A comparison of catalyst deactivation of vanadia catalysts used for alkane dehydrogenation

A series of vanadia/θ-alumina catalysts have been prepared, characterised and tested for n-butane dehydrogenation. We examined two catalysts having vanadium loadings of 1 and 3.5% V in more detail. The extent of carbon laydown is extremely sensitive to the nature of vanadia surface species. Studies...

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Published in:Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) Switzerland : 1996), 2006-07, Vol.120 (1), p.127-132
Main Authors: Jackson, S. David, Rugmini, Sreekala, Stair, Peter C., Wu, Zili
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deactivation
n-Butane dehydrogenation
Nature of carbon species
UV–vis. Raman spectra
Vanadia catalysts
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Summary:A series of vanadia/θ-alumina catalysts have been prepared, characterised and tested for n-butane dehydrogenation. We examined two catalysts having vanadium loadings of 1 and 3.5% V in more detail. The extent of carbon laydown is extremely sensitive to the nature of vanadia surface species. Studies show that the isolated VO x species are much more effective at catalysing carbon deposition during dehydrogenation than the polyvanadate species. It is also clear that polyvanadate species are more effective at dehydrogenation compared to the isolated vanadia species.
ISSN:1385-8947
1873-3212
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2006.03.014