Silicoaluminophosphate number eighteen (SAPO-18): a new microporous solid acid catalyst

Jiesheng Chen, John Meurig Thomas*, Paul A. Wright, Rodney P. Townsend

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Abstract

SAPO-18, which has a microporous framework structure related to, but crystallographically distinct from, that of the solid acid catalyst SAPO-34, was synthesized hydrothermally from a silicoaluminophosphate gel containing N,N-diisopropylethylamine as a structuredirecting template. Although both materials have similar Si/(Si + Al + P) ratios, the content of Brønsted acid sites in SAPO-18 is considerably less than that in SAPO-34. As catalysts for methanol conversion to light olefins, SAPO-18 and SAPO-34 have closely similar initial activity and selectivity, but the lifetime of SAPO-18 is distinctly superior to that of SAPO-34.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-248
Number of pages8
JournalCatalysis Letters
Volume28
Issue number2-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1994

Keywords

  • catalyst regeneration
  • coke
  • oxidation
  • zeolites

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