Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.51, No.10, 2091-2098, 1996
Phthalic-Anhydride Synthesis - Reactor Optimization Aspects
The present work demonstrates how to increase the phthalic anhydride selectivity in o-xylene oxidation on V2O5/TiO2 by exploiting the dependence of the catalyst performance on the operating conditions (temperature and partial pressure of oxygen). The problem was considered on the reactor scale by simulating industrial units.