Dehydration of methanol to light olefins upon zeolite/alumina catalysts: Effect of reaction conditions, catalyst support and zeolite modification

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 541-553

  Hajimirzaee, Saeed ^a   Ainte, Mohammed ^a   Soltani, Behdad ^a   Behbahani, Reza Mosayyebi ^b   Leeke, Gary A ^a   Wood, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methanol to propene; Modification; MTP; Support; Wet impregnation; ZSM 5

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CESIUM; CHEMICAL REACTORS; IMPREGNATION; ION EXCHANGE; METHANOL; OLEFINS; PELLETIZING; PROPYLENE; SUPPORTS;

METHANOL TO PROPENES; MODIFICATION; MTP; WET IMPREGNATION; ZSM-5;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84920755317     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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