Deactivation and regeneration of activated carbon-supported Rh and Ru catalysts in the hydrodechlorination of chloromethanes into light olefins

This work analyses the deactivation of activated carbon-supported Rh and Ru (both at 1 wt%) catalysts (Rh/C and Ru/C) in the hydrodechlorination (HDC) of dichloromethane (DCM) and chloroform (TCM). The deactivation can be mainly attributed to the coverage of active metal centres by organometallic sp...

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Autores: Martin-Martinez, Maria, Rodríguez Jiménez, Juan José, Baker, Richard T., Gómez Sainero, Luisa María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:IAPH
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/700000
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/700000
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.125479
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Deactivation
Hydrodechlorination
Olefins
Regeneration
Rh/C
Ru/C
Química
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Sumario:This work analyses the deactivation of activated carbon-supported Rh and Ru (both at 1 wt%) catalysts (Rh/C and Ru/C) in the hydrodechlorination (HDC) of dichloromethane (DCM) and chloroform (TCM). The deactivation can be mainly attributed to the coverage of active metal centres by organometallic species resulting from the chemisorption of reaction products, such as olefins, at the electro-deficient metal sites. With DCM, the activity of Ru/C decreased by more than 80% after 90 h on stream at 250 °C and with a space time of 1.7 kg h mol−1. Under the same conditions, with TCM, the Rh/C and Ru/C catalysts lost 75% of activity after 84 and 54 h on stream, respectively. A regeneration treatment with air at 250 °C allowed complete recovery of the catalytic activity. After each deactivation-regeneration cycle, the selectivity to olefins increased. Therefore, HDC with the catalysts tested provides a promising way for the upgrading of chloromethanes from waste gas streams into light olefins