Design of a high activity and selectivity alcohol catalyst

Technical Report · Fri Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6033698· OSTI ID:6033698

Foley, H C; Mills, G A

As specified in our original DOE grant proposal, the objective of this research is to design a new alumina-supported bimetallic catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to produce methanol and higher alcohols. A key feature of our research program is our intention to rationally design this catalyst based upon fundamental information about the structure, composition and reactivity of preliminary catalysts synthesized throughout the course of this work. During our first year, we have put in place many of the tools needed to synthesize and characterize our catalyst samples. Experimentation has focused on both the synthesis of catalysts designed for high oxygenate activity and the suppression of the secondary dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether on both native gamma-alumina and a bimetallic catalyst supported on gamma-alumina. 2 refs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Delaware Univ., Newark, DE (United States). Center for Catalytic Science and Technology
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-90PC90291
• OSTI ID: 6033698
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90291-T4; ON: DE92002755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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