CH4/N2 separation on methane molecules grade diameter channel molecular sieves with a CHA-type structure

Samples of methane molecules grade diameter channel CHA-type molecular sieves(Chabazite-K, SAPO-34 and SSZ-13) were investigated using the adsorption separation of CH4/N2 mixtures. The isotherms recorded for CH4 and N2 follow a typical type-Ι behavior, which were fitted well with the Sips model(R2>0.999) and the selectivity was calculated using IAST theory. The results reveal that Chabazite-K has the highest selectivity(SCH4/N= 5.5).2 SSZ-13 has the largest capacity, which can adsorb up to a maximum of 30.957 cm3·g-1(STP) of CH4, due to it having the largest pore volume and surface area, but the lowest selectivity(SCH4/N2= 2.5). From the breakthrough test, we can conclude that SSZ-13 may be a suitable candidate for the recovery of CH4 from low concentration methane(CH4<20%) based on its larger pore volume and higher CH4 capacity. Chabazite-K is more suited to the separation of high concentration methane(CH4>50%) due to its higher selectivity.

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Photo-oxidation of Thiophene by O_2 Adsorbed on Molecular Sieves

Photochemical oxidation of thiophene in n-octane/water extraction system using O2 as oxidant was studied. The reaction mechanism ofthiophene oxidation was proposed. Results obtained here can be used as the reference for the oxidative desulfurization of gasoline because thiophene is one of the main components containing sulfur in fluid catalytic cracking gasoline. Thiophene dissolved in n-octane was photodecomposed and removed into the water phase at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. A 500 W high-pressure mercury lamp （main wave length 365 nm, 0.22 kW/m） was used as light source for irradiation, and air was introduced by a gas pump to supply O2. Thiophene can be photo-oxidized to sulfone, oxalic acid, SO4^2-, and CO2. The desulfurization yield of thiophene in n-octane is 58.9% under photo-irradiation for 5 h under the conditions of air flow at 150 mL/min and V（water）：V（n-octane）=1：1. It can be improved to 92.3% by adding 0.15 g zeoliteartificial into 100 mL reaction system, which is the adsorbent for O2 and thiophene. And under such conditions, the photo-oxidation kinetics of thiophene with O2/zeoliteartificial is first-order with an apparent rate constant of 0.5047 h^-1 and a half-time of 1.37 h. The sulfur content can be depressed from 800 μL/L to less than 62 μL/L.

Cr-MCM-41 Molecular Sieves Crystallized at Room Temperature for Reaction of Ethane with CO_(2)

A series of Cr-containing MCM-41 molecular sieves crystallized at room temperature with a hexagonal and well-ordered structure were synthesized. XRD, FT-IR and DRS UV-Vis techniques were used to characterize the samples. The results indicate incorporation of Cr into the MCM-41 framework, and dispersion of some CrsO3 on the surface or/and in the bulk of the MCM-41. Test of catalytic properties of the series of samples for the topic reaction was carried out using a continuous-flow fixed-bed quartz reactor. Factors influencing the catalytic performance for this title reaction, such as Cr/Si ratio in MCM- 41 and reaction temperature were investigated. The experimental results indicate that over the 5%CrMCM-41 a 43.27% conversion of ethane and a 86.70% selectivity for ethylene were achieved in the ethane dehydrogenation with COs to ethylene at 973 K. It is suggested that both Cr^6＋ and Cr^3＋ are the catalytic activity center.

Biosorption and Chemical Precipitation of Lead Using Biomaterials, Molecular Sieves, and Chlorides, Carbonates, and Sulfates of Na &Ca

Lead, a heavy metal, is a well known contaminant in water and has been reported to cause serious health implications to humans, animals, and plants. One of the processes for heavy metal remediation of contaminated water is chemical precipitation. In this present work, chemical precipitation of lead from a contaminated aqueous matrix by chlorides, carbonates, and sulfates of sodium and calcium was compared to lead removal by molecular sieves and biomaterials (fishbone, grape and spinach). The order of lead removal from 1400 ppm of lead solution is sodium chloride (31%) < calcium chloride (62%) burnt grape (83%) < charred spinach (92.3%) < sodium phosphate (95.8%) < sodium carbonate (97%) < molecular sieve sphere (98.7%) < sodium sulfate (99.3%) s ground (99.71%) < fishbone (99.87%)

Fuzzy color morphological sieves

To solve the problems that exist in the color morphological sieves, a new fuzzy color morphological sieve is proposed.The method adopts color fuzzy model to define extrema and selects more rational regional merging way to produce better results.It can deal with the maxima or the minima areas respectively and the approach is simple and agile in design.The color fuzzy model and the steps of the algorithm are discussed.The evaluation of the performance shows the new method can produce the best synthetical performance.

Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica and Ti-containing Molecular Sieves via A Novel Assembly

Thermally stable mesoporous silica and Ti-containing molecular sieves have been synthesized at mild temperature using low-cost and biodegradable --- amphoteric tetradecyl betaine as template. The physicochemical characterizations proved that Ti(IV) could be incorporated in the mesoporous struture.

Research on Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis for Ion Exchange of Molecular Sieves

In view of the problems associated with large amount of discharged wastewater and serious pollution in the existing technology for removing sodium species from molecular sieves,this research work introduces the bipolar membrane electrodialysis into the process of removing sodium species from molecular sieves,and proposes a novel method of cleanly removing sodium from molecular sieves.The results show that the technology for removing sodium ions from the molecular sieves with an indirect electrodialysis process is feasible,and can recover Na OH solution.The bipolar membrane electrodialysis is especially suitable for treating the USY,ZSM-5 and Beta molecular sieves with high acid-resistance,and the physicochemical properties and catalytic performance of the prepared molecular sieves are roughly equivalent to those of the ammonium ion-exchange method.In comparison with the ammonium ion-exchange method,the process is clean and environmentally friendly,which consumes less water,and does not discharge wastewater to exhibit a rosy prospect of industrial application.

Evaluation of metal-doped manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves in catalytic reduction of NO_x from cigarette mainstream smoke

A series of Ag,Cu and Co-doped manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves(OMS-2) were synthesized and evaluated to remove nitrogen oxides(NOx) from cigarette mainstream smoke.The three kinds of catalysts were added to cigarettes for studying the capabilities of reducing NOx from cigarette mainstream smoke.The catalysis and reduction of NO in laboratory were studied.A mechanism for NOx catalytic reduction from burning cigarettes with the catalysts adding to cigarettes was described.The catalysts show excellent catalytic activity for NOx removal,especially the Ag-doped OMS-2 catalyst.0.5%(mass fraction) Ag-doped OMS-2 catalyst has the best ability to remove NOx from cigarette mainstream smoke.The use of Ag-doped OMS-2 as catalyst for removing carcinogenic compounds from cigarette smoke will be an effective strategy to protect the environment and public health.

Synthesis and Characterization of the Large Pore Molecular Sieves VPI-5 and Si-VPI-5

The large pore molecular sieves VPI-5 and Si VPI-5 were synthesized by using three organic amines (dipropylamine, diisopropylamine and dipentylamine) as the structure-directing agents. Compared with general alumlnophosphate molecular sieves, the synthesis of the molecular sieves of VPI-5 type ls of many unique features. Both VPI-5 and Si-VPI-5 were characterized by XRD, IR, TG-DTA, and MAS-NMR.

Effects of Assistant Agent on Mesoporous Structure of Silica MCM-41 Molecular Sieves

The nanostrutured mesoporous silica materials MCM-41 with different pore sizes were synthesized by adding 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (TMB) as assistant agent in the reactant mixture. The obtained samples were investigated by XRD, HRTEM, FTIR and N_2 adsorptions. It is shown that the pore sizes, ordered degree and specific surface area increase effectively with the incremental addition of TMB in an appropriate range, but the (100) peak intensity of XRD pattern becomes weakened and the ordered degree decreases when the additive quantity continued to increase. With the addition of TMB in an appropriate range, the effective surfactant ion pair packing parameter, g=V/a_0l, is mediated in the range of 1/3-1/2 with the increment of V and l, indicating that mesoporous silica is a well-ordered hexagonal structure. However, when the addition of TMB increases, g value becomes larger, which leads to a less long-range ordered structure for the uneven condissolution of TMB.

Syntheses of Ferrocenyl Schiff Bases Using Molecular Sieves and AlCl_3 as Catalysts

In order to study the donor ability of ferrocenylimines as directing ortho metalation group（DMG） to lithium alkylide to prepare planar chiral ferrocene, a series of ferrocenyl schiff bases were synthesized by new methods using molecular sieves（0.4nm） and AlCl3 as catalysts. The reaction periods were reduced using these two catalysts in contrast with Al2O3, which was a traditional method used in the literature. In addition, as an important feature of these schiff bases, we found that they were unstable as oils in air or when filtrated through silica gel, but were stable as solids. The structures of the new compounds were confirmed by IR, ^1H NMR and HRMS.

Researches on the In Situ Copolymerization of Ethylene with Catalysts Immobilized onto the Molecular Sieves

In this paper,the bi-functional catalyst system composed of molecular sieve（MCM-41） immobilized oligomerization catalyst（C25H17Cl2N3·FeCl2） and copolymerization catalyst（Et（Ind）2ZrCl2） was employed in the in situ copolymerization of ethylene aiming to prepare the Linear low density polyethylene（LLDPE）.In this paper,we mainly argued the regular pattern of the in situ copolymerization of ethylene in limited nano-space and compared it with that happening in free space.The impact of variance of the reaction temperature,Fe/Zr value and the A1/（Fe＋Zr） value on the activity of the in situ copolymerization of ethylene has also been introduced.Furthermore,the degree of branching,thermal properties and crystalline changes of the obtained polymerization products prepared from different reactivity were investigated.

Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Molecular Sieves via a NovelTemplating Scheme

Mesoporous silica molecular sieves have been synthesized under mild conditions by using in situ prepared N,N-dimethyldodecylamine oxide as template.

Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Substituted Aluminophosphate Molecular Sieves with AEL Structure

MAPO-11 molecular sieves were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. The influence of precursor of magnesium, Mg/Al ratio, synthesis temperature, synthesis time and the type of template on the formation and properties of MAPO-11 molecular sieves was examined. The samples were characterized by the techniques of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric/differential thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DGA), etc. The results show that the shape and size of crystal were influenced by the precursor of Mg, the Mg/Al ratio and the type of template, and the TG-DGA analysis shows that MAPO-11 molecular sieves as-synthesized have poor thermal stability.

Facile synthesis of Cu-doped manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve for the efficient degradation of sulfamethoxazole via peroxymonosulfate activation

Advanced processes for peroxymonosulfate(PMS)-based oxidation are efficient in eliminating toxic and refractory organic pol-lutants from sewage.The activation of electron-withdrawing HSO_(5)^(-)releases reactive species,including sulfate radical(·SO_(4)^(-)),hydroxyl radical(·OH),superoxide radical(·O_(2)^(-)),and singlet oxygen(1O_(2)),which can induce the degradation of organic contaminants.In this work,we synthesized a variety of M-OMS-2 nanorods(M=Co,Ni,Cu,Fe)by doping Co^(2+),Ni^(2+),Cu^(2+),or Fe^(3+)into manganese oxide oc-tahedral molecular sieve(OMS-2)to efficiently remove sulfamethoxazole(SMX)via PMS activation.The catalytic performance of M-OMS-2 in SMX elimination via PMS activation was assessed.The nanorods obtained in decreasing order of SMX removal rate were Cu-OMS-2(96.40%),Co-OMS-2(88.00%),Ni-OMS-2(87.20%),Fe-OMS-2(35.00%),and OMS-2(33.50%).Then,the kinetics and struc-ture-activity relationship of the M-OMS-2 nanorods during the elimination of SMX were investigated.The feasible mechanism underly-ing SMX degradation by the Cu-OMS-2/PMS system was further investigated with a quenching experiment,high-resolution mass spec-troscopy,and electron paramagnetic resonance.Results showed that SMX degradation efficiency was enhanced in seawater and tap water,demonstrating the potential application of Cu-OMS-2/PMS system in sewage treatment.

Alkali Treatment of Commercial Silicoaluminophosphate Molecular Sieves (SAPO_-34) Enhances the Water Adsorption and Desorption Properties

Commercial silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves (SAPO-34) received alkali treatment with either NaOH (0.2, 0.01, 0.005, or 0.001 M) or NH4OH (0.005 M). Treatment with NaOH (0.005 M) increased the water adsorption initial rate of SAPO-34 by 1.4-fold. The alkali treatment introduced Na+ adsorption sites into the SAPO-34. The desorption ratio (adsorption at 30°C and desorption at 100°C) was 88.2% higher than the original rate (84.3%). On the other hand, after alkali treatment of SAPO-34 using NH4OH (0.005 M), calcination resulted in the highest desorption ratio at 91.3%. When combined with calcination, alkali treatment with NH4OH introduced H+adsorption sites into SAPO-34, H+ adsorption sites feature low levels of interaction with water, which enhanced the desorption ratio, but decreased the initial adsorption rate. These results indicate that treating commercial SAPO-34 with 0.005 M NaOH enhances both the adsorption and desorption behaviors.

Preparation and Characterization of Stellera Chamaejasme-Based Carbon Molecular Sieves

The activation effect of boric acid as an activator is good,and we investigate the best activation conditions for the boric acid impregnation method.To represent the structural characteristics and adsorption performance of the Stellera Chamaejasme based carbon molecular sieves,we use Brunner-Emmet-Teller(BET)measurements,scan-ning electron microscope(SEM),Raman spectra(Raman),X-ray diffraction(XRD),and adsorption property measurement.When the loading ratio was 0.68:1,the specific surface area was 532.21 m^(2)/g,the total pore volume was 0.24 cm 3/g,the average pore size was 1.81 nm,the adsorption value of methylene blue was 145.28 mg/g,and the adsorption value of iodine was 713.33 mg/g,the results showed that boric acid had better activation effect.The carbon molecular sieves made from Stellera Chamaejasme and activated with boric acid produce two peaks on the aperture distribution graph that are densely distributed in the micropore range.This indicates that boric acid’s pore-forming tendency is primarily micropore.

Extended wet sieving method for determination of complete particle size distribution of general soils

The traditional standard wet sieving method uses steel sieves with aperture?0.063 mm and can only determine the particle size distribution(PSD)of gravel and sand in general soil.This paper extends the traditional method and presents an extended wet sieving method.The extended method uses both the steel sieves and the nylon filter cloth sieves.The apertures of the cloth sieves are smaller than 0.063 mm and equal 0.048 mm,0.038 mm,0.014 mm,0.012 mm,0.0063 mm,0.004 mm,0.003 mm,0.002 mm,and 0.001 mm,respectively.The extended method uses five steps to separate the general soil into many material sub-groups of gravel,sand,silt and clay with known particle size ranges.The complete PSD of the general soil is then calculated from the dry masses of the individual material sub-groups.The extended method is demonstrated with a general soil of completely decomposed granite(CDG)in Hong Kong,China.The silt and clay materials with different particle size ranges are further examined,checked and verified using stereomicroscopic observation,physical and chemical property tests.The results further confirm the correctness of the extended wet sieving method.

Removal of reactive bright-red X-3B in water by Ti/13X molecular sieves

The compound materials （shorted by Ti/13X） of doping of TiO2 into 13X molecular sieves has-been achieved by methods namely impregnation. Technical parameters of preparation for Ti/13X were determined by removal efficiency of simulation dyeing wastewater containing reactive bright-red X-3B （shorted by X-3B）. In various preparation parameters, the influence of Ti loaded on 13X molecular sieves on X-3B removal efficiency is most important. The optimum condition for volume of TiCI4 loaded on 13X molecular sieves is 8 ml at 95.9%, produced sample referred as M8. M8 was characterized using X-Ray Diffraction （XRD）, Scanning Electron Microscope （SEM）. XRD patterns of M8 revealed the incorporation of titanium into framework of 13X molecular sieves, due to the presence ofTiO2 anatase phase. SEM image showed that M8 has a large number of wormhole-like channels, in comparison with that of 13X molecular sieves. The photocatalytic tests were carried out for degradation of X-3B. The results showed that the dosage of Ti/13X, reaction time, pH, and concentration of X-3B influence the X-3B removal efficiency. The optimum conditions of photodegradation as the following： MS/X-3B ratio, Conc. is 0.3 g/l, reaction time is 120 rain, pH is 2-6. The photodegradation reaction of Ti/13X with X-3B followed first order kinetics. The rate constants and t1/2 for M8 sample at 0.3 g/l M8/ X-3B solution ratio were 430 min^-1 and 16 min, respectively.