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TOPICS IN CATALYSIS
Volume 56, Issue 11, Pages 995-1007Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0063-9
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Ni-Cu/Al2O3; Kinetic study; Propylene glycol; Glycerol; Hydrogenolysis; Biomass
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [ENE2009-12743-C04-04]
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Glycerol hydrogenolysis to propanediols requires the use of hydrogen as reactant. One interesting option is to directly generate this hydrogen in active sites of the support using hydrogen donors, such as formic acid. The effect that the reacting pressure has on glycerol conversion and product selectivity over a Ni-Cu/Al2O3 catalyst was studied. The negative effect of decreasing the pressure was much more significant when the source of hydrogen was dissolved molecular hydrogen than when it was formic acid. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature programmed reduction measurements were performed to understand the effect of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 reduction procedure on the catalytic activity. Semi-batch reactor studies with the Ni-Cu/Al2O3 catalyst were carried out with continuous addition of the hydrogen donor to obtain kinetic data. Langmuir-Hinshelwood type models were developed to describe the direct conversion of glycerol into propanediol, and propanediol further hydrogenolysis to 1-propanol. The model included the competitive adsorption between both glycols. These models were used to obtain valuable data for the optimization of the process.
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