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Silica-Supported MoO and V O Catalysts in Partial Oxidation of Methane to Formaldehyde

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The partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde with molecular O has been investigated on bare SiO , 4%MoO /SiO and 5%V O /SiO catalysts at 550-650°C in batch, pulse and continuous flow reactors at 1.7·10 kPa. The HCHO productivity (g ·kg -1·h ) r e s u l t s i n the o r d e r 4%MoO /SiO 400°C and can be oxidized to CO more easily than C H itself. Hence, a suitable reactor device and appropriate operating conditions result to be of fundamental importance in order to attain reliable data unaffected by experimental artefacts. The batch reactor, above described, permits both to operate at quasi-zero conversion per pass and to evaluate the catalytic activity at finite values of the reagents conversion. A typical test performed on S i 0 catalyst at 600°C is presented in Figure 1. It is remarkable how in our approach the product selectivity is unaffected by the methane conversion. A special care was taken to avoid oxygen-limiting conditions and, hence, methane conversion data obtained for oxygen conversions below 20% only have been used for the calculation of reaction rates. The product selectivity is strongly affected by the flow rate, reactor geometry (i.e., internal diameter and "heated" zone) and weight of catalyst. On this account, the space time yield to HCHO - or HCHO productivity feHCHO'kScat" "* " ) b ^ fi parameter to evaluate the reactivity of the partial oxidation catalysts. In an earlier paper (12) we have observed that the S i 0 surface presents a significant activity in the partial oxidation of methane, whereas from the literature it emerges that M o 0 (3) and V 0 (5) are effective promoters of its activity. Then, in order to carefully evaluate such a promoting effect, a comparative investigation of the catalytic pattern of unpromoted S i 0 and 4% M o 0 and 5% V 0 promoted silica systems in the methane partial oxidation with molecular oxygen has been performed. The reactivity data of such catalytic systems, in the T range 550-650°C, are summarized in Table I in terms of overall reaction rate, product selectivity and HCHO productivity. The contribution of the gas-phase reactions has been also quantified by performing a series of experiments with the empty reactor. The related results are also included in Table I. On the whole these data indicate that M o 0 significantly depresses the reactivity of the bare S i 0 catalyst, while the V 0 greatly enhances the functionality of the S i 0 surface towards the production of HCHO. x

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The opposite influence exerted by the M o 0 and V 0 on the S i 0 reactivity has been fully confirmed by evaluating the catalytic behaviours of 0.2-10.0 wt% M o 0 and V 0 loaded S i 0 catalysts. In particular, by raising the M 0 O 3 g fr° ° -0 the HCHO productivity gradually decreased, while for vanadia dopant, the HCHO yield increased with loading in the range 0.2-5.0 wt%. A further increase in the loading of the oxides did not modify the reactivities of the medium loaded (4% M 0 O 3 , 5% V 0 ) supported oxide catalysts (25). 3

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Table I. Activity and Selectivity of S i 0 , 4% M o 0 / S i 0 and 5% V 0 / S i 0 Catalysts in Methane Partial Oxidation. Batch reactor data 2

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Moreover, as neither the concept of surface initiated homogeneous-heterogeneous reaction (11) can be invoked to explain our results, it can be stated that the methane partial oxidation reaction proceeds via a surface catalysed process which likely involves specific catalyst requirements. However, by comparing the HCHO productivity of the different catalytic systems previously proposed (9) with that of our 5% V 0 / S i 0 catalyst, it emerges that our findings constitute a relevant advancement in this area (23). 2

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Catalyst Properties and Reaction Mechanism. Apart from the generally accepted theory of the pure homogeneous gas phase oxidation of methane, based on a chain reaction of free radicals (26), three distinct theoretical approaches have been adopted to formulate the mechanism of the partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde on oxide catalysts. One consists in a classical Langmuir-Hinshelwood model, where all the reactions take place on the surface (27). It is assumed that the reacting molecules interact simultaneously with the catalyst surface and the reaction between such activated species gives rise to the formation of the reaction products without the participation of oxygen from the oxide lattice (28). Dowden et al. (27) pointed out that the dissociation of methane and the activation (i.e., interaction with surface activated oxygen species) require quite different sites. This led to the suggestion of using afunctional catalysts (29,30). By contrast, Lunsford's group (31) claimed a stepwise mechanism involving the reduction of the oxide surface by the reacting C H and its reoxidation by the oxidant N 0 . This cyclic mechanism invokes the formation of active O" ions on the surface and their interaction with C H molecules to form methyl radicals which rapidly react with the surface yielding methoxyde complexes and then HCHO and/or CH OH. Therefore, the oxide 4

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lattice seems to supply the oxygen atoms of the oxygenated molecules. A third approach deals with the proposition of an heterogeneous-homogeneous mechanism (11). Even if the HCHO is assumed to be formed on the surface, it essentially entails the generation of radicals on the surface and formation of products in gas phase. This last theory still presents some undefined points providing on the whole semiquantitative analyses of such processes (11). Therefore, two fundamental issues still remain under debate: i) the direct participation of lattice oxygen in the formation of selective oxidation products and ii) the role of the acidic properties of the catalysts on their reactivities (32). In order either to answer the above questions or to understand the antithetic behaviours of the silica supported M o 0 and V 0 catalysts, basic insights into the reaction mechanism have been gained by comparing the catalytic behaviour of pure Si0 , 4%Mo0 /Si0 and 5%V 0 /Si0 catalysts in the presence and absence of molecular 0 . These studies have been performed in a pulse microreactor by continuous scanning of the reaction mixture with QMS technique. In Figures 2-4 are shown the rates of formation of HCHO, CO, C 0 in presence of 0 in the T range 550-650°C. These data further support the superior activity and efficiency in HCHO production of the 5%V 0 /Si0 catalyst and the apparent poisoning effect exerted by the M o 0 on the reactivity of the S i 0 surface. The amount of the products formed over the studied catalysts, in the presence and absence of molecular 0 , are listed in Table III. It is evident that the formation of the oxidation products is associated with the gas phase oxygen supply. Then, as the reaction rates in the mixture of reactant and in separate steps differ (19), these data exclude the participation of lattice oxygen in the partial oxidation of methane via a two step redox mechanism as main reaction pathway proving the occurrence of a "concerted mechanism". Since the acid-base interactions of reagents (or products) with the catalyst could in principle affect the reaction pathway (32), the acidic properties of bare Si0 , 4%Mo0 /Si0 and 5%V 0 /Si0 have been comparatively evaluated by ZPC and NH -TPD measurements. The results are reported in Table IV in terms of ZPC value, amount of N H uptake and temperature of N H desorption peak maximum (T ). The bare S i 0 surface, after treatment at 600°C either in 0 /He or CH /0 /He atmosphere, is unable to adsorb N H . However, it is evident that both 4%Mo0 /Si0 and 5%V 0 /Si0 are considerably more acidic that the bare S i 0 sample, -with 4%Mo0 /Si0 resulting the most acidic system. These evidences do not find any correspondence in the reactivity scale, hence the change in the acidic properties cannot be the reason for the difference in the catalytic activity of the studied systems. On the other hand, it is generally accepted that the redox properties of the selective oxidation catalysts control the oxygen activation as well as the surface stabilization of the oxygen activated species and their reactivity (19). In particular, the stabilization of active oxygen forms requires the presence of reduced sites on the surface. In fact, the peculiar behaviour of Mo, V and Fe oxides in selective oxidation reactions is strictly linked with the stabilization of reduced states (19). This point has stimulated a growing interest in providing correlation between the degree of reduction (32) or the extent of reduced sites (20) and the reactivity in 3

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Table IV. Acidity Characterization of S i 0 , 4% M o 0 / S i 0 and 5% V 0 / S i 0 Catalysts 2

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