Epoxidation of propene in a confined Taylor flow (CTF) reactor at atmospheric pressure
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Author(s)
Shin, SB
Lee, D-W
Chadwick, D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation of propene to propene oxide with hydrogen peroxide as oxidant was investigated in a confined Taylor flow (CTF) reactor, a continuous monolith reactor, containing a long alumina rod coated with titanium silicalite (TS-1) catalyst in the centre of the reactor column. The effect of gas and liquid superficial velocity on the hydrodynamics of CTF reactor was also investigated under Taylor flow regime at atmospheric pressure. The variation of hydrodynamics had a profound impact on the production of propene oxide. When liquid superficial velocity was constant, the concentration of propene oxide produced decreased with increasing gas superficial velocity as Taylor bubble length and bubble rise velocity increase. However, when gas superficial velocity was constant, the concentration of propene oxide produced had no linear dependency on liquid superficial velocity as Taylor bubble length decreases but bubble rise velocity increases.
Date Issued
2017-04-02
Date Acceptance
2017-03-26
Citation
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, 2017, 121, pp.305-314
ISSN
0263-8762
Publisher
Institution of Chemical Engineers
Start Page
305
End Page
314
Journal / Book Title
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
Volume
121
Copyright Statement
© 2017 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
EP/E009999/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Propene oxide
Hydrogen peroxide
Titanium silicalite
Epoxidation
Confined Taylor flow (CTF) reactor
TITANIUM SILICALITE CATALYST
PEROXIDE HPPO PROCESS
HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE
PROPYLENE EPOXIDATION
TS-1 ZEOLITE
EFFICIENT EPOXIDATION
ECCENTRIC ANNULI
OXIDE PRODUCTION
MASS-TRANSFER
SLUG FLOW
Chemical Engineering
0904 Chemical Engineering
Publication Status
Published