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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 318, Issue -, Pages 160-169Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2006.10.051
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reaction engineering; partial oxidation; propylene oxide; propionaldehyde; iron oxide; silica gel; reaction network; carbon balance; coke
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The vapour phase epoxidation of propene with nitrous oxide (N2O) was experimentally investigated in a fixed bed reactor using a CsOx/FeOy/SiO2 catalyst in a broad range of residence times. A complex reaction network was derived from the trends of product selectivities as function of the conversion. For the determination of the reaction paths, not only propene but also its oxidation products, propylene oxide (PO) and propionaldehyde (PA), were used as reactants. The selectivity to PO was found to be limited due to fast side reactions, like PO isomerisation reactions and, in particular, the formation of higher molecular weight products (HMP) mainly present as carbonaceous deposits (coke) on the catalyst. The amount of HMP and coke was quantified through several methods and both were identified as the major byproducts. Although PO is formed with more than 60% selectivity among the directly identified vapour phase products, the maximum selectivity is only about 30% when taking the HMP into account. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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