To provide a method for producing propionaldehyde directly from glycerol with high yield, gasified glycerol is brought into contact with a silica-type regular mesoporous body. More specifically, gasified glycerol is supplied to a catalyst layer containing a regular mesoporous body while heating the catalyst layer at a temperature ranging from 200 to 800 C. in such a manner that a W/F value can fall within the range from 0.001 to 1000 g.Math.min/ml inclusive wherein W represents an amount (g) of a catalyst and F represents a supply rate (ml/min) of supplied glycerol.

The invention relates to a structured catalyst for catalyzing steam methane reforming reaction in a given temperature range T upon bringing a hydrocarbon feed gas into contact with the structured catalyst. The structured catalyst comprises a macroscopic structure, which comprises an electrically conductive material and supports a ceramic coating. The macroscopic structure has been manufactured by 3D printing or extrusion and subsequent sintering, wherein the macroscopic structure and the ceramic coating have been sintered in an oxidizing atmosphere in order to form chemical bonds between the ceramic coating and the macroscopic structure. The ceramic coating supports catalytically active material arranged to catalyze the steam methane reforming reaction, wherein the macroscopic structure is arranged to conduct an electrical current to supply an energy flux to the steam methane reforming reaction. The invention moreover relates to methods of manufacturing the structured catalyst and a system using the structured catalyst.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a catalyst that enables a hydrogenation reaction of cyclopentadiene to cyclopentene in a gas phase that exhibits both a high conversion rate and high selectivity, and a method for producing the cyclopentene in a gas phase that exhibits both a high conversion rate and high selectivity. A catalyst according to the disclosure and a method for producing cyclopentadienecyclopentene according to the disclosure are a catalyst and a method for producing cyclopentene using the catalyst that is used in a hydrogenation reaction of cyclopentadiene in a gas phase to form the cyclopentene, the catalyst including palladium (Pd) and a titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) support, wherein the titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) support contains anatase-type titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2).

The exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate, a first catalyst layer, and a second catalyst layer. The substrate includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The first catalyst layer contains first catalyst particles and lies on the substrate across a first region extending between the upstream end and a first position. The first position is at a first distance from the upstream end toward the downstream end. The second catalyst layer contains second catalyst particles and lies on the first catalyst layer across the first region. The second catalyst layer is provided with pores. Pore connectivity of the second catalyst layer is 5% to 35%. A mean value of areas of the pores of the second catalyst layer in a cross-sectional backscattered electron image of the second catalyst layer may be 0.7 ?m.sup.2 to 9.0 ?m.sup.2.

The present disclosure relates to a dehydration catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing an alkene using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dehydration catalyst that is mixed-phase alumina including 1 to 18% by weight of alpha-alumina, 65 to 95% by weight of theta-alumina, and 4 to 34% by weight of delta-alumina, a method for preparing the dehydration catalyst, and a method for preparing an alkene using the dehydration catalyst.

A method includes: 1) performing an atomic layer deposition cycle including (a) introducing precursors into a deposition chamber housing a substrate to deposit a material on the substrate; and (b) introducing a passivation gas into the deposition chamber to passivate a surface of the material; and 2) repeating 1) a plurality of times to form a film of the material.

The present invention discloses a mesoporous manganese ferrite Fenton-like catalyst and preparation method and application thereof and pertains to the field of preparation of Fenton-like catalysts. The present invention uses KIT-6 as a hard template agent to synthesize mesoporous manganese ferrite catalyst. The prepared mesoporous manganese ferrite and hydrogen peroxide constitute a Fenton-like system oxidation wastewater treatment system to carry out efficient removal and mineralization of organic pollutants in wastewater. The preparation method of the present invention is simple and efficient. The prepared Fenton-like catalyst has a mesoporous structure and a relatively large specific surface area. It can provide more adsorption sites and catalytic site and efficiently degrade pollutants in a wide pH range (acidic, neutral and even alkaline) and solves the problem that conventional Fenton reaction occurs only under an acidic condition and a large amount of iron sludge is generated during reaction, causing secondary pollution. Further, the catalyst can be used cyclically and easily separated from the water solution and recovered after use.

A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body including porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells serving as fluid passages extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face. The partition walls have a porosity of 45 to 65%; the open frontal area of the pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 m or more, of the pores open on the surface of each partition wall, is 20 to 50%; the pore density of the pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 m or more is 200 to 1,000 pores/mm.sup.2; the median opening diameter of the pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 m or more is 40 to 60 m; the circularity of the pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 m or more is 1.8 to 4.0; and the partition walls have a wet area of 16,500 m.sup.2 or more.

Provided are: an exhaust gas treatment catalyst capable of improving NO conversion rate when performing denitrification using CO as a reducing agent, and improving CO oxidation rate when oxidizing CO present in the exhaust gas; a method for producing an exhaust gas treatment catalyst; and an exhaust gas treatment system. The exhaust gas treatment catalyst is a catalyst which uses CO as a reducing agent to treat exhaust gas from a sintering furnace, and contains: a support that is a metal oxide or metal sulfate; and an active metal containing at least iridium supported by the support, wherein the specific surface area of the catalyst is 100 m.sup.2/g or less, and the crystallite size of iridium in the catalyst is 10-25 nm.

The present invention relates to a dehydrogenation catalyst in which a platinum-group metal, an assistant metal, and an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal component are supported on a carrier, wherein the molar ratio of platinum to the assistant metal is 0.5 to 1.49, and the catalyst has an acidity amount of 20 to 150 mol KOH/g catalyst when it is titrated with KOH. The dehydrogenation catalyst according to the present invention may prevent coke formation from increasing rapidly when the hydrogen/hydrocarbon ratio in a dehydrogenation reaction is reduced, thereby increasing the productivity of the process. Accordingly, it makes it possible to operate the process under a condition in which the hydrogen/hydrocarbon ratio in a dehydrogenation reaction is reduced, thereby improving the economy of the process.