Solvent Selection in Impregnation of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles into MCM-41 Investigation of Its Ability Toward H2S Removal from Crude Oil

Abstract

Silicate mesoporous materials are of the main interesting adsorbents for decreasing of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) from crude oil. In this work zinc impregnated highly ordered MCM-41 was synthesized via post-synthesis functionalization and was used as adsorbent for removal of H₂S from crude oil. Also the variation of solvents was mainly adjusted. In order to determine the ideal solvent for the synthesis of zinc incorporated MCM-41, a few solvents (water, ethanol and THF) has been tried in these experiments. The experiments showed that THF is a better solvent to get better materials.<span id="transmark" style="display: none; width: 0px; height: 0px;"></span>