OE11 Spatial Reactivity of Individual Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Particles throughout Different Life Stages

Monday, June 6, 2011: 2:30 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Inge L. C. Buurmans1, Javier Ruiz-Martinez1, David van der Beek2, Jaap A. Bergwerff2, William V. Knowles3, Eelco T. C. Vogt2 and Bert M. Weckhuysen4, (1)Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for NanoMaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Research Centre for Catalysts, Albemarle Catalysts Company B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, (3)Research Centre for Catalysts, Albemarle Corporation, Pasadena, TX, (4)Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
The internal structure of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst particles was investigated using confocal fluorescence microscopy. Inhomogeneously distributed, micron-sized zeolite domains were visualized. When laboratory deactivated FCC catalyst particles were studied using the same technique, a clear decrease in fluorescence intensity and thus reactivity of the zeolite domains was observed.

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