Water Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions on ZSM-5

dc.contributor.advisor	Crossley, Steven
dc.contributor.author	Teel, Kenneth
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Resasco, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Wang, Bin
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-01T14:00:57Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-01T14:00:57Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07
dc.date.manuscript	2019-07
dc.description.abstract	Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons is an extremely important process for the production of fuels and commodity chemicals from petroleum feedstocks. The effects of water on these reactions has been studied before at high temperatures and pressures; usually these results suggest that water decreases initial reaction rate in return for less deactivation. However, there is evidence that cracking reactions on ZSM-5 could be enhanced by the presence of small amounts of water. This work studies the response of zeolites to water and ultimately suggests that water has the ability to interact with extraframework alumina to form a new species that synergizes with acid sites.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/321087
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Chemistry, Organic.	en_US
dc.subject	Catalysis	en_US
dc.subject	Hydrocarbon Cracking	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Water Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions on ZSM-5	en_US
ou.group	Gallogly College of Engineering::School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering	en_US