Oxidation of Propylene in Liquid Phase Using Packed Columns

The study of the oxidation of propylene in liquid phase based on Hochst-Wacker process was carried out experimentally in packed columns.The capacity coefficients for chemical absorption in packed columns, calculated by the reaction factor-matching method using the chemical absortion data obtained in an agitated vessel, were in good ageement with those obtained experimentally.It was found that this reaction could be treated as chemical absorption accompanied by simultaneous reversible pseudo-first order reaction and that the chemical absorption rates in packed columns could be estimated by the reaction factor-matching method using the data obtained in an agitated vessel.