MWF-type zeolite

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625240-B2
Application number	US-201715764656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An MWF-type zeolite, wherein, when the heights of peaks around 2θ=11.1 and 13.8° in a peak obtained by X-ray diffraction are defined as A and B, respectively, 0.63≤B/A≤0.80 satisfied.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An MWF-type zeolite, wherein, when heights of peaks around 2θ=11.1 and 13.8° in a peak obtained by X-ray diffraction are defined as A and B, respectively, 0.63≤B/A≤0.80 is satisfied.

2. The MWF-type zeolite according to claim 1 , wherein, when a height of a peak around 2θ=51.6° in the peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is defined as C, 0.36≤C/A≤0.52 is satisfied.

3. The MWF-type zeolite according to claim 1 , wherein a half-value width of a peak around 2θ=11.1° in the peak obtained by X-ray diffraction satisfies 0.31 or less.

4. An MWF-type zeolite, wherein, when:
an amount of saturation adsorption of carbon dioxide into the MWF-type zeolite, measured when the MWF-type zeolite and carbon dioxide are placed in a system at 25° C. and 760 mmHg, is defined as a (cm 3 /g), and
an amount of saturation adsorption of methane into the MWF-type zeolite, measured when the MWF-type zeolite and methane are placed in a system at 25° C. and 760 mmHg, is defined as b (cm 3 /g);
a value obtained by dividing a by b is 23 or more.

5. An MWF-type zeolite, wherein
an amount of saturation adsorption of carbon dioxide into the MWF-type zeolite, measured when the MWF-type zeolite and carbon dioxide are placed in a system at 25° C. and 760 mmHg, is 10 cm 3 /g or more, and
an amount of saturation adsorption of methane into the MWF-type zeolite, measured when the MWF-type zeolite and methane are placed in a system at 25° C. and 760 mmHg, is 3.5 cm 3 /g or less.

6. A method for producing the MWF-type zeolite according to claim 1 , comprising:
a step of preparing a mixed gel comprising:
a silica source comprising silicon;
an aluminum source comprising aluminum;
an alkali metal source comprising at least one selected from an alkali metal (M1) and an alkali earth metal (M2); and
water,
wherein, when molar ratios of respective components in the mixed gel are calculated, molar ratios α, β, γ and δ represented by the following expressions (1), (2), (3) and (4) satisfy 5.0≤α≤12, 1.3≤β≤3.2, 100≤γ≤3000 and 0.10≤δ≤0.60:
α=SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3   (1)

β=(M1 2 O+M2O)/Al 2 O 3   (2)

γ=H 2 O/Al 2 O 3   (3)

δ=OH − /SiO 2   (4),

wherein, with respect to the silicon, the aluminum, the alkali metal (M1) and the alkali earth metal (M2), the molar ratios are calculated in terms of oxides of corresponding elements.

7. The method for producing the MWF-type zeolite according to claim 6 , wherein
the mixed gel further comprises an organic structure-directing agent R, and
a molar ratio ε represented by the following expression (5) satisfies 2.00≤ε≤50:
ε=R/Al 2 O 3   (5).

8. The method for producing the MWF-type zeolite according to claim 6 , further comprising a hydrothermal synthesis step in which a hydrothermal synthesis temperature is 100° C. to 170° C.

9. The method for producing the MWF-type zeolite according to claim 6 , further comprising a calcining step in which a calcining temperature is 300° C. or more and less than 550° C.

10. A method for separating gas comprising:
a step of contacting the MWF-type zeolite according to claim 1 with a gas mixture comprising a plurality of gas components, to adsorb into the MWF-type zeolite a gas component larger in an amount of adsorption into the MWF-type zeolite, thereby separating the gas component from the gas mixture.

11. The method for separating gas according to claim 10 , wherein the gas mixture comprises at least two gas components selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, methane, ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, n-butane, isobutane, 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutene, sulfur hexafluoride, helium, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide and water.

12. A method for regenerating the MWF-type zeolite, comprising:
a step in which the gas component adsorbed into the MWF-type zeolite by the method for separating gas according to claim 10 is desorbed to thereby regenerate the MWF-type zeolite.

Assignees

• Asahi Chemical Ind

Inventors

• Maeda Saya
• Nakamura Akitake
• Akaogi Takayuki

Classifications

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title

• C01B39/48

  using at least one organic template directing agent · CPC title

• B01D2253/1085

  characterized by a silicon-aluminium ratio · CPC title

• B01D53/261

  by adsorption · CPC title

• B01J20/3057

  Use of a templating or imprinting material (molecularly imprinted polymers B01J20/268); filling pores of a substrate or matrix followed by the removal of the substrate or matrix · CPC title