Improved industrial induction time-based technique for evaluating kinetic hydrate inhibitors.

Kinetic hydrate inhibitor laboratory testing before field application is one of the key priorities in the oil and gas industry. The common induction-time-based technique is often used to evaluate and screen for kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs). However, the main challenge relates to the stochastic nature of hydrate nucleation observed in fresh systems, which often results in scattered data on hydrate formation with unacceptable uncertainties.

Computational elucidation of the aging time effect on zeolite synthesis selectivity in the presence of water and diquaternary ammonium iodide.

An example of zeolite selectivity (MFI → MOR) driven by synthesis aging time has been studied. Using ,,','-tetramethyl-,'-dipropyl-ethylenediammonium diiodide (TMDP) as an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA), the zeolite phases obtained at 2 h (MFI 97%), 8 h (MFI 84%, MOR 16%) and 24 h (MFI 43%, MOR 57%) have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction. The results suggest that at intermediate aging time, namely 8 h and 24 h, the dominant phase (MFI) is displaced by MOR.

High-Impact Promotional Effect of Mo Impregnation on Aluminum-Rich and Alkali-Treated Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts on Methanol Aromatization.

A systematic change of HZSM-5 (HZ5) as a catalyst of the methanol to aromatics (MTA) reaction was undertaken by employing a fixed-bed tubular-type reactor under ambient pressure, applying a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 2 h at 375 °C, as the first report on the application of low-Si/Al-ratio alkaline-[Mo,Na]-HZSM-5 in the MTA process. To characterize the surface and textural properties of the catalysts, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), nitrogen adsorption/desorption, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH-TPD), pyridine-infrared spectroscopy (Py-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) methods were employed. Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) measurements demonstrated a selectivity of up to 86 wt % (65.

Antifungal Activity of a Novel Triazole, Efinaconazole and Nine Comparators against 354 Molecularly Identified Aspergillus Isolates.

Management of superficial aspergillosis is a major challenge owing to the frequent relapses and treatment failure, which may pose a potential risk, thereby gradually developing resistant species. Therefore, necessitating the development of new antifungals with higher potency should be considered as alternative strategies for efficient management of infections. We aimed to investigate the susceptibility of Aspergillus isolates toward a novel triazole, efinaconazole, in comparison with various classes of antifungal drugs.

Highly Efficient Production of Benzene-Free Aromatics from Methanol over Low-Si/Al-Ratio Alkali-Modified Fe/Zn/HZSM-5.

Herein, the methanol conversion to aromatic hydrocarbons was studied over a new family of mesoporous low-silica HZSM-5 (Si/Al = 11) catalysts in a fixed-bed tubular reactor under ambient pressure at 375 °C, feeding with weight hourly space velocity of 2 h. The catalysts were prepared in the absence and presence of Zn and Fe in both alkaline and neutral aqueous solutions, characterized by using X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, temperature programmed desorption of ammonia, N adsorption/desorption, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier-transform infrared, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy and FE-SEM/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy techniques. The [0.

Through-space electronic communication of zinc phthalocyanine with substituted [60]Fullerene bearing ONaza-crown macrocyclic ligands.

Two new macrocyclic ligands containing 17- and 19-membered ON-donor aza-crowns anchored to [60]Fullerene were synthesized and characterized by employing HPLC, electrospray ionization mass (ESI-MS), H and C NMR, UV-vis, IR spectroscopies, as well as powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in solid state. TGA measurements revealed that upon linking each of these macrocycle rings to [60]Fullerene, the decomposition point measured for [60]Fullerene moiety was increased, indicating on the promoted stability of [60]Fullerene backbone during binding to these macrocyclic ligands. Moreover, the ground state non-covalent interactions of [60]Fullerene derivatives of ON (x=2, and 3) aza-crown macrocyclic ligands namely, L-L with zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) were also investigated by UV-vis absorption, steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectrophotometry in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP).