@article { ISI:000285797300007,
	title = {Oxidation of propane to acrylic acid and acetic acid over alkaline earth-doped Mo-V-Sb-O-x catalysts},
	journal = {Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry},
	volume = {19},
	number = {6},
	year = {2010},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {593-599},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Alkaline earth metal (Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba)-doped Mo-V-Sb-O-x catalysts, prepared by a dry-up method, have been investigated for their catalytic performance in the oxidation of propane under different reaction conditions. The catalysts have been characterized by N-2 adsorption-desorption, temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of NH3, SEM and XRD. Influence of water vapor on the catalytic performance, particularly on the selectivities to acetic acid and acrylic acid, has also been studied. The selectivity to acrylic acid was improved significantly by the doping of alkaline earth metals to Mo-V-Sb-O-x catalysts. The surface acidic sites of the catalyst decreased with the doping of the catalyst with alkaline earth metals, which ultimately was found to be beneficial for obtaining high selectivity to acrylic acid. The catalytic activity and product selectivities were found to be influenced by the reaction temperature, C3H8/O-2 ratio and space velocity. A significant improvement in the selectivity to acrylic acid has also been observed by the addition of water vapor in the feed of propane and oxygen in the oxidation of propane.</p>},
	keywords = {Acetic acid, acrylic acid, alkaline earth doped Mo-V-Sb-O-x catalysts, oxidation of propane, Surface acidity},
	issn = {1003-9953},
	doi = {10.1016/S1003-9953(09)60122-5},
	author = {Chaudhari, Chandan S. and Sable, Shailesh S. and Gurav, Hanumant and Kelkar, Ashutosh A. and Rane, Vilas H.}
}
@article { ISI:000289716300080,
	title = {Role of promoters in copper chromite catalysts for hydrogenolysis of glycerol},
	journal = {Catalysis Today},
	volume = {164},
	number = {1},
	year = {2011},
	note = {1st Joint International Conference of the 8th Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology/5th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Sapporo, JAPAN, JUL 18-23, 2010},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {447-450},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Various copper chromite catalysts with and without promoters were prepared by simultaneous co-precipitation and digestion technique and the role of promoters (Al, Ba and Zn) was investigated for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propylene glycol (1,2-PG) in both batch and continuous operations. Among various promoters studied, copper chromite catalyst with Ba as a promoter showed the highest activity and selectivity of 85\% to 1,2-PG. This catalyst was found to be active for more than 800 h in a continuous operation also. Ammonia TPD results showed that barium promoted copper chromite catalyst had the highest acidity which facilitates the dehydration of glycerol to acetol which is the first step in hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-PG. The effect of barium content and variation in the promoters combination was also studied. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {1, 2-Propylene glycol, Acetol, Ammonia TPD, Glycerol hydrogenolysis, Surface acidity},
	issn = {0920-5861},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cattod.2010.10.032},
	author = {Mane, R. B. and Ghalwadkar, Ajay A. and Hengne, Amol M. and Suryawanshi, Y. R. and Rode, C. V.}
}
