New composite material

Composition for heterogeneous catalysis and a process for its preparation

Patent title Composition for heterogeneous catalysis and a process for its preparation
Thematic area Industry, Digital and Security
Ownership ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
Inventors Giuseppe Fornasari, Sara Andreoli, RICCARDO BACILE, Stefania Albonetti
Protection Italy
Licensing status Available for development agreements, option, license and other exploitation agreements
Keywords Composite material, Titania, Aquivion, PFSA, Spray freeze drying, Acid catalyst
Filed on 05 July 2018

The use of catalysis in the chemical industry is known in procedures for preparing a wide range of chemical products. Among the different types of catalysis that exist, heterogeneous catalysis has many advantages, such as an easier separation of the catalyst after the reaction, to the advantage of recycling it. Often the catalyst is in solid phase, which allows to increase the number of process options and to reduce the pollutant discharges of the process, while the reagents are in liquid phase.

New composite material based on Titania and Aquivion or PFSA with use as a catalyst precursor or support

Advantages:

  • structure with good surface area and porosity
  • excellent acid catalytic activity in reaction in the gas phase

 

Possible applications:

In the chemical industry,

  • to dehydrate alcohols such as, in particular, ethanol;
  • to obtain ethylene.

 

 

Page published on: 02 August 2018