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Selective Oxidation of Propane by Lattice Oxygen of Vanadium-Phosphorous Oxide in a Pulse Reactor
Rusong Zhao;Jian Wang;Qun Dong;Jianhong Liu
2005, 14 (2):
88-94.
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Selective oxidation of propane by lattice oxygen of vanadium-phosphorus oxide (VPO) catalysts
was investigated with a pulse reactor in which the oxidation of propane and the re-oxidation of catalyst
were implemented alternately in the presence of water vapor. The principal products are acrylic acid (AA),
acetic acid (HAc), and carbon oxides. In addition, small amounts of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons were also
found, molar ratio of AA to HAc is 1.4–2.2. The active oxygen species are those adsorbed on catalyst
surface firmly and/or bound to catalyst lattice, i.e. lattice oxygen; the selective oxidation of propane on
VPO catalysts can be carried out in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) riser reactor. For propane oxidation
over VPO catalysts, the effects of reaction temperature in a pulse reactor were found almost the same as
in a steady-state flow reactor. That is, as the reaction temperature increases, propane conversion and the
amount of C1+C2 hydrocarbons in the product increase steadily, while selectivity to acrylic acid and to
acetic acid increase prior to 350oC . then begin to drop at temperatures higher than 350 oC, and yields of
acrylic acid and of acetic acid attained maximum at about 400 oC. The maximum yields of acrylic acid and
of acetic acid for a single-pass are 7.50% and 4.59% respectively, with 38.2% propane conversion. When the
amount of propane pulsed decreases or the amount of catalyst loaded increases, the conversion increases
but the selectivity decreases. Increasing the flow rate of carrier gases causes the conversion pass through a
minimum but selectivity and yields pass through a maximum. In a fixed bed reactor, it is hard to obtain
high selectivity at a high reaction conversion due to the further degradation of acrylic acid and acetic acid
even though propane was oxidized by the lattice oxygen. The catalytic performance can be improved in
the presence of excess propane. Propylene can be oxidized by lattice oxygen of VPO catalyst at 250 oC,
nevertheless, selectivity to AA and to HAc are even lower, much more acetic acid was produced (molar
ratio of AA to HAc is 0.19:1–0.83:1) though the oxidation products are the same as from propane.
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