Methanol-to-hydrocarbons: catalytic materials and their behavior

The literature related to methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTHC) technology over t he past two decades has been reviewed, covering mainly the methanol-to-olef in (MTO) and methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) reactions. The work before around 1 990 is briefly addressed, and the interested reader's attention is drawn to review papers published during the late 1980s summarizing the early work r elated to the methanol-to-hydrocarbons technology. This review focuses main ly on the chemistry and mechanism of those reactions including the catalyst s involved and their behavior due to crystal size, pore architecture, acidi ty and reaction conditions, covering the time since around 1990. In a secon d review authored by F. Keil, the process related items: of methanol-to-hyd rocarbons technology will be summarized and discussed in the light of kinet ic and reaction technology aspects. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All righ ts reserved.