Dehydration of glycerol to acrolein was performed on WO 3 /ZrO 2 solid heterogeneous catalysts in a continuous flow fixed bed reactor. A maximum of 75% acrolein selectivity was achieved at 100% conversion of glycerol. The acrolein selectivity correlates with the concentration of weak acidic sites of the WO 3 /ZrO 2 catalysts that were free of basic sites.
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