Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

Overcoming catalyst deactivation during the continuous conversion of sugars to chemicals: maximising the performance of Sn-Beta with a little drop of water

Padovan, Daniele, Tolborg, Søren, Botti, Luca, Taarning, Esben, Sádaba, Irantzu and Hammond, Ceri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-7674 2017. Overcoming catalyst deactivation during the continuous conversion of sugars to chemicals: maximising the performance of Sn-Beta with a little drop of water. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering 3 (2) , pp. 155-163. 10.1039/C7RE00180K

[thumbnail of Manuscript_RCnEglucose_vFINAL_SM.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Accepted Post-Print Version
Download (864kB) | Preview

Abstract

Producing chemicals from renewable resources represents one of the key challenges in chemical science. Whilst catalytic methods for converting renewables to chemicals offer several advantages over biological approaches, the solid catalysts developed to date are typically plagued by rapid rates of deactivation, prohibiting their greater exploitation. Here, we demonstrate, for the first time, that a Sn-containing zeolite, Sn-Beta, is capable of continuously converting saccharide solutions to value added chemicals with high levels of activity, selectivity and stability. For both the isomerisation of glucose to fructose, and the conversion of fructose to alkyl lactates, we observe that the addition of up to 10% of water to the methanol/sugar reaction feed increases reactivity by a factor of 2.5, and catalyst stability by one order of magnitude. Continuous operation for up to 1366 h (57 days) is demonstrated, with only limited loss of activity being observed over this period of time. Post-reaction characterisation indicates that the addition of water influences several elements of the catalytic system, which cooperatively result in improved performance.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN: 2058-9883
Funders: EPSRC and Royal Society, Royal Society
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 7 December 2017
Date of Acceptance: 24 November 2017
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2023 17:53
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107402

Citation Data

Cited 26 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics