Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.33, No.10, 2842-2848, October, 2016
Comparison of physically mixed and separated MgO and WO3/SiO2 catalyst for propylene production via 1-butene metathesis
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We examined the catalyst bed design of MgO and WO3/SiO2 for production of propylene via metathesis of 1-butene. WO3/SiO2 was used as a bi-functional catalyst for isomerization and metathesis reactions. Addition of MgO was proposed to help improve the isomerization activity and hence the propylene yield. Experimental studies were carried out to determine activity and reaction kinetics of 1-butene isomerization over MgO isomerization catalyst and 1-butene metathesis over WO3/SiO2 bi-functional catalyst for designing a suitable catalyst bed. Two types of catalyst bed arrangement--physically mixed bed and separated bed--were considered and compared by computer simulation. The simulations reveal that adding MgO in the separated bed by packing MgO before WO3/SiO2 offers superior propylene yield to the physically mixed bed. The appropriate %MgO loading in catalyst bed which offers a maximum propylene yield was found to vary (3 and 23%), depending on operating condition.
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