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Pore Condensation in Glycerol Dehydration : Modification of a Mixed Oxide Catalyst

Hulteberg, Christian LU orcid ; Leveau, Andreas and Brandin, Jan Gunnar Meo LU (2017) In Topics in Catalysis 60(17-18). p.1462-1472
Abstract

Pore condensation has been suggested as an initiator of deactivation in the dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. To avoid potential pore condensation of the glycerol, a series of WO3 supported on ZrO2 catalysts have been prepared through thermal sintering, with modified pore systems. It was shown that catalysts heat treated at temperatures above 800 °C yielded suitable pore system and the catalyst also showed a substantial increase in acrolein yield. The longevity of the heat-treated catalysts was also improved, indeed a catalyst heat treated at 850 °C displayed significantly higher yields and lower pressure-drop build up over the 600 h of testing. Further, the catalyst characterisation work gave evidence for a... (More)

Pore condensation has been suggested as an initiator of deactivation in the dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. To avoid potential pore condensation of the glycerol, a series of WO3 supported on ZrO2 catalysts have been prepared through thermal sintering, with modified pore systems. It was shown that catalysts heat treated at temperatures above 800 °C yielded suitable pore system and the catalyst also showed a substantial increase in acrolein yield. The longevity of the heat-treated catalysts was also improved, indeed a catalyst heat treated at 850 °C displayed significantly higher yields and lower pressure-drop build up over the 600 h of testing. Further, the catalyst characterisation work gave evidence for a transition from monoclinic to triclinic tungsten oxide between 850 and 900 °C. There is also an increase in acid-site concentration of the heat-treated catalysts. Given the improved catalyst performance after heat-treatment, it is not unlikely that pore condensation is a significant contributing factor in catalyst deactivation for WO3 supported on ZrO2 catalysts in the glycerol dehydration reaction.

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Acrolein, Deactivation, Dehydration, Glycerol, Pore condensation
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Topics in Catalysis
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17-18
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1462 - 1472
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Springer
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1022-5528
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10.1007/s11244-017-0827-8
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  author       = {{Hulteberg, Christian and Leveau, Andreas and Brandin, Jan Gunnar Meo}},
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  keywords     = {{Acrolein; Deactivation; Dehydration; Glycerol; Pore condensation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{17-18}},
  pages        = {{1462--1472}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Topics in Catalysis}},
  title        = {{Pore Condensation in Glycerol Dehydration : Modification of a Mixed Oxide Catalyst}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11244-017-0827-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s11244-017-0827-8}},
  volume       = {{60}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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