Evaluation of Methanol Production Catalysis

Omata et al. have investigated catalysts for methanol synthesis from C02-rich synthetic gas under pressurized conditions [22]. They tested 96 mixed-oxide catalysts composed of Cu, Zn, Al, Cr, Zr, Ga at random ratio. Each catalyst was placed in a 

Aluminum block Durham tube 96 Deep well B 7 mm, L 40 mm microplale 

Syngas, including high level C02 under pressurized conditions. The out gas was bubbled into water to absorb formed MeOH. The MeOH concentration in each solution was determined by the addition of inorganic dye to the solution and the absorbance was determined with a microplate reader (reproduced by permission of The Japan Petroleum Institute from 34]). 

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