<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10011262" mdate="2020-05-01 00:00:00"> <author>V. Georgiev</author> <title>Ozone Assisted Low Temperature Catalytic Benzene Oxidation over Al2O3, SiO2, AlOOH Supported NiPd Catalytic</title> <pages>168 - 173</pages> <year>2020</year> <volume>14</volume> <number>6</number> <journal>International Journal of Chemical and Materials Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10011262</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/162</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Catalytic oxidation of benzene assisted by ozone, on alumina, silica, and boehmitesupported NiPd catalysts was investigated at 353 K to assess the influence of the support on the reaction. Three bimetallic NiPd nanosized samples with loading 4.7 of Ni and 0.17 of Pd supported on SiO2, AlOOH and Al2O3 were synthesized by the extractivepyrolytic method. The phase composition was characterized by means of XRD and the surface area and pore size were estimated using Brunauer&amp;amp;ndash;Emmett&amp;amp;ndash;Teller (BET) and Barrett&amp;amp;ndash;Joyner&amp;amp;ndash;Halenda (BJH) methods. At the beginning of the reaction, catalysts were significantly deactivated due to the accumulation of intermediates on the catalyst surface and after 60 minutes it turned stable. NiPdAlOOH catalyst showed the highest steadystate activity in comparison with the NiPdSiO2 and NiPdAl2O3 catalysts. Their activity depends on the ozone decomposition potential of the catalysts because of generating oxidizing active species. The sample with the highest ozone decomposition ability which correlated to the surface area of the support oxidizes benzene to the highest extent. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 162, 2020</index> </article>