Abstract:The mechanism of the reductive dehydration of ethanol (RDE) into C 3+ alkanes over the com mercial alumina-platinum catalyst AP 64 has been investigated. The catalyst pre reduction time has an effect on the conversion of ethanol and on that of ethylene, a possible intermediate compound in the RDE reaction. Over the catalyst reduced for 12 h, ethanol turns into a C 3 -C 12 alkane fraction and ethylene turns into a C 3 -C 12 olefin fraction, whose yields are 39.0 and 31.4%, respectively. Energetic parameters of … Show more
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