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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 502, Issue -, Pages 287-296Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.06.013
Keywords
Pd-Ag/Al2O3; Selective hydrogenation; Acetylene; Alumina phase
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- Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (NPC-RT), Iran [870249110]
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A series of alumina mixing phases were prepared as catalyst supports by heating commercial gamma-Al2O3 at 900 degrees C, 1000 degrees C, 1050 degrees C, and 1100 degrees C. These supports were then impregnated stepwise and calcined to prepare 0.03 wt% Pd and 0.09 wt% Ag catalysts. The prepared samples were characterized by XRD, BET, NH3-TPD, ZP, CO-TPD, SEM, EDS, and UV-vis DRS, and their catalytic performances were evaluated for selective hydrogenation of acetylene. The phase transformation route of alumina was in: gamma -> (gamma + delta + theta) (900 degrees C) -> (delta + theta) (1000 degrees C) -> (delta + theta) (1050 degrees C) -> (alpha) (1100 degrees C). By increasing the heating temperature between 900 degrees C and 1100 degrees C, the surface area decreased from 244 m(2)/g to 16.4 m(2)/g, the number of acidic sites was decreased, especially for strong acid sites. The acetylene conversion of Pd/Al2O3 was between 15 and 80% and the best one was for the alumina heated at 1050 degrees C. Ag shaped the strong adsorption multi-coordination sites and lowered the strength of adsorption linear active sites. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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