Dehydration catalysts for acrolein production from glycerol and methods for forming the same

A method of producing acrolein comprising introducing a feed stream comprising glycerol into one or more dehydration reactors comprising a dehydration catalyst, thereby dehydrating the glycerol into acrolein, wherein:

• the dehydration catalyst comprises a tungstated support comprising platinum acid sites, palladium acid sites, or both on a surface of the support;
• the support comprises at least one of zirconium oxides, zirconium hydroxides, or titanium oxides;
• the dehydration catalyst comprises from 5 wt. % to 25 wt. % tungstate;
• and
• the dehydration catalyst comprises from 0.1 wt. % to 4 wt. % platinum, from 0.1 wt. % to 4 wt. % palladium, or a combined 0.1 wt. % to 4 wt. % platinum and palladium.