Ethanol conversion to aromatic hydrocarbons over several zeolite catalysts

• DOI: 10.1007/s11144-006-0120-5
• Publication Date: 2006-10-17T02:08:36Z
• Authors: Megumu Inaba; Kazuhisa Murata; Masahiro Saito; Isao Takahara
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al2 = 29) zeolite showed especially high activity in the conversion of ethanol to BTX (benzene, toluene, xylenes), while other zeolites exclusively formed ethylene. Noble metal catalysts supported on H-ZSM-5 (29) zeolite have high activity for the formation of BTX. Of these, Au/H-ZSM-5 catalyst can partially inhibit carbon deposition during the reaction, thus maintaining constant catalytic activity for BTX formation.