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Water remediation contaminated with MTBE using a catalytic oxidation process in batch reactor: influence of the cerium loading on the activity and CO 2 selectivity

Water remediation contaminated with MTBE using a catalytic oxidation process in batch reactor: influence of the cerium loading on the activity and CO 2 selectivity

G Torres-Torres, I Cuauhtémoc-López, A Espinosa de Los Monteros, Dora Ma Frías-Márquez, J C Arévalo Pérez, G Del Angel

Water Sci Technol. 2018 Nov;78(7):1509-1516.

PMID: 30427791

Abstract:

Destruction of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in liquid phase and in a batch reactor was studied using ruthenium catalysts over alumina support, modified with different cerium loadings. Ce loading increment causes an increase in the particle size from 1.26 nm to 2.3 nm, enhancing the MTBE oxidation (at 150 °C), and the selectivity toward CO2. The high catalytic activity of Ru/ACe10 is attributed to the species Ce4+-O2--M that could favor the oxygen transfer between the catalyst surface and the adsorbed species by a redox mechanism. Thus, CeOx plays an important role in both enhancing the affinity between MTBE and catalyst during MTBE adsorption and promoting the catalytic activity for MTBE oxidation.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS72315	Ruthenium on alumina			Price

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