Parisa Moghimpour Bijani - Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Morteza Sohrabi
Saeed Sahebdelfar - Catalyst Research Group, Petrochemical Research and Technology Company, National Petrochemical
Reza Miremadeddin

The co-aromatization of methane in the presence of propane using the bifunctional Zn/HZSM-5 catalyst (containing 0.4 wt% zinc) was studied. A fixed-bed stainless steel reactor was applied forcatalytic performance tests. The results for conversion of methane-propane mixture over the catalyst under a variety of operating conditions showed that methane was in fact produced duringthe process rather than being consumed. Propane conversion and aromatics selectivity increased markedly with rising temperature and reducing space velocity. It was observed that increase in propane conversion occurs simultaneously with the enhancement of methane formation

Non-oxidative aromatization, Methane, Propane, Zn/HZSM-5, Operating Condition