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Abstract

Hydrogenation of ethylene on a Co-Mo/Al₂O₃ catalyst at 353 K and atmospheric pressure has been studied. The unsteady-state method was used, in which reactor feed-rate and feed-composition were changed in a defined way. The analysis of transient response curves proved negligible adsorption of hydrogen and ethane and confirmed the reaction mechanism of ethylene hydrogenation which involves reaction of adsorbed ethylene with hydrogen from gas phase in the rate determining step. Combined stationary and transient experimental data were used to calculate kinetic parameters: rate constant of ethylene hydrogenation, total concentration of active sites on the catalyst surface and equilibrium adsorption coefficient of ethylene.