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Condensation by-products in wet peroxide oxidation: Fouling or catalytic promotion? Part I: Evidences of an autocatalytic process
| dc.contributor.author | Quintanilla, Asunción | |
| dc.contributor.author | Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Figueruelo, Cristina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Munoz, Macarena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Casas, Jose A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-19T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-20T17:34:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-19T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-20T17:34:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The deposition of condensation by-products onto the catalyst surface upon wet peroxide and wet air oxidation processes has usually been associated with catalyst deactivation. However, in Part I of this paper, it was demonstrated that these carbonaceous deposits actually act as catalytic promoters in the oxygen-assisted wet peroxide oxidation (WPO-O2) of phenol. Herein, the intrinsic activity, nature and stability of these species have been investigated. To achieve this goal, an up-flow fixed bed reactor packed with porous Al2O3 spheres was used to facilitate the deposition of the condensation by-products formed in the liquid phase. It was demonstrated that the condensation by-products catalyzed the decomposition of H2O2 and a higher amount of these species leads to a higher degree of oxidation degree The reaction rates, conversion values and intermediates’ distribution were analyzed. The characterization of the carbonaceous deposits on the Al2O3 spheres showed a significant amount of condensation by-products (~6 wt.%) after 650 h of time on stream. They are of aromatic nature and present oxygen functional groups consisting of quinones, phenols, aldehydes, carboxylics and ketones. The initial phenol concentration and H2O2 dose were found to be crucial variables for the generation and consumption of such species, respectively | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by the Spanish MINECO through the project CTM-2016-76454-R and by the CM through the project P2018/EMT-4341. M. Munoz thanks the Spanish MINECO for the Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral contract (RYC-2016-20648). | |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.citation | Quintanilla, Asunción; Diaz de Tuesta, Jose L.; Figueruelo, Cristina; Munoz, Macarena; Casas, Jose A. (2019). Condensation by-products in wet peroxide oxidation: Fouling or catalytic promotion? Part I: Evidences of an autocatalytic process. Catalysts. ISSN 2073-4344. 9:6, p. 1-16 | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/catal9060516 | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/19953 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Autocatalytic kinetics | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Condensation by-products | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Fouling | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Wet air oxidation | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Wet peroxide oxidation | en_EN |
| dc.title | Condensation by-products in wet peroxide oxidation: Fouling or catalytic promotion? Part I: Evidences of an autocatalytic process | en_EN |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| person.familyName | Díaz de Tuesta | |
| person.givenName | Jose Luis | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 7A1F-022B-7DBF | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-2408-087X | |
| person.identifier.rid | D-9785-2017 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55755821600 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | en_EN |
| rcaap.type | article | en_EN |
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