Kinetics of the catalytic oxidation of phenol over manganese oxide in supercritical water
A kinetic analysis was made for the phenol disappearance rate in catalytic oxidation of phenol over MnO{sub 2} in supercritical water at a fixed temperature of 425 C and pressures between 22.7 and 27.2 MPa. The nonsupported MnO{sub 2} catalyst possessed a strong activity for promoting phenol oxidation, though the overall reaction rate was appreciably influenced by internal mass-transfer resistance. From the kinetic analysis on the reaction rate of the phenol disappearance, the global rate expression of the surface reaction was obtained, where the reaction orders with respect to phenol, oxygen, and water were almost unity, 0.7, and {minus}2.0, respectively. A Langmuir-type mechanism, in which phenol and oxygen adsorbed on the catalytic sites and water adsorbed on the same site to inhibit the phenol and oxygen adsorption, was proposed to explain the reaction orders for phenol, oxygen, and water.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Tokyo (JP)
- OSTI ID:
- 20003875
- Journal Information:
- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 38, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1999; ISSN 0888-5885
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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