Case Study Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Ethanol with Hydrogen Peroxide

4 Case Study Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Ethanol with Hydrogen Peroxide 

The iron (lll)-nitrate catalyzed reaction of ethanol with hydrogen peroxide forming acetaldehyde may exhibit temperature oscillations. In what follows the laboratory experiment described in [9] is modelled using the reaction kinetics and details on the experimental reactor given there. The reaction is described by  

The heat capacity of the catalyst is neglected because of the small quantity present. 

Hydrogen peroxide H2O2 Molar mass Mhi02 34.02 kg/kmol 

Ethanol CH3CH2OH Molar mass MCH3CH2OH 46.07 kg/kmol 

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