Design of optimum catalytic system and reactor configuration for the selective catalytic conversion of ethane to ethylene

Abstract

Ethylene production via catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane is a developing technology with great economic and technological interest. The purpose of the present thesis is the optimal catalyst and reactor system design for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene. On the one hand, an in-depth study of the mechanism of oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts based on nickel oxide was conducted and the active catalytic center determined. On the other hand, the effect of operating and design parameters of the catalytic reactor to yield to ethylene was investigated. A series of nickel-niobium and nickel-aluminum mixed oxides were developed and it was found that part of the dopant cations is incorporated in nickel oxide crystal. This interaction causes a reduction of excess electrophilic monovalent oxygen species present in non-stoichiometric host NiO. Selectivity towards ethylene was found to be inversely related to the surface concentration of electrophilic species O-, wh ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/39966
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/39966
ND
39966
Alternative title
Σχεδιασμός βέλτιστου συστήματος καταλυτικού υλικού και αντιδραστήρα για την εκλεκτική μετατροπή του αιθανίου σε αιθυλένιο
Author
Skoufa, Zinovia (Father's name: Apostolos)
Date
2014
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Λεμονίδου Αγγελική
Τριανταφυλλίδης Κωνσταντίνος
Ναλμπαντιάν Λώρη
Ζασπάλης Βασίλειος
Κωνσταντόπουλος Αθανάσιος
Σταυρόπουλος Γεώργιος
Τσιπλακίδης Δημήτριος
Discipline
Natural SciencesChemical Sciences
Engineering and TechnologyChemical Engineering
Medical and Health SciencesMedical Biotechnology
Keywords
Catalysis; Oxidative dehydrogenation; Ethylene; Nickel oxide; Mixed oxides; Isotopic studies; Kinetic isotope effects; Reaction mechanisms; Nickel-niobium mixed oxides; Staged oxygen admission; Catalytic reactors; Non-stoichiometric oxygen; Solid solution; Reactor simulation
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
301 σ., im., tbls., fig., ch.
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