Influence of silver dispersity on its specific catalytic activity in ethylene oxidation

Specific catalytic activity for massive (powders and films) and supported (Ag/SiO₂) silver catalysts have been studied in ethylene oxidation. It has been found to be approximately constant for metal particles whose size is above 30 nm.

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Kinetic model of catalytic ethylene oxidation

The kinetics of ethylene oxidation on a pumice supported silver catalyst promoted with chlorine has been studied. A simplified kinetic equation with two parameters is given to describe the process over a wide range of ethylene concentrations. The parameters of the equation have been determined as a function of the temperature.

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乙烯直接氧化制乙酸催化剂Pd-H3PO4-Cu/Al2O3的研究

以浸渍法制备了一系列不同Pd担载量的Pd-H3PO4-Cu／Al2O3催化剂，采用微型固定床反应器对乙烯直接氧化合成乙酸工艺进行了活性评价．考查了Pd含量、不同助剂的添加、Cu氧化物含量等对催化剂性能的影响并采用TPR，SEM等方法进行了结构表征．实验结果表明：各组分含量为ωpd=3％，ωH3PO4=50％，ωCu=9．5％时，该催化剂具有较理想的活性与选择性．在反应温度为200℃、压力为0．8Mpa、原料气物质的量比为n(C2H4)：n(O2)：n(N2)：n(H2O)=50：6：14：30的条件下，乙烯的转化率与乙酸的选择性分别达3．8％和86．3％。在Pd-H3PO4／Al2O3催化剂中引入Cu的化合物后，不仅提高了催化剂的活性，而且催化剂的稳定性也有显提高．     

Mechanism and kinetics of the selective catalytic oxidation of acetone

The kinetics of the heterogeneous catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of acetone on vanadium pentoxide was studied under gradientless conditions at the temperature 413–453 K. The degree of conversion of acetone did not exceed 20%. The main carbon-containing oxidation products were acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Methanol and small quantities of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were also formed. Possible mechanisms of the reaction are discussed.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 252–254, March–April, 1986.     

Modifying action of carbon dioxide in catalytic oxidation of ethylene on silver

Carbon dioxide exerts a strong inhibitory effect on oxygen adsorption and complete oxidation of ethylene on silver but has little effect on the rate of ethylene oxidation to ethylene oxide.

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Study on protein adsorption kinetics to a dye-ligand adsorbent by the pore diffusion model

Adsorption kinetics of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and bovine hemoglobin (bHb) to Cibacron Blue 3GA (CB) modified Sepharose CL-6B has been studied. The effects of liquid-phase ionic strength and CB coupling density on the uptake rates of these two proteins in Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5) were evaluated by effective pore diffusivity derived from a pore diffusion model. The results showed that despite their similar molecular masses and sizes, the effects of aqueous-phase ionic strength and CB density on the effective pore diffusivities of BSA and bHb were distinctly different. The effective pore diffusivity of BSA to CB-Sepharose increased significantly with decreasing CB density and increasing liquid-phase ionic strength. This was considered due to the decrease in electrostatic repulsion between the BSA and CB molecules of like charge. That is, the increase in ionic strength and the decrease in CB coupling density reduced the electrostatic hindrance effect on BSA diffusion to CB-Sepharose, facilitating the hindered pore diffusion. In contrast, because of the higher isoelectric point of bHb (7.0) compared to BSA (4.7), bHb suffered little electrostatic hindrance effect during its diffusion to CB-Sepharose. Therefore, the effective pore diffusivity of bHb was unchanged with the change in liquid-phase ionic strength and CB coupling density.     

Influence of crystallite size on the oxidation kinetics of magnetite

The oxidation of magnetite yields the lacunar phase γ-Fe₂O₃, for sizes less than 5000 Å and the rhombohedral phase, α-Fe₂O₃, for sizes above 10 000 Å. For intermediate sizes, oxidation kinetics and X-ray analysis have confirmed that the γ-Fe₂O₃ phase forms at the beginning of the reaction, followed by phase α-Fe₂O₃ forming from γ-Fe₂O₃ and then directly from the still-unoxidized magnetite. Influence of size could be accounted for in terms of structure and stresses at the crystal lattice level.     

Adsorption and kinetics of the oxidation of ethylene on PdCl2/SiO2

A new variant of the kinetic distributive method was used to study the kinetics of the oxidation of ethylene by PdCl₂ complexes supported on silica gel taking account of the equilibrium distribution of ethylene between the gas phase, silica gel, and metal complex reaction sites. Mono-, bi-, and polynuclear palladium(II) species are found to participate in the reaction. The Pd^II activity increases with increasing amount of nuclei in the species. L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical Organic and Coal Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 70 R. Lyuksemburg ul., Donetsk 83114, Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 243–246, July–August, 2000.     

Influence of diffusion on pore size distributions determined by xenon porometry

Xenon porometry is a new method for characterization of porous materials. In this method, the material is immersed in a medium, and its properties are studied by means of 129Xe NMR spectra of xenon dissolved in the sample. The method is particularly suitable for the determination of pore size distribution of the material, since the spectra display two signals whose chemical shift is dependent on the pore size. A prerequisite for an accurate determination is the fact that the diffusion of xenon between different pores is slow enough. The diffusion is studied in this work using two-dimensional exchange spectroscopy (2-D EXSY). The spectra measured as a function of the mixing time imply that the exchange is really slow as compared with the NMR time scale, and therefore the distribution of the resonance frequencies indeed represents the pore size distribution.     

Simulation of the kinetics of complex heterogeneous catalytic reactions under diffusion limitations

A method is suggested for determining kinetic parameters of arbitrary complex heterogeneous catalytic reactions under conditions such that the reaction rate is significantly affected by heat and mass transfer to and in the catalyst pellets. Linear relationships are established between the concentrations of the key and dependent reactants (diffusion stoichiometry relationships) and between temperature and the concentrations of the key components. A solution procedure is suggested for the problems involved in the determination of kinetic parameters for reactions proceeding under diffusion limitations. The procedure is illustrated by analysis of data earlier reported for steam methane reforming over a nickel catalyst.     

An interpretation of the kinetics of ethylene oxidation over silver based on separate studies of kinetics of the reaction steps

The kinetics of the separate reaction steps, corresponding to the stepwise redox mechanism of ethylene oxidation over silver, was studied. The results are used for the interpretation of the kinetics of overall catalytic reactions by taking into account an influence of the adsorption of oxygen on the surface properties of silver.     

Influence of torrefaction on the devolatilization and oxidation kinetics of wood

Devolatilization and oxidation kinetics of torrefied wood have been studied by evaluating thermogravimetric curves measured in nitrogen and air at various heating rates. Samples consist of Norway spruce wood chips torrefied at several process temperatures and residence times. Data about untreated wood have also been obtained for comparison. Measured curves are well predicted by means of a five-reaction mechanism, consisting of three devolatilization reactions for the pseudo-components hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin and, in air, of two additional reactions for char devolatilization and combustion. The torrefaction pre-treatment only requires model modifications in the amounts of volatiles generated from the decomposition of pseudo-components, indicating that only their relative percentages and not their reactivities are modified. On the other hand, a slightly different thermal stability is found for the char generated from torrefied wood, which results in higher activation energy and lower reaction order for the oxidation step. Hence torrefaction conditions can affect the subsequent conversion characteristics of the char product.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of the components of the catalytic oxidation of ethylene glycol to glyoxal

The gas-chromatographic retention of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, glyoxal, formic acid, and ethylene glycol on polar and nonpolar polymeric adsorbents was studied, and a procedure was developed for the determination of these components. The time of analysis was 12–14 min. The detection limits were 0.02 (acetaldehyde) to 0.7 (formic acid) ppm.     

Effect of iodine-containing promoter on the catalytic activity of silver in the course of ethylene glycol oxidation

Surface morphology and catalytic properties of electrolytic silver crystals in partial oxidation of ethylene glycol into glyoxal were studied.     

Recent data on the kinetics of ethylene chlorination

Chlorination of ethylene with chlorine in C₂H₄Cl₂ solvent, with and without FeCl₃ catalyst, was studied in the temperature range from 293 to 308 K. Simultaneous addition and substitution were detected. The rate constants were determined by numerical integration of kinetic equations. Activation energies and preexponential factors were calculated as well.

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