Application of Uop molecular sieve in petroleum refining
Uop molecular sieves are a special type of zeolites that play an important role in many industrial processes, especially in petroleum refining. The unique structure and properties of these molecular sieves enable them to play a key role in the petroleum refining process. Structure and properties of Uop molecular sieve The structure of Uop molecular sieve is very unique. They consist of a network of tetrahedrons of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that are connected by the corner sharing of oxygen atoms. This structure forms a series of microscopic holes and channels whose sizes can be precisely controlled, allowing Uop molecular sieve to selectively adsorb molecules of specific sizes. Application of Uop molecular sieve in petroleum refining Uop molecular sieve plays an important role in the petroleum refining process. They are used as catalysts to help speed up various chemical reactions in the petroleum refining process. Uop molecular sieves are widely used in catalytic cracking reactions due to their ability to selectively adsorb and convert hydrocarbon molecules of specific sizes. Uop molecular sieve is also used in the separation step of the petroleum refining process. They can be used to separate hydrocarbon molecules, thereby improving the purity and quality of petroleum products. Uop molecular sieve plays an important role in the petroleum refining process. Their unique structure and properties allow them to effectively catalyze and separate petroleum molecules, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of petroleum products.
Zeolites are nature’s microscopic filters
Zeolites are a unique class of minerals that occur widely in nature and can also be synthesized in the laboratory. What makes these minerals unique is their microstructure: Zeolites are composed of tiny pores and channels that allow zeolites to adsorb and release various molecules and are therefore widely used in filtration and catalytic reactions. Structure of Zeolites The structure of Zeolites is very unique. They consist of a network of tetrahedrons of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that are connected by the corner sharing of oxygen atoms. This structure creates a series of microscopic holes and channels whose sizes can be precisely controlled, allowing Zeolites to selectively adsorb molecules of specific sizes. Applications of Zeolites Due to this unique property of Zeolites, they play an important role in many industrial processes. Zeolites are widely used in catalytic cracking reactions in petroleum refining processes because of their ability to selectively adsorb and convert hydrocarbon molecules of specific sizes. Zeolites are also used in gas separation. For example, in the separation of oxygen and nitrogen, Zeolites can selectively adsorb nitrogen, thereby enriching oxygen. Zeolites are also used in environmental protection. They can be used to adsorb and remove heavy metal ions in wastewater, and can also be used to adsorb and remove harmful gases in the air. Zeolites are a very useful mineral. Their unique structure and properties make them important in many industrial processes, from petroleum refining to environmental protection. Zeolites can be thought of as nature's microscopic filters, and they play an irreplaceable role in our lives.
Application of zeolite molecular sieve
Zeolite molecular sieve crystal has many excellent properties such as adsorption and exchangeability, so it is widely used in petrochemical industry, detergent industry, fine chemical industry and so on. In the research of zeolite molecular sieve, the preparation of molecular sieve from cheap natural minerals and its functionality is one of the most valuable research in this field. Stellerite belongs to the pyroxene family and is one of the mineral species. Based on aqueous frame aluminosilicate, Stellerite has selective adsorption for various cations at different temperatures, and has good catalytic function, processability, low hardness, low thermal expansion and good thermal stability. It is widely used in the fields of environmental materials, agricultural and animal husbandry improvement, chemical additives and adsorbents. 1. Animal husbandry production The unique structure of molecular sieve determines that it has good adsorption performance and ion exchange performance. Using molecular sieve as carrier, adsorbing and grafting antibacterial substances to make feed additives can increase the slow-release ability of antibacterial agent and improve the utilization efficiency of antibacterial agent, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort. At the same time, molecular sieve itself also has certain bactericidal ability, can improve the disease resistance of livestock, and molecular sieve is non-toxic, harmless and stable, Not absorbed by animals. The antibacterial agent of molecular sieve prepared by adsorbing potassium dicarboxylate on molecular sieve can greatly improve the antibacterial ability of potassium dicarboxylate. 2. Pharmaceutical industry Using the good adsorption and dispersion performance of molecular sieve, it can be used as the carrier of drugs to adsorb and graft the effective components in drugs, which can improve the slow-release performance of drugs, enhance the efficacy and prolong the time of drug action. Moreover, the molecular sieve is non-toxic and harmless. After taking it, it will not be absorbed in human body and has no side effects on the body. It can also load specific bacteria and effectively inhibit bacterial growth. Zeolite molecular sieve has good ion exchange performance and can adsorb and exchange heavy metal ions, so it can prepare highly active and durable antibacterial agents. 3. Sewage treatment Natural Stellerite has certain ion exchange and adsorption properties. Using its properties, ammonia nitrogen can be adsorbed from sewage, so as to achieve the effect of purifying sewage. After special treatment, natural Stellerite can form molecular sieve. The ion exchange and adsorption performance of molecular sieve is much higher than that of natural zeolite, which enables it to better adsorb heavy metal ions and other harmful ions in sewage, such as nickel, zinc, chromium, cadmium, mercury, iron plasma and organic substances such as phenol, ammonia nitrogen, trinitrogen and phosphate ions. Therefore, molecular sieve is a new material for sewage treatment. 4. Agriculture Using the adsorption performance and cation exchange performance of molecular sieve can improve soil performance, reduce soil pH, improve the supply of trace elements required by crops, exchange K, Na, Mg and Ca plasma required by crops, and play the role of Indirect fertilizer. At the same time, molecular sieve can absorb dihydroamine and other substances to form fertilizer slow-release agent, which can not only greatly improve the actual utilization rate of nitrogen fertilizer and prolong the validity period of nitrogen fertilizer, but also improve the nutritional status of crops, improve the growth vitality and virus resistance of crops, and finally achieve the purpose of increasing crop production and income.
Properties of zeolite molecular sieves
1. Adsorption performance The adsorption of zeolite molecular sieve is a physical change process. The main reason for adsorption is a "surface force" generated by molecular gravity on the solid surface. When the fluid flows through, some molecules in the fluid collide with the adsorbent surface due to irregular movement, resulting in molecular concentration on the surface, reducing the number of such molecules in the fluid, so as to achieve the purpose of separation and removal. Since there is no chemical change in adsorption, as long as we try to drive away the molecules concentrated on the surface, zeolite molecular sieve will have adsorption capacity again. This process is the reverse process of adsorption, which is called analysis or regeneration. Because the pore diameter of zeolite molecular sieve is uniform, it can easily enter the crystal cavity and be adsorbed only when the molecular dynamics diameter is less than the pore diameter of zeolite molecular sieve. Therefore, zeolite molecular sieve is like a sieve for gas and liquid molecules, and whether it is adsorbed is determined according to the size of molecules. Due to the strong polarity in the crystal cavity of zeolite molecular sieve, it can have a strong effect with the molecules containing polar groups on the surface of zeolite molecular sieve, or induce the polarization of polarizable molecules to produce strong adsorption. This polar or easily polarized molecule is easily adsorbed by polar zeolite molecular sieve, which reflects another adsorption selectivity of zeolite molecular sieve. 2. Ion exchange performance Generally speaking, ion exchange refers to the exchange of compensation cations outside the sieve frame of zeolite molecules. The compensation ions outside the zeolite molecular sieve frame are generally protons and alkali metals or alkaline earth metals. They are easily exchanged into metal ion zeolite molecular sieves of various valence states in the aqueous solution of metal salts. Ions are easy to migrate under certain conditions, such as aqueous solution or high temperature. In aqueous solution, due to the different ion selectivity of zeolite molecular sieve, it can show different ion exchange properties. The hydrothermal ion exchange reaction between metal cations and zeolite is a free diffusion process. The diffusion rate restricts the exchange reaction rate. The pore size of zeolite molecular sieve can be changed by ion exchange, so as to change its performance and achieve the purpose of shape selective adsorption and separation of mixture. After ion exchange, the number, size and position of cations in zeolite molecular sieve change. For example, the number of cations in zeolite molecular sieve decreases after the exchange of high valence cations with low valence cations, which often leads to the vacancy of position and the increase of pore size; However, when the ions with larger radius exchange the ions with smaller radius, the holes are easy to be blocked and the effective pore size is reduced. 3. Catalytic performance Zeolite molecular sieves have a unique regular crystal structure, each of which has a certain size and shape of pore structure, and has a large specific surface area. Most zeolite molecular sieves have strong acid centers on the surface, and there is a strong Coulomb field in the crystal pores for polarization. These characteristics make it an excellent catalyst. Heterogeneous catalytic reaction is carried out on solid catalyst, and the catalytic activity is related to the crystal pore size of the catalyst. When zeolite molecular sieve is used as catalyst or catalyst carrier, the catalytic reaction is controlled by the crystal pore size of zeolite molecular sieve. The size and shape of crystal pores and channels can play a selective role in the catalytic reaction. Under general reaction conditions, zeolite molecular sieve plays a leading role in the reaction direction and presents shape selective catalytic performance, which makes zeolite molecular sieve have strong vitality as a new catalytic material.
The difference between zeolite and molecular sieve
Molecular sieve is powder crystal with metallic luster, hardness of 3 ~ 5 and relative density of 2 ~ 2.8. Natural zeolite has color, synthetic zeolite is white and insoluble in water. Thermal stability and acid resistance increase with the increase of SiO2 / Al2O3 composition ratio. Molecular sieve has a large specific surface area, up to 300 ~ 1000m2 / g, and the inner crystal surface is highly polarized. It is not only a kind of efficient adsorbent, but also a kind of solid acid. The surface has high acid concentration and acid strength, which can cause positive carbon ion type catalytic reaction. When the metal ions in the composition are exchanged with other ions in the solution, the pore size can be adjusted to change its adsorption and catalytic properties, so as to prepare molecular sieve catalysts with different properties. Zeolite is the general name of zeolite group minerals. It is an aluminosilicate mineral containing aqueous alkali metal or alkaline earth metal. According to the characteristics of zeolite minerals, it can be divided into four types: frame, sheet, fibrous and unclassified. According to the characteristics of pore system, it can be divided into one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems. Any zeolite is composed of silica tetrahedron and alumina tetrahedron. Tetrahedrons can only be connected by vertices, that is, they share one oxygen atom, not "edges" or "faces". The aluminum oxygen tetrahedron itself cannot be connected, and there is at least one silicon oxygen tetrahedron between them. The silicon oxygen tetrahedron can be directly connected. Silicon in silicon oxygen tetrahedron can be replaced by aluminum atoms to form aluminum oxygen tetrahedron. However, the aluminum atom is trivalent, so in the aluminum oxygen tetrahedron, the electricity price of one oxygen atom is not neutralized, resulting in charge imbalance, which makes the whole aluminum oxygen tetrahedron have negative points. In order to keep neutral, there must be positively charged ions to offset, which are generally compensated by alkali metal and alkaline earth metal ions, such as Na, CA, Sr, Ba, K, Mg and other metal ions. Because of its unique internal structure and crystalline chemical properties, zeolite has a variety of characteristics that can be used in industry and agriculture. The natural zeolite is light gray, and sometimes it has been found in the world. Holding it in your hand is obviously lighter than ordinary stones. This is because the zeolite is filled with subtle holes and channels, which is much more complex than the hive. If zeolite is compared to a hotel, there are 1 million "rooms" in this "Super Hotel" of 1 cubic micron! These rooms can automatically open or block the door according to the gender, height, weight and hobbies of "passengers" (molecules and ions), and will never let "fat" go to "thin" rooms, nor will tall people live in the same room with short people. According to this characteristic of zeolite, people use it to screen molecules and obtain good results. This is of great significance for the recovery of copper, lead, cadmium, nickel, molybdenum and other metal particles from industrial waste liquid. Zeolite has the properties of adsorption, ion exchange, catalysis, acid resistance and heat resistance, so it is widely used as adsorbent, ion exchanger and catalyst, as well as gas drying, purification and sewage treatment. Zeolite also has "nutritional" value. Adding 5% zeolite powder to the feed can accelerate the growth of livestock, make them strong, fresh meat and high egg laying rate. Due to the porous silicate nature of zeolite, there is a certain amount of air in the pores, which is often used to prevent explosion and boiling. During heating, the air in the small hole escapes, playing the role of gasification core, and small bubbles are easy to form on its corners. The main difference is that in their use, zeolites are generally natural with different pore sizes. As long as there are bubbles, they can prevent boiling. The function of molecular sieve is much higher, such as screening molecules, making catalysts, slow-release catalysts, etc. Therefore, it has certain requirements for pore size, which is often synthetic.
Method and characteristics of preparing zeolite molecular sieve from natural silicoaluminescent clay
Zeolite molecular sieve is a kind of silicoaluminate crystal with regular pore structure. It is widely used in the fields of gas adsorption and separation, industrial catalysis, heavy metal ion pollution control and so on. The traditional hydrothermal synthesis of zeolite molecular sieve often takes chemical products containing silicon and aluminum and organic template as raw materials, which is not only expensive, but also pollutes the environment. In recent years, with the popularity of the concept of "green chemical industry", natural aluminosilicate clays such as kaolin, montmorillonite, rectorite and illite have shown great potential as raw materials for the synthesis of zeolite molecular sieves because of their rich reserves and low price. Their synthesis processes mainly include seed method, steam assisted solid-phase method and solvent-free method. 1. Seed method Since Holmes et al reported the production of high-purity ZSM-5 molecular sieve with natural kaolin as silicon source and commercial molecular sieve as crystal seed, the crystal seed method has greatly reduced the production cost because it can greatly shorten the synthesis induction period, inhibit the formation of hybrid crystals and regulate the grain size, as well as the characteristics of green synthesis process, simple and convenient operation and no organic template, It has become one of the representative routes of green synthetic zeolite molecular sieve. The mechanism of synthesizing clay based zeolite molecular sieve by seed method tends to liquid phase synthesis mechanism, that is, the zeolite seed is partially dissolved in the early stage of crystallization to form small fragments with the primary unit structure of zeolite molecular sieve; At the same time, the aluminosilicate gel formed by the dissolution polycondensation of the active aluminosilicate species produced by the activation of natural aluminosilicate clay will gradually wrap the seed fragments and crystallize under the structure guidance of the seed to form a shell structure with the seed as the core. With the extension of crystallization time, the amorphous aluminate gel gradually generates primary molecular sieve structural units, which deposit from shell to core through concentration polymerization, and finally convert the active geological and mineral polymer formed by clay depolymerization into zeolite molecular sieve. 2. Quasi solid phase combination method The technology is characterized in that the spacer is used to crystallize the raw material for synthesizing zeolite molecular sieve in the vapor phase of reaction solvent and structure directing agent. Compared with the traditional hydrothermal synthesis process, the quasi solid phase synthesis system has been widely used in the synthesis of ZSM-5, SSZ-13, SAPO-34 and other zeolites in recent years because of its advantages such as less amount of template, saving water and eliminating the separation steps between products and mother liquor. The crystallization process of natural silica alumina clay based zeolite prepared by quasi solid phase synthesis technology is more in line with the two-phase crystallization mechanism between solid-phase and liquid-phase synthesis. That is, in the early stage of crystallization of solid-phase synthetic zeolite molecular sieve, natural silicoaluminescent clay dissolves under the dual action of water vapor and strong alkaline hydroxide ions attached to the surface of solid raw materials, generates active silicon and aluminum species, and takes the lead in crystallization into zeolite molecular sieve microcrystals. With the extension of crystallization time, ZEOLITE CRYSTALLITES absorb more active silicon and aluminum species from their surroundings, and gradually grow according to Oswald mechanism under the action of Na + and structure directing agent. In the vapor environment, the mass transfer and heat transfer of active silicon and aluminum species in the environment around the crystal nucleus are greatly increased, which not only reduces the activity of the surface of geopolymer and makes the organic template easy to adhere to the surface of solid raw materials, but also promotes the further depolymerization and rearrangement of geopolymer, thus accelerating the growth rate of crystal. Although the preparation of clay based zeolite molecular sieve by solid-phase like synthesis technology overcomes the green synthesis characteristics of a large number of synthetic solvents, it is still unable to be industrialized due to a series of practical problems, such as cumbersome synthesis operation, excessive pressure in the system during crystallization and impurity of synthetic products. 3. Solvent free method In order to overcome the problems of large discharge of alkaline solution, environmental pollution, low yield of single kettle and high pressure of synthesis system caused by the use of solvent water in the traditional synthesis of zeolite molecular sieve, the technology of solvent-free synthesis of clay based zeolite molecular sieve came into being. Since the solvent-free synthesis of zeolite molecular sieve belongs to the interaction between solid and solid state, and there is no solvent addition in its synthesis process, the problems of solvent emission and synthesis pressure caused by zeolite production are completely eliminated. At present, it is considered that the solvent-free synthesis of clay based zeolite molecular sieve follows the solid-state transformation mechanism. That is, the formation of zeolite crystallization should go through four stages: diffusion, reaction, nucleation and growth. Different from hydrothermal seed synthesis and steam assisted solid-phase synthesis, there is neither the dissolution of solid-phase raw materials nor the direct involvement of liquid phase in the nucleation and crystal growth of zeolite in the process of solvent-free synthesis. In the process of zeolite synthesis, prolonging the grinding time and strengthening the grinding force can not only increase the opportunity of intermolecular contact and facilitate the spontaneous diffusion of molecules, but also increase the surface free energy of reaction components, so as to increase the total free energy of zeolite synthesis. In the crystallization process, depending on the rich voids and concentration gradient difference between the phase interfaces, the active silicon and aluminum species produced by the activation and depolymerization of natural silicoaluminescent clay polymerize and gradually form a primary "crystal core", and then they will continue to be polycondensated, condensed and finally connected into molecular sieve single crystals.