A process for the preparation of small aromatic compounds from black liquor comprising: providing black liquor that derives from alkaline treatment of wood chips; subjecting the black liquor to a pyrolysis treatment to yield a pyrolysed black liquor gas and a solid mass comprising char and salts in a first reactor, wherein the salts substantially derive from the treatment of black liquor; contacting at least part of the pyrolysed black liquor gas with a catalyst in a second reactor, which is different from the first reactor to provide a conversion treatment to yield a conversion product; and recovering small aromatic compounds from the conversion product.

Bimetal-incorporated mesoporous silicate catalysts are provided. In embodiments, such a catalyst comprises a silicate lattice, a first transition metal M, and a second transition metal M, wherein M and M are selected from Zr, Nb, and W and are directly incorporated into the silicate lattice such that M and M replace Si atoms. Methods of using the catalysts are also provided, including in methods for dehydrating alcohols. Methods of making the catalysts are also provided.

Direct conversion of syngas to light olefins is carried out in a fixed bed or a moving bed reactor with a composite catalyst A+B. The active ingredient of catalyst A is active metal oxide; and catalyst B is one or more than one of zeolite of CHA and AEI structures or metal modified CHA and/or AEI zeolite. A spacing between geometric centers of the active metal oxide of the catalyst A and the particle of the catalyst B is 5 m-40 mm. A spacing between axes of the particles is preferably 100 m-5 mm, and more preferably 200 m-4 mm. A weight ratio of the active ingredients in the catalyst A and the catalyst B is within a range of 0.1-20 times, and preferably 0.3-5.

Direct conversion of syngas to light olefins is carried out in a fixed bed or a moving bed reactor with a composite catalyst A+B. The active ingredient of catalyst A is active metal oxide; and catalyst B is one or more than one of zeolite of CHA and AEI structures or metal modified CHA and/or AEI zeolite. A spacing between geometric centers of the active metal oxide of the catalyst A and the particle of the catalyst B is 5 m-40 mm. A spacing between axes of the particles is preferably 100 m-5 mm, and more preferably 200 m-4 mm. A weight ratio of the active ingredients in the catalyst A and the catalyst B is within a range of 0.1-20 times, and preferably 0.3-5.

A process for preparing a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O, said process comprising (i) preparing a pre-synthesis mixture comprising water, a CHA framework structure directing agent, and a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type MFI and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O; (ii) removing water from the pre-synthesis mixture obtained from (i) by heating the pre-synthesis mixture to a temperature of less than 100 C. at a pressure of less than 1 bar (abs); (iii) hydrothermally crystallizing the zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O.

A process for preparing a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O, said process comprising (i) preparing a pre-synthesis mixture comprising water, a CHA framework structure directing agent, and a zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type MFI and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O; (ii) removing water from the pre-synthesis mixture obtained from (i) by heating the pre-synthesis mixture to a temperature of less than 100 C. at a pressure of less than 1 bar (abs); (iii) hydrothermally crystallizing the zeolitic material comprising Ti, having framework type CHA and having a framework structure which comprises Si and O.

The present disclosure provides a sound absorbing material. The sound absorbing material comprising a heteroatom zeolite molecular sieve comprising a framework and an extra-framework cation, the framework comprising SiO2 and a metal oxide MxOy comprising a metal element M, wherein the framework has a molar ratio of Si/M between 250 to 500, wherein the M includes Fe, and that the extra-framework cation is at least one of a monovalent copper ion, a monovalent silver ion, a monovalent gold ion, an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion. The sound absorbing material provided by the present disclosure, sound absorbing material to have better oxygen adsorption capacity, good waster repellency and stability. When such a sound absorbing material is applied to a speaker box, the speaker box will have better low frequency acoustic performance and better reliability.

The present disclosure provides a sound absorbing material. The sound absorbing material comprising a heteroatom zeolite molecular sieve comprising a framework and an extra-framework cation, the framework comprising SiO2 and a metal oxide MxOy comprising a metal element M, wherein the framework has a molar ratio of Si/M between 250 to 500, wherein the M includes Fe, and that the extra-framework cation is at least one of a monovalent copper ion, a monovalent silver ion, a monovalent gold ion, an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion. The sound absorbing material provided by the present disclosure, sound absorbing material to have better oxygen adsorption capacity, good waster repellency and stability. When such a sound absorbing material is applied to a speaker box, the speaker box will have better low frequency acoustic performance and better reliability.

A method including subjecting an ultra-stable Y-type zeolite having a low silica-to-alumina molar ratio (SAR), such as in a range of 3 to 6, to acid treatment and heteroatom incorporation contemporaneously to give a framework-modified ultra-stable Y-type zeolite.

The invention relates to methods for hydrocracking or hydrotreating hydrocarbon containing feedstocks. This is accomplished via the use of a catalyst which comprises a zeolite of *BEA framework, where a portion of aluminum atoms in the *BEA framework have been substituted by from 0.1-5.0 wt % of each of Ti and Zr, calculated on an oxide basis.