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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemical engineering
Dehydration of glycerol in gas phase using heteropolyacid catalysts as active compounds
Journal of Catalysis, Volume 258, No. 1, Year 2008
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Different silica-, alumina-, and aluminosilicate-supported heteropolyacid catalysts were prepared using phosphomolybdic acid H3PMo12O40ṡxH2O, phosphotungstic acid H3PW12O40ṡxH2O, silicotungstic acid H4SiW12O40ṡxH2O, and ammonium phosphomolybdate (NH4)3PMo12O40ṡxH2O as precursor compounds. The as-synthesised solids were characterised by nitrogen adsorption, XRD, TG/DTA, Raman spectroscopy, and TPD of ammonia. Silica-supported heteropolyacids are rather well crystallised, whereas alumina-supported samples are X-ray amorphous. Investigations using Raman spectroscopy of calcined samples and TG/DTA revealed that molybdenum-containing heteropolyacids tend to decompose partly close to 400 °C into molybdates and MoO3 whereas tungsten-containing samples are stable. This makes in particular tungsten-based materials interesting acid catalysts for the dehydration of glycerol in the gas phase. In particular, the influence of selected support materials, catalyst loading, and temperature on acrolein formation was studied at standardised reaction conditions (10% by weight of glycerol in water, 225-300 °C, modified contact time 0.15 kg h mol-1). Surprisingly, alumina is found to be superior to silica as support material with regard to catalyst activity and selectivity. Nevertheless, tungsten based heteropolyacids showed outstanding performance and stability. Acrolein was always the predominant product with maximum selectivity of 75% at complete conversion over silicotungstic acid supported over alumina and aluminosilicate. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Atia, Hanan
Egypt, Cairo
Ain Shams University
Armbruster, Udo
Germany, Rostock
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Martin, Andreas
Germany, Rostock
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
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Citations: 294
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jcat.2008.05.027
ISSN:
00219517
e-ISSN:
10902694
Research Areas
Environmental