Liquid-phase continuous-flow preparation of high energy fuel exo-THDCPD

Hua Xiang Chen, Jia Rong Li, Han Sheng Li, Da Xin Shi*, Ke Ning Sun

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Abstract

Exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (exo-THDCPD) is an important high density liquid hydrocarbon fuel. To improve the synthesis efficiency of exo-THDCPD, a new process of continuous preparation of exo-THDCPD, including the cascade of two reactors (continuous-flow bubbling hydrogenation reactor and continuous-flow isomerization tank reactor), namely the cascade of two processes (dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) was hydrogenated to endo-THDCPD over Pd/C catalyst and the endo-THDCPD was isomerized to exo-THDCPD over AlCl3 catalyst) was studied. The liquid-phase continuous-flow preparation of exo-THDCPD was realized. Results show that the optimum liquid-phase continuous-flow process conditions of preparing exo-THDCPD are determined as: weight hourly space velocity(WHSV), 2.4 h-1; hydrogenation pressure(pH), 0.1 MPa; H2 gas flow rate, 80 mL·min-1; DCPD concentration (CDCPD), 0.76 mol·L-1; hydrogenation reaction temperature: 30℃; isomerization; reaction temperature, 70℃; conversion of DCPD, 100% and yield of exo-THDCPD, 92.5%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)964-970
Number of pages7
JournalHanneng Cailiao/Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Oct 2015

Keywords

  • Continuous-flow
  • Exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene(exo-THDCPD),
  • Hydrogenation
  • Isomerization
  • Process

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