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    Obtencion de Metanol

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    Methanol is produced from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a catalyst. The most widely used catalyst is a mixture of copper, zinc oxide, and alumina. Under pressure and heat, this catalyst facilitates the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce methanol. Some methanol is also produced from carbon dioxide and excess hydrogen using similar catalysts in a two-step reaction.

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    Methanol is produced from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a catalyst. The most widely used catalyst is a mixture of copper, zinc oxide, and alumina. Under pressure and heat, this catalyst facilitates the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce methanol. Some methanol is also produced from carbon dioxide and excess hydrogen using similar catalysts in a two-step reaction.

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    Methanol is produced from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a catalyst. The most widely used catalyst is a mixture of copper, zinc oxide, and alumina. Under pressure and heat, this catalyst facilitates the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce methanol. Some methanol is also produced from carbon dioxide and excess hydrogen using similar catalysts in a two-step reaction.

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    Methanol is produced from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a catalyst. The most widely used catalyst is a mixture of copper, zinc oxide, and alumina. Under pressure and heat, this catalyst facilitates the reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce methanol. Some methanol is also produced from carbon dioxide and excess hydrogen using similar catalysts in a two-step reaction.

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    Obtencion de metanol

    http://www.supermethanol.eu/index.php?
    id=21&rid=12&r=methanol_synthesis&PHPSESSID=c9ngo2ijq0pbon5n1jgd2d2
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    Carbon monoxide and hydrogen react over a catalyst to produce methanol. Today, the most
    widely used catalyst is a mixture of copper, zinc oxide, and alumina first used by ICIin 1966. At
    510 MPa (50100 atm) and 250 C (482 F), it can catalyze the production of methanol from
    carbon monoxide and hydrogen with high selectivity (>99.8%):
    CO + 2 H2 CH3OH
    It is worth noting that the production of synthesis gas from methane produces
    three moles of hydrogen gas for every mole of carbon monoxide, while the methanol
    synthesis consumes only two moles of hydrogen gas per mole of carbon monoxide. One
    way of dealing with the excess hydrogen is to inject carbon dioxide into the methanol
    synthesis reactor, where it, too, reacts to form methanol according to the equation:
    CO2 + 3 H2 CH3OH + H2O
    Some chemists believe that the certain catalysts synthesize methanol using CO 2 as an
    intermediary, and consuming CO only indirectly.
    CO2 + 3 H2 CH3OH + H2O
    where the H2O byproduct is recycled via the water-gas shift reaction
    CO + H2O CO2 + H2,
    This gives an overall reaction, which is the same as listed above.
    CO + 2 H2 CH3OH
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol

    http://bioweb.sungrant.org/Technical/Bioproducts/Bioproducts+from+Syngas/M
    ethanol/Default.htm

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