Mexican Institute of Petroleum

About: Mexican Institute of Petroleum is a government organization based out in Mexico City, Mexico. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Asphaltene. The organization has 3273 authors who have published 4170 publications receiving 87269 citations.

Viscosities for aqueous solutions of N-methyldiethanolamine from 313.15 to 363.15 K

Abstract: This paper presents liquid viscosities for seven binary mixtures of N-methyldiethanolamine + water over the entire composition range at atmospheric pressure for temperatures between 313.15 and 363....

Spatial and temporal land cover changes in Terminos Lagoon Reserve, Mexico.

Abstract: Terminos Lagoon ecosystem is the largest fluvial-lagoon estuarine system in the country and one of the most important reserves of coastal flora and fauna in Mexico. Since the seventies, part of the main infrastructure for country's oil extraction is located in this area. Its high biodiversity has motivated different type of studies including deforestation processes and land use planning. In this work we used satellite image analysis to determine land cover changes in the area from 1974 to 2001. Our results indicate that tropical forest and mangroves presented the most extensive losses in its coverage. In contrast, urban areas and induced grassland increased considerably. In 2001 more than half of the ecosystem area showed changes from its original land cover, and a third part of it was deteriorated. The main causes of deforestation were both the increase in grassland and the growth of urban areas. However, deforestation was attenuated by natural reforestation and plant canopy recovery. We conclude that the introduction of cattle and urban development were the main causes for the land cover changes; however, the oil industry activity located in the ecosystem, has promoted indirectly to urban growth and rancher boom.

Selective Isobutene Oligomerization by Mesoporous MSU-SBEA Catalysts

Abstract: Hydrolytically stable mesostructured aluminosilicates assembled from protozeolitic precursors are examined as acid catalysts in the isobutene oligomerization reaction. Steady state conversions as high as 80% at 60 °C are achieved, depending on the isobutene:butane feed composition and space velocity. Most notably, the product selectivity to dimeric C8= and trimeric C12= olefins is readily fine-tuned simply by changing the feed composition. Undesirable high molecular weight oligomers are not produced in any case. The superior catalytic performance of the mesostructured aluminosilicates in comparison to commercial USY and BEA zeolites is clearly established. The improvement in catalytic performance is attributed to a combination of textural and acidic properties, as judged by N2 adsorption and pyridine adsorption studies.

Matrix elements for the Morse potential using ladder operators

Abstract: The algebra of the two-dimensional harmonic oscillator is exploited to obtain matrix elements between eigenstates of the Morse potential This follows after mapping the latter into the radial equation of the former problem by means of a change of variable and the use of the angular variable as a dummy variable