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- Effects of oxidante acid treatments on carbon-templated hierarchical SAPO-11 materials: synthesis, characterization and catalytic evaluation in n-decane hydroiosomerizationPublication . Bertolo, Raquel; Silva, João; Ribeiro, Filipea; Maldonado-Hodar, Francisco J.; Fernandes, Auguste; Martins, Ângela Maria PereiraHierarchical SAPO-11 was synthesized using a commercial Merck carbon as template. Oxidant acid treatments were performed on the carbon matrix in order to investigate its influence on the properties of SAPO-11. Structural, textural and acidic properties of the different materials were evaluated by XRD, SEM, N-2 adsorption, pyridine adsorption followed by IR spectroscopy and thermal analyses. The catalytic behavior of the materials (with 0.5 wt.% Pt, introduced by mechanic mixture with Pt/Al2O3), were studied in the hydroisomerization of n-decane. The hierarchical samples showed higher yields in monobranched isomers than typical microporous SAPO-11, as a direct consequence of the modification on both porosity and acidity, the later one being the most predominant. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Ball milling modified SAPO-11 based catalysts for n-Decane hydroisomerizationPublication . Ferreira, Luisa; Ribeiro, Filipa; Fernandes, Auguste; Martins, AngelaBifunctional Pt/SAPO-11 catalysts were prepared using as acid matrix the microporous silico-aluminophosphate, SAPO-11, synthesized under microwave radiation. After synthesis, the material was physically modified using a ball mill, changing the grinding time but keeping frequency constant. The metal function (0.5 wt.% Pt) was introduced through mechanical mixture with commercial Pt loaded alumina. The catalysts were characterized by several techniques: powder X-Ray Diffraction, pyridine adsorption followed by infrared spectroscopy, low temperature N-2 adsorption, Hg intrusion porosimetry and electronic microscopy (SEM). The characterization data show modifications of structural and textural properties of the samples as the milling time increases. The catalytic behaviour of Pt/SAPO-11 materials was studied for hydroisomerization of long chain n-alkanes, using n-decane as model molecule, aiming to increase the production of mono-branched isomers. The catalytic results show that, under optimized milling conditions (60 min; 50 Hz) the selectivity into mono-branched isomers increased when compared with parent catalyst.