Hungarian Journal of Industrial Chemistry, Vol.22, No.2, 117-124, 1994
DISPROPORTIONATION OF ETHYLBENZENE OVER ZEOLITE-BETA EFFECT OF LANTHANUM, CERIUM AND NEODYMIUM
Zeolite-beta was exchanged with La3+, Ce3+, Nd3+, and NH4+ and characterised by XRD, IR, TGA, Al-27 and Si-29 MAS NMR and TPD of n-butylamine and pyridine. Exchanged beta have higher Si/Al ratio than assynthesised beta due to dealumination during ion-exchange. Disproportionation of ethylbenzene was carried out over exchanged beta at 300, 350,400 and 450-degrees-C and at (WHSV)-1 of 0.077, 0.115 and 0.230 h in a fixed-bed flow type reactor. With time on stream, ethylbenzene cracking decreased while its disproportionation remained more or less same. Increase in temperature and (WHSV)-1 favours cracking and suppresses disproportionation.