The increasing environmental concern and promotion of “green processes” are forcing the
substitution of traditional acid and base homogeneous catalysts by solid ones. Among these …

This review provides a comprehensive summary of current hydrocracking applications, and
presents recent advances in the synthesis and structure/composition control of various …

Amorphous aluminosilicates are applied in adsorption and catalysis because they can be
designed to possess micro-, meso-, and macropores. In this work, we analyze the nitrogen …

In this study, oil-soluble transition metal-based catalysts (Fe, Co, Ni) are proposed for
catalyzing aquathermolysis reactions in steam injection process for heavy oil production to …

Petroleum refinery has been developed for production of transportation fuel with light
alkenes and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (abbreviated BTEX), but global …

Utilization of the abundant heavy crude oil resources has been accepted as an effective
approach to tackle the shortage of light oil supply in the coming decades. However, the high …

Unconventional feedstocks, such as heavy vacuum residue (VR), have become potential
candidates that could be positively exploited to meet the increasing demand of high-value …

A high level of hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) is required to achieve a desirable conversion of
other hydroprocessing reactions. This results from a strong adsorption of nitrogen …

The preparation of zeolite-based bifunctional catalysts with low noble metal loadings while
maintaining optimal performance has been studied. We have deposited 0.03 to 1.0 wt% Pt …

Suspended-bed hydrocracking employing oil-soluble metal-containing compounds as the
precursors of dispersed catalysts is an effective technology for the upgrading of heavy …