ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Studies of propene formation by gasoline cracking in steamed ZSM-5 by QENS

Abstract: Fluidised Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units (shown below) are one of the major conversion units in modern petrochemical refineries. ZSM-5 additives. These are used in FCC units to convert gasoline (mainly gasoline olefins) into lighter C3 and C4 olefins (propene and butenes). Propene is a key feedstock for downstream petrochemical industry and plays a major role in a variety of polypropene products in the market. There is a global supply shortage of propene and improving propene yields from FCC units is seen as one strategy for meeting that supply gap. This proposal, and a parallel INS proposal, aims to understand how steam dealumination of ZSM-5 (which generates the working catalyst) modifies the diffusion of a model long-chain alkene reactant (1-octene) and the product, propene.

Principal Investigator: Professor David Lennon
Experimenter: Dr Alexander Hawkins
Experimenter: Ms Andrea Zachariou
Experimenter: Dr Paul Collier
Experimenter: Dr Andrew York
Local Contact: Dr Ian Silverwood
Experimenter: Dr Iain Hitchcock
Experimenter: Professor Stewart Parker

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1620443

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1620443

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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