THE PARAFFIN CRACKING REACTION WITH NiMo/ACTIVE NATURAL ZEOLITE CATALYST: THE EFFECT TEMPERATURE ON CATALYTIC ACTIVITYTHE PARAFFIN CRACKING REACTION WITH NiMo/ACTIVE NATURAL ZEOLITE CATALYST: THE EFFECT TEMPERATURE ON CATALYTIC ACTIVITY

Abstract

This research deals with the study of the paraffin cracking reaction with termal reaction, active natural zeolite (ZAA) and NiMo / active natural zeolite (ZAA) catalyst. Temperature variation was done in order to study the optimum temperature of paraffin cracking reactions. Paraffin cracking reaction carried out at temperatures of 200 - 400 °C and a hydrogen flow rate of 30 mL / min. Cracking products obtained, and then analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GCMS). Catalyst activity (%) was defined as the amount of lighter fractions/the amount of feed (paraffin) (%). The results showed that the catalyst NiMo/ZAA has the highest activity (31.33 %) at the cracking reaction temperature of 300 ºC