Precise recognition of catalyst deactivation during acetylene hydrogenation studied with the advanced TEMKIN reactor

C-6 hydrocarbons were identified as an important indicator for deactivation behaviour in acetylene hydrogenation on Pd-Ag/Al2O3 egg-shell catalysts. Thereby significant differences between highly developed catalysts can be identified, helping to forecast differences in deactivation behaviour over 100 h time-on-stream in a short and cheap catalytic test. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.