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Performance of a large scale packed recirculating reactor for homogeneous catalytic oxidation of car‐3‐ene
Author(s) -
Mukesh D.,
Gopalkrishnan K. S.
Publication year - 1987
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.5450650516
Subject(s) - catalysis , autoxidation , packed bed , mixing (physics) , ene reaction , inert , selectivity , chemistry , homogeneous , mass transfer , chemical engineering , reaction rate , materials science , chromatography , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Autooxidation of car‐3‐ene was carried out in a large scale packed recirculating reactor, where the catalyst cobalt acetylacetonate and the liquid were recirculated and sprayed on top of an inert packing. Gas is introduced from the bottom. The mass transfer parameters and mixing characteristics of the reactor were determined. The effect of catalyst quantity, operating pressure on car‐3‐ene conversion, and selectivity for various products were studied. The reaction system was mathematically modelled, and the simulation compared with the observed behaviour. The rate constants of the elementary reaction steps had been determined separately in a laboratory reactor.