Natural Gas Conversion in Microporous Catalysts; Zeotypes and Metal Organic Frameworks

摘要

Since the first Natural Gas Conversion Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1987, the natural gas conversion area has evolved from a prospective field of intensive research efforts, to a mature field with major industrial implementation. In recent years, ethane-rich shale gas offered opportunities to successfully refurbish industrial naphta crackers into ethane crackers, which concomitantly intensified the search for alternative routes to propene and butene production.