Catalyst for light olefins production and a process of light olefins production by using a catalyst thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to a catalyst for light olefins production from catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon having 4 to 7 carbon atoms, wherein said catalyst has core-shell structure comprising zeolite core selected from ferrierite, ZSM-5, or mixture thereof, and silicalite shell having MFI structure, and said catalyst has the following characteristics: a) the weight ratio of shell to core greater than 0 but less than 4; b) the mole ratio of silica to alumina (SiO2/Al2O3) from 60 to 550; c) the hierarchical pores comprising micropores having pore size in the range of 0.1 to 2 nm, mesopores having pore size in the range of 2 to 50 nm, and macropores having pore size greater than 50 nm, wherein the proportion of volume of mesopores and macropores to the total pore volume is in the range from 0.35 to 0.90, and said mesopores comprise pores having pore size from 2 to 5 nm, wherein the proportion of volume of pores having pore size from 2 to 5 nm to the total pore volume is in the range from 0.08 to 0.30. The catalyst according to the invention provides high conversion of the reactant and especially high selectivity to light olefins. Moreover, this invention also relates to the process of light olefins production by using the catalyst thereof.

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