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Ryo Watanabe1, Natsu Oba1, Suchada Smith1
1Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Shizuoka University 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu Shizuoka 432-8561 Japan watanabe.ryo@shizuoka.ac.jp fukuhara.choji@shizuoka.ac.jp.
Abstract:
The catalytic properties of conventional H-[Al]-ZSM-5 and gallium-substituted H-[Ga]-ZSM-5 were evaluated in the conversion of methanethiol to ethylene (CH3SH → 1/2C2H4 + H2S). Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), aromatics, and CH4 were formed as byproducts on the H-[Al]-ZSM-5 catalyst. The introduction of Ga into the ZSM-5 structure provided a high ethylene yield with relatively high selectivity for olefins. Based on the temperature-programmed desorption of NH3 and pyridine adsorption on zeolites, the strength of acid sites was decreased by introducing Ga into the ZSM-5 structure. Undesirable reactions seemed less likely to occur at weakly acidic sites. The suppression of the formation of dimethyl sulfide (CH3SH → 1/2C2H6S + 1/2H2S) and the sequential reaction of ethylene to produce aromatics provided a high yield of ethylene over H-[Ga]-ZSM-5.
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