TY - JOUR
T1 - Methanol synthesis in a countercurrent gas-solid-solid trickle flow reactor. An experimental study
AU - Kuczynski, M.
AU - Oyevaar, M.H.
AU - Pieters, R.T.
AU - Westerterp, K.R.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - The synthesis of methanol from CO and H2 was executed in a gas-solid-solid trickle flow reactor. The reactor consisted of three tubular reactor sections with cooling sections in between. The catalyst was Cu on alumina, the adsorbent was a silica-alumina powder and the experimental range 498–523 K, 5.0–6.3 MPa and 0.2–0.33 molar fraction of CO. Complete conversion in one pass was achieved for stoichiometric feed rates, so that the gas outlet could be closed. The experimental results are compared with the model presented in the previous paper [Westerterp, K.R. and Kuczynski, M. (1987) Chem. Engng Sci.42,]; agreement is close over the entire conversion range from 15% to 100%.
AB - The synthesis of methanol from CO and H2 was executed in a gas-solid-solid trickle flow reactor. The reactor consisted of three tubular reactor sections with cooling sections in between. The catalyst was Cu on alumina, the adsorbent was a silica-alumina powder and the experimental range 498–523 K, 5.0–6.3 MPa and 0.2–0.33 molar fraction of CO. Complete conversion in one pass was achieved for stoichiometric feed rates, so that the gas outlet could be closed. The experimental results are compared with the model presented in the previous paper [Westerterp, K.R. and Kuczynski, M. (1987) Chem. Engng Sci.42,]; agreement is close over the entire conversion range from 15% to 100%.
KW - IR-69873
U2 - 10.1016/0009-2509(87)80135-5
DO - 10.1016/0009-2509(87)80135-5
M3 - Article
SN - 0009-2509
VL - 42
SP - 1887
EP - 1898
JO - Chemical engineering science
JF - Chemical engineering science
IS - 8
ER -