@article { ISI:000275090400021,
	title = {Cu:Al Nano catalyst for selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {135},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2010},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {141-147},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	address = {233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Non-chromium Cu:Al nano catalyst prepared by simultaneous co-precipitation and digestion method without any template or stabilizer, showed three times higher activity than the bulk Cu-Cr catalyst for hydrogenolysis of glycerol in both isopropanol and water solvents, with the selectivity to 1,2-Propanediol (1,2-PDO) as high as 91\% at 493 K and H(2) pressure of 7 MPa in 5 h. XRD pattern showed the presence of Cu(+) species in the activated Cu: Al nano catalyst. Although Cu(+) is catalytically inactive in glycerol hydrogenolysis reaction, the presence of Cu(+) helps to stabilize the particle size in a narrow range of 7-11 nm by inhibiting the sintering of copper particles under reaction conditions.</p>},
	keywords = {1, 2-Propanediol, Cu:Al nano catalyst, Glycerol, Selective hydrogenolysis},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-010-0276-5},
	author = {Mane, Rasika B. and Hengne, Amol M. and Ghalwadkar, Ajay A. and Vijayanand, Subramanian and Mohite, Pravin H. and Potdar, Hari S. and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
@article { ISI:000304129100035,
	title = {Continuous dehydration and hydrogenolysis of glycerol over non-chromium copper catalyst: laboratory-scale process studies},
	journal = {Organic Process Research \& Development},
	volume = {16},
	number = {5},
	year = {2012},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {1043-1052},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>A non-chromium Cu:Al catalyst was developed for glycerol dehydration under N-2 atmosphere to acetol and hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO). Among the various copper-based catalysts screened in this work, Cu:Al-1 catalyst showed the highest activity and acetol selectivity in water medium, whereas transfer hydrogenation in 2-propanol as the reaction medium led to the formation of 1,2-PDO (10-38\%). The same catalyst was also found to catalyze the direct hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-PDO. Time on stream activity (TOS) of our Cu:Al-1 catalyst for both continuous dehydration and hydrogenolysis of glycerol was found to be 400 h with an average glycerol conversion of 90\% and 65\%, respectively. Maximum acetol selectivity was 55\% while 1,2-PDO selectivity was 91\% in dehydration and hydrogenolysis reactions separately. Effects of various reaction conditions on conversion, selectivity, and global rates of the two processes were also investigated.</p>},
	issn = {1083-6160},
	doi = {10.1021/op200383r},
	author = {Mane, Rasika B. and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
