Catalytic Behavior of Chromium Oxide Supported on Nanocasting-Prepared Mesoporous Alumina in Dehydrogenation of Propane
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Characterization of Alumina Support
2.2. Characterization of Catalysts
2.3. Catalytic Properties of Cr-Containing Samples
2.3.1. Effect of the Nature of Cr
2.3.2. Effect of Support
2.3.3. Regeneration Behavior
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Catalyst Preparation
3.2. Characterization Techniques
3.3. Catalytic Tests
3.4. Operando UV-Vis DRS
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Sample | Calcination/Pretreatment Temperature (°C) | Phase Composition | SBET (m2∙g−1) | Vmicro (cm3∙g−1) | Vmeso (cm3∙g−1) | Vtotal (cm3∙g−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SBA-15 a | 550 | - | 756 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.84 |
CMK-3 a | 800 | - | 1411 | 0.10 | 1.22 | 1.23 |
Al2O3-n | 600 | - | 259 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.33 |
700 | - | 270 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.41 | |
800 | γ-Al2O3 | 254 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.44 | |
900 | γ-Al2O3 | 178 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.37 |
Sample | Crtot Content a (wt % of Cr2O3) | H2-TPR | NH3-TPD (μmol NH3∙m−2) b | SBET (m2∙g−1) | Vtotal (cm3∙g−1) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H2 mmol·g−1 | H2/Crtot | Weak | Medium-Strong | Total | ||||
Cr1/Al2O3-n | 1.2 | 0.16 | 1.34 | 0.26 | 1.31 | 1.57 | 232 | 0.36 |
Cr5/Al2O3-n | 5.1 | 0.67 | 0.94 | 0.43 | 1.93 | 2.36 | 175 | 0.23 |
Cr10/Al2O3-n | 10.1 | 1.33 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 2.02 | 2.33 | 170 | 0.12 |
Cr20/Al2O3-n | 22.5 | 2.96 | 0.27 | 0.63 | 2.23 | 2.87 | 148 | 0.13 |
Cr30/Al2O3-n | 28.7 | 3.78 | 0.25 | 0.59 | 1.31 | 1.90 | 129 | 0.12 |
Sample | Temp. (°C) | Conversion (%) | Yield (%) | Selectivity (%) | |||
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C3H8 | C3H6 | C3H6 | C2H6 | C2H4 | CH4 | ||
Cr1/Al2O3-n | 550 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 79.9 | 1.4 | 12.1 | 6.6 |
Cr5/Al2O3-n | 550 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 88.8 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
Cr10/Al2O3n | 550 | 24.6 | 22.8 | 92.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
Cr20/Al2O3-n | 500 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 87.7 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
550 | 33.8 | 31.7 | 94.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
600 | 41.8 | 37.5 | 89.8 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
Cr30/Al2O3-n | 550 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 98.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Cr20/SBA-15 | 550 | 25.7 | 22.1 | 86.0 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
Cr20/MCM-41 | 550 | 28.9 | 24.9 | 86.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
Cr20/CMK-3 b | 550 | 47.4 | 40.1 | 84.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 8.4 |
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Węgrzyniak, A.; Jarczewski, S.; Węgrzynowicz, A.; Michorczyk, B.; Kuśtrowski, P.; Michorczyk, P. Catalytic Behavior of Chromium Oxide Supported on Nanocasting-Prepared Mesoporous Alumina in Dehydrogenation of Propane. Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7090249
Węgrzyniak A, Jarczewski S, Węgrzynowicz A, Michorczyk B, Kuśtrowski P, Michorczyk P. Catalytic Behavior of Chromium Oxide Supported on Nanocasting-Prepared Mesoporous Alumina in Dehydrogenation of Propane. Nanomaterials. 2017; 7(9):249. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7090249
Chicago/Turabian StyleWęgrzyniak, Adam, Sebastian Jarczewski, Adam Węgrzynowicz, Barbara Michorczyk, Piotr Kuśtrowski, and Piotr Michorczyk. 2017. "Catalytic Behavior of Chromium Oxide Supported on Nanocasting-Prepared Mesoporous Alumina in Dehydrogenation of Propane" Nanomaterials 7, no. 9: 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7090249