Reaction mechanism and kinetics for the liquid-phase catalytic oxidation of meta-xylene to meta-phthalic acid

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2674-2688

  Wang, Qinbo ^a,b   Zhang, Yongzhao ^c   Cheng, Youwei ^b   Li, Xi ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic oxidation; Kinetics; Meta phthalic acid; Meta xylene; Radical chain elementary reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN; KINETIC THEORY; LIQUIDS; MANGANESE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSITION METALS; XYLENE;

COBALT ACETATES; DEVELOPED MODELS; ELEMENTARY REACTIONS; FRACTIONAL; HYDROGEN BROMIDES; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; KINETIC MODELS; LIQUID PHASES; MANGANESE ACETATES; META-PHTHALIC ACID; META-XYLENE; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; ORDER KINETICS; OXIDATION REACTORS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS; RADICAL CHAIN ELEMENTARY REACTION MECHANISM; RADICAL CHAINS; REACTION MECHANISMS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; THREE VALUES; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 54949103924     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11574     Document Type: Article

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