Catalyst Development for Continuous Sugar Hydrogenation Process

Shen, Wenqin

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Wenqin Shen, Wayne Turbeville, Karen Libby, Marc Born and Franz Petzold, Clariant BU Catalysts, USA.

The paper presents the development of the nickel catalysts on zirconia for sugar hydrogenation in a trickle-bed continuous process. The catalytic activity of nickel catalyst is related to the nickel specific surface area. The Ru catalysts were also prepared and compared.

Extended Abstracts:

Ni sugar HG WS.pdf (39.2KB) - Extended Abstract

P-W-B-111 Catalyst Development for Continuous Sugar Hydrogenation Process