Reaction and Raman spectroscopic studies of alcohol oxidation on gold-palladium catalysts in microstructured reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 734-743

  Cao, Enhong ^a   Sankar, Meenakshisundaram ^b   Firth, Steve ^a   Lam, Koon Fung ^a   Bethell, Donald ^b   Knight, David K ^b   Hutchings, Graham J ^b   McMillan, Paul F ^a   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol oxidation; Gold palladium catalyst; In situ Raman; Micropacked bed reactor; Multiphase reaction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; BED REACTORS; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL ALCOHOL CONVERSION; CATALYST BEDS; CATALYST SURFACES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; EFFECT OF CATALYST; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; IN SITU RAMAN; IN-SITU; INLET PRESSURES; INTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS; PALLADIUM CATALYST; PILLAR STRUCTURE; PURE OXYGEN; RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; REACTION CHANNELS; STIRRED REACTORS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIO; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATIO;

ALDEHYDES; GLASS; GOLD; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 79952454407     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.082     Document Type: Article

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