Study on product distribution and catalytic performance of ZSM-5 in methanol conversion to gasoline-range hydrocarbons (MTHC)

Abstract

Precise product distribution data is very important for kinetic modeling of chemical reactions and chemical reactor design. In this work, H-ZSM-5 catalyst was hydrothermally synthesized and characterization tests including XRD, XRF, BET, and NH 3 -TPD revealed its physicochemical properties. Then, methanol conversion into hydrocarbons over ZSM-5 was investigated with WHSV of 4 h −1 at reaction temperature 410°C. Product distribution result indicated that C 3 -C 5 + and C 2 = -C 4 = were the major products in gaseous phase, and in liquid phase xylenes, three methyl benzene and C 10 + aromatics were the main components. It was also observed that the synthesized ZSM-5 had good performance in the methanol to hydrocarbons process and gave rise to highest activity (100%) during 10 h of operation approximately.