Conversion of Dimethyl Ether to Branched Hydrocarbons over M-BEA: The Roles of Lewis Acidic and Metallic Sites in H2 Incorporation

Hensley, Jesse

Monday, June 15, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Jesse Hensley¹, Joshua Schaidle¹, Daniel Ruddy¹, Singfoong Cheah¹, Susan Habas¹, Ming Pan¹, Guanghui Zhang² and Jeffrey T. Miller², (1)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, USA.

We report here a series of catalysts based on reducible Lewis-acidic metals and HBEA that show the ability to activate and incorporate H₂ into hydrocarbon products at conditions that favor production of 2,2,3-trimethylbutane. Ga-, Cu-, and CuGa- modified HBEA catalysts are highlighted.

Extended Abstracts:

2015AbstractNAM24_JEH final.pdf (149.5KB) - Extended Abstract

P-Mo-B-143 Conversion of Dimethyl Ether to Branched Hydrocarbons over M-BEA: The Roles of Lewis Acidic and Metallic Sites in H2 Incorporation