Pd-Zn Containing Catalysts for Ethanol Conversion Towards Hydrocarbons

Development of the alternative hydrocarbon fuel sources is an urgent task in the current energy field. Ethanol can be considered as alternative basis for hydrocarbon fuel production. In this work we studied ethanol conversion into alkanes-olefines and alkane-aromatic hydrocarbons over palladium and zinc containing catalysts supported on alumina or MFI/alumina and mentioned catalysts structure, to give a reasonable explanation of the catalysts action mechanism. The catalyst based on MFI/alumina showed high stability to coking and stable productivity for over 48 hours. The total yield of the target fraction of C3C12 hydrocarbons achieves 95 wt.% based on carbon. Among the obtained alkanes branched structures predominate.