Ethanol Production

3.9 Describe the manufacture of ethanol by passing ethene and steam over a phosphoric acid catalyst at a high temperature of about 300C and a pressure of about 60-70 atm. 

C2H4 (ethene) + H2O (steam) > C2H5OH (ethanol)

• Crude Oil (non-renewable, expensive) 
• Fast Process
• Pure Product
• Continuous Reaction

Ethanol…