OB77 Performance testing of TiO2 and CeO2 coated Al2O3 as supports for platinum catalysts for 1-propanol conversion

Friday, June 10, 2011: 11:20 AM
Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Rodrigo Javier Lobo-Lapidus1, Anil U. Mane2, Jeffrey W. Elam2 and Christopher L. Marshall3, (1)Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, (2)Energy Systems, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, (3)Chemical Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
Using 1-propanol as a model for oxygenated hydrocarbons, key intermediates in the liquid-phase conversion of the alcohol are identified. Also, the effect that the addition of metal oxide coatings on the alumina support have on the catalysts activity

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