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Chinese Journal of Catalysis 37 (2016) 1413–1422? available?at?? journal?homepage:?/locate/chnjc? Article? ? Changing the balance of the MTO reaction dual‐cycle mechanism: Reactions over ZSM‐5 with varying contact times Mozhi Zhang a,c, Shutao Xu a, Yingxu Wei a,#, Jinzhe Li a, Jinbang Wang a, Wenna Zhang a,c, Shushu Gao a,c, Zhongmin Liu a,b,* a National Engineering Laboratory for Methanol to Olefins, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China b State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 4 May 2016 Accepted 17 May 2016 Published 5 August 2016 Keywords: Methanol to olefins Dual‐cycle mechanism ZSM‐5 Contact time Hydrogen transfer reaction ? ABSTRACT ? The methanol to olefins (MTO) reaction was performed over ZSM‐5 zeolite at 300 °C under various methanol weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) values. During these trials, the catalytic perfor‐ mance was assessed, in addition to the formation and function of organic compounds retained in the zeolite. Analysis of reaction effluents and confined organics demonstrated a dual‐cycle reaction mechanism when employing ZSM‐5. The extent of the hydrogen transfer reaction, a secondary reac‐ ? tion in the MTO process, varied as the catalyst‐methanol contact time was changed. In addition, 12C/13C‐methanol switch experiments indicated a relationship between the dual‐cycle mechanism and the extent of the hydrogen transfer reaction. Reactions employing a low methanol WHSV in conjunction with a long contact time favored the hydrogen transfer reaction to give alkene products