King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Xinglong Dong

Yu Han

Wei Xu

Jean-Marie Maurice Basset

Youssef Saih

Qiwei Tian

Zhaohui Liu

Sohel K Shaikh

Miao Sun

Ola S Ali

Remi Mahfouz

Isidoro Morales Osorio

An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.

Integrated process for mesophase pitch and petrochemical production

According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to for mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.

Cationic polymers and porous materials

According to one or more embodiments, a mesoporous zeolite may included a microporous framework that includes a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm, and a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The mesoporous zeolite may included an aluminosilicate material, a titanosilicate material, or a pure silicate material. The mesoporous zeolite may included a surface area of greater than 350 m/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm/g.

According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to form mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.

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