State of the art in the industrial production and application of zeolite-containing adsorbents and catalysts in Russia

The review considers methods for the production of powdered zeolites, which are now manufactured on industrial scale, and granulated zeolite-containing adsorbents and catalysts obtained on their basis; information on the manufacturers of such materials in Russia is provided. Their application in the adsorption dehydration, refinement and separation of gas and liquid media as well as in the catalytic processing of hydrocarbon feedstock in Russia and worldwide is briefly considered.

Assessment of the current state of research and achievements in the field of catalytic processing of natural gas into valuable chemical products

The review examines the current state of the catalytic conversion of natural gas into valuable chemical products and fuel. The main component of natural gas is methane. Methane conversion processes are of great importance for society because natural gas, along with oil, supplies us with energy, fuel and chemical products. Direct and indirect methods of methane conversion are considered. Direct conversion of methane is often viewed as the holy grail of modern research, since methane molecules are very stable. The review considers the methods of obtaining such compounds as synthesis gas, methanol, ethylene, formaldehyde, benzene, etc. The greatest emphasis is placed on the direct processes of methane conversion, namely on the dehydroaromatization of methane. The catalysts and the conditions for their preparation are considered, the state of active centers is studied, and the mechanism of methane dehydroaromatization is proposed. The reasons for deactivation of the catalysts and methods of their regeneration are also described. This review will help to summarize the latest known achievements in the field of heterogeneous catalysis for natural gas processing.

Revealing the effect of catalyst concentration on the process of fuel oil refining using the technology of aerosol nano catalysis

The primary oil processing product is a mixture of different hydrocarbons. One of the hard-to-process petroleum products is fuel oil. This paper considers a method to derive clear (light) fractions of petroleum products by the catalytic processing of fuel oil on a zeolite-containing catalyst at 1 atm under the technological conditions of aerosol nanocatalysis. The prospect of the catalytic processing of a viscous residue ‒ fuel oil ‒ has been analyzed and estimated. The process is carried out by dispersing the catalytically active component in a vibratory-fluidized layer. Chemical transformation occurs during the constant mechanochemical activation of catalyst particles by forming an aerosol cloud in the reactive volume. Natural zeolite catalyst of the type Y was selected for research. Methods for separating the gasoline and diesel fractions of light hydrocarbons and for analyzing the gas phase have been given. The effect of the concentration of zeolite catalyst aerosol on the composition of cracking products (the yield of the gasoline and diesel fractions of light hydrocarbons) has been studied. It is noted that the rate of the course of fuel oil processing in the aerosol of the catalyst is 1.5‒2 times higher than that in thermal processing. It has been found that in fuel oil processing based on the aerosol nanocatalysis technology, the concentration of the catalyst can be controlled to produce the final product. The study results have shown that the optimal conditions for processing fuel oil in the aerosol of the catalyst should be considered 773 K, a frequency of 5 Hz, a pressure of 1 atm. At the same time, a concentration of the catalyst of 1‒5 g/m3 should be considered optimal for the output of a light fraction of hydrocarbons. In this case, the yield is up to 80 % of the fraction in the laboratory. It was found out that during the processing of fuel oil, the concentration of the catalyst makes it possible to optimize the output of light oil products under the technological conditions of aerosol nanocatalysis

Optical characterization of non-thermal plasma jet energy carriers for effective catalytic processing of industrial wastewaters

An argon plasma jet was sustained in open air and characterized for its chemical composition. The optically characterized plasma jet was used to treat industrial wastewater containing mixed textile dyes and heavy metals. Since plasma jet produces UV-radiations, the photocatalytic TiO2 was used to enhance plasma treatment efficiency especially for degradation of dyes. Mixed anatase and rutile phases of TiO2 (5.2–8.5 nm) were produced through surfactant assisted sol–gel approach. The emission spectrum confirmed the presence of excited argon, OH, excited nitrogen, excited oxygen, ozone and nitric oxide in the plasma jet. The spectral lines of excited Ar, NO, O3, OH−, N2, $${\mathrm{N}}_{2}^{+}$$ N 2 + , O, $${\mathrm{O}}_{2}^{+}$$ O 2 + and O+ species were observed at wavelength of 695–740 nm, 254.3 nm, 307.9 nm, 302–310 nm, 330–380 nm, 390–415 nm, 715.6 nm, 500–600 nm and 400–500 nm. These reactive species decompose the organic pollutants and separate the heavy metals from the water samples. The conductivity of plasma exposed water samples increased while pH and hardness decreased. The atomic absorption spectrophotometry analysis confirmed the presence of heavy metals in the samples, which were effectively removed through plasma treatment. Finally, the effect of plasma treatment on Staphylococcus aureus strains was more pronounced than Escherichia coli strains.

Composite catalysts for the catalytic processing of fuel oil

The paper describes the catalytic cracking of heavy petroleum feedstock on catalysts based natural Taizhuzgen zeolite and Narynkol clay (Kazakhstan). Catalytic cracking was studied on fuel oil of the M-100 brand taken from the LLP Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery (Kazakhstan). Air was added into the reaction medium. It was found that under optimal conditions, the conversion of the heavy residue of M-100 fuel oil reaches 46.2%, when cracking the initial fuel oil, the yield of the middle distillate fraction is 85.7 wt. % due to the content of 41.1 wt. % residual light gas oil in the resulting products. The optimal composite catalyst allows carry out the cracking of heavy oil residues without preliminary purification and with a high degree ofconversion to diesel fraction.

Catalytic processing of organochlorine wastes into valuable monomers

The paper is devoted to experimental development of method for 1,1,2-trichlorethane (TCE) dehydrochlorination (DHC). The economic and environmental issues of organic chlorinated compounds processing are described. The basic principle and possible products of TCE processing are presented. The DHC of TCE, which is one of the chlorinated organic wastes produced in the ethylene dichloride process, to vinylidene chloride (VDC) was carried out over over CaO, MgO supported on SiO2 and modified with CsCl catalysts. This process was carried out in a continuous flow fixed-bed reactor. The prepared catalysts were characterized by surface area and base properties before/after reaction. The methodology for determining properties of catalyst is described. Laboratory activity test apparatus was developed, and the schematic diagram is presented in the paper. The method of determination of TCE concentration of was calculated from its partial saturation vapor pressure at a given temperature is presented. Encouraging results were obtained on the catalyst containing 10 % CsCl/CaO·SiO2. The direction of the DHC reaction changed radically under described conditions: VDC was not formed at all and the major products were cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethene. Interesting results were obtained with the catalytic system comprising 10 % (MgO-CsCl) (1:1) supported on SiO2. DHC of 2 % TCE/Ar at 302 °C proceeds quantitatively over 20 h with selectivity for VDC of more than 80%. These systems are suitable to study the factors providing the binding and removal of HCl from the reaction zone. A possible way to increase the selectivity for VDC is the creation of the conditions favoring the DHC of TCE into VDC by the radical mechanism, which was observed in experiments with 10% CsCl/CaSiO3. The directions for future researches are formulated and described.

Catalytic processing of distillate fractions of a resin in the presence of finely dispersed catalysts

The article describes the catalytic cracking of heavy oil residue in the presence of a finely dispersed catalyst. It was determined that in the processing of high molecular weight hydrocarbons, catalysts are effective, which are uniformly distributed in the volume of raw materials and are introduced into the technological process in the form of small particles. Coke tar mainly consists of 27.00 wt.% asphaltenes, 60.00 wt.% of polyaromatic hydrocarbons that have been studied and identified as a potential source of raw materials to produce motor fuels in the future.

Catalysts for methane conversion process

The article describes current trends in the catalytic processing of natural gas such as partial and deep, also steam oxidation of methane and methane decomposition. Kazakhstan is rich in large energy resources. Therefore, it is important to create new gas chemical technologies that will allow gas resources to produce valuable chemical products. Currently, processes based on these reactions have not been introduced into production. There are highlighted catalyst systems for each reaction that provides good performance. The oxide catalysts based on metals of variable valency are effective in all processes. In the future, it is important to increase the activity of these catalysts. The catalysts were prepared by impregnating the carrier capillary (γ-Al2O3) by incipient wetness and subsequently dried at 2000C (2 h) and calcination at 5000C for three hours. In this article, a catalyst based on nickel-zirconium (3%NiО-2%ZrО2) is active in the partial oxidation of methane to obtain synthesis gas. On this catalyst, the reaction products are H2 - 60.5 vol.%, CO - 30.5 vol.%. On a 3%NiО-7%Со2О3-0,5%Сe2O3 catalyst in the reaction of DRY conversion methane 95.6% and the yield of hydrogen and carbon monoxide is 47.0 and 45.9 vol%, respectively. 29.6% methane is converted even at low temperatures (350°C) on catalyst 3%NiО-2%СеО2/γ-Al2O3 modified with cerium oxide in the reaction of deep oxidation of methane. Iron-based catalysts for the reaction of decomposition of methane to hydrogen gas are effective. On 5 wt.% Fe/ɣ-Al2O3 catalyst at 700°C of reaction of methane conversion was 2%, with an increase in the reaction temperature to 850°C, the methane conversion reached 13%, and the hydrogen yield is increased to 5.8 vol.%.