On-line estimation for a fixed-bed reactor with catalyst deactivation using nonlinear programming techniques

Nonlinear dynamic estimation for a fixed

Nonlinear dynamic estimation for a fixed-bed reactor with decaying catalysts

✍ Y.S. Cheng; T. Mongkhonsi; L.S. Kershenbaum 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 677 KB

Experiments have been carried out in an industrial scale pilot plant reactor and a microreactor to investigate the reversible/irreversible deactivation of a V20~/Ti02 catalyst used for the partial oxidation of o-xylene to phthalic anhydride. The experimental results indicate that unless the catalyst