MoO3 modified Ni2P/Al2O3 as an efficient catalyst for crude glycerol to propylene
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Huiyan Yan; Alex C.K. Yip; Shaohui Ge; Jinsen Gao; Yongfeng Li; Minghui Zhang; Tao Dou; Zhijie Wu
- Source
- Catalysis Communications. 92:80-85
- Subject
- 010405 organic chemistry
Chemistry
Process Chemistry and Technology
General Chemistry
Raw material
010402 general chemistry
Fluid catalytic cracking
01 natural sciences
Catalysis
0104 chemical sciences
Propanol
chemistry.chemical_compound
Hydrogenolysis
Glycerol
Organic chemistry
Methanol
Selectivity
- Language
- ISSN
- 1566-7367
The highly selective conversion of glycerol to propylene was performed by coupling the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to propanol and the catalytic cracking of propanol to propylene by using metal and acid catalysts together. The coupling of MoO 3 -modified Ni 2 P/Al 2 O 3 and ZSM-5 catalysts efficiently resulted a high selectivity of propylene (88%) for pure glycerol conversion at 523 K. Such coupling was feasible for the conversion of glycerol/methanol (mainly the refined product of crude glycerol) to propylene by increasing cracking temperature to 723 K. The new system is potential for large-scale production in which crude glycerol and hydrogen are available as feedstock.