Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol.338, No.1-2, 114-120, 2008
A new Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism for the methanol to dimethylether dehydration reaction over clinoptilolite-zeolite catalyst
The kinetic behavior of a modified clinoptilolite zeolite for the methanol to dimethylether dehydration reaction has been investigated using a differential fixed bed reactor. It was observed that at high partial pressures, MeOH plays an inhibition role. A novel Langmuir-Hinshelwood type reaction mechanism has been developed that predicts the latter effect. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.