Design of a high activity and selectivity alcohol catalyst

Technical Report · Tue Jul 02 04:00:00 EDT 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5437556· OSTI ID:5437556

Foley, H C; Mills, G A

Three sets of probe reaction studies have been defined. First, pursuant to minimizing the problem of undesirable secondary dehydration of MeOH by the gamma-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} support surface, we will conduct a series of experiments to: (1) quantify the extent of methanol dehydration over both the native support surface and the Rh/Mo supported catalyst; (2) explore the influence of the presence of the supported metallic crystallites on the dehydration; (3) attempt to mitigate this undesirable process by doping the support surface with metal oxides which will tend to titrate the latent acidity inherent in the near-spinel structure of the gamma-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} without poisoning or otherwise diminishing the activity of the active hydrogenation sites on the catalyst. Progress is discussed. 6 refs.

• Research Organization: Delaware Univ., Newark, DE (United States). Center for Catalytic Science and Technology
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-90PC90291
• OSTI ID: 5437556
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90291-T3; ON: DE91018076
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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