AM‐12‐25 Molecular HighwayTM Technology for FCC Catalysts in a Commercial Refinery

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At the 2011 NPRA Annual Meeting, Rive Technology introduced a proprietary mesoporous zeolite technology, called Molecular Highway™ technology, that improves on zeolite Y by creating a network of intermediate sized (2 ‐ 6 nm.) mesoporous “molecular highways” throughout the crystal structure of zeolite Y. These “molecular highways” admit and pre‐crack even the largest feed molecules, while also channeling product gasoline and diesel molecules rapidly out of the zeolite. In addition to providing an overview of the Molecular Highway technology, Rive also shared the results of early catalyst formulation work that demonstrated the benefits this new mesoporous zeolite to catalytic cracking – namely significantly improved coke selectivity and bottoms cracking, with an overall increase in transportation fuels.