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Preparation and application of hierarchical ZSM-5 based catalysts for upgradation of Saudi Arabia’s medium crude oil

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In this work, the effect of hierarchical pores in ZSM-5 based catalysts was investigated for upgradation of Saudi Arabia’s medium crude oil under methane environment. Such pores were created in the HZSM-5 by sequential desilication-dealumination treatment. Ag and Ga species were incorporated in the samples by incipient wetness impregnation (IWI). The samples were characterized by XRD, N2 physisorption, TEM, NH3-TPD, and Pyridine-FTIR. The hierarchical ZSM-5 based catalysts performed well in the product oil and light aromatics, which is mainly attributed to the fact that the hierarchical catalysts alleviated the diffusion limitations for the heavy components. Furthermore, when the Ga content is 2 wt% and the Ag content is 1 wt%, the best product oil was obtained, and light aromatics increased to 16.04 wt%. This is because of the matching of hierarchical ZSM-5 supports and metal components to produces an appropriate ratio of Brønsted acid to Lewis acid.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776311), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22CX03001A), Key Project of China National Key R&D Plan (2018YFE0118200), Taishan Scholar Foundation (tspd20210308), “111” Program of National College Disciplinary Innovation (B13031), Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (grant number ZR2021QB082), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (grant number 2021M703583), Shandong Province Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program (grant number 202102026), Qingdao Postdoctoral Applied Research Project (grant number QDYY20200100) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant number 21CX06022A).

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    Jie Zhong, Jin Lv, Junjie Liu, Peng Peng, Youhe Wang & Zifeng Yan

  2. Luoyang R & D Center of Technology of Sinopec Engineering (Group) CO., LTD, Luoyang, 471003, China

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  3. Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan

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Zhong, J., Li, K., Lei, J. et al. Preparation and application of hierarchical ZSM-5 based catalysts for upgradation of Saudi Arabia’s medium crude oil. J Porous Mater 31, 463–471 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-023-01506-3

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