Catalytic cracking of Arabian Light VGO over novel zeolites as FCC catalyst additives for maximizing propylene yield

0467330 - ÚFCH JH 2017 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Hussain, A. I. - Aitani, A. - Kubů, Martin - Čejka, Jiří - Al-Khattaf, S.
Catalytic cracking of Arabian Light VGO over novel zeolites as FCC catalyst additives for maximizing propylene yield.
Fuel. Roč. 167, MAR 2016 (2016), s. 226-239. ISSN 0016-2361. E-ISSN 1873-7153
R&D Projects: GA ČR GBP106/12/G015
Institutional support: RVO:61388955
Keywords : catalytic cracking * FCC additives * 10-ring zeolites
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
Impact factor: 4.601, year: 2016

Catalytic cracking of vacuum gas oil (VGO) was carried out in a microactivity test (MAT) unit. Commercial FCC USY catalyst (E-Cat) is used and modified by various zeolites with different pore structures, namely SSZ-74, SSZ-33, MCM-22, MCM-36, ZSM-5, TNU-9, IM-5, and ferrierite to enhance propylene yield. Adding zeolite additives to E-Cat increased catalyst activity. The highest propylene yield of similar to 11 wt.% was achieved over ferrierite and MCM-36 compared with 7 wt.% over E-Cat. An increase in light olefins yield over all additives was associated with a decrease in gasoline yield due to the cracking of gasoline-range reactive species (mainly olefins and iso-paraffins). Zeolite SSZ-74 showed a good enhancement in light olefins yield up to 21.3 wt.% compared with 16.1 wt.% over E-Cat. It is found that additives with lower ability to carry bimolecular reactions are more selective to light olefins. Gasoline quality was improved as the octane number increased over E-Cat with all additives except MCM-36. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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