Journal article
SAPO-34 methanol-to-olefin catalysts under working conditions: A combined in situ powder X-ray diffraction, mass spectrometry and Raman study
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei, N-0315 Oslo, Norway1
Ineos Chlorvinyls Hydrovegen 53, 3936 Porsgrunn, Norway2
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry Forskningsvn 1, N-0314 Oslo, Norway3
InGAP Centre for Research Based Innovation4
We have studied the behaviour of the zeotype silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-34 catalyst in the methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process under real working conditions using simultaneous synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and Raman spectroscopy with online analysis of products by mass spectrometry. Anisotropic changes in the unit-cell dimensions are shown to be related to the build-up of intermediate species in the cages of the SAPO-34 framework and also to the deactivation of the catalyst (observed from the products in the mass spectra).
We have quantified the amount of intermediate material in the cages from the PXRD using Fourier mapping techniques and our measurements are comparable with tapered element-oscillating microbalance measurements of coke build-up. Raman spectra indicate that the nature of the coke becomes increasingly graphitic with time.
Our results also show that the catalyst recovers its original structural parameters when regenerated in air at 500–550°C.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 290-296 |
| ISSN: | 10902694 and 00219517 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcat.2009.09.027 |
