Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane over sufated zirconia supported oxides catalysts

The oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane into ethylene has been investigated on metal oxide-based sulfated zirconia catalysts at temperatures of 400–600°C. It is found that the activity and selectivity toward ethylene depend on the nature of metal oxide and temperature and that Ni and V oxides supported on sulfated zirconia exhibited higher ethylene yields.     

Catalytic behavior of decomposed molybdophosphoric acid supported on alumina for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) to ethylene was investigated over a series of alumina supported molybdophosphoric acid (MPA) catalysts. The MPA was transformed into surface Mo oxides on Al₂O₃ when subjected to calcination at 600°C. The catalysts were characterized by N₂-adsorption, XRD, FT-IR spectroscopy and TPR techniques. The results showed that MPA loading and the source of Mo precursor had a clear influence on the catalytic performance. The evaluation of the catalysts for ODHE at temperatures between 450 and 550°C revealed superior ethane conversion (X～24%) and ethylene selectivity (S = ca. 65%) over 20 wt % MPA/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The transformation of MPA into finely dispersed Mo oxides on Al₂O₃ appeared to be responsible for this improved performance.     

Niobium phosphates as new highly selective catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane

Several niobium phosphate phases have been prepared, fully characterized and tested as catalysts for the selective oxidation of ethane to ethylene. Three distinct niobium phosphate catalysts were prepared, and each was comprised predominantly of a different bulk phase, namely Nb(2)P(4)O(15), NbOPO(4) and Nb(1.91)P(2.82)O(12). All of the niobium phosphate catalysts showed high selectivity towards ethylene, but the best catalyst was Nb(1.91)P(2.82)O(12), which was produced from the reduction of niobium oxide phosphate (NbOPO(4)) by hydrogen. It was particularly selective for ethylene, giving ca. 95% selectivity at 5% conversion, decreasing to ca. 90% at 15% conversion, and only produced low levels of carbon oxides. It was also determined that the only primary product from ethane oxidation over this catalyst was ethylene. Catalyst activity also increased with time-on-line, and this behaviour was ascribed to an increase of the concentration of the Nb(1.91)P(2.82)O(12) phase, as partially transformed NbOPO(4), formed during preparation, was converted to Nb(1.91)P(2.82)O(12) during use. Catalysts with predominant phases of Nb(2)P(4)O(15) and NbOPO(4) also showed appreciable activity and selectivities to ethylene with values around 75% and 85% respectively at 5% ethane conversion. The presence of phosphorous is required to achieve high ethylene selectivity, as orthorhombic and monoclinic Nb(2)O(5) catalysts showed similar activity, but displayed selectivities to ethylene that were <20% under the same reaction conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that niobium phosphates have been shown to be highly selective catalysts for the oxidation of ethane to ethylene, and demonstrates that they are worthy candidates for further study.     

Kinetics of the oxidative coupling of methane in the presence of model catalysts

The kinetics of the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) in the presence of La/MgO and NaWMn/SiO₂ catalysts in a flow reactor at low reactant conversions was studied. It was found that, in spite of different compositions and properties of the test catalysts, the formation of ethane from methane and ethylene from ethane can be described within the framework of the Mars-van Krevelen redox model in both cases. The rate laws of side reactions, which lead to the formation of carbon oxides, are different from the rate laws of the target reactions of the conversion of methane into ethane and ethane into ethylene. The kinetic parameters required for the numerical simulation of the OCM process were determined for either of the catalysts.     

Effects of Preparation Methods and Interaction between Support and Oxide for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane over NiO/ZrO2

The previous studies indicated that the unsupported and alumina supported nickel oxide catalysts are the attractive candidates for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODE) reaction at lower reaction temperature^[1,2]. In the present study, NiO/ZrO₂ catalysts were prepared by the impregnation, complex of ammonia and coprecipitation, respectively, using the conventional incipient wetness technique. Over all samples used in this study, no NiO crystal structure was detected by XRD measurements carried out in parallel with the present work, which indicated the nickel oxide was highly dispersed on the support The blank testing indicated that the support ZrO₂ had very little activity below 600℃. Comparing with the unsupported nickel oxide, it was found that the activity of NiO/ZrO₂ catalysts prepared by the methods mentioned above decreased slightly and the selectivity for ethylene improved. With the increasing temperature, the ethane conversion increased and the selectivity for ethylene decreased However, the cracking of the ethane occurred at ca.450℃ on all samples prepared by different methods. The optimum catalytic behavior could be obtained on 5wt%NiO/ZrO₂ prepared by coprecipitation, with the ethane conversion of 26.2% and selectivity for ethylene of 51.8% at as low temperature as 350℃. The sample prepared by coprecipitation and calcined at 500℃ was calcined again at 600℃ for 5 h,the activity decreased obviously, which may be attributed to the existence of the interaction between nickel oxide and support taking into account for the high dispersion of NiO on ZiO₂.     

Low-temperature activation of methane over rare earth metals promoted Zn/HZSM-5 zeolite catalysts in the presence of ethylene

At low temperature of 723 K, methane can be easily activated in the presence of ethylene in the feed, and converted to higher hydrocarbons (C2–C4) and aromatics (C6–C10), through its reaction over rare metals modified Zn/HZSM-5 zeolite catalysts without undesirable carbon oxides formation. Methane can get 37.3% conversion over the above catalysts under low temperature, and the catalysts show a longer lifetime than usual metal supported HZSM-5 zeolite catalysts without adding any rare earth metals. The effects of methane activation over various rare earth metal promoted Zn/HZSM-5 catalysts on the products and influences of several reaction conditions such as temperature, catalyst lifetime and molar ratio of CH4/C2H4 have been discussed.     

纳米Cr2O3系列催化剂上CO2氧化乙烷脱氢制乙烯反应

 采用溶胶－凝胶法和共沸蒸馏法耦合技术制备了纳米Cr2O3催化剂，并采用共沉淀法和共沸蒸馏法耦合技术制备了纳米Cr2O3／Al2O3，Cr2O3／ZrO2和Cr2O3／MgO复合催化剂．应用BET，XRD，XPS，TPR和TEM等物理化学方法对催化剂的结构和物化性质进行了表征，并考察了该系列催化剂上CO2氧化乙烷脱氢制乙烯的反应性能．结果表明，纳米Cr2O3催化剂上乙烷和CO2的转化率均明显高于常规Cr2O3催化剂，但乙烯的选择性低于常规Cr2O3催化剂；纳米复合催化剂中的复合成分显著影响催化剂的催化性能．其中，10％Cr2O3／MgO纳米复合催化剂在温度为973K时，乙烷转化率和乙烯选择性分别可达到61．54％和94．79％．纳米催化剂表面Cr的还原性以及Cr6＋／Cr3＋比值是影响乙烷转化率和乙烯选择性的重要因素．     

Surface Acidity／Basicity and Catalytic Reactivity of CeO2／γ—A12O3 Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane with Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene

Dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene in CO2 was investigated over CeO2/γ-Al2O3 catalysts at 700℃ in a conventional flow reactor operating at atmospheric pressure. XRD, BET and microcalorimetric adsorption techniques were used to characterize the structure and surface acidity/basicity of the CeO2/γ-Al2O3 catalysts. The results show that the surface acidity decreased while the surface basicity increased after the addition of CeO2 to γ-Al2O3. Accordingly, the activity of the hydrogenation reaction of CO2 increased, which might be responsible for the enhanced conversion in the dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene. The highest ethane conversion obtained was about 15% for the 25?O2/γ-Al2O3. The selectivity to ethylene was high for all the CeO2, γ-Al2O3 and CeO2/γ-Al2O3 catalysts.     

Effect of pressure on the oxidative conversion of ethane on VMoTeNbO catalyst

Study of the catalytic properties of the VMoTeNbO catalyst in the oxidative conversion of ethane to ethylene at pressures of 0.1 to 2.1 MPa demonstrated that the pressure positively affects the conversion of ethane and favors formation of oxygen -containing products of deep and partial oxidation: carbon oxides and acetic acid, respectively. With increasing pressure, the yield of the product of oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, i.e., ethylene, decreases.     

Copper-containing catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of organic compounds

A method of doping magnesium aluminum hydrotalcites, which are precursors for oxidative dehydrogenation oxide catalysts of various compositions, with copper(II) was developed, and copper(II)-containing oxide catalyst samples were synthesized. The catalytic properties of these catalysts were studied in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, propane, and hexane. The conversion of ethane into ethylene on the copper-containing catalysts was established to proceed with high selectivities (90?C97%) and at low temperatures (400?C450°C).     

费-托合成Co/ZrO2-Al2O3催化剂反应性能的研究

以ZrOCl2·6H2O和AlCl3为原料，采用共沉淀方法制得一系列不同ZrO2质量分数的ZrO2-Al2O3混合氧化物载体；并以该混合氧化物为载体，采用初湿浸渍法制得钴质量分数为12％的Co/ZrO2-Al2O3催化剂。XRD、NH3-TPD、TPR和原位IR等表征结果表明，随着混合载体中ZrO2质量分数的增加，载体比表面积先增加后减少，混合载体的平均孔径则小于单一氧化物ZrO2和Al2O3的平均孔径。ZrO2和Al2O3载体混合后会导致氧化物的比表面积和酸性增大并且有新的物相生成。当混合氧化物用作载体时，能够抑制载体表面金属钴的分散，改变催化剂的还原行为，降低催化剂对CO物种的吸附能力。CO加氢反应表明，与单一金属氧化物相比，钴负载ZrO2-Al2O3混合氧化物催化剂的加氢活性和重质烃选择性有所降低。     

HCl存在下CeO2基催化剂上乙烷氧化脱氢制乙烯

报道了一种HCl存在时温和条件下的乙烷氧化脱氢制乙烯催化转化新途径. 研究发现,在多种金属氧化物催化剂中,CeO₂呈现最佳乙烯生成的催化性能. 与纳米粒子相比,具有棒状和立方体状形貌的CeO₂纳米晶具有较高的乙烷转化率和乙烯选择性. 以MnO_x修饰CeO₂可进一步提高催化性能. 在8 wt% MnO_x-CeO₂催化剂上,723K反应2 h时乙烷转化率和乙烯选择性分别为94%和69%. 该催化剂性能稳定,反应100 h乙烯收率可保持在65%-70%. HCl的存在对乙烯的选择性生成起着至关重要的作用,一部分乙烯来自于氯乙烷的脱HCl反应.     

Co-MCM-41催化剂上临CO2-乙烷脱氢反应的研究

合成了不同Co掺杂量的Co-MCM-41分子筛.用XRD,FTIR和TG-DTA等技术对所制样品进行表征.在常压连续流动固定床反应器上考察了它们对临CO₂-乙烷脱氢制乙烯反应的性能,结果表明,3%Co-MCM-41在973K可使乙烷的转化率达到39.54%,乙烯的选择性达到98.59%,收率达到38.98%.Co的掺杂量和反应温度等条件对该反应均有一定影响.Co-MCM-41对乙烷催化脱氢制乙烯同样也有很高的活性.引入CO₂可消除积炭对催化剂活性的影响,更有利于催化反应的进行.     

纳米Cr2O3的制备、表征及催化性能

首次采用溶胶-凝胶法与共沸蒸馏法耦合技术制备了纳米Cr2O3粉体，并运用BET、TEM、XRD、FT-IR、XPS及H2-TPR对其进行表征，同时采用CO2氧化乙烷脱氢制乙烯反应作为探针反应，考察了纳米Cr2O3的催化性能。首次发现纳米ErgO3的FT-IR谱出现了蓝移现象，并且630cm^-1附近的伸缩振动峰强度增强。初步探讨了纳米氧化物的IR蓝移和红移的原因，指出晶型是影响纳米氧化物红外光谱特征的重要因素。实验结果表明纳米Cr2O3上乙烷和CO2转化率均明显高于常规Cr2O3催化剂；在700℃下，乙烷转化率高达77．1％，而乙烯产率达到了58．98％。     

n-hydrocarbons conversions over metal-modified solid acid catalysts

The quality of a straight-run fuel oil can be improved if saturated n-hydrocarbons of low octane number are converted to their branched counterparts. Poor reactivity of traditional catalysts in isomerization reactions imposed the need for the development of new catalysts among which noble metal promoted acid catalysts, liquid and/or solid acid catalysts take a prominent place. Sulfated zirconia and metal promoted sulfated zirconia exhibit high activity for the isomerization of light alkanes at low temperatures. The present paper highlights the original results which indicate that the modification of sulfated zirconia by incorporation of metals (platinum and rhenium) significantly affects catalytic performances in n-hydrocarbon conversion reactions. Favourable activity/selectivity of the promoted sulfated zirconia depends on the crystal phase composition, critical crystallites sizes, platinum dispersion, total acidity and type of acidity. Attention is also paid to the recently developed solid acid catalysts used in other conversion reactions of hydrocarbons.     

甲醇选择氧化金属氧化物催化剂的结构与其催化性能的关系

甲醇是一个重要的平台分子, 实现其高效转化为能源和化学品的关键是揭示相关反应过程中催化剂的结构与催化性能之间的关系和反应机理. 围绕这个关键问题, 以甲醇选择氧化为探针反应, 本文总结了负载氧化钼、负载氧化钒和杂多酸等典型催化剂体系以及近年来发展的氧化铼、氧化钌等新催化剂体系在认识催化活性中心结构和反应机理, 进而调控它们的氧化中心和酸中心等方面所取得的进展. 这些认识将有助于设计制备性能优异的新催化剂和实现甲醇到目标氧化产物的定向转化.     

Catalytic performance of silica-supported chromium oxide catalysts in ethane dehydrogenation with carbon dioxide

The oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane into ethylene by CO₂ over a series of silica-supported chromium oxide catalysts was investigated. The results showed that the catalysts were effective for the reaction and CO₂ in the feed promoted the catalytic activity. The 5%Cr/SiO₂ catalyst exhibited the excellent performance with 30.7% ethane conversion and 96.5% ethylene selectivity at 700^oC. ESR and UV-DRS were used to probe the active sites and the species with high valent states (Cr⁵⁺ and/or Cr⁶⁺) were found to be important for the reaction.     

Catalytic activity in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane over Ni and/or Co molybdate catalysts: Synthesis and characterization

Ni and/or Co molybdate based catalysts were synthetized by co-precipitation for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane reaction. The catalysts were characterized by several techniques such TGA-DTA, HT-XRD, XRD, LRS, N₂ adsorption, XPS and TPR. The results showed that the addition of Ni or Co to MMoO₄matrices (M=Ni or Co) led to a high dispersion of additives into the molybdenum matrix without the formation of a significant amount of other bulk metal oxides. Compared to the pure MMoO₄, the modified molybdenum (Ni_0.5Co_0.5MoO₄) presents a higher thermal stability (up to 1000 °C). It has a lower BET surface area and higher reduction temperature compared to those of the NiMoO₄ sample. In the ODH of ethane, Ni_0.5Co_0.5MoO₄ shows a lower catalytic activity compared to that of MMoO₄ samples; however, the ethylene selectivity is enhanced (exceeding 90%). As a result, these series of catalysts show improved efficiency for ethylene production in the ethane ODH reaction.     

Catalytic Pyrolysis of Methane

Methane decomposition over metal oxides/SiO₂ surface was investigated. At 1400 K obtained product distribution of this decomposition varied with metal oxide used. The effectiveness of these catalysts has been discussed in terms of activity and C₂ selectivity. ThO₂/SiO₂ was found to be the most effective catalyst for the catalytic decomposition of methane. Positive catalytic effect of ThO₂/SiO₂ on the pyrolysis has also been confirmed at 1073 K. At low reaction conversions, ethane and ethylene are found as major products. Yields of ethylene and other unsaturated products are sensitively inhibited by NO impurities in the methane. A reaction mechanism has been proposed to account observed experimental results.     

Experimental investigation of fluidized-bed reactor performance for oxidative coupling of methane

Performance of the oxidative coupling of methane in fluidized-bed reactor was experimentally investigated using Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2,La2O3/CaO and La2O3-SrO/CaO catalysts.These catalysts were found to be stable,especially Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst.The effect of sodium content of this catalyst was analyzed and the challenge of catalyst agglomeration was addressed using proper catalyst composition of 2%Mn2.2%Na2WO4/SiO2.For other two catalysts,the effect of Lanthanum-Strontium content was analyzed and 10%La2O 3-20%SrO/CaO catalyst was found to provide higher ethylene yield than La2O3/CaO catalyst.Furthermore,the effect of operating parameters such as temperature and methane to oxygen ratio were also reviewed.The highest ethylene and ethane (C2) yield was achieved with the lowest methane to oxygen ratio around 2.40.5% selectivity to ethylene and ethane and 41% methane conversion were achieved over La2O3-SrO/CaO catalyst while over Mn-Na2WO4 /SiO2 catalyst,40% and 48% were recorded,respectively.Moreover,the consecutive effects of nitrogen dilution,ethylene to ethane production ratio and other performance indicators on the down-stream process units were qualitatively discussed and Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 catalyst showed a better performance in the reactor and process scale analysis.