Motahari - Department of Chemical Engineering, Arak University, Iran
Atashi - Department of Chemical Engineering, Zahedan University, Iran
Arjmand - Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Arak University, Iran

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.

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