This study presents a novel combination of microwave irradiation and structured zeolite/SiC foam catalyst to improve the methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) process as well its environmental sustainability. Accordingly, ZSM-5/SiC was studied under at various reaction temperatures (400–550 °C) space velocities (8 12 h−1) compared conventional ZSM-5 pellets. promoted higher selectivity towards C1−C5 h...

Identification of the catalyst characteristics correlating with key performance parameters including selectivity and stability is to rational design. Herein we focused on identification property-performance relationships in methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process by studying detail catalytic behaviour MFI, MEL their respective intergrowth zeolites. The detailed material characterization reveals that b...

Nanocrystal HZSM-5 zeolite aggregates with different SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios were prepared under low temperature and were used to catalyze the conversion of methanol to propylene and butene. The coke location, coke content, and coke species deposited on HZSM-5 aggregates were investigated. The near-graphite carbon on the external surface of HZSM-5 zeolite (SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio = 400) was dist...

Solvent effects on 2,6-dichloro-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-pyridinium-1-yl)phenolate [ET (33) dye] and 7diethylamino-3,4-benzophenoxazine-2-one (Nile Red) in binary mixtures of organic solvents (acetone, acetonitrile, propylene carbonate, methanol and ethane-1,2-diol) with 1,3-dialkyl imidazoliumbased ionic liquids were studied by UV-visible spectroscopy. Highly nonlinear behaviour of mixtures of alcoh...

Methanol, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and propylene conversion were examined in a laboratory flow reactor over three base-metal containing alumina-supported palladium (Pd) catalysts in addition to Pd on y-alumina catalyst. The base metals were cerium, barium, and a combination of the two. Experiments were performed to determine the effect of air to fuel ratio on lightoff temperatures of vari...

Thymidine was reacted in methanol with four epoxides of varying mutagenicities: propylene oxide, glycidol, epichlorohydrin and trichloropropylene oxide. A single product was detected with each epoxide, and these products had the same retention times on silica high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). UV spectra of the products identified them as 3-alkylthymidines, and this was confirmed by in...

This paper deals with maximizing dimethyl ether (DME) production from methanol due to its industrial importance as a future diesel fuel. The high acidity and the micro-porous structure of the catalysts encouraged this reaction. Catalysts containg 6% CuO supported on H-ZSM-5 and H-MOR zeolites give high activities for DME production. The 6% CuO/HMOR is more selective for DME production, while th...

Reaction conditions, temperature and pressure ranges, for various chemical recycling proc‐ esses of polyesters are sketched in Figure 1. So far, various recycling processes for polyesters have been investigated and developed, as reviewed by Paszun and Spychaj [1]: alcoholysis with methanol or ethanol, glycolysis with ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, alkali hydrolysis with sodium hydroxide, ...