Methanol synthesis in a three-phase slurry reactor with ultrafine catalysts

It is shown that the effective synthesis of methanol may be performed in the presence of ultrafine catalyst systems formed by drop thermolysis in situ in a slurry reactor. Using the X-ray powder diffraction and FTIR spectroscopy data on the evolution of Cu–Zn–Al-containing catalyst dispersion during activation and catalysis, possible reasons for ultrafine catalyst deactivation are considered.