Single-Event MicroKinetics of Aromatics Hydrogenation on Pt/H-ZSM22

Abstract

A fundamental Single-Event MicroKinetic (SEMK) model for the hydrogenation of aromatic components on a Pt catalyst has been developed. It is based on the Horiuti-Polanyi mechanism considering atomic hydrogen addition steps to the (partially hydrogenated) aromatic species on the catalyst surface. The reaction network used accounts for the position at which the hydrogen atoms are added to the ring. In accordance with a quantum chemical assessment of the reaction pathway it was assumed that the kinetic parameters only depend on the saturation degree of the nearest neighbor carbon atoms and the branching degree of the carbon atom involved in the hydrogen atom addition. Six reactions families, of which three occur in the reaction network for benzene, are considered. The total number of 18 model parameters was reduced to 7 by calculation of the pre-exponential factors and by accounting for thermodynamic constraints. Experimental benzene hydrogenation data measured at temperatures in the range from 423 to 498 K,...