Catalytic activity and product distribution in the disproportionation of toluene on different preparations of pentasil zeolite catalysts

Autor: V.S. Nayak, L. Riekert
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Applied Catalysis. 23:403-411
ISSN: 0166-9834
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-9834(00)81307-x
Popis: The catalytic properties of pentasil-zeolites in the disproportionation of toluene at 640 – 730 K were investigated with respect to the influence of composition (Si : Al-ratio) and mode of synthesis (template) of the zeolite. The catalytic activity at near steady state (after initial partial deactivation) is roughly proportional to the Al-content, independent of the nature of the template used for zeolite synthesis. The ratio of benzene to xylenes in the products depends only on toluene-conversion, independent of composition or synthesis-mode of zeolite and of reaction temperature. The p-xylene content in the reaction products at higher conversions of toluene exceeds the value which would be expected for equilibrium between xylene-isomers only if the catalyst consists of relatively large zeolite crystals.
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