Method for oxidizing lower alkanols to useful products

Methanol can be oxidized to formaldehyde gas, and ethanol can be oxidized (e.g. in two steps) to acetic acid, in an "electrogenerative" or "voltameiotic" cell (i.e. a fuel cell designed to produce useful oxidation products). The structure of the anode and the contact time with th...

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Hauptverfasser:	MESHBESHER, THOMAS M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS THEREFOR BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMISTRY ELECTRICITY ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS METALLURGY PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE
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Zusammenfassung:	Methanol can be oxidized to formaldehyde gas, and ethanol can be oxidized (e.g. in two steps) to acetic acid, in an "electrogenerative" or "voltameiotic" cell (i.e. a fuel cell designed to produce useful oxidation products). The structure of the anode and the contact time with the anode are important factors helping to determine the degree of oxidation of the oxidized products.