The solid acid catalysts SO 4
2− /TiO 2 were prepared by the impregnation technique under two preparation conditions which were different in calcination temperature and concentration of impregnation solution of H 2 SO 4 . The characterization was carried out by using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed desorption of NH 3 (NH 3 -TPD), N 2 -BET, X-ray fluorescence and thermal gravity (TG)–differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The characteristic peaks in the FTIR spectrum were essentially the same within the calcination temperature range of 400–600 °C. The XRD results indicated that the sample could show partial specific peaks of the anatase phase as the calcination temperature was higher than 400 °C. The obvious strong acid and superacid sites of the prepared SO 4
2− /TiO 2 were conformed by the NH 3 -TPD results. The BET surface areas of 102–206 m 2 /g were measured by the N 2 -BET method, and the pore size distributions were essentially mesoporous. The TG–DSC results showed that SO 4
2− /TiO 2 would decompose at about 500 °C in the air. The solid acid SO 4
2− /TiO 2 were used for the epoxidation of castor oil. The lowest iodine value of the product was 52.65/100 g when the reaction temperature was 65 °C, reaction time was 10 h and catalyst loading was 15 wt.%.
In this work, the regeneration of rich CO 2 -loaded monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent with two catalysts (e.g. SAPO-34 and SO 4 2− /TiO 2 ) was investigated in order to reduce the energy requirement for solvent regeneration. The regeneration behavior with and without catalyst of a 5M MEA solution with an initial CO 2 loading of 0.5 mol CO 2 /mol amine at 96 °C was studied to compare their CO 2 desorption rate and heat duties. The results show that the two solid acid catalysts can reduce the heat duty for solvent regeneration and increase the CO 2 desorption rate in comparison with blank test. The mechanism of CO 2 desorption with catalyst in 5M MEA was proposed based on the result of catalyst characterization (e.g. N 2 absorption/desorption experiment, Py-IR, NH 3 -TPD, FT-IR and XRD) to better understand the desorption process. The results indicate that SAPO-34 with the higher joint value of Brϕnsted/Lewis acid sites ratio (B/L) and mesopore surface area (MSA) shows the faster CO 2 desorption rate and lower heat duty than SO 4 2− /TiO 2 . Based on the experimental results, the addition of solid acid catalysts into amine solution could be considered as one of choices to reduce the heat duty for CO 2 desorption from CO 2 -loaded amine solvent.
Hua Nie,Wei Li,Qirong Wu,Vladislav Rac,Vesna Rakić,Xuesen Du
Poisoning effects by alkali metal chlorides is one of the major reasons for the deactivation of SCR catalyst in biomass-fired plants. In this study, the influence of KCl on two vanadium-based catalysts with different promoters, V2O5-WO3/TiO2and V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2, was investigated. The catalytic activity of the fresh V2O5-WO3/TiO2was higher than that of V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2at low temperatures. V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2performed better than V2O5-WO3/TiO2when KCl was deposited on the catalyst surface. Both poisoned catalysts were efficiently regenerated by SO2treatment. The characterization results show that the reducibility and acidity of the catalysts were weakened by KCl deposition but regenerated by SO2.