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Break-in behavior of a tungsten oxide on silica catalyst during propylene disproportionation

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dc.contributor Chemical Engineering
dc.contributor Wills, George B.
dc.contributor Beyer, Gerhard H.
dc.contributor Rony, Peter R.
dc.contributor Ward, Thomas C.
dc.contributor Michelsen, Donald L.
dc.creator Fathi-Kalajahi, Jamshid
dc.date 2014-03-14T21:15:03Z
dc.date 2014-03-14T21:15:03Z
dc.date 1978-04-05
dc.date 2012-06-14
dc.date 2012-06-14
dc.date 2012-06-14
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T08:08:55Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T08:08:55Z
dc.identifier etd-06142012-040025
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38613
dc.identifier http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06142012-040025/
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/276403
dc.description This investigation consisted of a study of the break-in behavior of a tungsten oxide on silica catalyst during propylene disproportionation. A catalyst of 10 percent WO3 on silica gel (223 square meters per gram B.E.T. surface area) was used in a microcatalytic reactor. During the initial contacting of freshly activated samples of this catalyst with propylene, significant increases in disproportionation activity were observed for periods of up to 20 hours. The object of this study was to investigate the phenomena responsible for this break-in. The rate of approach to steady-state activity data were obtained using catalyst samples which were first saturated with each of the three gases involved in this reaction (propylene, ethylene, and 2-butene) by pulsing at .94 and 2.7 atmospheres before.starting the propylene flow. Effects of each gas on the break-in behavior of the catalyst were determined. A material balance around the reactor was made for each gas by pulse reactor techniques.
dc.description Ph. D.
dc.format xiii, 182 leaves
dc.format BTD
dc.format application/pdf
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.publisher Virginia Tech
dc.relation OCLC# 40294226
dc.relation LD5655.V856_1978.F28.pdf
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject catalyst properties
dc.subject LD5655.V856 1978.F28
dc.title Break-in behavior of a tungsten oxide on silica catalyst during propylene disproportionation
dc.type Dissertation
dc.type Text


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