Reaction kinetics and scale-up of catalytic processes

✍ Scribed by Jens Rostrup-Nielsen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 163
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(00)00384-8

✦ Synopsis

Kinetic studies typically deal with initial rates whereas most of the catalyst volume in industrial reactors work close to equilibrium. The challenge for scale-up of catalytic processes is illustrated with examples from steam reforming and a few ppm reactions.