Research Article

Synthesis of Micromesoporous Zeolite-Alumina Catalysts for Olefin Production from Heavy Crude Oil

Table 1

Properties of prepared catalyst support.

Sample IDSupport compositionBETPorosimetry
SSA (m2/g)TPV (cc/g)APD (Å)TPV (cc/g)PA (m2/g)APD (Å)

Al-100Versal alumina (100%)274.80.691660.638266.996
Al-Z-25CBV-300 (25%) + versal alumina (75%)340.80.596760.742207.4143
Al-Z-50CBV-300 (50%) + versal alumina (50%)425.60.411720.702132.7211
Al-Z-75CBV-300 (75%) + versal alumina (25%)559.20.282570.74969.6431