Aromatization of n-hexane by platinum containing molecular sieves and distribution and motion of organic guest molecules in zeolites

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dc.contributor.authorHong, Suk Bongen
dc.contributor.committeechairDavis, Mark E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberConger, William L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCox, David F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHanson, Brian E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWills, George B.en
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:21:08Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:21:08Zen
dc.date.issued1992-04-05en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-13en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-13en
dc.description.abstractA vapor phase impregnation technique with Pt(acac)₂ has been developed and used to load Pt into aluminosilicate (KL, BaKL, KBaKL, NaY, CsNaY, FAU, EMT, ZSM-12 and SSZ-24) and aluminophosphate (AIP0₄-5 and VPI-5) molecular sieves. ¹³C MAS NMR, TEM and H₂ chemisorption measurements reveal that Pt can be loaded into the micropores of molecular sieves with both charged and neutral frameworks. Pt containing molecular sieves were tested as catalysts for the aromatization of n-hexane at 460 - 510°C and atmospheric total pressure in order to study the influence of Pt cluster size and support acidity/basicity, microstructure and chemical composition on activity and selectivity. High selectivity to benzene over most of the zeolite samples demonstrates that support acidity/basicity and microstructure do not contribute directly to the aromatization selectivity over Pt catalysts. A clear trend of increasing benzene selectivity with decreasing Pt cluster size is found. These observations suggest that the exceptional reactivity of Pt/KL for the aromatization of n-hexane results from the lack of any acidity in the support and the ability of zeolite L to stabilize the formation of extremely small Pt clusters. Pt/AIP0₄-5 and Pt/VPI-5 show high selectivity to n-hexane with little formation of benzene while opposite is observed for Pt/SSZ-24. The differences in catalytic behavior are attributed to variations in the environment of Pt clusters which are situated in either an aluminophosphate or silicate micropore. See document for rest of abstract.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentxiv, 150 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10132005-152545en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10132005-152545/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39837en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1992.H663.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 26091145en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1992.H663en
dc.subject.lcshHexaneen
dc.subject.lcshMolecular sievesen
dc.subject.lcshZeolitesen
dc.titleAromatization of n-hexane by platinum containing molecular sieves and distribution and motion of organic guest molecules in zeolitesen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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