Abstract
Catalytic deoxygenation of palmitic and stearic acids mixture was studied over four synthesized Pd catalysts supported on synthetic carbon (Sibunit) in a semibatch reactor and dodecane as a solvent at 260-300 °C. The catalysts were prepared by precipitation deposition method using Pd chlorides as metal precursors. All catalysts contained 1 wt.% Pd, however, the metal dispersion was systematically varied. An optimum metal dispersion giving the highest reaction rate was observed. The main liquid phase products were n-heptadecane and n-pentadecane, which were formed in parallel. In addition to the particle size effect the impact of mass transfer was elucidated and a detail discussion on temperature programmed desorption of CO from the fresh and spent samples was provided.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 100-108 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
| Volume | 355 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
This work is part of activities at the Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre of Excellence Programmes (2000–2011) financed by the Academy of Finland. The work was partly supported by DGAPA-PAPIIT (UNAM, Mexico) through grant N 120706-3. The part of research work was supported by RFBR Grant No. 07-03-12159.
Keywords
- Deoxygenation
- Fatty acid
- Palladium