King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Lieven Gevers

Jorge Gascon

Wei Xu

Ola S Ali

Youssef Saih

Jullian Vittenet

Samy Ould-Chikh

Anastasiya Bavykina

Irina Yarulina

Isidoro Morales

Ola Salah Ali

A reaction unit for catalytic conversion of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon containing feedstock to a petrochemical mixture, includes a housing; a fluid bed distributor plate located at a bottom of the housing; a regeneration zone and a stripping zone located above the fluid bed distributor plate, in which catalytic particles are housed; a reaction zone located above the stripping zone; and a condensation zone located above the reaction zone, in which a petrochemical product fluid is condensed.

Zoned fluidization process for catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon feedstocks to petrochemicals

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe pre-catalysts comprising including one or more of indium oxide, indium hydroxide, indium oxyhydroxide, an active oxide, and a refractory oxide. Embodiments of the present disclosure also describe method of making pre-catalysts based on one or more of impregnation, precipitation or co-precipitation, ball milling, and metal-organic framework (MOF)-mediated synthesis. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe methods of activating pre-catalysts and synthesizing one or more of methanol and olefins using catalysts obtained from the pre-catalysts.

Indium-based catalysts and pre-catalysts

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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Lieven Gevers