Author, as appears in the article.: Perez-Barrado, Elena; Cinta Pujol, Maria; Aguilo, Magdalena; Llorca, Jordi; Cesteros, Yolanda; Diaz, Francesc; Pallares, Josep; Marsal, Lluis F; Salagre, Pilar
Department: Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Aguiló Díaz, Magdalena / Cesteros Fernández, Yolanda / Díaz González, Francisco Manuel / Marsal Garví, Luis Francisco / Pallarès Marzal, Josep / Pujol Baiges, Maria Cinta / Salagre Carnero, María Pilar
Keywords: Short-chain polyglycerol Selective etherification Renewable resources Porosity Mgal layered double hydroxides Mesoporous catalysts Hydrotalcites Hydrocalumite Glycerol etherification Diglycerol Diffraction Derivatives Caal layered double hydroxides Basicity Acid-base properties
Abstract: Several MgAl-LDHs (HT) and CaAl-LDHs (HC) were synthesized in different conditions and later calcined at 723 K, resulting in catalysts (cHT and cHC), with different acid base properties. Calcined samples were tested in the etherification reaction of glycerol towards short-chain oligomers (di- to pentaglycerol). All catalysts were characterised by XRPD, ICP, N-2,physisorption and TEM techniques. The basicity was evaluated using the CO2-TPD technique and the acidity by cyclohexylamine adsorption. Catalytic results were correlated with catalysts properties. Catalysts with higher acidity showed higher conversion (96% for a cHT and 75% for a cHC) but also higher selectivity to other products, with main contribution of acrolein (88% for a cHT and 58% for a cHC). In contrast, catalysts with lower acidity resulted in lower conversion (24% for a cHT and 40% for a cHC) but higher selectivity towards di- and triglycerol (100% and 64%, respectively). The formation of triglycerol and other low-weight polyglycerols (tetra- and pentaglycerol) was favoured in catalysts with low acidity and strong basic sites. When the temperature of calcination was raised to 1073 K for one cHC, the acidity decreased and the number of strong basic sites increased, resulting in higher selectivity to triglycerol (20%), the formation of tetra- and pentaglycerol (15% and 6%, respectively) and the decrease of the acrolein amount. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Author's mail: josep.pallares@urv.cat magdalena.aguilo@urv.cat mariacinta.pujol@urv.cat yolanda.cesteros@urv.cat lluis.marsal@urv.cat f.diaz@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-7221-5383 0000-0001-6130-9579 0000-0002-1052-8031 0000-0002-5439-9358 0000-0002-5976-1408 0000-0003-4581-4967
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S138589471401585X
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Chemical Engineering Journal. 264 547-556
APA: Perez-Barrado, Elena; Cinta Pujol, Maria; Aguilo, Magdalena; Llorca, Jordi; Cesteros, Yolanda; Diaz, Francesc; Pallares, Josep; Marsal, Lluis F; Salag (2015). Influence of acid-base properties of calcined MgAl and CaAl layered double hydroxides on the catalytic glycerol etherification to short-chain polyglycerols. Chemical Engineering Journal, 264(), 547-556. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.117
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.117
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications