Potassium modified NaY: A selective and durable catalyst for dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid

Peng Sun, Dinghua Yu, Kaimei Fu, Mingyan Gu, Yang Wang, He Huang, Hanjie Ying

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Abstract

Potassium modification significantly improved the selectivity and durability of NaY zeolites during lactic acid dehydration reaction. The selectivity of 2.8K/NaY zeolites improved from 14.8% to 50.0% over NaY catalyst. Adding potassium also prolonged catalyst life. After 22 h the acrylic acid selectivity of NaY zeolites reduced to less than 10.0% while that of 3.5K/NaY retained 35.6%. Characterizations with NH3-TPD, CO2-TPD, N2 adsorption and thermal analysis techniques revealed that the enhancement of catalytic performances could be attributed to the tuned acidity/basicity and the potassium electronic promoter effect.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1345-1349
Number of pages5
JournalCatalysis Communications
Volume10
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Dehydration
  • Durability
  • Lactic acid
  • NaY
  • Potassium
  • Selectivity

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