Catalysis Letters

, Volume 114, Issue 1–2, pp 59–63 | Cite as

Toluene deep oxidation over noble metals, Copper and Vanadium Oxides

  • Adilson Aprigio dos Santos
  • Kenison Michel Nascimento Lima
  • Renan Tavares Figueiredo
  • Silvia Maria da Silva Egues
  • André Luis Dantas Ramos
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Abstract

This work studies toluene abatement from gaseous streams, using gamma-Al2O3 supported palladium and platinum catalysts, titania and gamma-Al2O3 supported vanadium oxide catalysts and ZnO/Al2O3 supported copper oxide catalyst, characterized by textural and thermal analyses, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence. Noble metal catalysts have shown higher activity but lower selectivity toward total oxidation, with higher selectivity toward undesired products, like CO and benzene.

Key words

toluene complete oxidation palladium platinum vanadium copper 
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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Sergipe (FAP-SE) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (PETROBRAS). The authors also want to thank NUCAT/PEQ/COPPE/UFRJ for the characterization analyses.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Adilson Aprigio dos Santos
    • 1
  • Kenison Michel Nascimento Lima
    • 1
  • Renan Tavares Figueiredo
    • 1
    • 2
  • Silvia Maria da Silva Egues
    • 1
    • 2
  • André Luis Dantas Ramos
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.LCAT/ITP, Laboratório de CatáliseInstituto de Tecnologia e PesquisaAracajuBrazil
  2. 2.PEP/NDTR/UNIT, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Processos, Núcleo de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico RegionalUniversidade TiradentesAracajuBrazil

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