Investigating Industrial Zeolite-Based Catalyst Extrudates in 3-D: A Non-Invasive Micro-Spectroscopy Approach

Whiting, Gareth

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Gareth Whiting¹, Florian Meirer¹, Diego Valencia¹, Machteld Mertens², Anton-Jan Bons³, Brian Weiss², Paul Stevens², Emiel de Smit³ and Bert Weckhuysen¹, (1)Utrecht University, Netherlands, (2)ExxonMobil Process Technology Company, USA, (3)ExxonMobil Chemical Europe, Inc., Belgium.

We demonstrate a combination of in situ UV-Vis and Confocal Fluorescence Micro-spectroscopy, to non-invasively investigate in 3-D, the influence of Brønsted acid site density and binder effects on catalytic reactivity and selectivity, in both partially (residual Na) and fully proton-exchanged ZSM-5-based SiO₂- and Al₂O₃-bound extrudates.

Extended Abstracts:

NAM-Abstract_Whitingetal.2015.pdf (448.9KB) - Extended Abstract

P-W-B-23 Investigating Industrial Zeolite-Based Catalyst Extrudates in 3-D: A Non-Invasive Micro-Spectroscopy Approach