Partial Oxidation of Ethane to Acetic Acid on Titania Supported MoVNbPd Catalyst
Yousef S. Al-Zeghayer
Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; Director of Industrial Catalysts Chair
Abdulrhman S. Al-Awadi
Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Baba Y. Jibril
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 33, Al Khoud, PC 123, Muscat, Oman
Moustafa A. Soliman
Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; Department of Chemical Engineering, The British University in Egypt,Al-Shorouk City, Egypt
Sulaiman Al-Mayman
King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Corresponding Author(s) : Baba Y. Jibril
baba@squ.edu.om
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 14 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 14
Partial oxidation of ethane was studied on unsupported and supported Mo-V-Nb oxides. Different grades of titania (Crystal-AF4.60, AF7.70 and AF12.5 and Degussa P25) were explored as supports. Samples of the catalyst were characterized using XRD, SEM and BET surface area. The reaction was carried out at 200-275 ºC and 200 psi. At ethane conversion (6 %), unsupported samples exhibited selectivities to ethylene and acetic acid of 76 and 23 %, while for Degussa P25-supported sample, the values were 54 and 35 %, respectively. Addition of Pd (0.196 %) led to an increase in selectivity to acetic acid of 75 %.
S. Al-Zeghayer, Y., S. Al-Awadi, A., Y. Jibril, B., A. Soliman, M., & Al-Mayman, S. (2013). Partial Oxidation of Ethane to Acetic Acid on Titania Supported MoVNbPd Catalyst. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25(14), 7979–7985. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/8077
