In the present study, porous alumina/silica materials were prepared by selective leaching of silicon/aluminum constituents from thermal-activated kaolinite in inorganic acid or alkali liquor. The correlations between the characteristics of the prepared porous materials and the dissolution properties of activated kaolinite were also investigated. The results show that the specific surface area (...

This article summaries an approach for the removal of organic dyes like Congo red using mesoporous alumina. Industrial effluents that contain need to be treated before being discharged into surface water.

Maximizing the production of high-value olefins from heavy crude oil is a crucial topic in downstream refining industry. However, converting heavier fractions major challenge due to small pore size zeolites. Therefore, this work aimed develop extrudate zeolite catalysts posing adequate micromesoporous network and moderate acidity by combining microporous with boehmite phase alumina. These extru...

stormwater represents one of the least researched forms of wastewater in environmental science. contaminated industrial stormwater, that is stormwater generated by runoff from industrial sites such as refineries, smelters and mine sites, is even less well understood. however, contaminated industrial stormwater can have damaging environmental impacts because it generally occurs in sudden bursts ...

the objective of this research is to find an economically attractive alternative method for hydrodesulfurization of petroleum fractions and to select a suitable adsorbent for this process.deep desulfurization of transportation fuels (gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels) is being mandated by governments and is also needed for future fuel cell applications. however, it is extremely difficult and cost...

Abstract The photocatalytic performances of three Fe 2 O 3 –CeO nanocomposites were investigated toward the sulfur removal from a petroleum heavy gas oil (HGO) sample. composites prepared by different routes namely; auto-combustion, post-precipitation and precipitation. physio-chemical features optical properties presented determined via proper analytical techniques. Formation solid solution in...

Nanotechnology has the potential to introduce revolutionary changes to several areas of oil and gas industry such as exploration, production, enhanced oil recovery, and refining. In this paper, the effect of different concentrations of Fe2O3 nanoparticles as a catalyst on the heavy oil viscosity at various temperatures is studied. Furthermore, the effect of a mixture of Fe2O3 nanoparticles and ...

In an Al2O3-TiO2 mixed oxide system, the incorporation of TiO2 to alumina is known to increase the acidity of the resulting mixed oxide; depending strongly on the preparation method and the titania concentration. When using TiO2 as a support of NiMo catalysts, initial catalytic activity in hydrodesulfurization reactions is much higher than that on catalysts based on pure alumina. One of the mai...

the performance of msu-s and its forms modified with phosphotungstic acid (hpw) and nickel (ni) for the desulfurization and denitrogenation of model diesel fuel were studied. according to the results of the characteristic tests (n2 adsorption-desorption, xrd, sem, and nh3-tpd), heteropoly acid incorporation causes higher acidity along with a negligible loss of structural aspects, while ni impre...