News from the Catalysis Commission
| 9-Feb-21 | The results of the Joint Research on International Reference Zeolite from the Catalysis Commission are now available | |||
| To learn more, click on "Reference Zeolite" in the table of contents | ||||
| 1-Oct-13 | At the 17th IZC in Moscow, the composition of the Catalysis Commission changed and new officers were elected | |||
| Martin Hartmann is the new Chair, and Bert Sels is the new Co-Chair |
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| 30-Apr-04 | At the 14th IZC in Cape Town | |||
| the Chair of the Catalysis Commission | ||||
| Michael Stöcker | ||||
| retired from the Commission | ||||
| and two new members | ||||
| Graham Hutchings Johannes Lercher |
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| joined the Commission | ||||
| The new officers of the Catalysis Commission are | ||||
| Stephan Ernst,
Chair Cyril O'Connor, Co-chair |
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| The next test reaction, | ||||
| the gas phase isomerization
and hydrocracking of n-nonane, using a bi-functional catalyst (0.5 wt.-%
Pt on LaNaY), is being prepared. Preliminary experiments have been done at the University of Kaiserslautern (by Stefan Ernst) and at ChevronTexaco (by C.-Y. Chen) |
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| 26-Sep-02 | The results of the first test reaction from the Catalysis Commission are now available | |||
| The disproportionation reaction of ethylbenzene over LaNa-Y has been tested in five different laboratories and the results evaluated | ||||
| To learn more, click on "Test Reaction" in the table of contents | ||||
| To begin with | ||||
| the Commission has been concentrating
on the disproportionation of ethyl benzene catalyzed by LaNa-Y with a
given degree of metal exchange. |
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| This reaction is an acid-catalyzed process with a well-defined product distribution under the specified conditions. | ||||
| Reactions that highlight the unique catalytic properties of various modified porous | ||||
| materials, both in the gas phase and the liquid state, are under consideration for further investigation. | ||||
| The results of this work should demonstrate that well-defined catalytic test reactions | ||||
| using zeolites as catalysts yield comparable results independent of where and by whom the tests are performed, as long as the same experimental conditions are used. | ||||