Upgrading of palmitic acid to iso-alkanes over bi-functional Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts

Bi-functional Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts were designed to upgrade palmitic acid and further to isomerize n-alkanes. Besides the effects on acidity, H+ cations might be beneficial for the distribution of MoOx particles, the higher surface Mo/Si ratio and the greater surface Mo4+ content of bi-functional Mo/...

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Published in:Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC 2016-01, Vol.18 (17), p.4633-4648
Main Authors: Shi, Yanchun, Cao, Yaya, Duan, Yanan, Chen, Hao, Chen, Yu, Yang, Mingde, Wu, Yulong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Catalysis
Catalysts
Conversion
Cracking (chemical engineering)
Isomerization
Palmitic acid
Upgrading
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Summary:Bi-functional Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts were designed to upgrade palmitic acid and further to isomerize n-alkanes. Besides the effects on acidity, H+ cations might be beneficial for the distribution of MoOx particles, the higher surface Mo/Si ratio and the greater surface Mo4+ content of bi-functional Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts. In the upgrading of palmitic acid, strong acid sites of catalysts were proven to favor hydrodecarbonylation (HDC), isomerization and cracking. Mo6+ (or MoO3) preferred to support the HDC reaction, whereas Mo4+ (or MoO2) suitably improved the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reaction without carbon atom loss. That is, the Mo4+/Mo6+ ratio of Mo/ZSM-22 catalysts significantly influenced HDO/HDC selectivity. More importantly the improvement in HDO rather than HDC with the complete conversion of palmitic acid, could significantly decrease the negative effects of strong acid sites (such as HDC and cracking) to facilitate isomerization of n-alkanes to afford more branched alkanes with a higher iso-alkanes/n-alkanes ratio.
ISSN:1463-9262
1463-9270
DOI:10.1039/c6gc01367h