ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Investigating the accessibility of pore structures for alkane isomerisation

Abstract: The isomerisation of n-butane is the main route to isobutane, a market valued at $20 billion, due to isobutanes use as a fuel additive, propellant and precursor for tert-butyl hydroperoxide. Zeolite catalysts are suited to this reaction because their micropores offer a confined space to control the reaction pathway and prevent bulky side products forming. However, it is important to understand the accessibility of these porous, as this strongly influences reaction conversion. Therefore, we propose to contrast how n-butane occupies different zeotype frameworks with different porosities, but identical active sites. Thus, allowing us to focus purely on the accessibility of the framework, to explain the significant differences in catalytic activity. We will investigate the occupation of non-deuterated and fully deuterated n-butane through the internal pores of CoAlPO-5 and CoAlPO-18.

Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Potter
Experimenter: Dr Mark Light
Experimenter: Professor Robert Raja
Experimenter: Miss Alice Oakley
Local Contact: Dr Tristan Youngs
Experimenter: Mr Josh Le Brocq

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2220190

ISIS Experiment Number: RB2220190

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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