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Process for preparing a zeolite with structure type EUO

US6342200B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 1999
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/50
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention concerns a process for preparing a zeolite with structure type EUO comprising at least one element X selected from silicon and germanium and at least one element T selected from iron, aluminium, gallium, boron, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, chromium and manganese, characterized in that seeds of at least one zeolitic material are used comprising at least one element X′ selected from silicon and germanium and at least one element T′ selected from iron, aluminium, gallium, boron, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, chromium and manganese with a ratio X′/T′ of less than 200, said seeds being different from the zeolite with structure type EUO being prepared. The present invention also concerns the use of the zeolite obtained as a catalyst in a process for converting hydrocarbon-containing feeds, as an adsorbent to control pollution and as a molecular sieve for separation, and more particularly as a catalyst in a process for isomerizing aromatic compounds containing 8 carbon atoms.

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