Title
A comprehensive study of coke deposits on a pt-sn/sba-16 catalyst during the dehydrogenation of propane
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ruelas-Leyva J.P.
Maldonado-Garcia L.F.
Talavera-Lopez A.
Santos-López I.A.
Picos-Corrales L.A.
Gómez Torres S.A.
Fuentes G.A.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
Catalytic propane dehydrogenation is an attractive method to produce propylene while avoiding the issues of its traditional synthesis via naphtha steam cracking of naphtha. In this contribution, a series of Pt-Sn/SBA-16 catalysts were synthesized and evaluated for this purpose. Bimetallic Pt-Sn catalysts were more active than catalysts containing only Pt. The catalyst with the best performance was assessed at different reaction times of 0, 60, 180, and 300 min. The evolution of coke deposits was also studied. Thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated the presence of two types of coke on the catalyst surface at low and high temperature, respectively. Raman results showed an increased coke’s crystal size from 60 to 180 min on stream, and from 180 to 300 min under reaction, Raman suggested a reduction in the crystal size of coke. Also transmission electron microscopy confirmed a more evident agglomeration of metallic particles with reaction times higher than 180 min. These results are consistent with the phenomena called “coke migration” and the cause is often explained by coke movement near the particle to the support; it can also be explained due to sintering of the metallic particle, which we propose as a more suitable explanation.
Start page
1
End page
16
Volume
11
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería mecánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85100033372
Source
Catalysts
ISSN of the container
20734344
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT; project CB-2015-01 # 256268) and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS; project PROFAPI-2015/251). The authors thank financial support from Instituto Politécnico Nacional (project SIP 20210204).
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