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Vapor-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts

Yoshida, Rei, Sun, Daolai, Yamada, Yasuhiro, Sato, Satoshi and Hutchings, Graham John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-1560 2017. Vapor-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts. Catalysis Communications 97 , pp. 79-82. 10.1016/j.catcom.2017.04.018

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Abstract

Vapor-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) was performed over SiO2-supported Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts with different Cu/Ni weight ratios under ambient H2 pressure. Characterization of the catalysts was carried out using powder X-ray diffraction, temperature programmed reduction and thermogravimetric analysis. In contrast to the monometallic catalysts i.e. Ni/SiO2 and Cu/SiO2, the Cu-Ni/SiO2 bimetallic catalyst with a Cu/Ni weight ratio of 6/14 exhibits an excellent catalytic activity, and gave a GVL yield higher than 99% with a productivity of 1.64 kgGVL kgcat.− 1 h− 1 at 250 °C and at a high WHSV of 1.65 h− 1 for 50 h.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Uncontrolled Keywords: Levulinic acid; γ-Valerolactone; Hydrogenation; Cu-Ni bimetallic catalyst
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1566-7367
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 18 April 2017
Date of Acceptance: 11 April 2017
Last Modified: 06 May 2023 05:34
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99917

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