Mixture effects in alkane/cycloalkane hydroconversion over Pt/HUSY : carbon number impact

<p>This repository includes experimental data associated with the publication: N.Korica, A.Ben Hassine, H.Dao Thi, L.Bergaoui, K.Van Geem, P.S.F.Mendes, J.De Clercq, J.W.Thybaut &ldquo;Mixture effects in alkane/cycloalkane hydroconversion over Pt/HUSY : carbon number impact&rdquo;,&nbsp;submitted to Fuel journal in December 2021.</p> <p>The impact of carbon number of reacting alkanes and cycloalkanes on mixture effects in hydroconversion over Pt/HUSY has been studied by experiments on high-throughput setup by feeding equimolar mixtures of n-octane and tert-butylcyclohexane, and n-decane and methylcyclohexane. &nbsp;In order to investigate the above-mentioned impact, the kinetic behavior was examined at various experimental conditions, over Pt/HUSY catalyst with three different Pt loadings and HUSY zeolite with Si/Al molar ratio of 6.</p> <p>The process conditions which were used for every feed are summarized:</p> <ul> <li>Pure n-octane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.1 wt%Pt/HUSY (poorly- and well-balanced catalyst for pure <em>n</em>-octane)</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> <li>Pure tert-butylcyclohexane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.3 wt%Pt/HUSY</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> <li>Equimolar mixture of n-octane and tert-butylcyclohexane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.3 wt%Pt/HUSY</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of each reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> <li>Pure n-decane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.3 wt%Pt/HUSY (poorly- and well-balanced catalyst for pure <em>n</em>-decane)</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> <li>Pure methylcyclohexane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.1 wt%Pt/HUSY</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> <li>Equimolar mixture of n-decane and methylcyclohexane <ul> <li>Catalysts : 0.07 and 0.3 wt%Pt/HUSY</li> <li>Temperature, K : 523 ; 543</li> <li>Pressure, bar : 10 ; 20</li> <li>Partial pressure of each reactant, bar : 0.05</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>The kinetics of hydroconversion of different alkane/cycloalkane feeds were compared based on conversion of reactants and yields to isomers. The data are classified based on figures in the Article.</p> <p>Figure 5 : &nbsp;<em>n</em>-Octane conversion as a function of space time at 10 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-octane and in mixture with methylcycyclohexane and tert-butylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure 6 : Octane isomer yields as a function of <em>n</em>-octane conversion - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-octane and in mixture with tert-butylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure 7 : tert-Butylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time at 10 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure tert-butylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-octane</p> <p>Figure 8 : Butylcyclohexane isomer yields as a function of tert-butylcyclohexane conversion comparison of experiments with pure tert-butylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-octane</p> <p>Figure 9 : <em>n</em>-Decane conversion as a function of space time at 10 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-decane and in mixture with methylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure 10 : Decane isomer yields as a function of <em>n</em>-decane conversion - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-decane and in mixture with methylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure 11 : Methylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time at 10 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure methylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-decane</p> <p>Figure S9 : <em>n</em>-Octane conversion as a function of space time at 20 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-octane and in mixture with methylcycyclohexane and tert-butylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure S10 : <em>n</em>-Octane conversion as a function of space time - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-octane and in mixture with methylcycyclohexane and tert-butylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure S13 : tert-Butylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time at 20 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure tert-butylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-octane</p> <p>Figure S14 : tert-Butylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time - comparison of experiments with pure tert-butylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-octane</p> <p>Figure S15 : <em>n</em>-Decane conversion as a function of space time at 20 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-decane and in mixture with methylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure S16 : <em>n</em>-Decane conversion as a function of space time - comparison of experiments with pure <em>n</em>-decane and in mixture with methylcyclohexane</p> <p>Figure S17 : Methylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time at 20 bar pressure - comparison of experiments with pure methylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-decane</p> <p>Figure S18 : Methylcyclohexane conversion as a function of space time - comparison of experiments with pure methylcyclohexane and in mixture with <em>n</em>-decane</p>