Conversion of n-alkanes C<inf>11</inf>-C<inf>22</inf> using a catalyst based on Ni-Al mixed oxides

Abstract

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. During the work composition and properties of Ni-Al mixed oxides samples were investigated. These oxides were obtained from Ni-Al layered double hydroxide using thermal and hydrothermal methods. Catalytic cracking of a model mixture of alkanes was carried out in the presence of Ni-Al mixed oxides samples. Gas chromatography, chromatography-mass spectrometry, and IR-spectroscopy were used for the analysis of gaseous and liquid products. X-ray structural, X-ray fluorescence, IR-Fourier spectrometry, the specific surface analyzer, particle size analyzer, microphotographic analysis were used for the analysis of the composition and properties of catalytic systems. According to X-ray structural and X-ray fluorescence analyzes, the composition of the supporting structure of the catalyst Ni-Al mixed oxide did not change after catalysis. The content of their low-boiling homologs increases, alkanes of a branched structure is formed in the products of n-alkanes cracking in the presence of the obtained mixed Ni-Al oxide.