Code
01D12521
Duration
01 October 2021 → 30 September 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Nanomaterials
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Modelling, simulation and optimisation
- Materials synthesis
Keywords
Sustainable chemistry
Catalytic dehydration of butane diols
Nano-sized zeolites supported on rare earth metal oxides
Kinetic model construction
Process configuration analysis
Project description
This project aims to convert non-fossil butanediols into green butadiene via the catalytic dehydration of 1,3-butanediol over acid zeolites and hybrid catalysts in a single reactor. Quantitative knowledge about the synthesis route is acquired via fundamental modelling. Additionally, a description of the conversion steps leads to a separation scheme, resulting in the design of a commercially relevant process concept.