Title: | "Mixture effects during the oxidation of toluene, ethyl acetate and ethanol over a cryptomelane catalyst" |
Author(s): | Santos VP; Pereira MF; Orfao JJ; Figueiredo JL; |
Address: | "Laboratorio de Catalise e Materiais, Laboratorio Associado LSRE/LCM, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. santos.vera@fe.up.pt" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.036 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-3336 (Electronic) 0304-3894 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The catalytic oxidation of two-component VOC mixtures (ethanol, ethyl acetate and toluene) was studied over cryptomelane. Remarkable mixture effects were observed on the activity and the selectivity. Toluene inhibits both ethyl acetate and ethanol oxidation, this effect being more evident in the case of ethyl acetate. For instance, the temperature for 100% conversion is about 210 degrees C when ethyl acetate is oxidised alone, and 250 degrees C or higher, when it is oxidised in mixtures with toluene. On the contrary, toluene oxidation is only slightly inhibited by the presence of ethyl acetate, while the presence of ethanol has a promoting effect. Concerning the mixtures of ethyl acetate and ethanol, both compounds have a mutual inhibitory effect, which is more evident in the case of ethyl acetate (the temperature for 100% conversion of ethyl acetate is about 45 degrees C higher when ethyl acetate is oxidised in mixtures with ethanol, while in the case of ethanol the corresponding increase is only 10 degrees C)" |
Keywords: | Acetates/*chemistry Catalysis Ethanol/*chemistry Manganese Compounds/*chemistry Oxidation-Reduction Toluene/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds; |
Notes: | "MedlineSantos, V P Pereira, M F R Orfao, J J M Figueiredo, J L eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2010/11/04 J Hazard Mater. 2011 Jan 30; 185(2-3):1236-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.036. Epub 2010 Oct 15" |