Abstract
The paper describes a numerical analysis concerning the behaviour of Cu and Ni based catalysts having different mole ratios of Ni
to Cu in the process of glycerol hydrogenolysis. The impregnation technique was used to prepare the copper and nickel based
catalysts. Our study revealed that their performances are different and depends on the Ni/Cu ratio. The catalysts were tested using
various reaction conditions, such as time and temperature, and their performances analysed based on the Table Curve software. A
characteristic equation describing the dependency of the reaction time and of the temperature on each performance criterion was
derived from our numerical analysis. The numerical analysis showed that the catalyst with the best performances in the
hydrogenation of glycerol is the one having a low Ni/Cu ratio and hence with the lowest Ni content.