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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 19, 期 12, 页码 3846-3859出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203491
关键词
cracking; electron microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; heterogeneous catalysis; zeolites
资金
- Albemarle Catalysts
- Technology Foundation Stichting Technologische Wetenschappen
While cycling through a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, the structure and performance of FCC catalyst particles are severely affected. In this study, we set out to characterize the damage to commercial equilibrium catalyst particles, further denoted as ECat samples, and map the different pathways involved in their deactivation in a practical unit. The degradation was studied on a structural and a functional level. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of ECat samples revealed several structural features; including zeolite crystals that were partly or fully severed, mesoporous, macroporous, and/or amorphous. These defects were then correlated to structural features observed in FCC particles that were treated with different levels of hydrothermal deactivation. This allowed us not only to identify which features observed in ECat samples were a result of hydrothermal deactivation, but also to determine the severity of treatments resulting in these defects. For functional characterization of the ECat sample, the BrOnsted acidity within individual FCC particles was studied by a selective fluorescent probe reaction with 4-fluorostyrene. Integrated laser and electron microscopy (iLEM) allowed correlating this BrOnsted acidity to structural features by combining a fluorescence and a transmission electron microscope in a single set-up. Together, these analyses allowed us to postulate a plausible model for the degradation of zeolite crystals in FCC particles in the ECat sample. Furthermore, the distribution of the various deactivation processes within particles of different ages was studied. A rim of completely deactivated zeolites surrounding each particle in the ECat sample was identified by using iLEM. These zeolites, which were never observed in fresh or steam-deactivated samples, contained clots of dense structures. The structures are proposed to be carbonaceous deposits formed during the cracking process, and seem resistant towards burning off during catalyst regeneration.
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