Sucrose inversion: An experiment on heterogeneous catalysis

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2003

Autores

Mendes, A (Autor) FEUP; Magalhaes, FD (Autor) FEUP; Madeira, LM (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: International Journal of Engineering Education

Vol. 19 Nº 6

Páginas: 893-901

ISSN: 0949-149X

Editora: Dublin Institute of Technology Tempus Publications

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citações

Scopus - 7 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-000-JXS

Abstract (EN): Illustration of heterogeneous catalysis concepts in laboratory courses is not usually simple or economical. For our undergraduate senior lab course we have developed an environmentally friendly experiment dealing with several aspects of heterogeneous catalysis, having in mind the use of readily available and relatively inexpensive equipment and chemicals on a compact setup, which students can safely operate. The experiment deals with the acid-catalyzed sucrose inversion, performed in packed bed chemical reactors, where the catalyst is a cation-exchange resin in the H+ form. An additional reactor is included for illustrating an enzyme-catalyzed system. The conversion achieved is determined using the Flow Injection Analysis technique.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 9