Efficiency of Flue Gas Desulfurization System (FGD) is affected by numerous technical parameters like: proper fuel preparation, quantity and quality of fuel, combustion conditions in furnace chamber, quality of flue gas corresponding to the operating conditions of FGD system, design quantity and quality of flue gas at the inlet of FGD system, design quantity and quality of used sorbent, design ...

A study of the mean-square displacement amplitudes (MSDA) of the T(Al,Si) and 0 atoms in ordered framework silicates and aluminosilicates indicates that the sizes, shapes, and orientations of the displacement ellipsoids in these crystals are consistent with a rigid bond model. In particular, the MSDAs of the T and 0 atoms in the direction of the TO bonds tend to be equal and to increase with te...

Zeolites, microporous aluminosilicates, are amongst the most widely used catalysts in the petrochemical industry. Zeolite catalytic functionality is influenced by the location of tetrahedral alumina and associated counter-cations in the aluminosilicate framework, yet little is definitively known about the factors that govern the framework aluminium arrangement. It is generally accepted that all...

The functionalization of bentonite by intercalation of surfactants dodecylamine, hexadecylamine, octadecylamine, and the octadecyltrimethylammonium cation is described. Products are characterized by elemental analysis, thermal analysis, FT–IR spectra, and powder X-ray diffraction analysis. Laminar amine-clay nanocomposites contain about one mol amine per (Si,Al)4 clay unit, while the cationic s...

Nanoporous acid catalysts such as zeolites form the backbone of catalytic technologies for refining petroleum. With the promise of a biomass economy, new catalyst systems will have to be discovered, making shape-selective base catalysts especially important because of the high oxygen content in biomass-derived feedstocks. Strongly basic zeolites are attractive candidates, but such materials are...