Hydrophilic Catalyst Research Articles

Dissolved oxygen removal by combination with hydrogen using wetproofed catalysts

AbstractDissolved oxygen in water at parts per million levels could be reduced to a few parts per billion by reaction with hydrogen using Pt catalysts supported on carbon and stainless steel in random and structured bed configurations. The carbon supported catalyst was Teflon coated to wetproof it. Both gas phase and liquid phase reactions occurred simultaneously under trickle bed operation, resulting in higher oxygen removal efficiency for this mode of operation than for the liquid‐filled condition. The structured catalyst bed yielded greater hydraulic capacity than the random bed, and with wetproofed catalyst it gave the best oxygen removal efficiency. Since the gas phase reaction rate could be increased by reducing the wetted fraction of the catalyst through wetproofing, wetproofed catalysts offer a unique advantage over conventional hydrophilic catalysts.

Kinetics of isotopic exchange reaction between hydrogen and water vapor over platinum supported on a hydrophobic carrier

AbstractThe isotopic exchange reaction between hydrogen and water vapor was studied for the temperature range 313 K to 353 K over platinum supported on hydrophobic styrene‐divinylbenzene copolymer beads, and, for comparison, platinum supported on hydrophilic alumina pellets. The hydrophobic catalyst exhibited a high activity even with the gas saturated with water vapor, whereas the hydrophilic catalyst showed maximum exchange rate at a relative humidity of approximately 0.6. The dependences of the exchange rates on relative humidity, hydrogen partial pressure and temperature were extensively examined. The combined effect of surface reaction and intraparticle diffusion on the overall exchange reaction was analyzed to explain the kinetic behavior on the hydrophobic catalyst.

Recovery of tritium in inert gas by precious metal catalyst supported by hydrophilic substrate.

In this study, it is proposed to use exchange reaction between hydrogen isotopes in gas phase and those in hydrophilic substrate of the precious metal catalyst for the purpose of recovering tritium as molecular form from the inert gas such as the atomosphere in the secondary containment, where no oxygen is expected. The values of the equilibrium constant and reaction rate constant for this reaction are obtained for tritium-protium system and deuterium-protium system experimentally. It is also certified that the tritium concentration at the outlet of Pt-alumina catalyst bed is evaluated in good agreement with experimental values. Behaviors of the tritium cleanup system for the secondary containment applying this reaction are compared for various operational conditions, and it is concluded that isotope exchange reaction using hydrophilic catalyst bed is applicable for the secondary contaiment. The bed of the precious metal catalyst can also be active as oxidation catalyst even when air in the tertiary conta...