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1565384 
Journal Article 
Chemical and Technical Aspects of Propene Oxide Production via Hydrogen Peroxide (HPPO Process) 
Russo, V; Tesser, R; Santacesaria, E; Di Serio, M 
2013 
Yes 
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
ISSN: 0888-5885
EISSN: 1520-5045 
52 
3 
1168-1178 
WOS:000314141500019 
Propene oxide is a very important chemical whose production
technology has changed a lot during the last 30 years. Nowadays, the most promising technology is
the HPPO process in which the propene oxide is produced by oxidizing propene with hydrogen
peroxide, via titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) catalysis. Even if this technology has been patented
in the early 1980s and some chemical plants are already in production, only few papers have been
published until now dealing with the catalytic and kinetic aspects of the process. In this paper,
the state of the art of the scientific knowledge and technical aspects related to propene oxide
synthesis in the presence of TS-1 catalyst have been reviewed.