Macro-kinetics of styrene oxidation catalyzed by Co2+-exchanged X

Xu Zhang, Changfeng Zeng, Lixiong Zhang, Nanping Xu

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Abstract

The macro-kinetics and pathway of styrene oxidation catalyzed by Co 2+-exchanged X, using O2 as oxidant, were investigated. The effects of external diffusion, internal diffusion, the styrene concentration, O2 pressure, the catalyst concentration and the reaction temperature on the styrene oxidation reaction rate were examined. The results showed that the reaction rate of styrene oxidation was 0.19 order with respect to the styrene concentration, 0.64 order with respect to O2 pressure, and zero to first order with respect to the different catalyst concentration. The calculated activation energy for this reaction was 13.79 kJ/mol. On the other hand, the three products in the styrene oxidation reaction were, respectively, used as the reactant to examine the reaction pathway of styrene oxidation. The results revealed that styrene oxidation reaction occurred as two parallel reactions. One was the production of styrene oxide and the other was the production of benzaldehyde and formaldehyde with former partially oxidized to benzoic acid and the latter mostly oxidized to O2 and H2O.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-204
Number of pages6
JournalKinetics and Catalysis
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2009
Externally publishedYes

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