Fast development of the coalbed natural gas (CBNG) industry in many parts of the western U.S. has resulted in the co-production of potentially salinesodic waters, hereafter referred to as CBNG water. Management of CBNG water is a major environmental challenge because of its quantity and quality. In this study, the potential utilization of calcium (Ca)-rich natural zeolites were examined for rem...

amygdaloidal, cavity- and fracture-filling zeolites in eocene volcanic rocks from the kuh-e-aradeh of southern kahrizak, in the northernmost part of central iran have been studied in some detail by optical, chemical analysis, sem, and xrd techniques. the zeolites identified, in order of their relative time of formation from early to late, are tetranatrolite, analcime, natrolite, mesolite, stilb...

Lewis acidic zeolites are used to synthesize unsaturated dicarboxylic acid esters via aldol condensation of keto esters. Hafnium-containing BEA (Hf-BEA) zeolites catalyze the condensation of ethyl pyruvate into diethyl 2methyl-4-oxopent-2-enedioate and diethyl 2-methylene-4oxopentanedioate (an itaconic acid ester analogue) with a selectivity of ca. 80% at ca. 60% conversion in a packed-bed reac...

Application of high resolution electron microscopy (HREM) to the study of Pt-Sn/y-Al20 3 supported catalyst, zeolites, iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis, rare-earth oxide catalysts, etc., is described. Micro-twins, dislocations and other crystallographic imperfections are observed. Moreover, the structure images of channels representing columns of cages in several kinds of zeolites as well as...

—A machine learning approach is applied to classify zeolite crystals according to their framework type. The Zeolite-Structure-Predictor is introduced based on the Random Forest algorithm. Zeolites structural data from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) are used to train the model. The ZSP uses sixteen attributes including topological descriptors obtained with statistical geometry a...

The synthesis of zeolite NaA from silica by-product was carried out in the presence of 20 kHz ultrasound at room temperature. Zeolites obtained in this type of synthesis were compared to zeolites obtained by performing conventional static syntheses under similar conditions. The sonication effects on zeolite NaA synthesis were characterized by phase identification, crystallinity etc. The effects...

All-silica zeolite frameworks doped with methylene and amine groups are studied using density functional theory-based electron structure calculations. Strain energies are calculated in a novel way, by comparing zeolite energies with appropriate polymer reference systems. The modified zeolites are found to be mechanically stable structures with surprisingly little strain. Distortions due to impu...

Background: There are great resources of natural zeolite in Iran. Zeolite, an inorganic ion-exchanger, may be used as a suitable technical-economical solution for water treatment in many regions of Iran. In this study, the characterization of natural zeolite natrolite and the feasibility of removing hardness, cations, and anions were investigated. Methods: First, zeolite composition and type...