Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 49-53.

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ADSORPTION STUDY OF ETHYLBENZENE AND PARA-XYLENE ON EUO ZEOLITE BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

  

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  • Received:2018-01-23 Revised:2018-04-23 Online:2018-09-12 Published:2018-09-28
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Abstract: The adsorption behavior of ethyl benzene and para-xylene on four EUO zeolites with different Si/Al ratio was studied under high temperature conditions by means of the macro-canonical statistics ensemble Monte Carlo simulation and validated by the catalytic reaction of industrial samples. GCMC simulation shows that the adsorption energy of PX in EUO zeolite is slightly higher than that of EB; PX is mainly adsorbed in the straight pore channel, while EB is adsorbed in the side cage, the Bronsted acid produced by Al atom can block the diffusion of adsorbed mass, which leads to more ladder platform in the adsorption isotherm of PX; the blockage caused by carbon deposition has a greater effect on PX diffusion, so the generation of by-product toluene will decay more rapidly than that of ethylbenzene.

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