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Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane on Oxide Materials in a Pulsed Microcatalytic and a Membrane Reactor

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This paper presents a study of oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) on nanostructured single-component and multicomponent catalysts based on V5+, Mo5+, and Nb5+ oxides and produced on alumina by molecular layering. It has been shown that the molybdenum-containing catalysts exhibit higher activity for ODHE in both single-component and binary samples and ensure higher ethylene selectivity. We have demonstrated advantages of ODHE on membrane–catalyst systems in the form of asymmetric ceramic tubes, with catalysts placed inside of them. The membrane–catalyst systems produced by molecular layering offer considerably higher activity and selectivity in ODHE.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work performed at the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences (the studies of conventional and membrane catalysts and their physicochemical studies) was supported by the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of Russia (state research target). The work performed at the St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University) (the fabrication of the catalysts and membranes by the molecular layering method) was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (state research target, project no. 16.1798.217/4.6). In our studies, we used equipment at the Novel Petrochemical Processes, Polymer Composites, and Adhesives Shared Research Facilities Center, Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Shared Physical Characterization Facilities Center, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 29, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. A. Zhilyaeva, M. M. Ermilova, N. V. Orekhova, N. L. Basov & A. B. Yaroslavtsev

  2. St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University), Moskovskii pr. 26, 190013, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. V. Mikhailovskii & A. A. Malygin

  3. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. B. Yaroslavtsev

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Zhilyaeva, N.A., Ermilova, M.M., Orekhova, N.V. et al. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane on Oxide Materials in a Pulsed Microcatalytic and a Membrane Reactor. Inorg Mater 54, 1136–1143 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851811016X

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