Recycling of valuable chemicals through the catalytic decomposition of phenol tar in cumene process

2013 
Abstract The base catalyst LZ-2, which was the mixture of CaO and Na–NaOH/Al 2 O 3 ·3H 2 O, was chosen for the decomposition of phenol tar to generate valuable chemicals. The selectivity of LZ-2 for dimethyl phenyl carbinol, α-methyl styrene dimer and cumenyl phenol was 100%, 100% and 98%, respectively. Under the optimum operating conditions of catalyst 2.5 wt%, operating temperature 603.15 K and decomposition time 3.5 h, decomposition ratios of cumenyl phenol and dimethyl phenyl carbinol were 98.7% and 99.97%, respectively. In addition, the experimental repeatability demonstrated that the total yield of valuable chemicals still reached 90.1% after the catalyst being used five times. Mass and energy balance indicated that the catalytic decomposition was a high potential for the recycling of chemicals from phenol tar.
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