2-DIMENSIONAL ZEOLITES FOR ADSORPTIVE DESULFURIZATION

dc.contributor.advisorLiu, Dongxiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFang, Jingyuen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T05:35:12Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T05:35:12Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe removal of sulfur-containing compounds from transportation fuels is of growing urgency due to the increasingly government stringent regulations. Adsorptive desulfurization at ambient conditions is a promising strategy for sulfur-containing compound removal compared to traditional hydrodesulfurization (HDS) that requires high temperature and pressure. In this thesis, we studied zeolite adsorbents for adsorptive desulfurization of model fuels. Three zeolite frameworks (MFI, MWW and FAU) in both 2-dimensional (2D) and 3D structures were synthesized and ion-exchanged to both proton-form and Ag+-form. The adsorption of thiophene and benzothiophene, respectively, in n-octane was done using both H+- and Ag+-form zeolites in both 2D and 3D structures. The results show that 2D zeolites have high adsorption capacity than 3D analogues in removal of benzothiophene. The Ag+-form zeolites increase the adsorption capacity compared with that of H+-form. In terms of zeolite framework effects, MWW zeolites possesses the highest adsorption capacity.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2XW48076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21334
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledChemical engineeringen_US
dc.title2-DIMENSIONAL ZEOLITES FOR ADSORPTIVE DESULFURIZATIONen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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