Kinetic analysis and isotopic tracer studies were used to identify elementary steps and their reversibility in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane on VOx /ZrO2 catalysts with VOx surface densities between 1.6 and 6 VOx /nm2. Competitive reactions of C3H6 and CH3CH2CH3 showed that CO forms via secondary combustion of propene intermediates. CO2 formed via this reaction and also via the direc...

The oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane was investigated on vanadia dispersed on alumina containing a nominal polymolybdate monolayer (4.8 Mo/nm2). Dehydrogenation rates and selectivities on these catalysts were compared with those on vanadia domains dispersed on alumina. At a given vanadia surface density, ODH reaction rates per gram of catalyst were about 1.5–2 times greater on MoOx -c...

Propane dehydrogenation has emerged as a promising and booming method for direct propylene production. This preview highlights some recent important works that are moving forward the propane process toward high performance with excellent conversion, selectivity, durability. Propylene is basic raw material production of polypropylene, oxide, acrylonitrile, acrolein, acetone, various high-value c...

The activity and selectivity of aluminaand magnesia-supported vanadia for propane oxidative dehydrogenation can be enhanced by can be enhanced by interactions of vanadia with molydena for the alumina-supported catalyst and by phosphorous doping for the magnesia-supported catalyst.

The extent of reduction of active centers during oxidative alkane dehydrogenation on VOx/Al2O3 was measured from pre-edge UV-visible spectral features and found to increase with increasing VOx domain size and propane/O2 ratio.

In this study, characterization of vanadia supported on Al-modified titania nanotubes (TiNTs) synthesized by the alkaline hydrothermal treatment of TiO2 powders has been reported. A promising catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane was prepared via the incipient wetness impregnation method. The morphology and crystalline structure of TiNTs were characterized by transmission elec...

The catalytic properties of Al2O3-supported vanadia with a wide range of VOx surface density (1.4-34.2 V/nm) and structure were examined for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane and propane. UV-visible and Raman spectra showed that vanadia is dispersed predominately as isolated monovanadate species below ~2.3 V/nm. As surface densities increase, two-dimensional polyvanadates appear (2.3-7.0 ...

Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) NiCe catalysts with different Ni/Ce molar ratio were fabricated using the colloidal crystal templating method. The physic-chemical properties of the samples were characterized by various techniques, including N2 adsorption–desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman, and H2-temperature-programmed reduction (TP...

Supported vanadia catalyst was successfully synthesized using wet impregnation of gamma-Alumina to study Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation (POD). The prepared catalysts were characterized with XRD, BET, and TPR tests. In a broad temperature range (340 to 630°C), effects of vanadia loading (2.7, 5.4, and 9 wt%) and propane to oxygen ratio (3/1 to 1/3) were investigated on propane conversion as w...

Synthetic approach for precise formation of PtZn bimetallic nano-alloys is reported, which are highly active and selective towards propane dehydrogenation.