Ys. Bhat et al., N-PENTANE AROMATIZATION OVER PORE-SIZE REGULATED MFI ZEOLITE - ENRICHMENT OF PARA-XYLENE CONTENT IN XYLENES, Applied catalysis. A, General, 130(1), 1995, pp. 1-4
n-Pentane aromatization over chemical vapour deposited MFI zeolite enh
anced para-xylene content in xylenes as high as 99%. With increase in
reaction temperature from 500 to 540 degrees C para-xylene selectivity
changed only from 99 to 93%. The aromatization over silylated MFI zeo
lite shows very good potential for developing a new process for conver
ting low value C-2-C-5 hydrocarbon streams to industrially important b
enzene, toluene and para-xylene.