The reaction mechanism of zeolite- or zeotype-catalyzed methanol-to-olefins（MTO） conversion is still a subject of debate. Employing periodic density functional theory calculations, the olefin-based cycle was studied...The reaction mechanism of zeolite- or zeotype-catalyzed methanol-to-olefins（MTO） conversion is still a subject of debate. Employing periodic density functional theory calculations, the olefin-based cycle was studied using tetramethylethene（TME） as a representative olefinic hydrocarbon pool in H-SAPO-18 zeotype. The overall free energy barrier at 673 K was calculated and found to be less than 150 kJ/mol in the TME-based cycle, much lower than those in the aromatic-based cycle（〉 200 kJ/mol）, indicating that olefins themselves are the dominant active hydrocarbon pool species in H-SAPO-18. The similarity of the intermediates involved between the aromatic-based cycle and the olefin-based cycle was also highlighted, revealing that both cycles were pattern-consistent. The selectivity related to the distribution of cracking precursors, such as higher olefins or carbenium ions, as a result of the olefin-based cycle for the MTO conversion. The enthalpy barrier of the crack-ing step scaled linearly with the number of carbon atoms of cracking precursors to produce ethene or propene with ethene being much less favored than propene for cracking of C7 and higher pre-cursors. This work highlighted the importance of the olefin-based cycle in H-SAPO-18 for the MTO conversion and established the similarity between the olefin-based and aromatic-based cycles.展开更多
分别以拟薄水铝石、硅溶胶和磷酸为铝源、硅源和磷源,四乙基氢氧化铵为模板剂,采用两步水热晶化法合成出粒径为200～300 nm的纳米级SAPO-34分子筛.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线荧光光谱(XRF)、29Si、27Al、31P MAS NMR、SEM、BET和NH3-TP...分别以拟薄水铝石、硅溶胶和磷酸为铝源、硅源和磷源,四乙基氢氧化铵为模板剂,采用两步水热晶化法合成出粒径为200～300 nm的纳米级SAPO-34分子筛.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线荧光光谱(XRF)、29Si、27Al、31P MAS NMR、SEM、BET和NH3-TPD等手段对合成的SAPO-34分子筛进行表征,并考察了纳米SAPO-34分子筛在固定床甲醇制取烯烃(MTO)反应中的催化性能.结果表明,通过控制两步水热晶化过程的条件可有效地调控SAPO-34分子筛的晶粒大小.当第一步和第二步晶化温度分别为130和180℃时,可得到200～300 nm的晶型完整的SAPO-34分子筛.合成的纳米级SAPO-34分子筛对MTO反应的C2～C4选择性可达92%,单程寿命接近10 h,显著优于传统方法合成的大粒径SAPO-34分子筛.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0701100, 2017YFB0702800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21673295)~~
文摘The reaction mechanism of zeolite- or zeotype-catalyzed methanol-to-olefins（MTO） conversion is still a subject of debate. Employing periodic density functional theory calculations, the olefin-based cycle was studied using tetramethylethene（TME） as a representative olefinic hydrocarbon pool in H-SAPO-18 zeotype. The overall free energy barrier at 673 K was calculated and found to be less than 150 kJ/mol in the TME-based cycle, much lower than those in the aromatic-based cycle（〉 200 kJ/mol）, indicating that olefins themselves are the dominant active hydrocarbon pool species in H-SAPO-18. The similarity of the intermediates involved between the aromatic-based cycle and the olefin-based cycle was also highlighted, revealing that both cycles were pattern-consistent. The selectivity related to the distribution of cracking precursors, such as higher olefins or carbenium ions, as a result of the olefin-based cycle for the MTO conversion. The enthalpy barrier of the crack-ing step scaled linearly with the number of carbon atoms of cracking precursors to produce ethene or propene with ethene being much less favored than propene for cracking of C7 and higher pre-cursors. This work highlighted the importance of the olefin-based cycle in H-SAPO-18 for the MTO conversion and established the similarity between the olefin-based and aromatic-based cycles.
