Saudi Arabian Oil Company

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Jgc Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd.

Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum

Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

Japan Cooperation Center for Petroleum and Sustainable Energy

Robert Peter Hodgkins

Omer Refa Koseoglu

Kuo-Wei Huang

Jean-Marie Maurice Basset

Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan

Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari

Manoj K Gangwar

Koji Uchida

Mitsunori Watabe

Frederick Marie Adam

Rajesh Parsapur

Vinod Ramaseshan

Bruce Richard Beadle

Rakan Sulaiman Bilaus

John Leonello Casci

Jillian Elaine Collier

Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari

Hai-Ying Chen

Joseph Michael Fedeyko

Raj Rao Rajaram

Adnan Al-Hajji

David Thompsett

Hendrik Muller

Tomoyasu Kagawa

Moussab Harb

Saroj Kumar Panda

Qasim Saleem

Nadrah Al-Awani

Manouj K Gangwar

Moussa Zaarour

Javier Ruiz Martinez

Alessandro Turrina

Yu Han

Ali H Alshareef

Samy Ould-Chikh

Nadrah Abdullah Alawani

Paul Cox

Amal Lajami

Yusuke Matsumoto

Naoya Kojima

Tulay Inan

Kenji Nita

Geraint Lloyd

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite includes a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The microporous framework includes at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties include a metal atom and a ring structure including the metal atom, a nitrogen atom, and one or more carbon atoms. The metal atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the metal atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Method of making modified zeolites that include amine-containing organometallic moieties

An acid medium is provided comprising one or more water-soluble oxidized disulfide oil ODSO compounds. The use of such an acid medium is disclosed as a replacement for conventional acids. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an ODSO acid or ODSO acid mixture medium comprising, consisting of or consisting essentially of one or more polar water-soluble ODSO compounds, including polar water-soluble ODSO compounds present in an effluent refinery hydrocarbon stream recovered following catalytic oxidation of mercaptans present in a petroleum feedstream.

ODSO acid medium, ODSO acid mixture medium, and uses thereof

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom. The zirconium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Modified zeolites that include zirconium-containing organometallic moieties and methods for making such

A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of cubic symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or cubic symmetry observable by microscopy.

Hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous materials with long-range mesoporous order having cubic symmetry

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of zeolite. A sol-gel formulation includes a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products include zeolite with increased crystallinity relative to comparable sol-gel formulations without ODSO as a precursor. In additional embodiments, the rate of crystallization of the zeolite is greater relative to comparable sol-gel formulations without ODSO.

Method to synthesize crystalline materials in the presence of ODSO with improved zeolite crystallization rates and enhanced relative crystallinity

Disclosed are methods and systems for quantitation of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene in aromatics recovery complexes. High-performance liquid chromatography using a carbon stationary phase and a gradient mobile phase is performed. The carbon stationary phase can be a porous graphitic carbon stationary phase. The mobile phase includes an organic acid in water and an alcohol. The organic acid can include formic acid, and the alcohol can include methanol. The methods and systems achieve a resolution between xylene isomer peaks of greater than 2.0 when sampling industrial process streams in aromatic recovery complexes.

Optimization of p-xylene recovery by integration of HPLC into aromatics recovery complex

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of CHA framework crystalline materials of silica and a framework metal oxide, with the ability to reduce the amount of structure directing agent needed for synthesis. This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products include CHA framework crystalline materials of silica and a framework metal oxide, whereby a framework metal oxide can be an oxide of Al, Fe, B or Ga.

Method to lower structure directing agent content requirement for manufacture of crystalline material having a CHA framework

A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of lamellar symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or lamellar symmetry observable by microscopy.

Hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous materials with long-range mesoporous order having lamellar symmetry

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of co-crystallized *BEA/MOR zeolites. This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products are, or contain, co-crystallized *BEA/MOR zeolites, whereas in the absence of the ODSO, the resulting products are zeolite beta.

Method for manufacture of co-crystallized zeolite beta and zeolite mordenite in the presence of ODSO

Methods of synthesis of mesoporous silica are disclosed. The mesoporous silica synthesized herein, like SBA-15, possesses a two-dimensional, hexagonal, through-hole structure with a space group p6mm. An effective quantity of one or more thermally expandable microcells are used during synthesis to impart distinct characteristics.

Method for manufacture of mesoporous silica in the presence of thermally expandable microcells

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of mordenite zeolites. This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products are, or contain, mordenite zeolites, with increased yield.

Method for manufacture of zeolite mordenite in the presence of ODSO

Disclosed are methods and systems for quantitation of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene. High-performance liquid chromatography using a carbon stationary phase and a gradient mobile phase is performed. The carbon stationary phase can be a porous graphitic carbon stationary phase. The mobile phase includes an organic acid in water and an alcohol. The organic acid can include formic acid, and the alcohol can include methanol. The methods and systems achieve a resolution between xylene isomer peaks of greater than 2.0.

Method for separation and quantitation of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene (BTEX) using high performance liquid chromatography

A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of hexagonal symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or hexagonal symmetry observable by microscopy.

Hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous materials with long-range mesoporous order having hexagonal symmetry

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of co-crystallized pentasil zeolite and zeolite mordenite (hereinafter 'MFI/MOR zeolites'). This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products are, or contain, co-crystallized MFI/MOR zeolites, whereas in the absence of the ODSO, the resulting products are analcime, typically considered a zeolite impurity.

Method for manufacture of co-crystallized pentasil zeolite and zeolite mordenite in the presence of ODSO

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group comprising a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may comprise a hafnium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the hafnium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Modified zeolites that include hafnium-containing organometallic moieties and methods for making such

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