SOME ISSUES OF THE MECHANISM OF DEEP OXIDATION OF ETHANOL ON THE SURFACE OF THE CATALYST OF A THERMOCATALYTIC SENSOR

In this work, the effect of the partial pressures of the starting materials and reaction products on the patterns of deep oxidation of ethanol on the surface of the catalyst of the thermocatalytic sensor was studied experimentally. At the same time, the regularities of the oxidation of combustible substances on selected catalysts have been established and the optimal conditions have been identified that ensure the flow of the process under study in the kinetic region. It is shown that the reaction on the sensor catalyst surface proceeds along two kinetically independent (basic) routes. Taking into account the above, a more detailed scheme of the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of ethanol in the presence of a sensor catalyst is proposed.