The Effects of Cr-Substitution in Ferrite Catalysts and the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene

페라이트 촉매의 Cr 치환효과와 에틸벤젠의 탈수소반응

  • Lim, Ki-Chul (Science and Technology Policy Institute) ;
  • Kim, Eul-San (Department of Chemistry, Korea Military Academy) ;
  • Lee, Ho-In (Department of Chemical Technology, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 1991.06.22
  • Published : 1991.09.30

Abstract

Mg- and Zn-ferrites having spinel structure, a kind of complex oxides showing the advantageous properties of constituent single metal oxides, were selected to find a relationship between their catalytic activities in the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene and the catalytic properties. For the structural and physical analyses of ferrites, XRD, BET, TG/DTA, ESCA, TEM, and TPD methods were employed. The effects of Cr-substitution were intensively studied by the experimental methods mentioned above. Chromium which showed a preferential tendency to diffuse to the surface acted as a structural promoter by increasing surface area and stability of catalyst structure. In the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, catalytic activity, and the effects of Cr-substitution were investigated. Oxygen mobility was decreased with the amount of Cr-substitution in $MgCr_xFe_{2-x}O_4$, which resulted in the increase of selectivity to styrene and the suppression of total oxidation.

몇 종류의 산화물을 혼합하여 그 장점들이 촉매의 특성으로 나타나도록 하는 복합산화물 촉매의 한 종류로서 스피넬 구조를 이루는 Mg- 및 Zn-페라이트를 촉매로 선정하여 Cr 치환에 따른 물성을 분석하고, 에틸벤젠의 탈수소 반응에 대하여 연구하였다. 촉매의 특성 분석에는 XRD, BET, TG/DTA, ESCA, TEM, TPD등의 분석법을 사용하였다. 페라이트 촉매에 대한 Cr 치환 효과를 검토하기 위하여 물성을 종합적으로 분석한 결과, 표면으로의 확산이 용이한 Cr 은 촉매의 표면적 증가와 구조의 안정성에 기여하는 구조적인 조촉매로서 작용하였다. 촉매의 반응성 실험에 있어서는 Cr의 치환에 따른 활성변화를 검토하였는데, $MgCr_xFe_{2-x}O_4$ 촉매에서 Cr 치환량이 증가할수록 산소의 유동성이 작아져 완전산화반응이 억제되고 스티렌으로의 선택도가 증가하였다.

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