Return to Russian/Soviet Table of Contents A Method To Produce Aliphatic Alcohols
Abstract The proposed method to synthesize aliphatic alcohols from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over sintered iron catalysts differs by that the process is carried out at a pressure of 200-300 atmospheres and a temperature of 160-180°C in the presence of the said catalysts promoted by alkali salts of inorganic acids, whose anhydrides are hard-to-reduce oxides. The process consists in the recirculation of exhaust gases containing less that 20% of carbon monoxide. Recirculation ratio is kept equal to 15-16. The process is also carried out in the mode of single passage of the gas through the reactor. CO:H2 ranges from 1:15 to 1:5; space velocity - 2000-3000 hr-1. The yield of the liquid products is equal to 140-160 g per 1 cm3 of reacted gas, productivity – 30-40 kg of liquid products per 1m3 catalyst per hour. |