SBIR/STTR Phase II: Engineered Zeolite Catalyst for Paraffin Alkylation

这个小企业创新研究二期项目旨在开发一种石蜡烷基化的逐步淘汰技术，以生产高辛烷值清洁汽油。传统的烷基化过程需要大量腐蚀性液体酸，这可能会通过皮肤接触或吸入造成严重伤害。新的烷基化过程将从根本上更加安全和清洁，减少有毒化学品的使用和产生。它使用一种首创的工程沸石催化剂，该催化剂对环境无害，在生产类似质量的烷基化油的同时消除了与液体酸相关的风险。新催化剂承诺显著提高产率和选择性，最大限度地减少与液体酸相关的废物副产品和处置问题。工程沸石催化剂可最有效地用于烷烃和芳烃的液相烷基化反应，如生产高辛烷值烷基化油，以及工业上重要的石化产品，如异丙苯和乙苯。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project aims to develop a step-out technology for paraffin alkylation to produce high-octane clean gasoline. Conventional alkylation processes require large volumes of corrosive liquid acids, which can inflict serious injury via skin contact or inhalation. The new alkylation process will be fundamentally safer and cleaner, reducing the use and generation of toxic chemicals. It uses a first-of-a-kind engineered zeolite catalyst that is environmentally benign and eliminates the risks associated with liquid acids while producing alkylate of comparable quality. The new catalyst promises significantly improved yields and selectivities, minimizing waste by-products and disposal problems associated with liquid acids. The engineered zeolite catalysts can be used most effectively for liquid phase alkylations of paraffins and aromatics, such as the production of high-octane alkylate, and industrially important petrochemicals such as cumene and ethylbenzene.