Mechanism and kinetics of methanol synthesis coupled with water-gas shift reaction.

The experimental data are reported on the kinetics of methanol synthesis an d water-gas shift reaction. Under certain conditions of methanol synthesis, some anomalous kinetics was observed: an increase in the average rate of t he reaction in the integral flow-type reactor with an increase in the conta ct time. This unusual behavior is stipulated by the coupling of methanol sy nthesis with the water-gas shift reaction. A modified scheme of the mechani sm is proposed that accounts for this coupling.