Abstract: An oxygenate conversion catalyst useful in the conversion of oxygenates such as methanol to olefinic products may be improved by the use of a catalyst combination based on a molecular sieve in combination with a co-catalyst comprising a mixed metal oxide composition which has oxidation/reduction functionality under the conditions of the conversion. This metal oxide co-catalyst component will comprise a mixed oxide of one or more, preferably at least two, transition metals, usually of Series 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table, with the metals of Series 4 being preferred, as an essential component of the mixed oxide composition. The preferred transition metals are those of Groups 5, especially titanium and vanadium, Group 6, especially chromium or molybdenum, Group 7, especially manganese and Group 8, especially cobalt or nickel. Other metal oxides may also be present.

Abstract: Provided are a catalyst which inhibits light paraffins form being produced in catalytic cracking of heavy hydrocarbons and which effectively produces olefins and a process in which the above catalyst is used to produce olefins from heavy hydrocarbons at a high yield. The catalyst is a catalytic cracking catalyst for catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon raw material, comprising (A) pentasil type zeolite modified with a rare earth element and zirconium and (B) faujasite type zeolite, and the process is a production process for olefin and a fuel oil, comprising bringing a heavy oil containing 50 mass % or more of a hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher into contact with the catalyst described above to crack it.

Abstract: The subject invention comprises a novel UZM-14 catalytic material comprising globular aggregates of crystallites having a MOR framework type with a mean crystallite length parallel to the direction of 12-ring channels of about 60 nm or less and a mesopore volume of at least about 0.10 cc/gram. Catalysts formed from the novel material are particularly effective for the transalkylation of aromatics.

Abstract: The alkylation of aromatic compound with acyclic mono-olefin is effected at low aromatic compound to mono-olefin ratios with reduced co-production of heavies. In the processes a small crystal, acidic FAU molecular sieve is used as a catalyst under alkylation conditions. This invention also relates to catalysts containing small crystal, acidic FAU molecular sieve and at least one other acidic catalytic component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of metal-doped zeolites comprising the steps of i) provision of a dry mixture of a) a zeolite, b) a compound of a catalytically active metal, ii) intimate grinding of the mixture, iii) heating of the mixture in a reactor, iv) cooling to room temperature and obtaining the metal-doped zeolite, wherein the internal pressure in the reactor during the heating is kept in a pressure range from 0 to ?200 millibar. The invention further relates to the use of a metal-doped zeolite prepared by means of the process according to the invention for the conversion of NOx and N2O into harmless products.

Abstract: Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis using a noncobalt catalyst is used to produce waxy fuel and lubricant oil hydrocarbons from synthesis gas derived from natural gas. The waxy hydrocarbons are hydrodewaxed, with reduced conversion to lower boiling hydrocarbons, by contacting the waxy hydrocarbons, in the presence of hydrogen, with an unsulfided hydrodewaxing catalyst that has been reduced and then treated by contacting it with a stream containing one or more oxygenates.

Abstract: An emission control catalyst that exhibits improved CO and HC reduction performance includes supported precious group metal catalysts that are coated onto different layers of the substrate for the emission control catalyst. Zeolites of one or more types are added to the emission control catalyst as a hydrocarbon absorbing component to boost the low temperature performance of the emission control catalyst. Y zeolite is used by itself or mixed with other zeolites to enhance hydrocarbon storage at low temperatures.

Abstract: Compositions for reduction of NOx generated during a catalytic cracking process, preferably, a fluid catalytic cracking process, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition, preferably containing a Y-type zeolite, and a particulate NOx composition containing particles of a zeolite having a pore size ranging from about 3 to about 7.2 Angstroms and a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio of less than about 500. Preferably, the NOx reduction composition contains NOx reduction zeolite particles bound with an inorganic binder. In the alternative, the NOx reduction zeolite particles are incorporated into the cracking catalyst as an integral component of the catalyst. Compositions in accordance with the invention are very effective for the reduction of NOx emissions released from the regenerator of a fluid catalytic cracking unit operating under FCC process conditions without a substantial change in conversion or yield of cracked products.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst, which comprises, based on the total weight of the catalyst, 1-60 wt % of a zeolite mixture, 5-99 wt % of a thermotolerant inorganic oxide and 0-70 wt % of clay, wherein said zeolite mixture comprises, based on the total weight of said zeolite mixture, 1-75 wt % of a zeolite beta modified with phosphorus and a transition metal M, 25-99 wt % of a zeolite having a MFI structure and 0-74 wt % of a large pore zeolite, wherein the anhydrous chemical formula of the zeolite beta modified with phosphorus and the transition metal M is represented in the mass percent of the oxides as (0-0.3)Na2O.(0.5-10)Al2O3.(1.3-10)P2O5.(0.7-15)MxOy.(64-97)SiO2, in which the transition metal M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn and Sn; x represents the atom number of the transition metal M, and y represents a number needed for satisfying the oxidation state of the transition metal M.

Abstract: A method comprising forming a slurry comprising a first catalyst composition, a second catalyst composition, and a solvent, wherein the first catalyst composition comprises a zeolite and the second catalyst composition comprises a second catalytic metal disposed upon a porous inorganic support; washcoating the slurry onto a substrate; and calcining the washcoated substrate.

Abstract: A zeolite adsorbent for desulfurization and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, a zeolite adsorbent for desulfurization in which the relative crystallinity of Y zeolite that is ion exchanged with Ag is 45% to 98%, and a method of preparing the same. The zeolite adsorbent for desulfurization has excellent crystallinity over the known zeolite adsorbent for desulfurization, and thus has better performance of adsorbing sulfur compounds though it contains less Ag. Accordingly, when the sulfur compounds of a fuel gas are removed by employing the zeolite adsorbent for desulfurization, a desulfurizing device that is bettereven with less cost can be constructed.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit has thermal conductivity equal to or greater than about 0.15 W/m/K but less than or equal to about 0.60 W/m/K and has Young's modulus equal to or greater than about 1.5 MPa but less than or equal to about 7.0 Mpa. The honeycomb unit includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, and partition walls. The partition walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define plural through holes.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit containing zeolite and an inorganic binder and having cell walls extending from one end to another end along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. An amount of zeolite contained per apparent unit volume of the honeycomb unit is approximately 230 g/L or more. A thickness X mm of the cell walls is in a range from approximately 0.15 mm to approximately 0.35 mm. A mathematical formula 40X+20?Y?40X+30 is satisfied when a porosity of the cell walls is defined as Y %.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit has a longitudinal direction and cell walls extending from one end face to another end face along the longitudinal direction to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes an inorganic binder, and zeolite ion-exchanged with plural kinds of metal ions.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit. The at least one honeycomb unit includes zeolite, inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from a first end face to a second end face along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes a cross-sectional surface orthogonal to the longitudinal direction having a substantially square shape. An aperture ratio of the at least one honeycomb unit is in a range from about 50% to about 65%. A formula 12.5V+50<Lc/wc<12.5V+200 is satisfied, where V (liter) denotes the volume of the honeycomb structure and the wc (cm) and Lc (cm) denote a cell width and a total length of the cells, respectively.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit and a coat layer provided at a peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb unit includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from a first end face to a second end face of the honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. A ratio ?c/?h is equal to or larger than about 0.75 and equal to or smaller than about 1.25. Ec/Eh is equal to or larger than about 0.75 and equal to or smaller than about 1.25. The ?c and ?h are coefficients of thermal expansion of the coat layer and the honeycomb unit, respectively, in a radial direction of the honeycomb structure. The Ec and Eh are Young's moduli of the coat layer and the honeycomb unit, respectively, in the radial direction of the honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit and a peripheral wall at a peripheral surface connecting one end face and another end face of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, and cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit has a b-axis compression strength of about 1.0 MPa or less. A thickness T of the peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure is larger than 0.42V-0.25 (mm), where V is a volume of the honeycomb structure and in a range from about 1.0 liters to about 10 liters.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit including zeolite, an inorganic binder, and cell walls. The cell walls extend from a first end face to a second end face to define cells along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb unit. Each of the cell walls includes a center part in the longitudinal direction and a first end part adjacent to the first end face. The first end part has a thickness larger than a thickness of the center part, and/or the first end part has a porosity smaller than a porosity of the center part.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a center area, an outer peripheral area, and at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction. The center area has a smaller similarity shape in relation to a peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The smaller similarity shape is defined by including a center of the honeycomb structure and substantially a half of a length from the center to the peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure. The outer peripheral area is located outside the smaller similarity shape. An aperture ratio of the honeycomb structure is from approximately 50% to approximately 65% in the cross section of the honeycomb structure. The aperture ratio includes a first aperture ratio in the outer peripheral area and a second aperture ratio in the center area. The first aperture ratio is larger than the second aperture ratio.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit having a longitudinal direction and including cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction from one end face to another end face to define cells. The at least one honeycomb unit includes inorganic particles, inorganic binder, and inorganic fibers. The inorganic fibers include a bio-soluble inorganic compound.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes at least one honeycomb unit which includes walls. The walls have a thickness of from about 0.10 mm to about 0.50 mm and extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure to define through-holes. The honeycomb structure has a center area inside a boundary line passing through positions located at substantially a half of a length from a center of the honeycomb structure to a periphery of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The honeycomb structure has a peripheral area outside the boundary line. A thickness of the walls located in the peripheral area is larger than a thickness of the walls located in the center area. A first opening ratio in the center area in the cross section is larger than a second opening ratio in the peripheral area in the cross section.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb units and an adhesive layer. Each of the plurality of honeycomb units has a longitudinal direction and includes zeolite, an inorganic binder, a first end face, a second end face, and a cell wall. The second end face is located opposite to the first end face in the longitudinal direction. The cell wall extends from the first end face to the second end face along the longitudinal direction to define cells. The adhesive layer includes zeolite and is provided between the plurality of honeycomb units to connect the plurality of honeycomb units. A ratio of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the adhesive layer to a coefficient of thermal expansion of each of the plurality of honeycomb units is in a range from approximately 0.8 to approximately 1.2.

Abstract: A method for producing a substantially desulfurized a hydrocarbon fuel stream at temperatures less than 100° C. The method includes providing a nondesulfurized fuel cell hydrocarbon fuel stream that may include water and passing the fuel stream sequentially through a zeolite Y adsorbent and a selective sulfur adsorbent. The zeolite Y adsorbent may be exchanged with copper ions. The method produces a substantially desulfurized hydrocarbon fuel stream containing less than 50 ppb sulfur.

Abstract: This invention relates to an alkylation catalyst, a method for preparing the alkylation catalyst, and a method for alkylating olefins and paraffins. The alkylation catalyst includes a foam catalyst support wherein active catalyst particles have been appended to the surface of the foam support.

Abstract: The invention provides a zeolite of the faujasite structure which has a unit cell size in the range of from 24.40 to 24.50 ?; a bulk silica to alumina ratio (SAR) in the range of from 5 to 10; and an alkali metal content of less than 0.15 wt %. Such zeolites have been found to have a very useful naphtha selectivity in hydrocracking, particularly a selectivity to heavy naphtha. A preparation process for the zeolite, hydrocracking catalyst composition comprising the zeolite and its use in hydrocracking are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalytic composition comprising a first catalyst composition portion that comprises a zeolite; and a second catalyst composition portion that comprises a catalytic metal disposed upon a porous inorganic substrate; the first catalyst composition portion and the second catalyst composition portion being in an intimate mixture.

Abstract: A porous material having fine holes with controlled diameters and a catalyst having an active ingredient supported in the fine holes in the porous material are used. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the plurality of fine holes is within a range of 8 to 9 ?. The fine hole diameter is preferably from 8 to 9 ? when the diameter is measured in a gas adsorption method in which fine holes with diameters of 3.4 to 14 ? can be measured. The fine hole diameter is also preferably from 8 to 9 ? when the fine hole diameter is calculated from a crystal structure. According to a second embodiment of the invention, the porous material is mesoporous silica. The primary particle diameter of the mesoporous silica is preferably within a range of 150 to 300 nm.

Abstract: A high capacity adsorbent may be used for enriching oxygen concentration in an air stream. Such a high capacity adsorbent may be from about 2 to about 3 times lighter relative to the currently available technology. Furthermore, the high capacity adsorbent is readily capable of regeneration after deactivation by water vapor. Unlike current available immobilization technology in which clay binder was used to bind 13X zeolite and additional 10% organic binder was used to immobilize beads, the adsorbents of the present invention may be made using just an organic binder, thereby reducing pore spoilage caused by the clay binder. Further unlike conventional adsorbents, which may use sodium as its cation, the adsorbent of the present invention uses a lithium cation, thereby resulting in enhanced nitrogen adsorption performance.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers.

Abstract: A composition comprising FCC catalyst particles and additive particles suitable for the reduction of NOx emissions from a FCC regenerator, said additive particles comprising a Mg and Al-containing anionic clay or solid solution, a rare earth metal oxide, alumina and/or silica-alumina, and Y-type zeolite. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such a composition and its use for reducing NOx emissions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the purification of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, which comprises a catalytically active coating on an inert ceramic or metal honeycomb body, said coating comprising at least one platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium and iridium on a fine, oxidic support material. As an oxidic support material, the catalyst comprises a low-porosity material on the basis of silicon dioxide that comprises aggregates of essentially spherical primary particles having an average particle diameter of between 7 and 60 nm.

Abstract: A catalytic material includes microporous zeolites supported on a mesoporous inorganic oxide support. The microporous zeolite can include zeolite Beta, zeolite Y (including “ultra stable Y”—USY), mordenite, Zeolite L, ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-20, Theta-1, ZSM-23, ZSM-34, ZSM-35, ZSM-48, SSZ-32, PSH-3, MCM-22, MCM-49, MCM-56, ITQ-1, ITQ-2, ITQ-4, ITQ-21, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-37, Breck-6, ALPO4-5, etc. The mesoporous inorganic oxide can be e.g., silica or silicate. The catalytic material can be further modified by introducing some metals e.g. aluminum, titanium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, iron, tungsten, palladium and platinum. It can be used as catalysts for acylation, alkylation, dimerization, oligomerization, polymerization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, aromatization, isomerization, hydrotreating, catalytic cracking and hydrocracking reactions.

Abstract: Zeolite-based honeycomb bodies and methods of manufacturing same. Zeolite-based honeycomb bodies especially suited for engine exhaust treatment applications include a primary phase comprising a zeolite having a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio in the range from 5 to 300. The zeolite-based composites are porous with an open porosity of at least 25% and a median pore diameter of at least 1 micron. The zeolite-based honeycomb bodies can be manufactured by an extrusion method.

Abstract: Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. Embodiments include brominated sorbent substrate particles having a carbon content of less than about 10%. Other embodiments include one or more oxidatively active halides of a nonoxidative metal dispersed on sorbent substrate particles mixed with activated carbon in an amount up to 30% by weight.

Abstract: Process for preparing alkylated aromatic compounds which comprises reacting an aromatic compound with a ketone and hydrogen in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a solid acid material and copper. A preferred aspect is to use a catalytic composition also containing one or more elements selected from elements of groups IIIA, IVA, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, group VIII limited to Fe, Ru and Os, and of the series of lanthanides. A particularly preferred aspect is to use a catalytic composition containing one or more elements selected from elements of groups IIIA and VIB.

Abstract: A process for converting polyalkylaromatics to monoalkylaromatics, particularly cumene, in the presence of a modified LZ-210 zeolite is disclosed. The process attains greater selectivity, reduced formation of undesired byproducts, and increased activity.

Abstract: The invention discloses a rare-earth Y-zeolite-containing catalyst for cracking hydrocarbons and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst is characterized in that the rare-earth content in crystal lattice of the rare-earth Y-zeolite, calculated in RE2O3, is from 4 to 15% by weight, the original unit cell size is from 2.440 nm to 2.465 nm and the equilibrium unit cell size after 100% steam-aging treatment at 800° C. for 17 hours is larger than 2.435 nm. The catalyst is obtained in the following steps: the rare-earth Y-zeolite is dried first till its water content less than 10% by weight, then in a weight ratio of SiCl4:Y-zeolite=0.1˜0.9:1, reacts with SiCl4 gas carried by dry air, further is purged by dry air and washed by decationized water to remove the soluble by-products; the resulted rare-earth Y-zeolite is mixed with a binder and a clay, pulped and formed by spary drying.

Abstract: Increased yields of naphtha and increased catalyst activity are obtained in a hydrocracking process by the use of a catalyst containing a beta zeolite and a Y zeolite having a unit cell size from 24.38 to 24.50 angstrom. The catalyst has a relatively high amount of Y zeolite relative to beta zeolite.

Abstract: This invention relates to a mesoporous catalytic cracking catalyst, a process for the production of such catalysts, and a process utilizing such catalysts in cracking operations. The mesoporous fluidized catalytic cracking catalyst is selective for minimizing the production of coke and light gas. The catalyst comprises an amorphous, porous matrix having pores ranging in diameter from about 1 ? to about 10 ? and ranging in diameter from about 40 ? to about 500 ?, but substantially free of pores ranging in diameter from about 10 ? to about 40 ?.

Abstract: The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction catalyst composition comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above zero within the interior of the pore structure of the sieve as well as a cerium component which enhances the stability and sulfur reduction activity of the catalyst. The molecular sieve is normally a faujasite such as USY. The primary sulfur reduction component is normally a metal of Period 3 of the Periodic Table, preferably vanadium. The sulfur reduction catalyst may be used in the form of a separate particle additive or as a component of an integrated cracking/sulfur reduction catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalytic composition comprising a first catalyst composition portion that comprises a zeolite; and a second catalyst composition portion that comprises a catalytic metal disposed upon a porous inorganic substrate; the first catalyst composition portion and the second catalyst composition portion being in an intimate mixture. Disclosed herein is a method, comprising mixing a first catalyst composition portion with the second catalyst composition portion to form a catalytic composition; the first catalyst composition portion comprising a zeolite and the second catalyst composition portion comprising a metal disposed upon a porous substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst used for converting coal tar to diesel, the preparation method and use thereof The catalyst has a compound of iodine, an inorganic oxide matrix and the compound dispersed therein; or an inorganic oxide matrix and the compound dispersed therein together with a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite, and relates to a method of coal tar converse to diesel in which at least one of the catalysts are used by dispersing an iodine compound in an inorganic oxide matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hydrothermally stable porous molecular sieve catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst consists of a product obtained by the evaporation of water from a raw material mixture comprising a molecular sieve having a framework of Si—OH—Al—, a water-insoluble metal salt and a phosphate compound. The catalyst maintains its physical and chemical stabilities even in an atmosphere of high temperature and humidity. Accordingly, the catalyst shows excellent catalytic activity even when it is used in a severe process environment of high temperature and humidity in heterogeneous catalytic reactions, such as various oxidation/reduction reactions, including catalytic cracking reactions, isomerization reactions, alkylation reactions and esterification reactions.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for preparing a catalyst composition comprising (a) contacting a molecular sieve composition with a solution of a solvent and a solute under ion-exchange conditions to form an exchanged molecular sieve composition, wherein the solute comprises at least one of an amide compound, an imide compound, a strong proton donor, or any combination thereof, the solute has a solubility in the solvent of at least 0.05 g per 100 grams of the solvent, preferably at least 1 gram per 100 grams of the solvent; and (b) separating the exchanged molecular sieve from the mixture of the step (a).

Abstract: A catalyst for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process, and a method to prepare the catalyst is disclosed. The catalyst of the present invention has a higher surface area, more uniform metal distribution, and smaller metal crystallite size than Fischer-Tropsch catalysts of the prior art.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter layer containing an adsorbent for the directed removal of a substance which adversely affects the taste from a fluid composition, in particular from wine. As adsorbent, particular preference is given to using a zeolite which has the periodic structural unit (PSU) of faujasites, in particular with a ratio of Si/Al of ?5, preferably ?10. The filter layer of the invention is able to remove 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (mainly responsible for the cork taste) from wine; other advantageous flavours are, in contrast, largely not removed.

Abstract: A molecular sieve-containing catalyst for cracking hydrocarbons, comprising molecular sieve, refractory inorganic oxide, clay and a metal component, wherein the amount of said molecular sieve is from 1 to 90% by weight, the refractory inorganic oxide is from 2 to 80% by weight, the clay is from 2 to 80% by weight, and the metal component is from 0.1 to 30% by weight, calculated as the oxide of said metal having its maximum valence state, based on the total amount of the catalyst, wherein said metal component exists essentially in a reduction state and is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IIIA (other than aluminum), and metals of Group IVA, VA, IB, IIB, VB, VIB and VIIB, and non-noble metals of Group VIII of the periodic table. The catalyst has higher cracking activity and higher sulfur reduction activity.

Abstract: The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction additive comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above zero within the interior of the pore structure of the sieve. The molecular sieve is normally a large pore size zeolite such as USY or zeolite beta or an intermediate pore size zeolite such as ZSM-5. The metal is normally a metal of Period 3 of the Periodic Table, preferably zinc or vanadium. The sulfur reduction catalyst may be used in the form of a separate particle additive or as a component of an integrated cracking/sulfur reduction catalyst.

Abstract: A catalyst useful for multi-phase reactors that includes an active component surrounded by a coating on a surface of the active component, wherein the coating provides a liquid film around the active component to increase the useful life of the active component as compared to an uncoated active component.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers.