Mg. Yang et al., HYDROGEN SPILLOVER ON NI(S) AL2O3-ULTRASTABLE Y-ZEOLITE AND ITS EFFECT ON XYLENE ISOMERIZATION/, Catalysis letters, 39(1-2), 1996, pp. 33-37
The catalytic activity of ultrastable Y zeolite (USY) for m-xylene iso
merization in the presence of hydrogen is markedly promoted by physica
lly mixing with Ni(S)/Al2O3 under the conditions of 603 K and 1.0 MPa.
The study on H-D exchange of the OH groups on the USY zeolite surface
showed that the exchange rate in Ni(S)/Al2O3-USY was five times highe
r than that of USY alone. It was considered that active hydrogen speci
es, formed on Ni(S) sites and spilled over to Al2O3 and then to USY, p
romote the acid catalysis on the USY.