A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Ethene oxychlorination over CuCl2/Γ-Al2O3 catalyst in micro- and millistructured reactors




AuthorsZuzana Vajglová, Narendra Kumar, Kari Eränen, Markus Peurla, Dmitry Yu. Murzin, Tapio Salmi

PublisherAcademic Press Inc.

Publication year2018

JournalJournal of Catalysis

Journal name in sourceJournal of Catalysis

Volume364

First page 334

Last page344

Number of pages11

ISSN0021-9517

eISSN1090-2694

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.05.019


Abstract

Oxychlorination of ethene was performed over CuCl2/γ-Al2O3 catalyst in a microreactor (460 µm in diameter) and for comparison in a millireactor (1 cm in diameter). A copper-modified catalyst was prepared by a conventional evaporation–impregnation method without any promotors (e.g., K, Na, La) using copper (II) chloride as a precursor. The catalyst was characterized by nitrogen physisorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using pyridine, temperature-programmed desorption of CO2, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and transmission electron microscopy. Different reactor types led to notable differences in catalytic performance at the same partial pressures in terms of both activity and selectivity. A higher reaction rate was achieved in the microreactor, which was 4.5 times faster. The activity decline and different selectivity to the desired product are explained by a change in the oxychlorination mechanism due to a different ratio of reagents in the mixture during the reaction.



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