Artículo
Exploring the regeneration of mordenite catalyst in dimethyl ether carbonylation reaction
Título alternativo | Explorando la regeneración de la mordenita en la reacción de carbonilación de dimetiléter |
Autor/es | Vázquez, M. A.
García Haro, Pedro Vidal Barrero, Fernando Ollero de Castro, Pedro Antonio |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental |
Fecha de publicación | 2020 |
Fecha de depósito | 2020-08-26 |
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Resumen | Dimethyl ether carbonylation (DME) to produce methyl acetate (MA) over mordenite catalysts is attracting much attention because of its high selectivity. However, acidic mordenite suffers from a fast deactivation (coking) ... Dimethyl ether carbonylation (DME) to produce methyl acetate (MA) over mordenite catalysts is attracting much attention because of its high selectivity. However, acidic mordenite suffers from a fast deactivation (coking) that has not been properly studied. In the present work, we study the regeneration of the catalyst in several cycles aiming to help the future industrial application of mordenite catalysts in MA production. Both diluted and pure air have been successfully tested for the regeneration of the catalyst. The results show that 1) there is no negative effect after several regeneration cycles and 2) there is a slight improvement of catalyst productivity after the first regeneration cycle. A possible explanation to these results, which is highlighted in this work, is that the catalyst structure is not affected during regeneration while there is an initial migration of Al from the mordenite structure to extra-framework positions. |
Identificador del proyecto | ENE2012-31598
IJCI-2017-32830 |
Cita | Vázquez, M.A., García-Haro, P., Vidal-Barrero, F. y Ollero de Castro, P. (2020). Exploring the regeneration of mordenite catalyst in dimethyl ether carbonylation reaction. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química, 19 (1), 147-158. |
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