Kinetic study of ethylene hydrogenation

Turnover frequencies and kinetic reaction orders were determined for ethylene hydrogenation over platinum catalysts at temperatures from 223 to 336 K, hydrogen pressures between 50 and 650 Torr, and ethylene pressures from 5 to 600 Torr. The hydrogen kinetic order was observed to decrease continuous...

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Published in:Journal of catalysis 1991, Vol.127 (1), p.342-353
Main Authors: Cortright, Randy D., Goddard, Scott A., Rekoske, James E., Dumesic, J.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
02 PETROLEUM
020400 - Petroleum- Processing
ADSORPTION
ALKENES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Chemistry
ELEMENTS
ETHYLENE
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGENATION
KINETICS
METALS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
REACTION KINETICS
SORPTION
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
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Summary:Turnover frequencies and kinetic reaction orders were determined for ethylene hydrogenation over platinum catalysts at temperatures from 223 to 336 K, hydrogen pressures between 50 and 650 Torr, and ethylene pressures from 5 to 600 Torr. The hydrogen kinetic order was observed to decrease continuously from first order at 336 K to half order at 248 K. Zero-order ethylene kinetics were found at ethylene pressures above 75 Torr, and the ethylene order became negative at lower ethylene pressures. The half-order hydrogen kinetics at low temperatures and the observed zero-order ethylene kinetics at higher ethylene pressures can be explained by a Horiuti-Polanyi mechanism in which hydrogen is adsorbed noncompetitively on a surface essentially covered with adsorbed hydrocarbon species. Hydrogen competes with ethylene adsorption at higher temperatures and lower ethylene pressures. A combination of the noncompetitive and competitive pathways explains the steady-state kinetics over the entire range of temperatures and pressures studied.
ISSN:0021-9517
1090-2694
DOI:10.1016/0021-9517(91)90230-2