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US 10,913,694 B2Granted
Methods for forming ethylbenzene from polystyrene
AssigneesSaudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsNouf Mohammed Al-Jabri, Kuo-Wei Huang
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Abstract
According to one or more embodiments presently disclosed, a method of catalytically converting polystyrene may include contacting polystyrene with a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylbenzene. The catalyst may include oxidized iron, oxidized cobalt, and oxidized copper. The catalyst may further include a mesoporous support material with pores having an average pore diameter of from 2 nm to 50 nm.
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A method of catalytically converting polystyrene, the method comprising:
- contacting polystyrene with a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylbenzene, where the catalyst comprises:
- catalytic oxidized metal materials comprising:
- oxidized iron;
- oxidized cobalt;
- and
- oxidized copper;
- and
- a mesoporous support material comprising pores having an average pore diameter of from 2 nm to 50 nm,
- wherein a weight ratio of iron atoms:cobalt atoms:copper atoms in the catalyst is 1:0.4-0.6:0.5-0.7.
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A method of catalytically converting polystyrene, the method comprising:
- contacting a feed stream comprising polystyrene with a catalyst to form a product stream comprising ethylbenzene, where the catalyst comprises:
- catalytic oxidized metal materials comprising:
- oxidized iron;
- oxidized cobalt;
- and
- oxidized copper;
- and
- a mesoporous support material comprising pores having an average pore diameter of from 2 nm to 50 nm,
- wherein a weight ratio of iron atoms:cobalt atoms:copper atoms in the catalyst is 1:0.4-0.6:0.5-0.7.
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