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Abstract
Etherification reaction of FCC light gasoline over Hβ zeolite was investigated to decrease the light olefins in motor gasoline while enhancing octane. Etherification activity of several molecular sieve catalysts for FCC light gasoline was studied in a fixed-bed reactor. The influence of pore-enlarging agent (PEG) with different molecular weight, binder (γ-Al2O3), and peptizing agent (HNO3) in the shaping process on etherification activity of Hβ zeolite was studied. The impregnating ways of precursor of oxides and the order of extruding and impregnating were also investigated. The results show that the activity of extruded Hβ zeolite before impregnating precursor of oxides is higher than the reverse order. The best shaping condition obtained was PEG-4000 10%, γ-Al2O3 20%, and HNO3 10%. At the optimal reaction condition, the conversion of tert-olefins reached the peak. 62.93%, the yield of TAME, is also high and the technology can be applied to industry as well.