N2-sorption and catalytic results of doped Cu-catalysts for glycerol hydrogenolysis

This repository includes experimental data associated with the following publication: A. Bouriakova et al., "Dopant induced stabilization of alumina supported copper – impact on the catalytic performance in the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol", submitted to Catalysis Communications in April 2020

In this work, five catalysts supported on γ-Al2O3 were studied, i.e. one bare Cu and four doped-Cu catalysts. The catalysts were prepared via sequential impregnation. The nominal dopant loading was 1wt%, for the Cu a nominal value of 10wt% was selected:

- 10wt% Cu/-Al2O3, indicated as Cu

- 1wt%Ba-10wt% Cu/-Al2O3, indicated as Ba-Cu
- 1wt%Ce-10wt% Cu/-Al2O3, indicated as Ce-Cu
- 1wt%Cs-10wt% Cu/-Al2O3, indicated as Cs-Cu
- 1wt%La-10wt% Cu/-Al2O3, indicated as La-Cu

The catalysts were investigated for 68 h for continuous flow pure glycerol hydrogenolysis in a trickle bed regime at  473 K, 7.5 MPa, 135 kgcat s mol-1glycerol and 7 molH2 mol-1glycerol, and compared for glycerol conversion, 1,2-propanediol selectivity and stability.

The data file contains the glycerol conversion and selectivities over time for the studied catalysts, in combination with N2-sorption data of those catalysts. In addition, an overview of literature data on glycerol hydrogenolysis is given (Fig 1 in the manuscript).