Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions Using ... - CHEC
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CHAPTER 7<br />
technique silver leaching could be limited, a feature which has rarely been described for flame<br />
synthesized catalysts.<br />
<strong>Reactions</strong> in pressurized CO2 are popular within catalysis and the high reaction rates for the<br />
oxidation of alcohols over palladium catalysts are one example justifying the considerable research<br />
efforts in this field. Phase behavior indeed can be important and should therefore in general be<br />
considered in CO2 related studies. This can be done experimentally in a relatively simple way when<br />
the equipment – i.e. mainly a view cell – is already present. The modeling approach is an alternative<br />
when the equipment is not available and is also more flexible but of course requires substantial<br />
familiarization with the overall modeling process. The results presented here are a good starting<br />
point but more studies should follow investigating whether the proposed model can replace simple<br />
semi‐quantitative phase behavior studies in a reliable way. The catalytic results reported here differ<br />
from previously reported conclusions stating that biphasic conditions – though still close to the<br />
pressure at which phase transition occurs – result in a faster catalytic conversion. At high pressure<br />
the oxygen mass transport to the Pd surface appears to be too high. The process is very complex,<br />
phase behavior being only one parameter and is far from being completely understood. The<br />
influence of the flow on the activity and selectivity as well as the comparability between batch and<br />
continuous experiments should be investigated more carefully in order to obtain an understanding of<br />
the flow properties. Further extensive X‐ray absorption and infrared spectroscopic studies under<br />
single and two phase conditions might give insights into the origin of the pronounced response to the<br />
phase behavior.<br />
Catalysis by metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) is a new research direction and so far the<br />
performance of many MOFs has been interesting as a property of a new material but was often<br />
inferior to established catalyst materials. Contrary to this, the MOF used in the epoxidation study<br />
investigated here showed a very promising performance though the observed solvent co‐oxidation<br />
limits the attractiveness of the studied process under economical viewpoints. Still, the broad<br />
distribution of especially homogeneous cobalt catalysts for oxidation reactions makes the MOF<br />
studied in here an interesting candidate for further catalytic studies.<br />
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