In situ characterization of porous VPO catalysts with fibrous structure: Identifying the redox behavior and the stability of active sites

Two VPO materials with fibrillar morphology have been prepared by the aid of electrospinning technique. One is a VPO carbon-supported material (VCF200) with fibrous morphology and very high surface area that is stable under oxidizing conditions up to 350C. The other material is a bulk mixed VPO oxide (VPO500) with fibrous structure obtained after optimizing the calcination of the carbon support in VCF200. Despite it is a bulk oxide material, this material exhibits a high surface area (> 60 m2/g). The redox behavior of both samples was monitored by in situ Raman spectroscopy under oxidation/reduction cycles. For the dehydrated supported sample (VCF200), the pyrophosphate phase (VO)2P2O7 (Raman ~930 cm-1) is detected, which has been described as the active phase (see Figure (a) below). This phase is quite stable since it does not disappear upon subsequent oxidation/reduction cycles. Under reduction conditions at 125C, in consecutive cycles, additional Raman bands appear at ~1090 cm-1 that are characteristic of the αII-VOPO4 phase. On the other hand, the bulk phases show a reversible behavior under redox cycles (Figure (b)). Under reducing conditions, a Raman band appears at ~980 cm-1 (β-VPO phase), whereas under oxidation conditions some segregation to VOx oxides occurs. Nevertheless, this segregation is reversible and the β-VPO phase forms again under reducing conditions. Thus, these results demonstrate that the active VPO phases of these fibrous catalysts are quite stable, and that their structure is reversible under several redox cycles, which make them suitable as oxidation catalysts.

Análisis de los factores determinantes del precio del activo vivienda

En el presente trabajo se analiza el comportamiento del mercado del activo-vivienda en el periodo 1978-2000 desde la perspectiva de los factores que influyen directamente en la formación de los precios de dicho activo. Los factores que individualmente mejor explican las variaciones en el precio de la vivienda son (por orden decreciente): el IPC corregido, los costes de la construcción, el PIB per capita, el precio de los alquileres, las VPO terminadas, el volumen de crédito disponible, el tipo de interés de referencia, las viviendas libres terminadas y la población en el intervalo 24-35 años. A nivel agregado, el grupo de variables que mejor explican conjuntamente las fluctuaciones del mercado hipotecario son: PIB per capita, el precio del alquiler de la vivienda y los tipos de interés de referencia. Las variables más representativas son tanto de tipo financiero como macroeconómico (estructurales), por lo que se observa que tanto el modelo anglosajón como el germánico explican, parcialmente, el comportamiento inversor en España.

磷酸盐催化剂上气相选择氧化的研究

有机化合物的选择氧化反应，特别是烃类的选择氧化，在石油化工中占有极其重要的地位。由于目标产物通常具有较高的活泼性，所以很难在高转化率条件下获得高选择性的氧化产物。因此对于催化研究者来说，如何控制深度氧化，提高目的产物的选择性始终是选择氧化，特别是烃类选择氧化研究中最具挑战性的技术难题。磷酸盐具有高度热稳定性，制备条件简单方便，原料价格低廉，而且其催化活性位区域易于与大分子反应等优点。其中磷酸钒、磷酸铁及其它过渡金属磷酸盐既具有氧化一还原性又有良好的表面酸性，在烃类等选择氧化反应中已表现出良好的催化性能，因而，研究磷酸钒、磷酸铁等磷酸盐催化剂在选择氧化中的催化作用具有重要的学术意义和应用前景。本论文主要在几个方面的工作研究了磷酸盐催化剂在气相选择氧化中的催化作用。探讨了过渡金属对层状磷酸钒的修饰，并以它们为催化剂前驱体，以甲苯气相选择氧化为探针反应，研究了过渡金属修饰对磷酸钒催化性能的影响。利用简单的方法直接合成了一个新的乙酞丙酮铜插层的层状磷酸钒，并用XRD、FTIR、ICP-MS、TGA和HRTEM对其进行了表征，确定合成的化合物分子式为：［Cu（acac）」0.5?VOH0.5PO4?0.5H2O。利用十二烷基胺通过简单直接的方法合成了中孔层状磷酸钒，并用XRD、FTIR?ICP一MS和TGA对其进行了表征，确定所合成的化合物主体磷酸钒为VOHPO4，十二烷基胺在VOHPo4的结构中通过与主体HPo4中的一H形成RNH3＋和与VoHPO4层内的V＝O形成氢键（V=O…H2NR）构成双层排列结构。利用烷基胺形成中孔层状结构的方法引入过渡金属钻和镍进入磷酸钒。以合成铜、钻和镍修饰的磷酸钒为前驱体，经焙烧后得到催化剂，甲苯气相选择氧化反应的结果表明，铜、钻和镍的修饰促进了磷酸钒的催化性能，提高了苯甲醛的选择性。发现了控制气相选择氧化产物选择性的新途径。以磷酸钒为催化剂，在环己烷、环己烯气相氧化反应中，通过在原料中加入醋酸改变了反应产物的分布，抑制了中间产物的深度氧化，可获得高选择性的目标产物。在反应温度450℃，当醋酸与环己烷、环己烯摩尔比为12.9：1和12.1：1时，分别获得了100％选择性的不稳定中间产物环己烯和1，3-环己二烯。研究了不同磷酸钒相对环己烷氧化脱氢反应的催化性能，表明在醋酸体存在条件下，催化性能顺序为：QI一OPO4＞aII-VOPO4＞pVOPO4＞（VO）2P2O7。发现催化剂表面酸性强度不同和醋酸之间的相互作用力也不同，表面酸性越强；抗醋酸能力越强，活性中心与醋酸作用越弱，未与醋酸相互作用的活性中心数目越多，因此催化活性相对越高。同时，研究了不同载体对环己烯氧化脱氢的影响，比表面积越大，有利于提高催化剂的活性，但不利于获得高选择性的1，3-环己二烯；碱性载体有利于1，3-环己二烯的生成，但易于与醋酸反应而使催化剂失活。提出了醋酸在环己烷和环己烯氧化脱氢中作用机制：醋酸优于环己烷（烯）吸附在VPO催化剂表面活性位，这将导致在反应物吸附活性位周围几乎没有相邻的活性中心。即加入醋酸使催化剂表面形成了孤立的活性位，有利于中间物种不被继续氧化。利用上面的方法，以磷酸铁和磷酸钒为催化剂，实现了对甲酚气相选择氧化，获得100％选择性的对轻基苯甲醇、对经基苯甲醛和／或对轻基苯甲酸的混合物。与磷酸钒相比较，磷酸铁催化剂更温和，得到主要产物为对轻基苯甲醇和对经基苯甲醛；而磷酸钒催化剂更易产生深度氧化的产物对经基苯甲酸。这主要是由于他们表面酸性和氧化一还原性能的不同引起的。以磷酸铁、磷酸铜和磷酸秘为催化剂，探索了苯甲醇的气相选择氧化。研究了不同Fe（II）／Fe（III）比磷酸铁的催化活性。对于磷酸铁、磷酸铜和磷酸秘催化剂，最佳苯甲醛收率分别是在反应温度320℃、275℃和325℃，苯甲醛选择性分别为92.3％、97.1％、92.6％，相应苯甲醇的转化率为96.5％、60.9％和98.6％。

在辉光放电中八氟环丁烷聚合的研究

I 理论部分：对未知结构聚合物的ESCA谱进行表征，一是利用已知结构小分子化合物的ESCA谱中结合能值进行标定，二是运用电荷电位模型经量子化学计算对谱峰进行归属。由于所处化学环境不同，用小分子化合物的ESCA谱峰位对象合物标定不够准确，量子化学计算又太复杂。本工作提出了电负性经验公式，可计算ESCA谱中C_(1S)结合能位移值，与实测值作对照即可判断聚合物结构，方法简便，准确可靠。电负性经验公式表达如下：聚合物分子链上某碳原子1S电子结合能位移ΔEc可看作该碳原子与相邻基团间电负性差值和的函数，即ΔEc = K_c ∑ from i=1 to 4 1/(n_i) (X_i - 2.5) + b。聚合物分子链上各碳原子的实际电负性为X_c = (∑ form j=1 to 4 1/(n_j) X_j/∑ form j=1 to 4 1/(n_j) + 2.5)/2运用电负性经验公式计算了九个模型化合物中C_(1S)的ΔEc，推导出F作为α、β、γ位碳上的取代基的对α位碳上1s电子结合能位移影响产生的效应值，即，对于ΔEc = aα + bβ + cγ，有α = 3.018 (±0.007)，β = 0.2513 (±0.0007) γ = 0.0176 (±0.003)。此结果与ESCA谱实测值相符。本工作设计了十六种化合物模型，模型中具有含氟等离子体聚合物中可能存在的大部分基团，通过电负性经验公式计算求得化学环境不同的C_(1S)结合能位移值，把ESCA谱的实测值和计算值进行对照，可对象合物的求知结构作出大致判断。II 在辉光放电中八氟环丁烷的聚合与刻蚀反应：在碳氧化合物的辉光放电中同时存在聚合与刻蚀两种相反的过程，聚合与刻蚀竞争的结果对聚合速率，产物结构都有很大影响。本工作通过测定聚合速率、IR谱、ESCA谱研究了反应条件对八氟环丁烷等离子体聚合与刻蚀的影响，得到了一致的和半定量的结果。实验证实，随着功率的增大或压力的减小，刻蚀有增强的趋势，不同的等离子气体对聚合与刻蚀的竞争过程有不同的影响，刻蚀强弱的顺序为Ar>N_2>H_2>He，增加等离子气体对单体的比率，引起刻蚀增加。聚合速率不随功率的改变而变化的状态是由聚合与刻蚀间的平衡引起的。随着功率增大或压力减少，聚合产物支化程度增加，线性程度减小，F/C比相应减小。同样随等离子气体种类不同，聚合物支化程度大小的顺序是Ar>N_2>H_2>He，F/C比相应变化。总之，聚合产物支化程度的变化和聚合与刻蚀的竞争结果相一致。对等离子体聚合与刻蚀竞争过程的定量描述未见文献报导。III 八氟环丁烷等离子体聚合物的结构和表征：用IR和ESR谱测得OFCB等离子体聚合物中存在五种元素：C、F、O、N、Si，并对可能存在于结构中的基因作了分析。通过NaHSO_3的亲核双键加成反应，用IR和ESR谱证实了等离子体聚合物中存在的双键及其类型。类似工作未见文献报导。用CuSO_4·5H_2作标样，测出PPOFCB中的自由基浓度为10~(19)自旋数/克。在80、100、120、140 ℃考察PPOFCB中俘获自由基的衰减过程，证实此过程涉及两类不同的反应，一是自由基的复合反应，二是自由基的氧气的终止反应。对上述两类反应进行动力学处理，求出了自由基复合反应在不同温度时的速度常数，并得到反应治化能为374焦耳/摩尔或8.869千卡/摩尔。氧和自由基的终止反应中，氧气的扩散过程是决定反应速度的步骤，反应速度常数就是扩散速度常数，K = 5.3 * 10~(-23)自旋数~(-1)、克分~(-1)。根据VPO测出的PPOFCB的分子量和自由基浓度，算出每4.5个分子中有一个自由基。类似工作未见文献报导。PPOFCB的分子量随反应条件不同而变化，用VPO测出，在80W和40W功率，在Ar存在下制备的OFCB等离子体聚合物的分子量分别为2736和2003。用~(19)F-NMR谱对PPOFCB中的基团进行定量计算，得出在一个90W，He气中制备的聚合物分子中，CF_3-CF_2为6.1，CF_2为13.5，CF_3-CF为7.9，CF为17.5，CF_3-C为6.1，C为13.5。在用上述方法进行结构表征的基础上，提出了OFCB等离子体聚合物的结构模型。IV 八氟环丁烷等离子体聚合的反应历程：以Ar、N_2、H_2、He为等离子气体，分别对OFCB等离子体聚合的气体冷凝物进行GC-Mg、~(19)F-NMR和ESR测试，观察到在气相中，OFCB经历了等离子态反应。单体被打断的程度，和高能电子浓度有关。体系中电子浓度依赖于气体的第一电离势和气相内的化学反应类型。初级粒子二氟卡宾：CF_2和中间体六氟丙烯是气相中的主要产物。~(19)F-NMR证实气相中存在支化产物，表明聚合物在气相中发生了重排。ESR谱测得，在气相产物中存在高浓度的由二种以上组分混合而成的自由基，自由基间的复合反应是生成聚合物的主要增长过程，气相产物的分子量随放电功率的升高而增大。根据聚合物中存在的高含量CF_3基团，分析了CF_3基团对聚合过程的影响。CF_3基团产生了屏蔽效应，它既保护了聚合物不致被降解，也限制了生成高分子量产物。实验证实，CF_3基团的生长来自F的重排，同时未自支化气相产物的非均相增长。OFCB等离子体聚合物中俘获自由基主要是由高能电子轰击聚合物表面产生的，同时来自被固相吸附的带有自由基的气相产物。在碳氟化合物的等离子体聚合中，吸附是和聚合同样重要的过程，气相产物被吸附后，可继续再引发、增长、刻蚀等反应过程、直到成为固相内层分子为止。ESR谱证实，高能粒子的轰击在辉光放电中起主导作用，紫外辐射对含氟聚合物引发和脱氟作用微弱。在气相和表面反应历程讨论的基础上，提出了OFCB等离子体聚合的反应历程模型，解释了碳氢和碳氟两个等离子体象合体系遵循不同反应历程的原因。本部分工作的实验和反应历程解释基本未见文献报导。

A new route to control product selectivity in the oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene

The product selectivity can be controlled by adding acetic acid in feed over vanadium phosphate (VPO) in gas phase oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH), in which cyclohexane and cyclohexene are oxidized to cyclohexene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene (1,3-CHD), respectively, at almost 100% selectivity. This approach is also an efficient method to capture the very unstable intermediates in the mechanism study.

SOLUBLE POLY-(O,M)-TOLUIDINE

The soluble poly-o-toluidine (POT) and poly-m-toluidine (PMT) have been success- fully prepared under controlled conditions of polymerization and post-treatment, and characterized by IR, VPO and elemental analysis. It is found that the soluble and insol- uble polymers obtained with two different methods (Ⅰ and Ⅱ) have the similar conduc- tivity and molecular chain structure. VPO measurement shows that the number average molecular weight (Mn) of soluble polymers is about 3000. The mole ratio o...

可溶性聚(o—,m—)甲苯胺

本文通过控制聚合和后处理条件,首次合成了可溶性聚(o-,m-)甲苯胺,用IR,NMR,VPO和元素分析等手段表征了可溶聚合物。结果表明,按两种方法制备的可溶与不溶聚合物具有相同的电导率和链结构。可溶聚合物主链中含有约28个单体单元,苯式(B)与醌式(Q)的比例约为3:1。并由可溶聚合物制备了自支撑膜,掺杂了的自支撑膜具有与粉末同样的电导率和环境稳定性。

State defining experiment in chemical kinetics. Primary characterization of catalyst activity in a TAP experiment

This paper presents a new strategy, “state-by-state transient screening”, for kinetic characterization of states of a multicomponent catalyst as applied to TAP pulse-response experiments. The key idea is to perform an insignificant chemical perturbation of the catalytic system so that the known essential characteristics of the catalyst (e.g. oxidation degree) do not change during the experiment. Two types of catalytic substances can be distinguished: catalyst state substances, which determine the catalyst state, and catalyst dynamic substances, which are created by the perturbation. The general methodological and theoretical framework for multi-pulse TAP experiments is developed, and the general model for a one-pulse TAP experiment is solved. The primary kinetic characteristics, basic kinetic coefficients, are extracted from diffusion–reaction data and calculated as functions of experimentally measured exit-flow moments without assumptions regarding the detailed kinetic mechanism. The new strategy presented in this paper provides essential information, which can be a basis for developing a detailed reaction mechanism. The theoretical results are illustrated using furan oxidation over a VPO catalyst.

Synthesis and Characterization of Chlorinated Paraffin Wax-Bound Paraphenylenediamine Antioxidant and ItsApplication in Natural Rubber

ABSTRACT: p-Phenylenediamine was chemically attached to low molecular weight chlorinated paraffin wax. The polymer-bound p-phenylenediamine was characterized by vapor-phase osmometry (VPO), proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ('H-NMR), infrared spectroscopy (IR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The efficiency and permanence of the polymer-bound p-phenylenediamine as an antioxidant was compared with a conventional amine-type antioxidant in natural rubber vulcanizates. The vulcanizates showed improved aging resistance in comparison to vulcanizates containing a conventional antioxidant. The presence of liquid polymer-bound p-phenylenediamine also reduces the amount of the plasticizer required for compounding.

Structural changes and dynamic behaviour of vanadium oxide-based catalysts for gas-phase selective oxidations

Selective oxidation is one of the simplest functionalization methods and essentially all monomers used in manufacturing artificial fibers and plastics are obtained by catalytic oxidation processes. Formally, oxidation is considered as an increase in the oxidation number of the carbon atoms, then reactions such as dehydrogenation, ammoxidation, cyclization or chlorination are all oxidation reactions. In this field, most of processes for the synthesis of important chemicals used vanadium oxide-based catalysts. These catalytic systems are used either in the form of multicomponent mixed oxides and oxysalts, e.g., in the oxidation of n-butane (V/P/O) and of benzene (supported V/Mo/O) to maleic anhydride, or in the form of supported metal oxide, e.g., in the manufacture of phthalic anhydride by o-xylene oxidation, of sulphuric acid by oxidation of SO2, in the reduction of NOx with ammonia and in the ammoxidation of alkyl aromatics. In addition, supported vanadia catalysts have also been investigated for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes to olefins , oxidation of pentane to maleic anhydride and the selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde or methyl formate [1]. During my PhD I focused my work on two gas phase selective oxidation reactions. The work was done at the Department of Industrial Chemistry and Materials (University of Bologna) in collaboration with Polynt SpA. Polynt is a leader company in the development, production and marketing of catalysts for gas-phase oxidation. In particular, I studied the catalytic system for n-butane oxidation to maleic anhydride (fluid bed technology) and for o-xylene oxidation to phthalic anhydride. Both reactions are catalyzed by systems based on vanadium, but catalysts are completely different. Part A is dedicated to the study of V/P/O catalyst for n-butane selective oxidation, while in the Part B the results of an investigation on TiO2-supported V2O5, catalyst for o-xylene oxidation are showed. In Part A, a general introduction about the importance of maleic anhydride, its uses, the industrial processes and the catalytic system are reported. The reaction is the only industrial direct oxidation of paraffins to a chemical intermediate. It is produced by n-butane oxidation either using fixed bed and fluid bed technology; in both cases the catalyst is the vanadyl pyrophosphate (VPP). Notwithstanding the good performances, the yield value didn’t exceed 60% and the system is continuously studied to improve activity and selectivity. The main open problem is the understanding of the real active phase working under reaction conditions. Several articles deal with the role of different crystalline and/or amorphous vanadium/phosphorous (VPO) compounds. In all cases, bulk VPP is assumed to constitute the core of the active phase, while two different hypotheses have been formulated concerning the catalytic surface. In one case the development of surface amorphous layers that play a direct role in the reaction is described, in the second case specific planes of crystalline VPP are assumed to contribute to the reaction pattern, and the redox process occurs reversibly between VPP and VOPO4. Both hypotheses are supported also by in-situ characterization techniques, but the experiments were performed with different catalysts and probably under slightly different working conditions. Due to complexity of the system, these differences could be the cause of the contradictions present in literature. Supposing that a key role could be played by P/V ratio, I prepared, characterized and tested two samples with different P/V ratio. Transformation occurring on catalytic surfaces under different conditions of temperature and gas-phase composition were studied by means of in-situ Raman spectroscopy, trying to investigate the changes that VPP undergoes during reaction. The goal is to understand which kind of compound constituting the catalyst surface is the most active and selective for butane oxidation reaction, and also which features the catalyst should possess to ensure the development of this surface (e.g. catalyst composition). On the basis of results from this study, it could be possible to project a new catalyst more active and selective with respect to the present ones. In fact, the second topic investigated is the possibility to reproduce the surface active layer of VPP onto a support. In general, supportation is a way to improve mechanical features of the catalysts and to overcome problems such as possible development of local hot spot temperatures, which could cause a decrease of selectivity at high conversion, and high costs of catalyst. In literature it is possible to find different works dealing with the development of supported catalysts, but in general intrinsic characteristics of VPP are worsened due to the chemical interaction between active phase and support. Moreover all these works deal with the supportation of VPP; on the contrary, my work is an attempt to build-up a V/P/O active layer on the surface of a zirconia support by thermal treatment of a precursor obtained by impregnation of a V5+ salt and of H3PO4. In-situ Raman analysis during the thermal treatment, as well as reactivity tests are used to investigate the parameters that may influence the generation of the active phase. Part B is devoted to the study of o-xylene oxidation of phthalic anhydride; industrially, the reaction is carried out in gas-phase using as catalysts a supported system formed by V2O5 on TiO2. The V/Ti/O system is quite complex; different vanadium species could be present on the titania surface, as a function of the vanadium content and of the titania surface area: (i) V species which is chemically bound to the support via oxo bridges (isolated V in octahedral or tetrahedral coordination, depending on the hydration degree), (ii) a polymeric species spread over titania, and (iii) bulk vanadium oxide, either amorphous or crystalline. The different species could have different catalytic properties therefore changing the relative amount of V species can be a way to optimize the catalytic performances of the system. For this reason, samples containing increasing amount of vanadium were prepared and tested in the oxidation of o-xylene, with the aim of find a correlations between V/Ti/O catalytic activity and the amount of the different vanadium species. The second part deals with the role of a gas-phase promoter. Catalytic surface can change under working conditions; the high temperatures and a different gas-phase composition could have an effect also on the formation of different V species. Furthermore, in the industrial practice, the vanadium oxide-based catalysts need the addition of gas-phase promoters in the feed stream, that although do not have a direct role in the reaction stoichiometry, when present leads to considerable improvement of catalytic performance. Starting point of my investigation is the possibility that steam, a component always present in oxidation reactions environment, could cause changes in the nature of catalytic surface under reaction conditions. For this reason, the dynamic phenomena occurring at the surface of a 7wt% V2O5 on TiO2 catalyst in the presence of steam is investigated by means of Raman spectroscopy. Moreover a correlation between the amount of the different vanadium species and catalytic performances have been searched. Finally, the role of dopants has been studied. The industrial V/Ti/O system contains several dopants; the nature and the relative amount of promoters may vary depending on catalyst supplier and on the technology employed for the process, either a single-bed or a multi-layer catalytic fixed-bed. Promoters have a quite remarkable effect on both activity and selectivity to phthalic anhydride. Their role is crucial, and the proper control of the relative amount of each component is fundamental for the process performance. Furthermore, it can not be excluded that the same promoter may play different role depending on reaction conditions (T, composition of gas phase..). The reaction network of phthalic anhydride formation is very complex and includes several parallel and consecutive reactions; for this reason a proper understanding of the role of each dopant cannot be separated from the analysis of the reaction scheme. One of the most important promoters at industrial level, which is always present in the catalytic formulations is Cs. It is known that Cs plays an important role on selectivity to phthalic anhydride, but the reasons of this phenomenon are not really clear. Therefore the effect of Cs on the reaction scheme has been investigated at two different temperature with the aim of evidencing in which step of the reaction network this promoter plays its role.

Assessment of splanchnic blood flow using magnetic resonance imaging

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The splanchnic circulation has an important function in the body under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Despite its importance, no reliable noninvasive procedures for estimating splanchnic circulation have been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate MRI as a tool for assessing intra-abdominal blood flows of the aorta, portal vein (VPO) and the major intestinal and hepatic vessels. METHODS: In nine healthy volunteers, the proximal aorta (AOP) and distal abdominal aorta (AOD), superior mesenteric artery (SAM), celiac trunk (CTR), hepatic arteries (common and proper hepatic arteries, AHC and AHP, respectively), and VPO were localized on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography images. Volumetric flow was measured using a two-dimensional cine echocardiogram-gated phase contrast technique. Measurements were taken before and 30 min after continuous intravenous infusion of somatostatin (250 microg/h) and were independently evaluated by two investigators. RESULTS: Blood flow measured by MRI in the VPO, SAM, AOP, AHP, and CTR significantly decreased after drug infusion. Flows in the AOD and AHC showed a tendency to decrease (P>0.05). Interrater agreement on flows in MRI was very good for large vessels (VPO, AOP, and AOD), with a concordance correlation coefficient of 0.94, as well as for smaller vessels such as the CTR, AHC, AHP, and SAM (concordance correlation coefficient =0.78). CONCLUSION: Somatostatin-induced blood flow changes in the splanchnic region were reliably detected by MRI. MRI may be useful for the noninvasive assessment of blood flow changes in the splanchnic region.

Catalizadores de base carbonosa para reacciones de oxidación y deshidratación de alcoholes

En las últimas décadas, el estudio y desarrollo de carbones activos como catalizadores o soportes catalíticos se ha incrementado enormemente debido a las ventajas derivadas de su elevada capacidad adsorbente, inercia y estabilidad química, una química superficial versátil y elevada resistencia mecánica. Además, su preparación a partir de residuos biomásicos supone un beneficio no sólo económico, sino también medioambiental, que puede resultar clave en el contexto energético e industrial actual. El objetivo de la tesis doctoral es la preparación y caracterización de catalizadores carbonosos obtenidos mediante activación química de residuos lignocelulósicos. Se ha activado un residuo biomásico como es el hueso de aceituna mediante impregnación con H3PO4 a diferentes relaciones de impregnación y temperaturas de activación. A pesar del proceso de lavado, una cantidad significativa de fósforo, permanece unida de forma estable a la superficie de los carbones obtenidos proporcionando una elevada concentración de grupos superficiales ácidos y una alta resistencia a la oxidación, lo que les confiere una particular química superficial. Este hecho, unido al notable desarrollo de la estructura porosa, con una contribución significativa de la microporosidad ancha y de la mesoporosidad, hace que estos carbones activos sean muy interesantes como sistemas catalíticos. En la presente tesis se ha estudiado la descomposición de alcoholes sobre los carbones activos ácidos. Los resultados mostraron que los carbones preparados son activos para la conversión catalítica de metanol y etanol, en aire, obteniéndose principalmente productos de deshidratación. Además, se han analizado las cinéticas de los resultados experimentales obtenidos, se han planteado modelos mecanísticos basados, inicialmente, en los ya propuestos en la bibliografía y se han formulado nuevos modelos, se ha estudiado la validez de éstos en base a la bondad de los ajustes y, finalmente, se obtuvieron las constantes cinéticas y termodinámicas para cada uno de los procesos. Por otro lado, estos carbones activados con ácido fosfórico se han usado como soporte de especies de óxido de vanadio. De esta manera se ha obtenido un catalizador VPO soportado en carbón activo y se ha estudiado su uso en las reacciones de oxidación parcial de propileno y la oxidación deshidrogenativa de propano (ODH). Además, se obtuvieron catalizadores másicos de VPO con morfología esférica y estructuras huecas tras una etapa de calcinación. Una de las principales características de estos sistemas catalíticos es la elevada área superficial, tanto de los óxidos soportados como másicos lo que los hace muy interesantes para aplicaciones catalíticas. La incorporación de vanadio al soporte de carbón activo disminuye la temperatura de oxidación de éste, pero, en cualquier caso, los catalizadores son estables en las condiciones de operación. Los datos de actividad fueron muy interesantes en el caso de la reacción de ODH de propano, que resultaron muy próximos a los valores más altos reportados para esta reacción, lo cual hace a estos catalizadores prometedores para su uso en reacciones de oxidación parcial de hidrocarburos, a la vez que abre una nueva posibilidad a los carbones activos como sistemas catalíticos en procesos de interés tecnológico.

En torno a la tipología de vivienda colectiva: calidad de vida y sostenibilidad medioambiental. La influencia de la normativa en el estancamiento tipológico en España

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