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Selectivity of silica-alumina matrices

Conference · · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States)
OSTI ID:7195352
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  1. W.R. Grace and Co., Columbia, MD (United States)
Commercial fluid cracking catalysts are comprised of faujasite zeolite dispersed in an inorganic mixed oxide matrix. X-ray amorphous silica-aluminas are generally used as matrix components. Cracking of large molecules present in a resid feed is limited by diffusion within a zeolite crystallite. As a result, the amorphous silica-alumina matrix plays a major role in cracking in these feed components. Cracking activity of amorphous silica-alumina is related to its acidity. Acidity and hydrocarbon cracking activity of amorphous silica-alumina catalysts of varying composition and preparation methods have been reported. Hydrothermal pretreatment of cracking catalysts has been employed as a method to simulate aging in a commercial FCC unit. The objective of this work is to determine gas oil cracking activity and selectivity for silica-aluminas of varying composition. Hydrothermal pretreatment of cracking and selectivity for silica-aluminas of varying composition. Hydrothermal pretreatment under varying conditions was employed to generate catalysts of the same composition with varying surface area. NMR and ESCA characterization of the silica-aluminas were employed to elucidate the nature of active site for gas oil cracking and determine catalyst properties that influence selectivity.
OSTI ID:
7195352
Report Number(s):
CONF-900802--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States) Journal Volume: 35:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English