Kinetic study of Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of vinyl acetate from Ethylene in a Heterogeneous Gas Reaction

In this paper, kinetic studies of vinyl acetate (VA) synthesis were carried out over Pd/SiO2 catalysts using a Pilot fixed bed reactor with the catalyst dispersion of 600 m2/gr. The kinetic parameters have been measured in the temperature range 413-433 K and 0.9MPa. The variation in partial pressures and concentrations has led us to determination of the limiting step and therefore proposing a rate law consistent with experimental observation.

Keywords:

Vinyl acetate synthesis , Partial pressure , Reaction kinetics , Pd/SiO2 catalysts