Catalytic Chemistry for Methane Dehydroaromatization (MDA) on a Bifunctional Mo/HZSM-5 Catalyst in a Packed Bed

Canan Karakaya, Selene Hernández Morejudo, Huayang Zhu, Robert J. Kee

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Abstract

This paper presents an experimental and modeling study of methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) chemistry using a bifunctional 6 wt % Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst in an isothermal laboratory-scale packed-bed configuration. The reported measurements include methane conversion and product yields and selectivities as a function of temperature and flow rates (space velocity). The modeling is particularly concerned with developing and validating a microscopically reversible 54-step detailed reaction mechanism. The reaction mechanism is validated via direct comparison with the measured packed-bed performance. Although the operating conditions for the measurements are relatively limited, the detailed reaction mechanism is expected to have much wider predictive capability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9895-9906
Number of pages12
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume55
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 21 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-12-1-0495), the Office of Naval Research (N00014-08-1-0539), and CoorsTek, Inc. We also acknowledge the frequent and insightful discussions with Prof. Christian Kjølseth (University of Oslo), Dr. Jim Steppan (Ceramatec), and Dr. Steffen Tischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).

FundersFunder number
CoorsTek, Inc.
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-08-1-0539
Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchFA9550-12-1-0495
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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