@ARTICLE{Ledakowicz_Stanisław_KINETIC_2013,
 author={Ledakowicz, Stanisław and Nowicki, Lech and Petera, Jerzy and Nizioł, Jarosław and Kowalik, Paweł and Gołębiowski, Andrzej},
 number={No 4 December},
 journal={Chemical and Process Engineering},
 pages={497-506},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2013},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering},
 abstract={The results of activity studies of four catalysts in methanol synthesis have been presented. A standard industrial catalyst TMC-3/1 was compared with two methanol catalysts promoted by the addition of magnesium and one promoted by zirconium. The kinetic analysis of the experimental results shows that the Cu/Zn/Al/Mg/1 catalyst was the least active. Although TMC-3/1 and Cu/Zn/Al/Mg/2 catalysts were characterised by a higher activity, the most active catalyst system was Cu/Zn/Al/Zr. The activity calculated for zirconium doped catalyst under operating conditions was approximately 30% higher that of TMC-3/1catalyst. The experimental data were used to identify the rate equations of two types - one purely empirical power rate equation and the other one - the Vanden Bussche & Froment kinetic model of methanol synthesis. The Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst modified with zirconium has the highest application potential in methanol synthesis.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={KINETIC CHARACTERISATION OF CATALYSTS FOR METHANOL SYNTHESIS},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/84907/PDF/06-paper-Ledakowicz.pdf},
 doi={10.2478/cpe-2013-0040},
 keywords={methanol synthesis, copper base catalyst, kinetics, Zr and Mg doping},
}