Methods of converting toluene to benzene and xylene using mesoporous mordenite
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsVeera Venkata Ramakrishna Tammana, Ali S. Abdali
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Abstract
Described herein are methods for converting toluene to benzene and xylene. The methods include contacting a stream comprising toluene with a hierarchical zeolite catalyst in the presence of hydrogen gas to produce the benzene and xylene via toluene disproportionation. The hierarchical zeolite catalyst includes mesoporous Mordenite. The mesoporous Mordenite includes a plurality of mesopores and at least a portion of the plurality of mesopores are uniformly arranged in an MCM-41 framework.
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A method of converting toluene to benzene and xylene, the method comprising contacting a stream comprising toluene with a hierarchical zeolite catalyst in the presence of hydrogen gas in a reactor to produce the benzene and xylene via toluene disproportionation, wherein the hierarchical zeolite catalyst comprises mesoporous Mordenite, wherein the mesoporous Mordenite comprises a plurality of mesopores and at least a portion of the plurality of mesopores are uniformly arranged in an MCM-41 framework.
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