Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Oxidation

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by  Barbara K. Warren and S. Ted Oyama (Eds.)

A CS S Y M P O S I UM SERIES 638
Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon
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In Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Oxidation; Warren, B., et al.;
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Preface
CATALYTIC HYDROCARBON OXIDATION PROCESSES include reactions
for functionalization of organic molecules to make intermediates as well
as reactions involved in total combustion of hydrocarbons to carbon
oxides. The processes of selective oxidation and combustion share a
number of characteristics, but they also represent opposing extremes of
g 1 product selection. For both types of processes, a great deal of informa­
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BARBARA KNIGHT WARREN
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Chapter 1
Factors Affecting Selectivity in Catalytic
Partial Oxidation and Combustion Reactions
S. Ted Oyama
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, 133 Randolph Hall,
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0211
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The reactions of methane are diverse and provide a good illustration of the role
of selectivity in oxidation.
Table 1
Products of Methane Oxidation
Reactant Products
Species CH4 C2H6 C2H4 CH3OH HCHO HCOOH CO C0
2
Oxidation
-4 -3 -2 -2 0 +2 +2 +4
state
69 74 91 295 503 579 801
kJ/mol CH4
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1. OYAMA Selectivity in Catalytic Oxidation & Combustion Reactions 3
In the course of the various transformations the formal oxidation state of
carbon increases to values that depend on the chemical species formed. The degree of
oxidation required depends on the process. For oxidative coupling the desired
products are Clh and C2H4, for chemicals production the end products are CHOH,
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HCHO and HCOOH, in syngas formation the target is CO, while in catalytic
combustion the objective is full oxidation to C0.
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There has been limited success in the direct production of partial oxidation
products from methane. Methane coupling to C2 products has been studied over a
number of catalysts and maximum yields are less than 40% (2,3,4). Oxygenates have
been obtained over oxides of vanadium (5,6), molybdenum (7,8), and iron (9) as well
as biological (P-450, and methane monooxygenase) (10,11) catalysts and yields have
been even lower, less than 10%. Syngas (CO + H) has been produced in high
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Reaction Network of Methane Oxidation
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4 HETEROGENEOUS HYDROCARBON OXIDATION
Any part of the network dealing with an intermediate can be simplified and
described by a simple series of reactions:
ki
A + O > B
k
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In this sequence A is methane, O is oxygen, B is a partly oxidized species, C is the end
member of the oxidation chain, C0, and ki and k are effective rate constants.
2 2
Depending on whether the objective is partial or total oxidation, the desired product is
either B or C. As seen from the Table 1 the standard free energy of formation is
highly negative for C0. Thermodynamically C0 formation is highly favored, and it
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Equation (3) shows that selectivity is intimately connected with the rates of the
reactions involved in the sequence. Equation (4) demonstrates that both kinetic and
thermodynamic factors are involved in determining the selectivity to B. Since in
general the intermediate product is more functionalized than the reactant, it is more
reactive and is also more strongly adsorbed, so k > kj and K > K . This is
2 B A
particularly true for alkane oxidations, and thus, obtaining a large selectivity to B is a
challenge. For non-alkanes there are cases in which K » K, and high selectivity
A B
can be obtained, for example, in the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde (24).
One way to improve selectivity to the intermediate product is by reducing the
rate of the second step, but this is usually accompanied by a decrease in the rate of the
In Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Oxidation; Warren, B., et al.;
ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1996.