfactant of [3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl] octadecyldimethylammonium chloride (TPOAC) is used as a catalyst for the catalytic upgrading of coal pyrolysis volatiles. Effective regulation by reduction and reduction/reoxidation promotes a secondary dispersion of gallium species from external surface deposition to micropore permeation. The comprehensive evaluation of catalytic upgrading performance indicates that the designedly regulated gallium species (mainly Ga + , GaH 2 + and GaO + ), feasible balance of Brønsted and Lewis active sites and mesopore diffusion superiority effectively contribute the yield increasing of both light-fraction ( M LF / M Tar ) and target products of BTEXN (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and naphthalene). The optimal catalyst of Ga/MZ5_R/O exhibited the highest value of M LF / M Tar (88 %) and highest yield of BTEXN (31.84 mg.g −1 ), which are 173 and 589 % higher than non-catalytic single pyrolysis and 133 and 280 % higher than those over the conventional Ga-impregnated ZSM-5 (Ga/Z5). Moreover, the possible reaction networks towards high value-added products of BTEXN based on the positive conversion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenols, and other oxygen-containing compounds (abbreviated as PPO) is further proposed.