The cracking of
n-dodecane and
n-hexadecane over a commercial silica-alumina catalyst was investigated by fixed and fluidized bed reactors, to develop a C
3∼C
5 olefines production process. An emphasis was placed on the search of the product distribution, particularly of C
3, C
4 and C
5 olefins.
The change of over-all activation energy suggested that the contribution of thermal reaction could be neglected below 520°C in the case of fresh catalyst with high activity and below 470°C in the case of coked catalyst with low activity. The decrease of catalyst activity with process period was roughly represented by the equation
k∝τ
-m (
k: specific rate, τ: process period,
m: constant). Product distribution was thoroughly examined. Main products were paraffins and olefins with 3 to 5 carbon numbers. The amount of C
2 lighter or C
6 heavier was small. From the experimental results a macroscopic reaction scheme was proposed. First, olefins were produced mainly through cracking of feed hydrocarbon. Next, of these compounds branched chain olefines were easily hydrogenated. Small part of straight chain olefines was also hydrogenated, but main part of them isomerized to branched chain olefines.
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