Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (11): 2215.

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Influence of the Precursor Phase Transition on the Catalyst Activity in Slurry Methanol Synthesis

LI Zhong*, GUO Qi-Hai, ZHANG Xiao-Bing, ZHENG Hua-Yan, FAN Hui, XIE Ke-Chang   

  1. Institude of Coal Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • Received:2009-03-21 Online:2009-11-10 Published:2009-11-10
  • Contact: LI Zhong. E-mail: lizhong@tyut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家“九七三”计划(批准号: 2005CB221204)资助.

Abstract:

The CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst precursor were prepared by co-current precipitation and the crystal composition and phase-transition of the precursor prepared at different aging temperature were investigated in order to study the effect of the crystal composition and phase-transition of the precursor on the catalyst activity for slurry methanol synthesis. The results show that phase-transition of precursors are prominent influence on catalytic activity for slurry methanol synthesis. The (Cu,Zn)2CO3(OH)2 and(Cu,Zn)5(CO3)2(OH)6 crystal phase are critical precursor to produce the catalytic active centre. The degree of substitution between Cu2+ and Zn2+ is increased with increasing Cu2+/Zn2+ entering crystal lattices of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6/Cu2(CO3)(OH)2, and the ratio of copper to zinc in Rosasite and Aurichalcite is unchangeable. The calcined catalyst has more specific surface area and strong interaction between CuO-ZnO, and gets high activity in slurry methanol synthesis.

Key words: CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst; Precursor; Phase-transition; Slurry reactor; Methanol synthesis

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