Abstract
A series of vanadium pyrophosphate oxide catalysts were prepared by thermally treating catalyst precursor VOHPO 4·0.5H 2O in the temperature range of 500–900 °C in nitrogen and their catalytic activities were evaluated in glycerol dehydration with molecular oxygen. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetric–differential thermal analysis and temperature programmed desorption of ammonia. The dehydration activity depends on treatment temperature on the catalyst precursor; the catalyst treated at 800 °C exhibits the best result with 100% glycerol conversion and more than 95% selectivity for useful products, including acrolein (64%), acetaldehyde, acetic acid and hydroxyacetone. We observed that the addition of molecular oxygen into reaction could greatly reduce the selectivity for by-products from 20% to 4% and can avoid coke formation. The dehydration activities of the catalysts were correlated with the characteristics of the catalysts.
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