Grégory Lapisardi

One-pot structural conversion of magadiite into MFI zeolite nanosheets using mononitrogen surfactants as structure and shape-directing agents

MFI-type materials with a lamellar morphology were successfully synthesized by using mononitrogen surfactants specifically designed by molecular modelling. The mononitrogen surfactants directed the recrystallization of a crystalline layered polysilicate formed in situ, the magadiite, into a zeolite ZSM-5. Moreover, the surfactants allow the preservation of the lamellar shape of the magadiite and inhibit a further growth into one dimension, leading to the formation of zeolite ZSM-5 nanosheets with a thickness comprised between 2 and 3 nm and a Si/Al ratio of 24. This simple approach paves a new way for obtaining zeolite materials of controlled size and shape for specific catalytic applications.

Methodology for the Study of Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrocracking Catalysts in a Batch Reactor – Coupling of GC-2D Data with Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

A new approach for studying complex feedstock conversion with a hydrocracking catalyst is proposed in this work. The reaction was carried out in a batch reactor. Vapor and liquid samples were taken at different reaction times, both at operating conditions and after cooling to room temperature. Two-dimensional gas chromatography was used to characterize in detail the composition of condensed vapor and of liquid phases, while gas samples were analyzed by conventional gas chromatography. From room temperature conditions data, vapor fraction of the hydrocarbon mixture and compositions of each phase at reaction condition were calculated and validated. Following this methodology then allows a simple tracking technique for the study of complex hydrocarbon mixture reactions in liquid and vapor phases.