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AUTHOR
Adolfo Parmaliana
Pumice-Supported Nickel Catalysts
A series of nickel catalysts supported on pumice was prepared by precipitation and impregnation techniques. The influence of the calcination and reduction temperatures on the structural properties such as lattice parameters and particle dimensions of the oxide precursors and of the reduced catalysts was investigated by X-ray diffraction measurements. The effect of structural changes on the catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide has been evaluated. The turnover frequencies, as well as product distributions, are discussed in terms of the influence of the support properties and of its interaction with the metal. Changes of the C2+yield over CH4yield ratio versus nickel disp…
Hydrogenation of acetylene in ethylene rich feedstocks: Comparison between palladium catalysts supported on pumice and alumina
Abstract The activity–selectivity patterns of Pd/pumice catalysts are compared with industrial and home prepared Pd/Al2O3 catalysts in the hydrogenation of acetylene in ethylene rich feedstocks (front-end and tail-end cuts). The iso-kinetic relationship (IKR) approach and a new mathematical model, surface site evolution model (SSEM), are employed in this comparison. Pumice and alumina supported Pd catalysts show different metal redox properties. A similar reaction mechanism is adequate to describe the reaction pathway independently by the catalysts and the gas mixtures considered. This mechanism involves the formation of surface polymers during the catalytic reactions and different catalyti…
Selective hydrogenation of acetylene in ethylene feedstocks on Pd catalysts
Abstract Pumice supported palladium catalysts were compared with Pd SiO 2 and Pd Al 2 O 3 in the hydrogenation of acetylene using typical industrial ethylene feedstocks: front-end and tail-end cuts. Pd/pumice catalysts exhibit good activity and excellent selectivity and stability in the title reaction. Their activity/selectivity pattern is controlled by the composition of the reaction mixture. The turnover frequency (TOF) increases, and the apparent activation energy (Ea) decreases, with the H 2 C 2 H 2 ratio, but they are not affected by the C 2 H 2 C 2 H 4 ratio. The selectivity to ethane (SE) does not change with acetylene conversion at low H 2 C 2 H 2 ratio (tail-end cut) and increases …