Performance Comparison of Industrially Produced Formaldehyde Using Two Different Catalysts

Kamran Shakeel; Muqaddam Javaid; Yusra Muazzam; Salman Raza Naqvi; Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi; Fahim Uddin; Muhammad Taqi Mehran; Umair Sikander; M. Bilal Khan Niazi

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Performance Comparison of Industrially Produced Formaldehyde Using Two Different Catalysts

Kamran Shakeel, Muqaddam Javaid, Yusra Muazzam, Salman Raza Naqvi, Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi, Fahim Uddin, Muhammad Taqi Mehran, Umair Sikander, M. Bilal Khan Niazi

July 17, 2020

Formaldehyde is an important industrial chemical that is a strong-smelling and colorless gas. It is used in a number of processes such as making household products and building materials, glues and adhesives, resins, certain insulation materials, etc. Formaldehyde can be produced industrially using air and methanol as raw materials in the presence of metal oxide catalyst or silver-based catalyst. The operating conditions and requirements of the process depend on the type of catalyst used. Therefore, a comparative study of both processes was conducted, and the results were compared. It was observed that the silver-based catalyst process has a compact plant size since the amount of air required is halved as compared to the metal oxide process. Thus, it appears that the silver-based catalyst process is more suitable for small-scale production due to its compact size and reduced utility cost.

Record ID

LAPSE:2020.0840

Keywords

fixed catalytic bed reactor, formalin, Formox Perstorp, metal oxide catalyst, silver catalyst

Subject

Reaction Engineering

Suggested Citation

Shakeel K, Javaid M, Muazzam Y, Naqvi SR, Taqvi SAA, Uddin F, Mehran MT, Sikander U, Niazi MBK. Performance Comparison of Industrially Produced Formaldehyde Using Two Different Catalysts. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0840

Author Affiliations

Shakeel K: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Javaid M: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Muazzam Y: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Naqvi SR: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Taqvi SAA: Department of Chemical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan; Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak 32610, Malaysia [ORCID]
Uddin F: Department of Chemical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
Mehran MT: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Sikander U: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Niazi MBK: School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Journal Name

Processes

Volume

8

Issue

5

Article Number

E571

Year

2020

Publication Date

2020-05-12