Isosynthesis via CO hydrogenation over SO4-ZrO2 catalysts
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Author list: Khaodee W., Tangchupong N., Jongsomjit B., Laosiripojana N., Praserthdam P., Assabumrungrat S.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2010
Journal: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1226-086X)
Volume number: 16
Issue number: 3
Start page: 411
End page: 418
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 1226-086X
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
Catalytic performances of sulfated zirconia catalysts with various contents of sulfur (from 0.1 to 0.75%) on isosynthesis were studied. It was firstly found that undoped-zirconia synthesized from zirconyl nitrate provided higher activity towards isosynthesis reaction (106 μmol kg-cat-1 s-1) compared to that synthesized from zirconyl chloride (84.9 μmol kg-cat-1 s-1). Nevertheless, the selectivity of isobutene in hydrocarbons was relatively lower. It was then observed that the catalytic reactivity and selectivity significantly improved by sulfur loading. The most suitable sulfur loading content seems to be at 0.1%, which gave the highest reaction rate and selectivity of isobutene. By applying several characterization techniques, i.e. BET, XRD, NH3- and CO2-TPD and SEM, it was revealed that the high reaction rate and selectivity towards isosynthesis reaction of sulfated zirconia catalysts are related to the acid-base properties, Zr3+ quantity and phase composition. © 2010 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
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CO hydrogenation, Isobutene, Isosynthesis, Synthesis gas
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