Kinetic study of ethanol dehydrogenation to ethyl acetate promoted by a copper/copper-chromite based catalyst

► A kinetic study of the ethanol dehydrogenation to ethyl acetate. ► Cu/CuCr2O4 as catalyst supported on Al2O3 promoted with BaO-Cr2O3. ► A Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson kinetic model resulted the best to interpret all the performed kinetic runs. ► A reliable mechanism is suggested and discussed.