n-Butane Isomerization over Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids: Study of Some Parameters

n-Butane Isomerization Catalyzed by Sulfated Zirconia Nanocrystals Supported on Silica or γ-Alumina

Supported sulfated zirconia catalysts with zirconia contents of 10, 20 and 50 wt% were prepared by impregnation of SiO2 and γ-Al2O3 supports with H2SO4/Zr(SO4)2 solutions followed by calcination at 923 K. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements, thermal analysis, UV–vis spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. Tetragonal zirconi...

Valorization of Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel over Heteropolyacids Immobilized on Mesoporous Silica — A Kinetic Study

Effect of solvation and confinement on the trans-gauche isomerization reaction in n-butane.

The effect of solvation and confinement on the conformational equilibria and kinetics of n-butane is examined using molecular dynamics simulations of the bulk and confined fluids and compared to appropriately chosen reference states. Clear evidence for a solvent shift of the preferred conformation in bulk n-butane is found. At a temperature of 292 K and a density of 6.05 nm-3 a small solvent sh...

Progress of the Application of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Preparation of Nanostructured Metal Oxides

Mesoporous silica molecular sieves are a kind of unique catalyst support due to their large pore size and high surface area. Several methods have been developed to immobilize heteropolyacids (HPAs) inside the channels of these mesoporous silicas. The mesoporous silica-supported HPA materials have been widely used as recyclable catalysts in heterogeneous systems. They have shown high catalytic a...

Platinum- and iron-doubly promoted tungstated zirconia catalyst for n-butane isomerization reaction

The catalysis of n-butane isomerization over iron-promoted tungstated zirconia (F1.2WZ) and platinum–iron-promoted tungstated zirconia (P/F1.2WZ) catalysts was studied and correlated to the catalyst characterization results. In the singly promoted F1.2WZ catalyst, we suggest that the iron species promotes the n-butane isomerization reaction through a redox effect. The formation of W–O–Fe linkag...