What is it about?
The transformation of methane into aromatics (benzene, toluene and xylene) would allow to obtain valuable products from natural gas. The use of the catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor requires a catalyst harder than in other reactors, but can avoid the problems of catalyst deactivation. In this work several methods for catalyst preparation are discussed, showing that an optimized method provides higher conversion and yield.
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Why is it important?
If a method to obtain aromatics from natural gas is developed, many gas natural resources that are not employed with the current technology would be economically suitable.
Perspectives
Future improvements of catalyst could be also adapted to the use of a two-zone fluidized bed reactor, thus counteracting catalyst deactivation. This reactor could be also employed in other reactions where the catalyst deactivates by coke.
Miguel Menendez
University of Zaragoza
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This page is a summary of: Preparation of Mo/HZSM-5/Bentonite Catalyst for Methane Aromatization in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, September 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2017-0081.
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