US 12,312,246 B2
Method for manufacture of zeolite mordenite in the presence of ODSO
Robert P. Hodgkins, Dhahran (SA); and Omer Refa Koseoglu, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331566 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. C01B 39/26 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 39/265 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for the preparation of mordenite zeolite having a MOR framework comprising:
forming a homogeneous aqueous mixture of water, a silica source, an aluminum source, an alkali metal source, an optional structure directing agent, and a water-soluble oxidized disulfide oil (ODSO); and
heating the homogeneous aqueous mixture under conditions and for a time effective for hydrolysis and to form a crystalline zeolite as precipitate suspended in a supernatant, wherein the precipitate comprises mordenite zeolite.