Chemical Engineering Transactions (May 2019)

Ru-fe3o4-containing Polymeric Catalysts for Cellulose Hydrogenolysis

  • Oleg Manaenkov,
  • Olga Kislitsa,
  • Ekaterina Ratkevich,
  • Valentina Matveeva,
  • Mikhail Sulman,
  • Esther Sulman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1974014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 74

Abstract

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In this paper, a novel catalysts on the base of hypercrosslinked polystyrene (HPS) with magnetic properties are proposed for the one-pot processes of the cellulose conversion into ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (PG). Synthesized magnetically recoverable supports and catalysts were characterized by different physical-chemical methods. The magnetic properties of the supports Fe3O4/HPS MN270 and the corresponding catalysts were studied. The use of this catalyst in the process of microcrystalline cellulose hydrogenolysis in subcritical water allows PG and EG selectivities of 20.0 and 22.6%, respectively, at 100% of cellulose conversion.