Affiliation:
1. Division of Chemical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University Nanoreaction Engineering Group (Nishiyama Lab.) Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531 Japan
2. Innovative Catalysis Science Division Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI) Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
3. AC Biode Co., Ltd. Sakyo Kyoto 606-0024 Japan
Abstract
AbstractZeolite deactivation induced by coke deposition is a critical problem in the industrialization of the chemical recycling (CR) of plastics. We previously demonstrated that Cr6+ species bonded to silanol groups in the zeolite framework inhibit coke deposition in low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) cracking. In this study, the role of Cr6+ species and the mechanism of coke reduction were determined experimentally. During LDPE cracking, hydrogen was generated from the alkane products at the Cr6+ sites. Furthermore, the hydrogenation and decomposition of aromatics, which are coke precursors, occurred at the zeolitic acid sites, resulting in the reduction of coke deposition. Owing to the synergistic effect of the Cr6+ and zeolitic acid sites, coke reduction was achieved without reducing cracking activity.
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Catalysis