modification & application of borate zirconia catalyst
DESCRIPTION
Solid catalysts are of great advantages in alkylation reaction due to heterogenous reaction which makes separation of catalysts very easy and environment friendly. Here, sulfated and borate zirconia catalysts are used to search for ortho-xylene with Toluene & methanol. To find a new path to get o-xylene, catalysts surface was studied and a new mesoporous borate zirconia catalyst was prepared. Mesoporous Borate Zirconia had showed a very efficient path to manufature o-xylene.TRANSCRIPT
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MODIFICATION & APPLICATION OF BORATE ZIRCONIA CATALYST
Ranjeet Kumar04CH6022
Under the guidance of
Dr. Sonali SenguptaDepartment of Chemical engineering
IIT Kharagpur
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
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• Overall catalyst market is around $10 bn.• And revenue generated by processes using catalysts exceeds the catalyst market probably by factor between 100 and 1000, i.e. is somewhere between $1.000 and 10.000 billion
Fig: 1. Catalyst market total around $10 bn and its division into different application
Slight improvement in catalyst performance can lead to big saving in RM & energy.
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Importance of Alkylation Reactions
Used in• Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals,
• Resins, Additives,
• Polymerization inhibitors, Antioxidants
• Petroleum refining
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• Heavy environment pollution
• Troublesome product recovery & purification
• Catalysts cannot be reused
• Lower stability at higher temperature.
• Poor selectivity
• Use of expensive acid-resistant MOC
Alkylation reaction with solid catalysts are becoming emerging field in catalysis
Problems with Friedel-Craft alkylation---
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Objective:- To search an environmental friendly process to produce ortho-alkylates
with high selectivity
>> OPTIONS ARE:-
ZEOLITES
CATION EXCHANGE REGINS
» unstable at higher temperature
ZIRCONIA CATALYST
» its high acidity favors C-alkylation.
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Borate zirconia
• B2O3/ZrO2 catalyst (30mol% B) is reported as a superacid catalyst
suitable for isomerization of butane & pentanes.
• AlCl3 and borate zirconia had shown comparable performance for
Friedel-Craft acylation & beckman rearrangement of cyclohexanone
oxime.
• Comparable performance with heterogeneous catalysts like zeolite
H-beta and sulphated zirconia.
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
IntroductionLiterature survey
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Literatures on BZ
• No literature is available for preparation of ortho-xylene
using heterogeneous catalysts
• Activity & selectivity of zirconia based catalysts are very
sensitive to the method of preparation & heat treatments.
• Most of the studies have been carried out using large
quantities of the catalyst, and the effect of parameters
need to be addressed.
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
IntroductionLiterature survey
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ZrOCl2 + H2O. . ..
8 ZrOCl2 clear solution
Addition of NH3
8
Till pH = 10
Precipitate ofZr(OH)4
Zirconium hydroxide was filtered Washed with hot water
Zr(OH)4 was then dried
Immersed in boric acid solution Heated to dryness Calcined
Preparation of BZ
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ZrOCl2 + H2O. . ..
8 ZrOCl2 clear solution
Addition of NH3
8
Till pH = 10
Precipitate ofZr(OH)4
Zirconium hydroxide was filtered Washed with hot water
Zr(OH)4 was then dried
Immersed in sulfuric acid solution filtered Dried Calcined
Preparation of SZ
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Reactants Reaction hr. Catalyst % conversion of MeOH
Phenol +methanol
4 hours BZ 2.205
Phenol +methanol
8 hours BZ 14.186
Toluene +methanol
4 hours BZ 5.577
Two different systems of reactions were investigated in batch reactor :-1) Phenol + MeOH –
2) Toluene + MeOH –
Reaction temp was 250°C
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Maximum temp attainable in this reactor is 300°C
Reactor set-up
Fig.- 1, reactor and controller
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Fig.-2, stirrer & vessel
Reactor set-up…
Capacity of the vessel is 260 ml
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• Alkylated product may increase by modifying reaction
conditions.
• Max temp is main constraint, reacton time may be
increased to get good result.
• Catalyst may be unsuitable for the desired reaction.
• Catalysts prepared above were microporous and may be
unsuitable for large molecule like benzene or phenol.
Microporous materials – pore size less than 2 nm (20 A°)
Reasons for low conversion may be
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Mesoporous catalyst with wider opening may be more suitable for alkylation of phenol & toluene.
Forward path >>>
Pore size Type of material
< 2 nm microporous
>2 nm & < 50 nm mesoporous
>50 nm macroporous
Table - 2,IUPAC definition for materials on the basis of pore size
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
IntroductionLiterature survey
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Literatures on Mesoporous zirconia catalyst
• No literature is available on mesoporous borate zirconia.
• Mesoporous sulphated zirconia and other mesoporous catalysts are
reported and are useful for alkylation reactions. [7], [8], [9], [11].
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Contents….
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
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Preparation of Mesoporous BZ
• Co-operative nucleation of molecular inorganic solution (I), with
surfactant molecules (S).
• Two different surfactants were selected for searching/standardizing
the preparation method ---
1) sodium lauryl sulfate (C12H25NaO4S) (SLS)
2) tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C17H38BrN)
(TTBr or Cetrimide)Acid percolation in mesoporous materials, neutral templating are other methods for mesoporous catalyst preparation
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In this case I = Zirconium Oxychloride + Water + Borax S = SLS / TTBr + Water
Steps of preparation: - a) preparation of solution
b) aging
c) filtration
d) washing
e) calcinations/extraction
More the hours of aging better is the catalyst
Preparation of Mesoporous BZ
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Trials for standardizing the preparation method
Zr : SLS : B : H2O SA m2/g
1 0.3 0.05 500 75.53
1 0.3 0.05 750 NA
1 0.3 0.05 1000 83.26
1 0.3 0.05 1250 NA
1 0.3 0.05 1500 86.70
Trial 1:-
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Zr : SLS : B : H2O SA m2/g
1 0.2 0.05 500 37.00
1 0.2 0.05 750 43.80
1 0.2 0.05 1000 NA
1 0.2 0.05 1250 NA
1 0.2 0.05 1500 85.53
Trial 2 :-
Since the range of surface area was not so wide so Zr : Sufactant : B : H2O :: 1 : 0.3 : 0.05 : 1000 was taken as base for further trials.
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• Trials were done by changing surfactant, instead of SLS,
cetrimide was used.
• Instead of calcinations extraction of aged precipitate with
ethanol plus sodium acetate solution was done.
• Aging hours were increased from 72 hours to 120 hours.
• Instead of making one solution of S & I, two separate
solutions were prepared and mixed drop wise.
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Contents…
IntroductionLiterature surveyExperimentsMesoporous borate zirconiaCharacterizationConclusionReferences
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Elemental analysis of prepared catalyst
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer (EDS) was done in CRF lab –
>>Test confirmed the presence of Zr, O.
It failed to detect the presence of B.
>>> Presence of B was confirmed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
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XRD
XRD of MBZ
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 theta
Fig.:- XRD pattern of MBZ shows a peak at 3°.
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pore dia, nm Pore vol, ml/g % Pore vol, ml/g %
Under 6 0.02806 41.89 0.02301 37.91
6-8 0.00561 8.37 0,00559 9.21
8-10 0.00308 4.60 0.00318 5.24
10-12 0.00347 5.18 0.00274 4.51
12-16 0.00379 5.66 0.00368 6.06
16-20 0.00384 5.73 0.00424 6.98
20-80 0.01455 21.72 0.01484 24.45
Above 80 0.00459 6.85 0.00342 5.64
TOTAL 0.06699 100 0.06069 100
Adsorption
Reading from pore size analyzer
Desorption
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Adsorption isotherm
The adsorption isotherm is type IV IUPAC classification with hysteresis, which Indicate a mesoporous material.
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Surface area & pore size distribution
Apparatus used was – Coulter’s SA3100 for SA & pore size
analysis.
SMARTSORB-90 for SA
Mesoporous Microporous
SA – 310 m2/g 85-115 m2/g
Pore volume – 0.23 cm3/g 0.09-0.12 cm3/g>>> An excellent surface area (310 m2/g) was obtained by using separate
solution of S ( Cetrimide ) & I, 72 hr aging, and extraction.
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• Reaction was carried out in a flow reactor at 450°C over MBZ
catalyst, reactants were toluene and methanol.
• Reaction mixture was analyzed in GC, retention time of
product confirmed presence of o-xylene.
•Conversion of methanol was about 30%.
Reaction with MBZ
.>>>>
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Flow reactor
>>>>>
preheater
reactor
condenser
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conclusions
• Surface area of prepared catalyst is 310 m2/g, it is highest among
mesoporous zirconia catalysts.
• Conversion of methanol is about 30% which may be increased by
searching optimum reaction conditions.
• Large pores will allow the use of bulky oxidants in fine chemical
preparation.
• Catalyst has shown its activity in alkylation reaction.
• It may open a path to produce many fine chemicals.
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