ChemInform Abstract: Methyl Formate Hydrogenolysis for Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis
Autor: | E. Micheli, Robert J. Gormley, Yee Soong, V. U. S. Rao |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Zdroj: | ChemInform. 23 |
ISSN: | 0931-7597 |
DOI: | 10.1002/chin.199248128 |
Popis: | The hydrogenolysis of methyl formate to methanol was studied in a liquid-phase reactor using a heterogeneous copper catalyst. This reaction is part of a process to produce methanol from synthesis gas starting with the carbonylation of methanol to methyl formate. Raney copper was compared with copper-chromite for hydrogenolysis activity at 110 to 160°C. The inhibition of the hydrogenolysis reaction by carbon monoxide was found to be lower at higher temperatures. A rate equation was derived to include this temperature dependence. Also, carbon monoxide made by a side reaction, the decarbonylation of methyl formate, was carefully measured and shown to account for only 1 to 2% of the total methanol produced at these temperatures. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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