Ethanol Production from Acetic Acid Utilizing a Molybdenum Carbide Catalyst

A process for the selective and direct formation of ethanol from acetic acid comprising contacting a feed stream containing acetic acid and hydrogen in vapor form at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenation catalyst comprising molybdenum carbide and one or more promoter metals selected from the...

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Hauptverfasser: CHEN LAIYUAN, JOHNSTON VICTOR J, KIMMICH BARBARA F, VAN DER WAAL JAN CORNELIS, ZINK JAMES H, ZUZANIUK VIRGINIE, CHAPMAN JOSEFINA T
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Zusammenfassung:A process for the selective and direct formation of ethanol from acetic acid comprising contacting a feed stream containing acetic acid and hydrogen in vapor form at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenation catalyst comprising molybdenum carbide and one or more promoter metals selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, titanium, zinc, chromium, rhenium, potassium, tin and tungsten on a catalyst support