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Currently Viewing: All Categories > Technology 00034F
00034F: Ultrastable porous aluminosilicate structures for industrial catalysis
Technology Categories
Chemicals, Energy, Materials, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Keywords
aluminosilicate, catalysis, hydrothermal stability, fluidized bed, cracking, zeolite, solid acid
Background
Mesoporous materials contain uniformly-sized pores with diameters between 1 and 100 nm. These long-ranged ordered materials provide large surface areas for potential applications in catalysis, sorption, gas sensing, optics, and photovoltaics.
Description
This technology is a method for preparing a porous aluminosilicate catalyst. Zeolite materials are partially digested in a basic solution in the presence of a surfactant to generate zeolite fragments. These fragments are assembled to form a mesoporous aluminosilicate material that is characterized by uniformly-sized pores. The strong acidity and exceptional hydrothermal stability of this material makes it potentially useful as a catalyst for petroleum refining and for chemical conversion of large molecules.
Benefits
- Enhanced catalytic throughput: Faster diffusion and higher molecular conversions result from larger reaction surfaces within uniformly distributed mesopores.
- Unprecedented acidity and stability: Highly acidic catalyst e.g. cumene cracking activity and steam stable.
- Integrable: Uses conventional processing.
Applications
Catalytic applications benefit from large reaction surfaces and molecular channels. Industrial catalysis is becoming important in the conversion of large molecules and in petroleum refinement as oil quality is becoming more diverse.
Development Status
The invention is ready for a pilot production scale-up effort.
IP Protection Status
US 6585952 (issued Jul 1, 2003)
US 6746659 (issued Jun 8, 2004)
US 6702993 (issued Mar 9, 2004)
US 6706169 (issued Mar 16, 2004)
US 6770258 (issued Aug 3, 2004)
US 6869906 (issued Mar 22, 2005)
US 7128892 (issued Oct 31, 2006)
US 6746659 (issued Jun 8, 2004)
US 6702993 (issued Mar 9, 2004)
US 6706169 (issued Mar 16, 2004)
US 6770258 (issued Aug 3, 2004)
US 6869906 (issued Mar 22, 2005)
US 7128892 (issued Oct 31, 2006)
Contact
For more information about this technology, please contact Bradley Shaw at 517-355-2186 or shawbr@msu.edu.