Kinetics of the liquid-phase oxidation of ethanol

✍ Scribed by John Klassen; R. S. Kirk

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1955
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 823 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-1541
• DOI: 10.1002/aic.690010418

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A study was made of the rate of liquid‐phase oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid. An aqueous, basic solution of ethanol was allowed to trickle over a palladium‐onalumina catalyst in a packed tower while oxygen‐containing gas was blown upward. The observed rates are described by an equation including a kinetic term and a mass transfer term for the diffusion of oxygen. Kinetic rate constants and gas‐ and liquid‐film mass transfer coefficients are reported.