“…For this discussion, it is assumed that the reactant undergoes an irreversible catalytic reaction, A --B, in the SLPC layer to form the product. If both the reactant and the product are in a gaseous or vaporous form, it is advantageous to only partially impregnate the porous support with the catalyst solution (Rony, 1968;. At low liquid catalyst loading q, defined as the fraction of the pore volume of the support that is occupied by the catalyst solution, the reaction rate increases with q, but goes through a maximum at an intermediate value of q, finally reducing at higher values of q due to the increased diffusional resistance in the SLPC layer.…”