ISSN:
0268-2575
Keywords:
hydrogenation
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catalysts
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intermetallics
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Chemistry
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Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The hydrogenation of buta-1,3-diene and more briefly, the hydroisomerisation of but-1-ene catalysed by powdered CePd3, ZrPd3 and Pd sponge has been studied in a fixed bed continuous flow microreactor at 1 bar (101·5 k Pa) total pressure and in the temperature range 45-225°C. The two intermetallics (CePd3, ZrPd3) exhibited greater selectivity for butene formation than palladium, especially at high buta-1,3-diene conversions. The superior selectivity of the intermetallics was demonstrated further under the more demanding conditions, whereby but-1-ene was added to the feed buta-1,3-diene in the ratio C4H8/C4H6 = 24. The kinetics and apparent energies of activation were determined for the hydrogenation and isomerisation reactions. In the case of buta-1,3-diene hydrogenation, the kinetics suggest that for Pd sponge, hydrogen and buta-1,3-diene adsorb on similar sites, whereas in the case of the intermetallics different sites may be involved for hydrogen and buta-1,3-diene adsorption, which may result from palladium - metal oxide interactions. In the case of but-1-ene isomerisation, double bond migration appears to occur via addition-abstraction mechanisms on all three catalysts but in the case of the intermetallics hydrogenation and isomerisation involve different rate determining steps.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jctb.280600312
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