Synthesis of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid from biomass for producing PET

J Pang, M Zheng, R Sun, A Wang, X Wang… - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
There have been considerable efforts to produce renewable polymers from biomass. Poly
(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is one of the most versatile bulk materials used in our daily …

Recent advances in reactions of alkylbenzenes over novel zeolites: the effects of zeolite structure and morphology

S Al-Khattaf, SA Ali, AM Aitani, N Žilková… - Catalysis …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Alkylbenzenes form an important segment of petrochemical industry for the manufacture of
widely used commodities and specialty products. Since the last review on this topic (8) …

A descriptor for the relative propagation of the aromatic-and olefin-based cycles in methanol-to-hydrocarbons conversion on H-ZSM-5

S Ilias, R Khare, A Malek, A Bhan - Journal of catalysis, 2013 - Elsevier
The observed product distribution in methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) catalysis can be
rationalized based on the relative rates of propagation of the aromatic-and olefin-based …

Process Design Strategies To Produce p-Xylene via Toluene Methylation: A Review

N Chakinala, AG Chakinala - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
It is envisaged that the future refineries will be reconfiguring for the direct conversion of
crude oil to chemicals to improve their profitability. In this direction, the toluene methylation …

Mechanism and Kinetics of Methylating C6–C12 Methylbenzenes with Methanol and Dimethyl Ether in H-MFI Zeolites

M DeLuca, P Kravchenko, A Hoffman, D Hibbitts - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
This study uses periodic density functional theory (DFT) to determine the reaction
mechanism and effects of reactant size for all 20 arene (C6–C12) methylation reactions …

Coke-resistant (Pt+ Ni)/ZSM-5 catalyst for shape-selective alkylation of toluene with methanol to para-xylene

H Han, A Zhang, L Ren, X Nie, M Liu, Y Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape-selective alkylation of toluene with methanol is one of the most attractive promising
synthetic routes to para-xylene. To date, modified ZSM-5 zeolites are considered to be one …

Tailored mesoporosity and acidity of shape-selective fibrous silica beta zeolite for enhanced toluene co-reaction with methanol

NNM Ghani, AA Jalil, S Triwahyono, MAA Aziz… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fibrous silica beta zeolite (FSB) catalysts, which are excellent catalytic materials for
petrochemical processes, were prepared by a microemulsion system assisted by …

Kinetics and mechanism of benzene, toluene, and xylene methylation over H-MFI

I Hill, A Malek, A Bhan - ACS Catalysis, 2013 - ACS Publications
The methylation of benzene, toluene, para-xylene, and ortho-xylene over MFI structured H-
ZSM-5 and mesoporous self-pillared pentasil (H-SPP) with dimethyl ether (DME) at low …

Para-selective methylation of toluene with methanol over nano-sized ZSM-5 catalysts: Synergistic effects of surface modifications with SiO2, P2O5 and MgO

W Tan, M Liu, Y Zhao, K Hou, H Wu, A Zhang… - Microporous and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The nano-sized ZSM-5 catalysts were modified by surface coating with SiO 2, P 2 O 5, MgO
and their combinations; the catalytic properties were investigated in the shape-selective …

Kinetics of toluene alkylation with methanol catalyzed by pure and hybridized HZSM-5 catalysts

W Alabi, L Atanda, R Jermy, S Al-Khattaf - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
A kinetic study of toluene alkylation with methanol was performed over pure HZSM-5,
mordenite/ZSM-5 (hybrid of mordenite and HZSM-5), and ZM13 (composite mixture of HZSM …