Abstract
Catalytic combustion of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), present in low concentrations (10–1000 ppm) in industrial effluent streams, is a promising air abatement technology. The oxidation of benzene, butanol and ethyl acetate over group VII metal catalysts supported on alumina carriers has been investigated. Pt, Pd and Co were found to be the most active among group VIII metals, while ethyl acetate was found to be the most-difficult-to-oxidize compound. Benzene and ethyl acetate oxidations over Pt/Al 2O 3 were found to be structure sensitive reactions with the turnover frequency (TOF) increasing with increasing mean metal particle size. The presence of chloride on the catalyst surface, originating from chloride-containing metal precursor compounds was found to exert an inhibiting effect on the activity of Pt. Apparent activation energies of the reactions over Pt and Pd catalysts were found to be in the 70–120 kJ/mol range while the reaction order with respect to the VOC was positive in all cases. During oxidation of benzene-butanol mixtures, benzene oxidation was completely suppressed as long as butanol was present in the reaction mixture.
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