## Abslrac -A model, of the adso,rption/desorption type, is used to examine the behavior of a catalytic reaction system during forced cycling of the feed composition. It is shown that this model can predict the occurrence of resonant behavior. This rate enhanment during periodic operation is due t
Modelling forced periodic operation of catalytic reactors
β Scribed by J.L. Feimer; A.K. Jain; R.R. Hudgins; P.L. Silveston
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 728 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2509
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β¦ Synopsis
The kinetic adsorption/desorption or AD models used to predict product selectivities obtained through forced-feed concentration cycling have been re-examined. Selectivity improvement results from model structure and nonlinear rates of reaction. The relaxed-steady state bound to periodic operation was found to be predictable from steady state rates for the kinetic model used. Adsorptionldesorption models predict no rate improvement for periodic operation. Also they fail to predict experimental observations that are now fairly extensive.
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