Selective hydrogenation of hydrogen peroxide in the epoxidation effluent of the HPPO process

This work describes selective H2O2 hydrogenation in the exit stream of the epoxidation reactor employed in the Hydrogen Peroxide–Propylene Oxide (HPPO) process. Pd/Al2O3 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts were employed for this purpose. The effect of the reaction temperature, catalyst amount and hydrogen partia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Blanco Brieva, Gema, Frutos Escrig, Pilar de, Martín, Hilario, Campos Martín, José Miguel, García Fierro, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/49763
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/49763
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:H2O2
Hydrogenation
Platinum
Palladium
HPPO
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Sumario:This work describes selective H2O2 hydrogenation in the exit stream of the epoxidation reactor employed in the Hydrogen Peroxide–Propylene Oxide (HPPO) process. Pd/Al2O3 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts were employed for this purpose. The effect of the reaction temperature, catalyst amount and hydrogen partial pressure on catalyst performance were investigated. It was found that the Pt catalyst is much more active than its Pd counterpart. Under optimized reaction conditions, the hydrogen peroxide present in the exit stream can be completely hydrogenated with the Pt catalyst with a reaction time of no longer than 20 min and an almost negligible amount of byproducts derived from propylene oxide.