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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering >> 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11705-013-1329-2

Mesoporous zeolites as efficient catalysts for oil refining and natural gas conversion

1. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China; 2. College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China

Available online: 2013-06-05
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Abstract

Zeolites have been regarded as one of the most important catalysts in petrochemical industry due to their excellent catalytic performance. However, the sole micropores in zeolites severely limit their applications in oil refining and natural gas conversion. To solve the problem, mesoporous zeolites have been prepared by introducing mesopores into the zeolite crystals in recent years, and thus have the advantages of both mesostructured materials (fast diffusion and accessible for bulky molecules) and microporous zeolite crystals (strong acidity and high hydrothermal stability). In this review, after giving a brief introduction to preparation, structure, and characterization of mesoporous zeolites, we systematically summarize catalytic applications of these mesoporous zeolites as efficient catalysts in oil refining and natural gas conversion including catalytic cracking of heavy oil, alkylation, isomerization, hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, methane dehydroaromatization, methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether, methanol to olefins, and methanol to hydrocarbons.

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