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Hydration of 2‐methyl‐2‐butene in gas‐liquid cocurrent upflow and downflow reactors
Author(s) -
Goto S.,
Chatan T.,
Matouq M. H.
Publication year - 1993
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.5450710522
Subject(s) - distilled water , mass transfer , chemistry , gas phase , liquid phase , thermodynamics , chromatography , physics
An olefin (2‐methyl‐2‐butene) gas and distilled water were fed either upwardly or downwardly into a fixed‐bed reactor packed with strong acidic ion‐exchange resins. Global reaction rates of olefin hydration were measured by changing gas and liquid velocities. The observed rates were interpreted by using a model in which the direct mass transfer from gas to solid occurred as well as the indirect mass transfer through the liquid phase.