Methanol dehydrogenation to formaldehyde was operated in a continuous fixed-bed reactor with external recycling in the presence of sodium carbonate catalyst supported on active carbon. Due to the importance of gas phase decompns. of methanol and mainly formaldehyde, selectivity of formaldehyde in such a reactor is small compared to that obtained in a fixed-bed reactor. Furthermore, the contribution of gas phase reactions to formaldehyde synthesis through global dehydrogenation of methanol complicates steady-state kinetic studies. However, transient and methanol isotope (CD3OD and CH3OD) transient expts. showed that a hydrogen species and also a methoxy and/or a hydroxymethyl intermediate(s) are strongly adsorbed on the catalyst surface. Based on these facts, a mechanism of methanol dehydrogenation on sodium carbonate catalyst supported on active carbon is proposed. [on SciFinder (R)]
Title
Dynamic kinetics of catalytic dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde
Published in
Catalysis Today
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
325-34
Date
1994
ISSN
0920-5861
Note
CAN 121:207971
45-4
Industrial Organic Chemicals, Leather, Fats, and Waxes
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,Lausanne,Switz.
Journal
written in English.
7440-44-0 (Carbon) Role: CAT (Catalyst use), USES (Uses) (activated; kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst); 1333-74-0 Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (dehydrogenation, kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst); 74-82-8P (Methane); 630-08-0P (Carbon monoxide); 1333-74-0P (Hydrogen) Role: BYP (Byproduct), PREP (Preparation) (kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst); 497-19-8 (Sodium carbonate) Role: CAT (Catalyst use), USES (Uses) (kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst); 50-00-0P (Formaldehyde) Role: IMF (Industrial manufacture), PREP (Preparation) (kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst); 67-56-1 (Methanol) Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (kinetics and mechanism of continuous dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over active carbon-supported sodium carbonate catalyst)
Record creation date
2006-04-18