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  • Master Thesis
    Effects of Manganese Promotion on Reactants and Intermediates of Fischer Tropsch Synthesis on a Model Cobalt Surface-A Density Functional Theory Investigation
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Gençoğlu, Merve; Sevinçli, Haldun; Kızılkaya, Ali Can; Kızılkaya, Ali Can; Sevinçli, Haldun; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03.09. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    The effects of manganese promotion on the adsorbates and specific elementary reactions of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) was investigated using periodic Density-Functional Theory (DFT) calculations on a close packed cobalt surface, Co(111). In particular the effects of MnO promotion on the adsorbates of CO, HCO, CH, CH2, C2H2, OH, H2O, C, O and on the reactions of direct CO dissociation, H-assisted CO dissociation and carbon hydrogenation were studied for MnO coverages of 0.25 ML and 0.11 ML. Mn was modeled in the chemical form of MnO. MnO was modeled as a singular monomer on the Co(111) surface, based on the findings from experimental studies. The results indicate that MnO promotion increases the adsorption energies of all adsorbates, except H and C2H2. In particular, CO and H2O adsorption energies increase significantly, which indicate that the selectivity increases to long chain hydrocarbons is mainly due to an increased surface coverage of CO with respect to H. The results also indicate that the relative effect of MnO on adsorption energies are strongly dependent on MnO coverage. MnO promotion is found to decrease the activation barriers for HCO and CH formation, while increasing the activation barriers for direct CO dissociation and HCO dissociation. The results point out that MnO does not promote the direct dissociation of CO and the activity increase due to Mn promotion is most probably due to a H or OH assisted CO dissociation pathway or another rate limiting step.
  • Master Thesis
    An Investigation of Catalyt Preparation Conditions and Promoter Loading (sn) Effects on Activity and Selectivity of Pt Catalyists in Citiral Hydrogenation
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2010) Depboylu, Can Okan; Yılmaz, Selahattin; Yilmaz, Selahattin; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    In this study, citral hydrogenation reaction in liquid phase over silica gel supported Pt and PtSn catalysts were studied. It was desired to hydrogenate carbonyl group (C.O) selectively to produce valuable unsaturated alcohols, namely nerol, geraniol and citronellol. Pt/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by impregnation method while PtSn/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by catalytic reduction (CR), co-impregnation (CI) and successive impregnation (SI) methods. Pt loading over silica gel support was 1 % (w/w). For bimetallic catalysts, the (Sn/Pt) loading ratios were varied as 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7. The effects of parameters investigated in the present study included catalyst activation temperature (350 °C, 450 °C), calcination temperature (400 °C, 500 °C), solvent type (ethanol, 2-pentanol), catalyst activation without calcination, washing of catalyst with 0.1 M NaOH solution, Pt precursor type (hexachloroplatinic acid, platinum II acetylacetonate (PAA)) and Sn loading ratio. For Pt/SiO2 catalysts, maximum citral conversion (89 %) was achieved at lower activation (350 °C) and calcination (500 °C) temperatures when PAA was used. Increasing the activation temperature to 450 °C decreased the citral conversion to 52 % but increased the selectivity to unsaturated alcohols (nerol and geraniol) (SNE+GE) from 8 % to 60 %. It was observed that the lower activation temperature provided higher citral conversion but lower selectivity to unsaturated alcohols. Washing of catalyst and using of 2-pentanol prevented the acetal formation. Catalyst activated without calcination step gave lower conversion (20 %) and SNE+GE of 30 %. For bimetallic catalyst (PtSn/SiO2), maximum citral conversion was observed as 91.1 % when catalyst was prepared by CR method and calcined at 500 °C. Higher citral conversion and selectivity to unsaturated alcohols were achieved at the higher calcination temperature and higher reduction temperature. CR method was the most appropriate preparation method for bimetallic catalysts compared to CI and SI. An optimum of activity (91.1 %) and selectivity (89.7 %) was found at a Sn/Pt ratio 0.5.