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ZSM-12 and several other 12-membered ring large-pore zeolites have been tested for the reforming of naphthenic hydrocarbon mixtures. It was found that ZSM-12 possesses a surprisingly higher coking resistance than other large pore zeolites tested such as USY, L-zeolite, mordenite, and β=zeolite for reforming of hydrocarbon mixtures. This superior performance is due to the unique non-interconnecting tubular-like linear channels of ZSM-12, which do not allow trapping/accumulation of coking precursors. ZSM-12 zeolite also demonstrated excellent structural stability even under severe acid dealumination. From this work, we found that the decrease of the aluminum content of a zeolite is not sufficient to ensure low rates of coke deposition. We also concluded that zeolites with channel intersections (cavities) of comparable size with the zeolite apertures do not favor coke formation. For these types of zeolites the strong acid sites carry out other acid-catalyzed reactions, rather than forming coke. In contrast, zeolites with relatively large supercages are inherently favorable to coking reactions, which in turn lead to the fast deactivation. The appropriate combination of the zeolite pore structure and acidity (controlled via dealumination) showed superior TOS behavior (time-stable activity and product selectivities). For zeolites which are susceptible to coking due to pore structure, the increase of the Brønsted acid strength results in fast deactivation. Contrary to what one would commonly expect and previous reports, we found that one-dimensional zeolites, such as, ZSM-12, can exhibit significantly higher tolerance to coking than multidirectional zeolites.
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Zhang, W., Smirniotis, P.G. On the exceptional time-on-stream stability of HZSM-12 zeolite: relation between zeolite pore structure and activity. Catalysis Letters 60, 223–228 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019079612655
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