AN ADSORPTION CALORIMETRY STUDY OF THE ADSORPTION OF ACETONE
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aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide at 273–278 K tone, which is required to calculate the integral heat of
for 1 h and at 370–373 K for 4 h. Every 2 h the worked- adsorption of the hydrogenated compound by using
out solution was replaced by the fresh one. The active Eq. (2), can be measured in individual runs or calcu-
catalyst had a specific surface area of 90 2 m2/g and a lated from adsorption-calorimetry data on the total heat
porosity of 0.5 0.05 cm3/cm3, with the maximum of release in the experiment [8].
the pore radius distribution being situated at 2 nm; i.e.,
The adsorption of acetone under conditions of liq-
the Raney nickel prepared can be classified as an adsor-
uid-phase hydrogenation was studied as follows. A
bent with a developed microporous structure [11, 12].
required amount of the catalyst and an accurately mea-
The hydrogenation of acetone was performed in aque-
sured volume of the solvent were placed into the calo-
ous solutions of 2-propanol with organic component
rimeter, the system was tightened and thermostated at
concentrations of from 0.073 to 1.0 mole fractions both
303 K, after which the catalyst was saturated with
in a liquid-phase-hydrogenation reactor with intense
hydrogen at atmospheric pressure for 15–20 min and
radial stirring [13] and in a special isothermal calorim-
the calorimetric experiment was conducted.
eter intended for studying heterogeneous catalytic reac-
After the stationary regime of heat exchange was
attained, the reaction of hydrogenation was started by
introducing into the system of the known amount of a
solution of acetone in the same solvent (thermostatted
at the temperature of the experiment). Within a certain
period after the beginning of hydrogen absorption, the
reaction mixture in the calorimeter was sampled and
analyzed for the content of acetone by chromatography.
The amount of 2-propanol used was calculated from the
volume of the hydrogen absorbed during the reaction,
which was measured continuously up to the complete
termination of absorption. After the experiment, the
energy equivalent of the calorimeter was determined by
electric current calibration. The heats of dilution of ace-
tone solutions, quantities required in the calculations,
were measured in separate experiments.
tions in the liquid phase [8].
The adsorption of acetone under conditions of liq-
uid-phase hydrogenation was investigated using
adsorption calorimetry, the fundamentals or which are
given in [8, 14]. The method operates as follows.
According to [14], the material and heat balance equa-
tions for an isothermal calorimeter at an instant of time
τ of the measurement period rearranged so as to obtain
equations for calculating the integral heat of adsorption
of the compound being hydrogenated (R) at its concentra-
tion in the solution cR. For the hydrogenation of acetone in
aqueous solutions of 2-propanol, the excess adsorption
and integral heat of adsorption are given by [14]
1
mk
0
-----
ΓR =
(cR – cR – cRH )Vs,
(1)
(2)
2
A chromatographic analysis of the concentration of
acetone in the reaction mixture samples was performed
on a LKhM-80 chromatograph equipped with a flame-
ionization detector, a 1-m-long stainless steel column
packed with a Polychrome containing 10 wt % of poly-
ethyleneglycol sebacate. The carrier gas was helium.
The internal reference was toluene. The temperatures
of the column and vaporizer were 373 and 393 K,
respectively. An analysis of the standard mixture dem-
onstrated that the sensitivity of the analysis to acetone
(with allowance made for dilutions) was 6 × 10–5 M,
while the error in the measured concentration of the
hydrogenated compound in the reaction mixture was
within 2.0–2.5%.
1
Qa(R) = ----- – (Qτ – Vs∆hG(R)cRH ),
2
mk
where c0R is the initial concentration of acetone, cRH is
2
the concentration of 2-propanol at an instant of time τ,
Qτ is the heat released by the reaction of hydrogenation
by an instant of time τ, ∆hH(R) is the heat of hydroge-
nation of acetone to 2-propanol, mk is the catalyst mass,
and Vs is the solution volume.
The amount of 2-propanol formed by the reaction
can be calculated from the volume of absorbed hydro-
gen, as measured by the volumetric method. Using the
excess adsorption ΓR, the adsorbate equilibrium con-
Processing the chromatographic analysis data
centration, and the volume of the micropores in the within the framework of Eq. (1) yielded the excess
adsorbent, it is possible to determine the absolute adsorption of acetone, which, when combined with the
adsorption of acetone aR [13]. Determining aR values at equilibrium concentration of the adsorbate in the solu-
various cR, one can plot adsorption isotherms under the tion and the adsorption volume of the catalyst, made it
conditions of the reaction. The corresponding integral possible to calculate the absolute adsorption aR. The
heats of adsorption can be used to calculate the differ- adsorption volume of the Raney nickel sample was set
ential heat of adsorption as a function of the absolute equal to the volume of the micropores in it. The calori-
absorption aR. Thus, to determine the adsorption values metric data in conjunction with the method described in
and heats of adsorption under conditions of liquid- [8] made it possible to calculate the change of the calo-
phase hydrogenation, it is necessary to measure the rimeter temperature at a current instant of time τ and at
numbers of moles of acetone subjected to hydrogena- the end of the reaction with consideration given to cor-
tion and 2-propanol formed, as well as the heat released rections for heat exchange, after which the quantity Qτ
by a given instant of time of the calorimetric measure- and the total heat release in the experiment Q∞ were
ment. The heat of liquid-phase hydrogenation of ace- determined. Next, the integral heat of adsorption of the
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