KOPRC Projects

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Transformation of LPG and C6/C7 paraffins into aromatics

This project is focused on the preparation of a novel catalyst for LPG and C6/C7 paraffins aromatization under non-oxidative conditions, and the kinetics study of the prepared catalysts, which could be used in...

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Heavy Oil to Olefins

Saudi Arabian natural resources are abundant in oil, however very little gas reserves our present.

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New Catalysts for Polymerization

In an age where many of the items used on a daily basis are produced from polymers, a need to improve the processes currently employed

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Carbon Dioxide Activation

Due to the ever increasing environmental and political issue that is carbon dioxide; great interest in the utilizing of this potential carbon feedstock is of interest

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Clean Combustion of Diesel

The need for improving diesel combustion has never been more evident than in this environmentally driven world

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Microwave-enhanced conversion of crude oil to high value chemicals

Global demand of oil derived products is ever-growing, whereas the supply of conventional oil will inevitably decline in future

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MICROWAVE-ENHANCED CONVERSION OF CRUDE OIL TO HYDROGEN

Large quantities of hydrogen are consumed in the refinery and chemical industries every year.

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Microwave-Enhanced Conversion of Crude Oil and Naphtha to High-Value Chemicals

The overriding aim of this project is to directly convert crude oil and naphtha to high-value chemicals in a single operational

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Solid Acid Catalysts for Alkylation

The development of novel solid acid catalysts for alkylation of aromatics is an important area of research.