%0 Journal Article %T SynthesisofnovelhierarchicalZSM-5monolithsandtheirapplicationintrichloroethyleneremoval %A Jo£¿ %A o Pires %A Ana C. Fernandes %A Divakar Duraiswami %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 1492-1496 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60085-1 %X £¿Aself-supportingZSM-5monolithwithahierarchicalporositywaspreparedusingpolyurethanefoam(PUF)asastructuraltemplateandahydrothermalsynthesisprocedure.Thesynthesizedmonolithwascharacterizedandinvestigatedtowardstheadsorptionandcatalyticoxidationoftrichloroethylene(TCE).AdsorptionofTCEwasstudiedgravimetricallyandoxidationofTCEwasstudiedusingavapor-phasedown-flowreactor.MonolithicZSM-5displayedgoodsorptionpropertiesandcompletelyoxidizedTCE.Conversionlevelsof50%and90%wereachievedatreducedtemperatures(by~50¡æ)whencomparedwiththeconversiontemperaturesobtainedfromthepowdercounterparts.BesidestheactivityofthemonolithtowardsTCEadsorptionandoxidation,itwasstableandenhanceddiffusion,therebyreducingpressuredropstoagreatextentowingtoitshierarchicalporousnature. %K Hierarchicallyporouszeolite %K ZSM-5 %K Monoliths %K Trichloroethylene %K Polyurethanefoam %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21332.shtml