Effect of ZnO additives and acid treatment on catalytic performanceof PtWO3ZrO2 for nC7 hydroisom.pdfVIP

Journal of Catalysis 244 (2006) 17–23 /locate/jcat Effect of ZnO additives and acid treatment on catalytic performance of Pt/WO3/ZrO2 for n-C7 hydroisomerization a,∗ b b a a a a Yan Liu , Yejun Guan , Can Li , Juan Lian , Geok Joo Gan , Eng Chew Lim , Fethi Kooli a Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833 b State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China Received 16 August 2006; revised 18 August 2006; accepted 19 August 2006 Available online 26 September 2006 Abstract The effect of WO (5–50 wt%) and ZnO (0.7–22 wt%) on the catalytic properties of Pt/WO /(ZnO)–ZrO for n-heptane (n-C ) hydroisomer- 3 3 2 7 ization was investigated. The optimized WO3 and ZnO contents are 20 wt% and 3.4 wt%, respectively. The catalytic performance is achieved at 81% n-C7 conversion and 89% C7 isomer selectivity at 250 ◦C, which is reproducible and can be kept constant over 82 h under reaction condi- tions. Both WO3 and ZnO can stabilize the tetragonal phase of ZrO2 . The Brønsted acid-to-Lewis acid ratio should be optimized to achieve high catalytic performance. The activity for Pt/WO3/ZrO2 using Zr(OH)4 as the catalyst support (n-C7 con