The catalytic hydroconversion of lower bio-carboxylic acids to bio-alcohols Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences, György Onyestyák HUSK kick-off meeting October 17, 2012
Bio-carboxylic acids to bio-alcohols Aim: development of novel catalysts and proccesses acidaldehydeolefin ether ester paraffin +H 2 -H 2 O alcohol Main platforms of the biomass destruction and chemical utilization : → Edible parts - biodiesel from C-rich triglycerides dead ends - ethanol from sugar and starch → Non-edible (cut-offs) - thermochemical - total: synthesis gas → metanol /Green Oscar/ - partial: pyrolisis oil /volatile fatty acids,too/ - biochemical (aneorobic) → acetic acid → bio-gas C 6 H 12 O 6 → 3CH 3 COOH → 3CH 4 + 3CO 2 ↓ Adkins, Raney, etc.→novel, efficient, selective deoxygenating cataysts desired
Comparison of Ni/ and Ni 2 In/alumina catalysts 9Ni/Al 2 O 3 9Ni/Al 2 O % In 2 O 3 change of the mechanism ←hydrodecarbonylation and minor reduction ← partial reduction and minor dehydration 300 °C
Indium dopping effect for 9Ni/Al 2 O °C
Comparison of the commercial Adkins and a novel Ni 2 In/Al 2 O 3 catalysts 72 % CuCr 2 O % CuO 9Ni/Al 2 O % In 2 O 3
HT-XRD studies on a 9Ni/Al 2 O % In 2 O 3 mixture * InNi 2
Comparison of the commercial Adkins and a novel Ni 2 In/Al 2 O 3 catalysts 72 % CuCr 2 O % CuO 9Ni/Al 2 O % In 2 O 3
A reaction schema on the base of detected products in acetic acid hydroconversion
Conclusions Indium additive can effectively direct the step by step catalytic deoxygenation to alcohol formation instead of hydrodecarbonylation probably due to formation of a new Ni 2 In phase. /10 papers and 1 chapter are already published and 2+1 of them under this HUSK support/
The following studies The influence of various supports The influence of various metallic co-catalysts Optimization of catalyst preparation Reaction kinetics studies Understanding the mechanism Application other real reactant originated from biomass instead of acetic acid in the hydro- conversion
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