Desenvolvimento de materiais híbridos micro-mesoporosos do tipo ZSM-12/MCM-MCM-41 para utilização no craqueamento de frações de petróleo

Abstract

The development of micro-mesoporous hybrid aims to obtain materials with improved characteristics, since it tries to bring together to high acidity and thermal and hydrothermal stability of zeolites, with larger pore system and consequently better chance of diffusion of molecules within the mesoporous materials. Micro-mesoporous hybrid materials of ZSM-12/MCM-41 type with different micro and mesoporosity contributions were prepared by a procedure that uses the desilicalization of the zeolite in an alkaline medium, followed by recrystallization on the mesostructure, where the zeolite is used as the silica source in the formation of mesoporous phase. The ZSM-12 pure zeolite and MCM-41 pure were also prepared. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption at 77 K, scanning electron microscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The catalytic activity of these was analyzed in the catalytic cracking of cumene. The results shown that the methodology utilized is efficient to obtain hybrid materials of ZSM-12/MCM-41 type with micro-and mesoporosity optimized, and catalytic tests showed that the hybrid have the potential for cracking reactions, showing better results than the pure materials, pointing to it, the existing synergistic effect in these.