Selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene on a Pd/TiO2 coating in a microreactor

E.V. Rebrov, A. Berenguer-Murcia, H.E. Skelton, B.F.G. Johnson, J.C. Schouten

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Abstract

The selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene by hydrogen was studied in the 25-50 oC temperature range in a continuous flow microchannel of 250 µm i.d. with a Pd supported on mesoporous TiO2 catalyst. The inner wall of the microreactor was dip-coated with a prehydrolyzed titania precursor solution containing an EOxPOyEOx amphiphilic triblock copolymer (EO = ethylene oxide, PO = propylene oxide, x = 106, y = 70) and suspended palladium nanoparticles with an average diameter of 4 nm. Solvent was withdrawn from the channel at a rate of 1 cm/s yielding a 120 nm continuous titania layer with a cubic mesostructure after drying and calcination. The organic copolymer was removed by calcination at 300oC under a residual pressure of 15 mbar. The coating porosity was 0.4, resulting in overall coating mass of 1.32 mg with a 1 wt.% Pd content. The liquid flow was varied between 1 and 10 µL/min and the hydrogen flow between 250 and 550 µL/min (STP). This corresponds to superficial velocities of 0.034-0.34 cm/s and 8-18 cm/s for liquid and gas, respectively. The maximum selectivity to styrene of 95 % was observed at a phenylacetylene conversion of 88%. The reaction rate in terms of TOF was found to be up to 2 s-1.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Microreaction Technology (IMRET-10), April, 06-10 2008, New Orleans, La
Place of PublicationNew York, NY
PublisherAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Pages83n-1/14
ISBN (Print)978-0-8169-1023-6
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event10th International Conference on Microreaction Technology, IMRET 2008 - Topical Conference at the 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 1 Apr 20084 Apr 2008
Conference number: 410

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Microreaction Technology, IMRET 2008 - Topical Conference at the 2008 AIChE Spring National Meeting
Abbreviated titleIMRET 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period1/04/084/04/08
OtherTopical conference at 2008 AIChE Spring Meeting & 4th Global Congress on Process Safety

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