The
adsorption of linear, monobranched and dibranched saturated hydrocarbons
in the gasoline range has been studied on pure silica STW zeolite
(Si-STW) by using pentane, hexane, and heptane isomers as model adsorbates.
Experimental single-component adsorption isotherms and kinetic measurements
together with configurational bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) and molecular
dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out. Significant differences
in both the equilibrium adsorption and especially the adsorption kinetics
were found, which suggests that the separation of the quaternary-carbon
dibranched isomer is feasible. The adsorption capacities and selectivities
surpass those of pure silica MFI (Si-MFI), considered as reference.
Altogether, Si-STW is presented as a promising adsorbent for increasing
the octane number (ON) of the hydroisomerization product by selectively
excluding quaternary-carbon dibranched hydrocarbons.
In this work, a new zeolite named as ITQ‐69, has been synthesized, characterized and its application as selective adsorbent for industrially relevant light olefins/paraffins separations has been assessed. This material has been obtained as pure germania as well as silica‐germania zeolites with different Si/Ge ratios using a diquaternary ammonium cation as organic structure directing agent. Its structure was determined by single‐crystal X‐Ray diffraction showing a triclinic unit cell forming a tridirectional small pore channel system (8×8×8R). Also, it has been found that Si preferentially occupies some special T sites of the structure as deduced from Rietveld analysis of the powder X‐ray diffraction patterns. In addition, the new zeolite ITQ‐69 has been found to be stable upon calcination and thus, its adsorption properties were evaluated, showing a promising kinetic selectivity for light olefin separations in the C3 fraction.
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