<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rode, Chandrashekhar V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghalwadkar, Ajay A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mane, R. B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hengne, Amol M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jadkar, Sachin T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biradar, Narayan S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol: comparison of batch and continuous process operations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Organic Process Research &amp; Development</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NOV</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMER CHEMICAL SOC</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1393-1400</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The screening of copper chromite catalysts with various promoters such as Al, Zn, and Ba for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO) in a batch reaction showed that Cu-Cr (Ba) catalyst gave the highest conversion of 34% and selectivity of 84% to 1,2-PDO. In a continuous operation (23 g catalyst bed) the same catalyst showed higher conversion of glycerol and selectivity for 1,2-PDO of 65% and &amp;gt; 90%, respectively, with an on-stream activity of similar to 800 h. Better performance in a continuous operation could be due to the in situ activation of the catalyst, suppression of glycerol cracking to ethylene glycol, as well as excessive hydrogenation of 1,2-PDO to 2-propanol due to lower contact time of 1.3 h as compared to that in a batch operation (5 h). Effects of various process parameters on conversion and selectivity also have been compared for batch and continuous operations.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.207</style></custom4></record></records></xml>