P-We-147 Interactions Between Biomass-Derived Oxygenates and Metal Oxide Catalysts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
John R. Copeland and Carsten Sievers, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
This study has found evidence of reversible interactions between glycerol and γ-alumina using ATR and transmission IR spectroscopy. There was also evidence of further differences in the chemical environment of glycerol when in water. The results are an important step toward understanding the surface chemistry of heterogeneously catalyzed biomass conversion.

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