Effect of hydrogen removal through a membrane catalyst on dehydrocyclization of n-hexane

When the effect of the rate of removing hydrogen from the n-hexane dehydrocyclization zone by diffusion through a membrane catalyst was studied, it was established that the removal of up to 86% of the formed hydrogen increases the yield of benzene, while a more complete removal of hydrogen from the membrane catalyst by feeding either air or air-rich mixtures with argon along another surface of the catalyst lowers the yield of benzene. © 1981 Plenum Publishing Corporation.