Enhanced selective glycerol oxidation in multiphase structured reactors
Gold catalysis has potential for multiphase oxidation using molecular oxygen but hitherto has been evaluated only in batch autoclaves. The use of continuous flow structured reactors for the oxidation of glycerol under mild conditions using a gold/carbon catalyst is demonstrated. Both monolith and meso-scale structured downflow slurry bubble column designs lead to a significant enhancement in the reaction rate over autoclave studies which is an order
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