P-Tu-BRC-78 Efficient Production of Acrylic Acid by Sequential Dehydration and Oxidation of Glycerol in a Fixed-bed Reactor

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Ballroom C (Galt House Hotel)
Rong Liu, Tiefeng Wang, Chang Liu and Yong Jin, Tsinghua University, China.
New catalysts with good stability were developed for direct conversion of glycerol, a byproduct of the biodiesel process, to acrylic acid. A high yield (75%) of acrylic acid was obtained by sequential dehydration and oxidation of glycerol in a fixed-bed reactor.

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