EFFECT OF DURATION OF OXYCHLORINATION ON DEGREE OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR CATALYSIS OF PLATINUM CENTERS OF PLATINUM-RHENIUM REFORMING CATALYST

Abstract

The work presents the results of a chemisorption analysis of a platinum-rhenium catalyst on an alumina support after regeneration and reduction with hydrogen. Adsorption-desorption diagrams were obtained by stepwise-pulsed chemisorption of carbon monoxide on reforming catalyst samples. With an increase in the number of carbon monoxide injections from 1 to 4, the catalyst sample is poisoned, and subsequent desorption peaks indicate the termination of the interaction. With an increase in the time of oxychlorination, the CO/Pt ratio in the carrier volume increases linearly. The effect of the oxychlorination process on the chemisorption of CO and the subsequent availability of platinum nanoparticles for catalysis has been shown. The absorption on freshly prepared platinum-rhenium catalyst samples reaches a CO/Pt molar ratio of about 0.4. The results show that the duration of oxychlorination for 16–20 h allows us to achieve the value of the ratio CO/Pt, which is in the range of 0.4-0.5. This indicates that the availability of platinum centers in its composition reaches the level of a fresh catalyst, and, on the other hand, taking into account a slight excess of this ratio, we can assume that some of the Re atoms participate in the absorption of CO molecules. The presence of finely dispersed platinum particles in the composition of the regenerated catalyst was confirmed by IR spectroscopy. The analysis of catalyst samples on an IR spectrometer in the frequency range of 1900-2200 cm-1 revealed a rather wide absorption band with a pronounced extremum at 2060 cm-1. In this frequency range, there is another, slightly pronounced extremum at 2149 cm-1. However, for samples with a short duration of oxychlorination, it did not appear. An absorption band with an extremum of 2060 cm-1 can be attributed to linear vibrations of adsorbed CO molecules on the surface of particles of metallic platinum.