Production of methanol and isobutyl alcohol mixtures over double-bed cesium-promoted Cu/ZnO/Cr2O3 and ZnO/Cr2O3 catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1534-1542

  Beretta, Alessandra ^a,b   Sun, Qun ^a,c   Herman, Richard G ^a   Klier, Kamil ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CESIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; MIXTURES; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYST PREPARATION; DOUBLE BED CESIUM PROMOTED CATALYST; HIGHER ALCOHOL SYNTHESIS; ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL; ZINC CHROMITE CATALYST;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 0030151303     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9505219     Document Type: Article

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