P-We-132 Methanol Synthesis Catalysis: The Effect of Acetic Acid

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
S. David Jackson and Stuart D Blain, Centre for Catalysis Research, WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The interaction of acetic acid with a Cu/ZnO/alumina catalyst was investigated under CO2/CO/H2, CO/H2, H2 and N2.  When CO2 is present there is no carbon deposition and the addition of acid to CO/H2 increases methanol yield. Isotopically labelled acid was used to follow both methyl and carbonyl carbon atoms.

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