Past, Present and Future Role of Microporous Catalysts in the Petroleum Industry

ABSTRACT Zeolitic catalysts are currently widely used in a variety of processes of the petroleum industry and represent a factor of very great economic importance. The present paper reviews the current trends in petroleum refining and examines the role of zeolitic catalysts against this background. The historical development and future perspectives of three major processes of the oil industry that apply zeolitic catalysts, viz., catalytic cracking, hydrocracking and paraffin isomerization are discussed in more detail within this context. Microporous materials offer many possibilities as catalysts to meet future demands in the catalytic process technology in petroleum refining and synthetic fuels production of the future.

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