ZHOU Jinghong, WANG Xuefeng, LIU Guocai, et al. Solid base supported Ru catalysts for sorbitol hydrogenolysis[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (7): 2761-2769.
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ZHOU Jinghong, WANG Xuefeng, LIU Guocai, et al. Solid base supported Ru catalysts for sorbitol hydrogenolysis[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (7): 2761-2769.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.07.037.
Solid base supported Ru catalysts for sorbitol hydrogenolysis
Hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived sorbitol into ethylene and propylene glycols
an alternative route for petroleum based process
usually takes place over metal catalyst with a base promoter. The presence of soluble bases introduces additional problems for their separation and recovery
increasing the complexity and operating cost of the process. Sometimes
these base additives result in the formation of more side-products. Ru supported on various solid bases to facilitate catalyst recovery and recycle was investigated. Ru catalysts supported on 2 solid bases
hydrotalcite (HT) and hydroxyapatite
were prepared and investigated for sorbitol hydrogenolysis activity in base-free aqueous solution
and their performance was compared with that of Ru catalyst supported on carbon nanofibers (Ru/CNFs)
with and without promotion by CaO. The physico-chemical properties of both supports and the supported Ru catalysts were characterized by SEM
N2 physisorption
XRD
TEM and CO2-TPD. The results indicate that Ru particles well disperse on the basic support and show as good activity as Ru/CNFs catalysts in sorbitol hydrogenolysis. The Ru catalyst using HT calcined at 500℃ as a support shows the best catalytic performance with promoted sorbitol conversion
higher selectivity to desired glycols and fewer byproducts. As a result
Ru/HT is believed to be a promising catalyst for sorbitol hydrogenolysis without added base. This is relevant to the development of a green process to produce glycols from biomass.