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The effect of Pd‐catalyst wettability on hydrogenation of nitrate to hydroxylamine
Author(s) -
Grote Claudia,
Rosu Marius,
Schumpe Adrian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.20312
Subject(s) - catalysis , hydroxylamine , wetting , chemistry , silane , inorganic chemistry , nitrate , microreactor , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
In the HPO process of the DSM, nitrate is reduced to hydroxylamine on Pd/C catalyst in a 5 M salt solution. Pd/C catalyst increases the interfacial area by a coalescence hindering effect. Nevertheless, mass transfer limitation is encountered and Pd/C catalyst in the liquid bulk is not just useless but even catalyses product decomposition. In this study, the more selective Pd/Al 2 O 3 catalyst was silanised with trichloromethyl silane to reduce its wettability and enrich the catalyst at the gas–liquid interface. The silanization did not affect the catalyst activity. In a stirred tank reactor, significantly higher hydrogen absorption rates were achieved for a flat interface but the effect decreased at higher stirring speed.