Targeted Catalytic Cracking to Olefins(TCO):Reaction Mechanism,Production Scheme,and Process Perspectives

Light olefins are important organic building blocks in the chemicals industry.The main low-carbon olefin production methods,such as catalytic cracking and steam cracking,have considerable room for improvement in their utilization of hydrocarbons.This review provides a thorough overview of recent studies on catalytic cracking,steam cracking,and the conversion of crude oil processes.To maximize the production of light olefins and reduce carbon emissions,the perceived benefits of various technologies are examined.Taking olefin generation and conversion as a link to expand upstream and downstream processes,a targeted catalytic cracking to olefins(TCO)process is proposed to meet current demands for the transformation of oil refining into chemical production.The main innovations of this process include a multiple feedstock supply,the development of medium-sized catalysts,and a diameter-transformed fluidizedbed reactor with different feeding schemes.In combination with other chemical processes,TCO is expected to play a critical role in enabling petroleum refining and chemical processes to achieve low carbon dioxide emissions.

Cobalt-embedded few-layered carbon nanosheets toward enhanced hydrogen evolution:Rational design and insight into structure-performance correlation

Over the past decades, the energy and concomitant environment issues, such as energy shortage, air pollution and global warming, have been becoming increasingly striking world-wide challenges [1,2]. Such a dilemma in turn appeals to the development and employment of clean and renewable energy.

Pore plugging effects on the performance of ZSM-5 catalyst in MTP reaction using a discrete model

Coke is an important medium for connecting reaction and regeneration of the methanol to propylene process on the ZSM5 catalyst.Coke grows in the meso and macro pores,it gradually worsens the diffusion inside the catalyst particle.Furthermore,pore plugging is inevitable which causes the deactivation of ZSM5 catalyst.However,current continuum model cannot reflect the changes in pore structure with clear physical concepts.A discrete model that is verified by the carbon deposition experiments is introduced to indicate the behavior of pore plugging effects.Results show that the pore plugging has a significant effect on the performance of the catalyst.The time varying profile of effectiveness factor is obtained,indicating a regular reduction with the increase of the pore plugging effect.Spatial distributions of pore size that would significantly enhance the plugging effect are also identified.

Rational construction of multiple hollow silicalite-1 zeolite with enhanced quasi acidity for robust vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement

Developing efficient and stable zeolites for vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime is still a great challenge to realizeε-caprolactam(CPL)green production.In this work,the hierarchical porous silicalite-1 zeolites with multiple hollow structure(S-1-M)are explored by in-situ desilication−recrystallization post-treatment of spongy highway-like zeolites(S-1-S),which are synthesized through silanization synthesis of conventional bulky silicalite-1(S-1).Compared to S-1,S-1-M achieves superior catalytic performance,with improving the CPL selectivity from 85.7%to 94.1%and prolonging the catalyst lifetime from 74 to 126 h at a weight hourly space velocity(WHSV)of 6 h^(−1).Comprehensive physiochemical studies demonstrate that the highly dispersed intracrystalline cavities within S-1-M endow greater mass diffusion and better quasi acidity inducing by the enhanced H-bonds among abundant H-bonded silanols,which is cooperatively responsible for its superior catalytic performance.

Aromatic compounds-mediated synthesis of anatase-free hierarchical TS-1 zeolite:Exploring design strategies via machine learning and enhanced catalytic performance

Simultaneous achievement of constructing mesopores and eliminating anatase is a long-term pursuit for enhancing the catalytic performance of TS-1.Here,we developed an aromatic compounds-mediated synthesis method to prepare anatase-free and hierarchical TS-1 for olefin epoxidation.A series of hierarchical TS-1 zeolites were prepared by introducing aromatic compounds containing different functional groups via the crystallization process.The formation of intercrystalline mesopores and insertion of titanium into framework were facilitated at different extent.The synergistic coordination of carboxyl and hydroxyl in aromatic compounds with Ti(OH)4 realizes the uniform distribution of titanium species and eliminates the generation of anatase.Noteworthily,eight machine learning models were trained to reveal the mechanism of additive functional groups and preparation conditions on anatase formation and microstructure optimization.The prediction accuracy of most models can reach more than 80%.Benefiting from the larger mesopore volumes(0.37 cm3⋅g−1)and higher content of framework Ti species,TS-DHBDC-48h samples exhibit a higher catalytic performance than other zeolites,giving 1-hexene conversion of 49.3%and 1,2-epoxyhenane selectivity of 99.9%.The paper provides a facile aromatic compounds-mediated synthesis strategy and promotes the application of machine learning toward the design and optimization of new zeolites.