Title
Induction Heating of Magnetically Susceptible Nanoparticles for Enhanced Hydrogenation of Oleic Acid
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-25-2022
Abstract
Radio frequency (RF) induction heating was compared to conventional thermal heating for the hydrogenation of oleic acid to stearic acid. The RF reaction demonstrated decreased coke accumulation and increased product selectivity at comparable temperatures over mesoporous FeO catalysts composed of 28-32 nm diameter nanoparticles. The FeO supports were decorated with Pd and Pt active sites and served as the local heat generators when subjected to an alternating magnetic field. For hydrogenation over Pd/FeO, both heating methods gave similar liquid product selectivities, but thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry measurements showed no coke accumulation for the RF-heated catalyst 6.5 wt % for the conventionally heated catalyst. A different trend emerged when hydrogenation over Pt/FeO was performed. Compared to conventional heating, the RF increased the selectivity to stearic acid by an additional 15%. Based on these results, RF heating acting upon a magnetically susceptible nanoparticle catalyst would also be expected to positively impact systems with high coking rates, for example, nonoxidative dehydrogenations.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
ACS applied nano materials
First Page
3676
Last Page
3685
Recommended Citation
Roman, C. L., da Silva Moura, N., Wicker, S., Dooley, K. M., & Dorman, J. A. (2022). Induction Heating of Magnetically Susceptible Nanoparticles for Enhanced Hydrogenation of Oleic Acid. ACS applied nano materials, 5 (3), 3676-3685. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04351