Catalisadores para hidroisomerização de n-hexadecano

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Luís Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11976
• topic: Bifunctional catalyst; Hydroisomerization; Lubricants; Zeolites; Catalisador bifuncional; Hidroisomerização; Lubrificantes; Zeólitos; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA::TECNOLOGIA QUIMICA

The residual oil of hydrocracking process is a useful stream for the production of lubricants. This product is rich in paraffinic compounds which have a high pour point despite having the excellent performances in terms of thermal and oxidation stability. The conversion of the heavy n-paraffins or long alkyl chains into isoparaffins and naphthenic compounds, which have lower pour points, is necessary in order to lower the pour point to adequate values for lubricants formulation. One of the most important catalytic routes in this direction is hydroisodewaxing or HIDW, which consists in the conversion of n-paraffins in the respective isoparaffins with minimum formation of cracked products. For this objective, zeolitic bifunctional catalysts are employed, using zeolites presenting shape selectivity properties in order to avoid n-paraffin cracking. In the case of industrial catalysts, it is necessary to disperse the metallic phase and the zeolite in an amorphous matrix for obtaining adequate shape and mechanical strength. In this work, we studied the performance of a series of catalysts prepared with beta zeolite embedded in a alumina based matrix and varying the content of zeolite and the type of platinum precursor. The catalyst performance was evaluated in the hydroisomerization of a model compound, in this case, n-hexadecane, using a continuous flow reactor at high pressure and liquid phase in laboratory unit. Operating conditions were selected in order to provide a broad range of n-C16 conversions. Catalyst activities were proportional to the zeolite content in the support indicating that the acid function is the limiting one in these catalysts. Moreover,a catalyst prepared with chloroplatinic acid was more active than the one prepared with amine-platinum complex, for the same zeolite content. In despite of the different conversions, all catalysts presented similar isomerized and cracked product distributions as function of the overall n-C16 conversion. Pour points of a series of reaction products were measured and values between 17.5 °C (n-hexadecane) and -41 °C (98 % conversion) were obtained. A good correlation with pour point and product composition was obtained, taking in account the concentrations of mono, di and tri-branched isoparaffins and cracked products