Advances in theory and their application within the field of zeolite chemistry

V Van Speybroeck, K Hemelsoet, L Joos… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Zeolites are versatile and fascinating materials which are vital for a wide range of industries,
due to their unique structural and chemical properties, which are the basis of applications in …

Converting olefins to propene: Ethene to propene and olefin cracking

V Blay, E Epelde, R Miravalles, LA Perea - Catalysis Reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Demand for propene as a petrochemical building block keeps growing, while its availability
has been decreased by the adoption of shale gas resources, among others. Efforts to …

A diffusion anisotropy descriptor links morphology effects of H-ZSM-5 zeolites to their catalytic cracking performance

X Liu, J Shi, G Yang, J Zhou, C Wang, J Teng… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Zeolite morphology is crucial in determining their catalytic activity, selectivity and stability,
but quantitative descriptors of such a morphology effect are challenging to define. Here we …

Ethane and ethylene aromatization on zinc-containing zeolites

A Mehdad, RF Lobo - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion of ethane on zinc-containing zeolites SSZ-13 (CHA), ZSM-5 (MFI) and beta
(* BEA) and ethylene on Zn-containing ZSM-5 was investigated using a flow micro-reactor at …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of temperature and branching on the nature and stability of alkene cracking intermediates in H-ZSM-5

P Cnudde, K De Wispelaere, J Van der Mynsbrugge… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Catalytic cracking of alkenes takes place at elevated temperatures in the order of 773–833
K. In this work, the nature of the reactive intermediates at typical reaction conditions is …

Catalytic cracking of n-hexane for producing light olefins on 3D-printed monoliths of MFI and FAU zeolites

X Li, W Li, F Rezaei, A Rownaghi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Three dimensional (3D) printing manufacturing has attracted growing interests for material
synthesis applied in various fields because of its rapid accomplishment, cost effectiveness …

Revealing the roles of hydrocarbon pool mechanism in ethanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

S Zeng, W Zhang, J Li, S Lin, S Xu, Y Wei, Z Liu - Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethanol-to-hydrocarbons (ETH) process, is investigated in this work due to the
requirement of sustainable production route for light olefins such as ethene and propene …

Identification of the reaction sequence of the MTO initiation mechanism using ab initio-based kinetics

PN Plessow, A Smith, S Tischer… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The initiation of the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process is investigated using a multiscale
modeling approach where more than 100 ab initio computed (MP2: DFT) rate constants for …

Nanocrystalline SSZ-39 zeolite as an efficient catalyst for the methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process

N Martín, Z Li, J Martínez-Triguero, J Yu… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of nanosized SSZ-39 zeolite has been achieved using a high silica FAU
zeolite as the Si and Al source and tetraethylphosphonium (TEP) cations as OSDAs. The …

How chain length and branching influence the alkene cracking reactivity on H-ZSM-5

P Cnudde, K De Wispelaere, L Vanduyfhuys… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Catalytic alkene cracking on H-ZSM-5 involves a complex reaction network with many
possible reaction routes and often elusive intermediates. Herein, advanced molecular …