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

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, June 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp 233-248
Mesoporous zeolites as efficient catalysts for oil refining and natural gas conversion
Jie Zhu, Xiangju Meng, Fengshou Xiao
Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310028, China
College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
Abstract
While zeolites have excellent catalytic performance, the sole micropores in zeolites severely limit their applications in oil refining and natural gas conversion. To address this problem, researchers have recently constructed  mesoporous zeolites by introducing mesopores into the zeolite crystals, resulting in advantages of both mesostructured materials and microporous zeolite crystals.
Authors summarize catalytic applications of 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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