Influence of reduction time of copper based catalysts: Cu/Al2O3 and CuCr2O4 on hydrogenolysis of glycerol

• Authors: Agnieszka Wołosiak-Hnat , Eugeniusz Milchert , Grzegorz Lewandowski , Barbara Grzmil
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

High activity of copper based catalysts for C-O bond hydro-dehydrogenation and their poor activity for C-C bond cleavage1 have prompted an attempt to apply such catalysts in the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2- and 1,3-propanediol. In the present study the influence of hydrogen reduction time of the Cu/Al2O3 and CuCr2O4 copper catalysts on glycerol conversion and selectivity of transformation to propanediols and by-products was studied. At first a general comparison was made between the commercial catalysts and those prepared by the co-precipitation method. As better results were obtained in the presence of catalysts prepared by co-precipitation, they were selected for further detailed studies of the influence of reduction time. For both prepared catalysts Cu/Al2O3 and CuCr2O4 the reduction time of 8 h was optimal. In the presence of Cu/Al2O3 catalyst the conversion of glycerol was 59.0%, selectivity of transformation to 1,2-propanediol 77.4% and selectivity to 1,3-propanediol 1.9%. In the presence of CuCr2O4 the glycerol conversion was 30.3% and selectivity to 1,2-propanediol 67.3%.

Keywords

EN

hydrogenolysis; 1, 2-propanediol; 1, 3-propanediol; glycerol

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 71-76

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

2 - 1 - 2012

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Wołosiak-Hnat

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

author

Eugeniusz Milchert

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

author

Grzegorz Lewandowski

• Institute of Organic Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

author

Barbara Grzmil

• Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, ul. Pułaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-011-0052-3