Zeolites organics, removal

Fe-zeolites were prepared using the NH4 form of BEA Si/Al = 13.5. Parent BEA zeolite (average particle size of 300 nm or 1pm) was dried at 150 °C for 4 h and then mixed with a solution of FeCl3 in acetyl acetone. After 12 h of mixing, excess of the solution was removed, the solid was dried at room temperature and heated under vacuum at 350 °C for 4 h. A sample was washed with distilled water and dried in an air at room temperature. Then, the remaining organic species in the Fe-zeolites was removed by calcination at 450 °C in air for 10 h. The produced catalysts contain 0.6 wt% of Fe. This preparation procedure predominantly provides iron introduction into cationic sites [3], Two types of catalysts were prepared, Fe-BEA with a particle size of 1 pm (Fe/m-BEA) and Fe-BEA with particle size of 300 nm (Fe/n-BEA). 

In summary, when we compare the properties of the low and intermediate zeolites with those of the high silica zeolites and silica molecular sieves, we find that their resulting properties allow the low and intermediate zeolites to remove water from organics and to carry out separations and catalysis on dry streams. In contrast, the hydrophobic high silica zeolites and silica molecular sieves can remove and recover organics from water streams and carry out separations and catalysis in the presence of water. 

Xue, M., Chitrakar, R., Sakane, K., Hirotsu, T., Ooi, K., Yoshimura, Y., Toba, M., and Feng, Q. (2005) Preparation of cerium-loaded Y-zeolites for removal of organic sulfur compounds from hydrodesulfurizated gasoline and diesel oil. J. Colloid Interface Set, 298, 535. 

The location of boron or aluminum sites in zeolites is of utmost importance to an understanding of the catalytic properties. Due to the inherent long-range disorder of the distribution of these sites in most zeolites, it is difficult to locate them by diffraction methods. The aforementioned methods to measure heteronuclear dipolar interactions can be utilized to determine the orientation between the organic SDA and A1 or B in the framework. The SDA location may be obtained by structure refinement or computational modeling. For catalytic reactions, the SDA must be removed from the pores system by calcination. 

Organo-modified natural zeolites as new tailored natural materials for removal of cations, anions and even organic pollutants may present fairly large potential for water utility companies. The topic of this study was to examine the oxyanions removal from waters by octadecylammonium-enriched inland clinoptilolite. The 18-carbon chain consisting surfactant attached on the clinoptilolite surface, as to the organic acids of living bodies comparable substances, makes the treatment process economic on scale and cost-effective as well.7... 

Deoxygenation by full decarboxylation is the best route to make fuel precursors from bio-oil, because paraffin is produced and expensive hydrogen is not required. Decarboxylation of bio-oil has been tried over zeolites, yielding an aromatic product with a too low yield and excessive coke formation (Section 6.9.3). Selective decarboxylation of organic acids makes the bio-oil less acidic and corrosive. If acids can be removed selectively as CO2, it would also improve the energy... 

This section describes catalytic systems made by a heterogeneous catalyst (e.g., a supported metal, dispersed metals, immobilized organometaUic complexes, supported acid-base catalysts, modified zeolites) that is immobilized in a hydrophilic or ionic liquid catalyst-philic phase, and in the presence of a second liquid phase—immiscible in the first phase—made, for example, by an organic solvent. The rationale for this multiphasic system is usually ease in product separation, since it can be removed with the organic phase, and ease in catalyst recovery and reuse because the latter remains immobilized in the catalyst-philic phase, it can be filtered away, and it does not contaminate the product. These systems often show improved rates as well as selectivities, along with catalyst stabilization. 

Overall the period since the 1980s can be described as a period of explosion in the discovery of new compositions and structures of molecular sieves. This can perhaps be seen most vividly by comparing the numbers of structure types contained in the various editions of the Atlas of Zeolite Structure Types [4]. The first edition (1978) contained 38 structure types, the second edition (1987) 64, the third edition (1992) 85 and the most recent edition (2007) 176. Thus 112 new structure types have been discovered since 1978. However, the reader should be cautioned that a significant number of the structure types included in the Atlas are not truly microporous or molecular sieve materials (i.e., they are not stable for the removal of as-synthesized guest species, typically water or organic templates) and therefore carmot reversibly adsorb molecules or carry out catalytic reactions. Unfortunately, the Atlas gives only limited information on the stability of the structures described. 

MFl-type zeolites are highly siliceous with Si/Al ratios from about 10 to infinity generally, the higher the Si/Al ratio the easier the synthesis. MFI zeolites are reported to be hydrophobic and organophilic and for that reason useful for removing organics from water streams and stable for separations and catalysis in the presence of water. 

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