ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The purpose of this study was to develop the use of semibatch operation of a recirculation reactor in kinetic studies. Ethylene hydrogenation over a supported copper catalyst was studied experimentally. In semibatch operation one of the reactants is fed at the rate necessary to hold the total pressure in the reactor constant. In ethvlene hydrogenation the reaction rate is directly equal to the feed rate, and the kinetics can be studied at constant partial pressure of either of the reactants. Since ethane is inert, this technique permitted the study of reaction rate as a function of one variable at a time.Although ethylene hydrogenation has been studied extensively, there is not general agreement regarding the kinetics over a copper catalyst. The results are themselves of interest because they indicate the reasons for the apparently conflicting data in the literature.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690100421
