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D. ARNTZ, Κ. ΚΝΑΡΡ, and G. PRESCHER Degussa AG, Hanau, Federal Republic of Germany G. EMIG and H . H O F M A N N Inst. f. Techn. Chemie I, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany

From a few w e l l chosen experiments in an i n t e g r a l r e a c t o r o f t e c h n i c a l dimensions with side-stream a n a l y s i s both r e a c t i o n schemes and the e f f e c t i v e heat t r a n s f e r and k i n e t i c parameters o f a r e a c t i o n model f o r propylene o x i d a t i o n could be deduced, from which v a l u a b l e information f o r both c a t a l y s t development and o p t i m i z a t i o n o f the r e a c t i o n c o n d i t i o n s could be obtained. The economic s i g n i f i c a n c e (1,2,3) o f the c a t a l y t i c p r o p y l e ne o x i d a t i o n n e c e s s i t a t e s a c o n t i n u i n g refinement o f the c a t a l y s t . This i n t u r n r e q u i r e s c o n t i n u i n g o p t i m i z a t i o n o f the r e a c t i o n c o n d i t i o n s , as these depend upon the c a t a l y s t . The goal o f t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n was the development o f a s u i t a b l e r e a c t o r model f o r propylene o x i d a t i o n i n an i n d u s t r i a l s i z e packed-bed r e a c t o r operated under i n d u s t r i a l l y r e l e v a n t conditions (4). From the l i t e r a t u r e i t i s not p o s s i b l e t o deduce a k i n e t i c scheme s u i t a b l e f o r modeling the r e a c t i o n , s i n c e the majority of p u b l i c a t i o n s (10-39) do not present an unequivocal p i c t u r e . Also the fundamental d i f f i c u l t i e s o f e s t i m a t i n g from independent measurements heat t r a n s f e r parameters f o r a packed-bed r e a c t o r are w e l l known (5,6,7). Therefore, an attempt was made t o determine the k i n e t i c r e a c t i o n scheme and e f f e c t i v e heat t r a n s f e r as w e l l as k i n e t i c parameters from a l i m i t e d number o f experimental r e s u l t s i n a s i n g l e - t u b e r e a c t o r o f i n d u s t r i a l dimensions with side-stream a n a l y s i s . The data e v a l u a t i o n was performed with a pseudohomogeneous two-dimensional continuum model without a x i a l d i s p e r s i o n . The model was t e s t e d f o r i t s s u i t a b i l i t y f o r p r e d i c t i o n .

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E x p e r i m e n t a l Set-Up

and R e s u l t s

The r e s u l t s w e r e o b t a i n e d i n a c o n t i n u o u s l y o p e r a t e d p o l y t r o p i c p i l o t p l a n t r e a c t o r w i t h a f e e d o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2-5 m o l e s p r o p y l e n e p e r h o u r . The r e a c t o r was a s i n g l e t u b e h a v i n g a c a t a l y t i c b e d l e n g t h o f 2.70 m a n d a n i n n e r d i a m e t e r o f 0 . 0 2 0 5 m. T e m p e r a t u r e was c o n t r o l l e d b y a c i r c u l a t i n g m o l t e n s a l t b a t h . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e p r o f i l e w i t h i n t h e r e a c t o r was m o n i t o r e d w i t h s i d e - e n t r y t h e r m o c o u p l e s : e l e v e n i n t h e c e n t e r o f t h e t u b e , t w o i n a n 1/2 r a d i u s p o s i t i o n , and t h r e e a t t h e w a l l . F e e d s o f p r o p y l e n e , a i r , i n e r t g a s a n d w a t e r w e r e m o n i t o red by r o t a m e t e r s and preheated t o s a l t bath temperature. O v e r a l l a c r o l e i n y i e l d s a v e r a g e d o v e r 48 h o u r s p e r i o d s , were e v a l u a t e d by i s o l a t i n g c r u d e a c r o l e i n by a b s o r p t i o n with water and subsequent d e s o r p t i o n . Unreacted p r o p y l e n e , c a r b o n o x i d e s a n d o x y g e n w e r e m e a s u r e d i n t h e e f f l u e n t g a s ( G . C . ) a n d a c r y l i c a c i d was a n a l y s e d (G.C.) i n t h e a c r o l e i n - f r e e bottoms. To measure t h e a x i a l c o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e o f t h e r e a c t o r gaseous samples ( 5 p r o b e s a l o n g t h e r e a c t o r ) were a n a l y s e d (water scrubber and e f f l u e n t gas a n a l y s i s ) . Minor s i d e products as acetaldehyde and f o r m a l d e h y d e ( G . C , a n a l y s e d i n c r u d e i s o l a t e d a c r o l e i n ) , a c e t i c a c i d ( G . C , analysed b e s i d e s a c r y l i c a c i d ) and p o l y a c r o l e i n ( r e s i d u e o f e v a p o r a t i o n ) always t o t a l e d l e s s t h a n 4 %, b a s e d o n t h e p r o p y l e n e f e d i n ; t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s i d e - r e a c t i o n s were n e g l e c t e d f o r m o d e l i n g . The s p h e r i c a l c a t a l y s t , b a s e d o n a m u l t i c o m p o n e n t b i s m u t h m o l y b d a t e was p r e p a r e d a c c o r d i n g t o ( 8 ) w i t h d = 5.3 . 1 0 " m , λ = 0.8 . 1 0 - K J / m . s . ° K a n d P = 1145 kg/m f o r t h e c a t a l y t i c b e d . The range o f v a r i a b l e s s t u d i e d i n t h e packed-bed experiments i s given i n Table I . T y p i c a l d e t a i l e d r e s u l t s f o r an ex perimental run are given i n Table I I . 3

p

3

ρ

3

g

Modeling R e a c t o r Model. The d e s i g n o f an i n d u s t r i a l packed-bed r e a c t o r r e q u i r e s a r e a c t o r m o d e l a s w e l l a s t h e c h e m i c a l a n d t h e h e a t a n d mass t r a n s f e r p a r a m e t e r s of the c a t a l y s t bed - gas stream system. Since these parameters are model-speci f i c , i t seemed a d v i s a b l e t o employ a continuum model f o r t h e r e a c t o r c a l c u l a t i o n . T h i s i s t h e o n l y model t o date f o r which t h e l i t e r a t u r e c o n t a i n s c o n s i s t e n t d a t a f o r c a l c u l a t i n g h e a t a n d mass t r a n s f e r p a r a m e t e r s ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) . T h i s m o d e l i n i t s

Table I

Experiments Run No.

Τ

1 2 3 4 5

296 320 311 334 377

- Range o f V a r i a b l e s

Τ

w

max C o m p o s i t i o n o f R e a c t o r F e e d ( M o l e F r a c t i o n ) O v e r a l l propene propene propane N 0 H 0 c o n v e r s i o n {%) 301 0.047i 0.0022 0.595 0.158 0.198 45 335 0.047 0 . 0 0 2 4 0 . 5 9 9 0.159 0.192 72 325 0.088 0.0041 0 . 5 7 0 0.151 0.187 42 358 0.089! 67 0 . 0 0 3 8 0.569 0.151 0.187 415 0.089 0 . 0 0 4 3 0.567 0.150 0.190 85 2

2

2

6

2

5

T =T(salt bath); G - 1.16 ± 0.02 ( k g / m * . s ) ; ρ = 1.63 ± 0.01 ( b a r ) a t r e a c t o r i n l e t ; p r e s s u r e d r o p : A P = 0 . 0 4 9 g - 0 . 0 0 2 , * = remains unreacted under a l l o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n s . (bar/m) w


1.

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Table I I

Run No. 5 - D e t a i l e d I n f o r m a t i o n

bed l e n g t h


Catalytic Propylene Oxidation

(•) 0 0.15 0.30 0.45 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.70 2.00 2.30 2.60 2.70

m o l e f r a c t i o n x\ p r o p e n e I C 0 , CO a c r o l e i n a c r y l i c

temperatureQ)

] acid;

2

°C 377 415 413 387® 407 406 385© 397 391 390 388 387 386

0.089

5

0.071

6

0.003J

0.056

3

0.005

0

4

0

0

.

0.0162

0.00054

:

0.030

0.0010

8

]

0.00218

1 1

2

; 0.035

0.008g

2

0.049

0

?

0.021

4

0.013

0

0.059

8

0.013

6

0.016

2

0.065

3

0.0036

i

6

j t (

0.0050 J 15 i n c e n t e r o f t u b e , (^ 2 iΓ n 1/2 r p o s i t i o n G = 1.178 ( k g / m * . s ) Δ ρ = 0.051 ( b a r / m ) ρ = 1.633 ( ° ) 0

a r

two-dimensional form, i n which t h e a x i a l heat c o n d u c t i o n and a x i a l d i s p e r s i o n a r e n e g l e c t e d , y i e l d s f o r t h e mass b a l a n c e o f t h e c o m p o n e n t s :

3 y

3z

j

1 3 , 3j r~ 3Γ" r (Γ 1

»'

M ] Γ : i=l

r

V

a

2

i

e

f

;

j=l

Ν

(1)

with t h e boundary

and f o r t h e e n e r g y b a l a n c e : 3Θ S-^f

f

conditions:

z=0:yj=yj ; 9=0 (r), 0

k

Σ 1=1

(-

Û H

0*r*l

0

r

i

) i,eff 3 y

3 y

^

i

3Θ

i =

3Θ 3 T »

0 ;

O^z^l

B

i

(

e

- V

0^z="l

The t r a n s p o r t p a r a m e t e r s i n a j , b j a n d B i a r e e f f e c t i v e p a r a m e t e r s w i t h w h i c h , j u s t a s w i t h t h e e f f e c t i v e r a t e r f f , s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t p h y s i c a l phenomena a r e lumped. The t w o - d i m e n s i o n a l p s e u d o h o m o g e n o u s r e a c t o r m o d e l ( E q . l ) i s t h e b a s i s f o r t h e s t a n d a r d i z e d c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m F I B S A S ( 9 ) , w h i c h was u s e d f o r t h e e v a l u a t i o n and s i m u l a t i o n r e p o r t e d h e r e . e

Reaction Schemes and Networks. Within the l a s t few years a s e r i e s o f review a r t i c l e s have appeared concerning the o x i d a t i o n o f propylene t o a c r o l e i n (10-16). I t i s g e n e r a l l y assumed that the f i r s t r e a c t i o n step, the formation o f an adsorbed a l l y l i c s p e c i e s , i s rate-determining f o r the formation o f aero-



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l e i n . Side r e a c t i o n s o f t h i s intermediate s p e c i e s as w e l l as d i r e c t p a r a l l e l r e a c t i o n s are p o s s i b l e . However, previous mechanistic i n v e s t i g a t i o n s l e a d n e i t h e r to unequivocal c o n c l u s i o n s over the r e a c t i o n scheme nor over the r e a c t i o n k i n e t i c s . A l a r g e number o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n s do not even consider the formation o f the i n d u s t r i a l l y important a c r y l i c a c i d (Models I I I I ) . The most d e t a i l e d Model V, on the other hand, i s too complex f o r a p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n . I n v e s t i g a t i o n s o f model s i m p l i f i c a t i o n s f o r i n d u s t r i a l l y r e l e v a n t c a t a l y s t s are e i t h e r nonexistent or lead to d i f f e r i n g r e s u l t s (Models I-IV). A p o i n t common to a l l the models i s that they are based upon a redox-type mechanism, i n which the r e o x i d a t i o n o f the c a t a l y s t i s not a l i m i t i n g f a c t o r . Corresponding, none o f them employ the model expression o f Mars and van Krevelen (37). On c o n t r a s t newer works by Keulks (38,39) assume, a t lower r e a c t i o n temperatures, a l i m i t i n g e f f e c t from the r e o x i d a t i o n which leads to a dependence on oxygen p a r t i a l pressure f o r the a c r o l e i n formation and to a two to t h r e e - f o l d higher a c t i v a t i o n energy compared with the r e a c t i o n at higher temperatures. Thus a c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f the l i t e r a t u r e data n e c e s s i t a t e s e s t a b l i s h i n g a network before determining the e f f e c t i v e k i n e t i c parameters. D e r i v a t i o n o f Reaction Schemes Based on Experimental R e s u l t s . Although numerous methods f o r e v a l u a t i n g r e a c t i o n s schemes have been developed (40-44), most o f them (40-42) s t a r t with a hypothet i c a l mechanism which i s , by means o f experiments, e i t h e r c o n f i r med or r e j e c t e d . A newly developed method f o r the systematic e l u c i d a t i o n o f r e a c t i o n schemes o f complex systems r e q u i r e s no chemic a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s , but concentration-time measurements and sys t e m - a n a l y t i c a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s (45). The method i s based on the i n i t i a l slope o f the concentration-time p r o f i l e s and when necessary the higher d e r i v a t i v e s o f these curves a t t = 0. Reaction steps i n which products are formed d i r e c t l y from r e a c t a n t s can be i d e n t i f i e d i n a concentration-time p l o t by a p o s i t i v e g r a d i e n t dc- a t t = 0 (zero order d e l a y ) . dt I t can be seen from a t y p i c a l , p r a c t i c a l l y isothermal conc e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e (Figure 1) t h a t a t t = 0 a l l products e x h i b i t a non-zero s l o p e . This i m p l i e s that a l l o f them must be formed d i r e c t l y from the r e a c t a n t s propylene and oxygen, which e l i m i n a tes the r e a c t i o n schemes I and IV (Table I I I ). Therefore the f o l l o w i n g s t o i c h i o m e t r i c equations were used i n the a n a l y s i s ; f o r equation (4) the approximately constant r a t i o o f CO and CO^ which was a c t u a l l y measured was a p p l i e d . J

k

Pe

+

0

Pe

+

1.5 0

Pe

+

4 1/6

2

i * > Ac + H 0

(2)

^> As + H 0

(3)

2

2

2

0

2

*3

y

2/3

CO + 2 1/3

C0 + 3 H 0 2

2


(4)

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Table III

7

R e a c t i o n Models

I

(17-20)

P e — » Ac —> C 0 , C 0 ;

III

(26-30)

Pe

2

vC0,C0 ;

I I (21-25)

I V (31) Pe — >

o

co,co

2

Fo,Ad


V

(32-36)

Pe - M s \

C0,C0 y

2

9

Fo.Ad

acrolein acetaldehyde acrylic acid formaldehyde propylene

Ac Ad As Fo Pe

Further systematic a p p l i c a t i o n o f the new method l e d t o the con c l u s i o n that the r e a c t i o n scheme was s t i l l incomplete but that such r i g o r o u s model b u i l d i n g demands independent v a r i a t i o n s o f a l l r e a c t a n t c o n c e n t r a t i o n s , which was beyond the scope o f t h i s investigation.

(5) The r e a c t i o n scheme was t h e r e f o r e completed using a d d i t i o n a l i n formation from the concentration-time-diagram. In experiments with a high degree o f conversion (Table I I ) the y i e l d o f a c r o l e i n i s obviously l i m i t e d with i n c r e a s i n g residence time. At the same time the a c r y l i c a c i d c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s s t i l l i n c r e a s i n g a t the end o f the r e a c t o r , suggesting a concecutive o x i d a t i o n o f a c r o l e i n to a c r y l i c a c i d as an a d d i t i o n a l r e a c t i o n . Heat T r a n s f e r Parameters. Attempts i n t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o use heat t r a n s f e r parameters ( λ ^ h ) c a l c u l a t e d from c o r r e l a t i o n s based on data without r e a c t i o n Τβ,7) l e d t o the r e s u l t t h a t the energy balance o f the r e a c t o r a t the measured temperatures was not s a t i s f i e d . On the other hand, the simultaneous e s t i m a t i o n o f heat t r a n s f e r and k i n e t i c parameters by r e g r e s s i o n a n a l y s i s o f p o l y t r o p i c measurements allows these parameters t o i n f l u e n c e each other. I t was observed that the parameters c a l c u l a t e d by these two methods were q u i t e d i f f e r e n t (5,46). Therefore i n t h i s r e p o r t the heat t r a n s f e r parameters were determined from experimental r e s u l t s by a t h i r d method with a minimum o f a d d i t i o n a l assumptions: The e n e r g y b a l a n c e e q u a t i o n was s o l v e d f o r t h e m o s t e x o t h e r m i c c a s e ( R u n 5 ) , ( T a b l e s I and I I ) t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e mass b a l a n c e e q u a t i o n ( 1 ) . T h u s , t h e r ^ were d e d u c e d f r o m a w e l l - f i t t e d b u t w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e k i n e t i c e x p r e s s i o n ' s t i l l a r b i t r a r y d e s c r i p t i o n of the experimental c o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e along the r e a c t o r . S i n c e t h e Δ Η ^ a r e known, i t r e m a i n s t o c h o o s e h and X f f s o t h a t t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l l y measured temperature g r a d i e n t § | i s c o r r e c t l y d e s c r i b e d . For t h i s , w

e




8

mole nj 100 mole Pe

Figure 1.

Experimental results from Run 3, Table 1.


1.

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two a s s u m p t i o n s w e r e made: 1. t h e m o d e l e x p r e s s i o n g i v e n i n ( 7 ) ( w i t h o u t t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l c o r r e c t i o n ( 9 ) i s c o r r e c t ) ; 2 . B i o t i s c o n s t a n t ( t h e same c o r r e c t i o n f a c t o r f o r h and * f f ) · These heat t r a n s f e r parameters were used f o r a l l experiments (Table IV); they are d i s t i n c t l y higher than those which can be c a l c u l a t e d from ( 7 ) f o r the case without r e a c t i o n . T h i s agrees with i n v e s t i g a t i o n s o f the o x i d a t i o n o f CO ( 5 ) . w

e

Table IV


λ „ (KJ/m.s.K) err, r h (KJ/m w

i

2

R e f e r e n c e (2) 0.82 χ 10-

experimentally determined 1.25 χ 1 ( H

.s . K)

0.27

0.412

E f f e c t i v e K i n e t i c Parameters. t h r e a c t i o n the p o t e n t i a l law

r. = A. exp(-Ei/RT)T

0

Pj

F o r the r a t e

e

f

f

o f the

'

(6)

ij

was chosen. An i n i t i a l s e t o f parameters ( Α χ , E n j ) was de termined f o r each t r i a l s e p a r a t e l y (Runs 1 - 5 ) , (Table I ) by simultaneous f i t t i n g o f measured c o n c e n t r a t i o n and temperature p r o f i l e s along the r e a c t o r . I n i t i a l gross f i t t i n g was accompli shed by o p t i c a l o p t i m i z a t i o n ( 4 7 ) t h r o u g h v a r i a t i o n o f A E i , n i j . I t p r o v e d e f f e c t u a l t o s e t s m a l l v a l u e s f o r i{ ( 4 0 - 7 0 x l 0 J / k m o l e ) and n i j ( 0 . 3 - 0 . 5 ) a n d a c h i e v e t h e f i r s t f i t b y v a r y i n g A j . A b e t t e r f i t was a c h i e v e d b y v a r i a t i o n o f E j a n d n j : , w h e r e b y A j was r e c a l c u l a t e d f o r e a c h s u b s e q u e n t com putation according to ( 7 ) . l f

x

l f

6

The k i n e t i c parameters obtained from t h i s o p t i c a l o p t i m i z a t i o n are used as s t a r t i n g values f o r the FIBSAS o p t i m i z a t i o n sub r o u t i n e SIMPLEX. The procedure d e s c r i b e d above was a p p l i e d t o a l l t r i a l s (Runs 1 - 5 ) , whereby some o f the parameters obtained f o r the d i f f e r e n t t r i a l runs s t i l l showed s i g n i f i c a n t v a r i a t i o n . A set o f parameters v a l i d f o r a l l runs was obtained from the l i n e a r regression ( 8 ) : I n r . = I n A. - ( E . / R T ) Σ η . . I n p . ι ι ι j 1J j

( 8 )

Τ and p. i n ( 8 ) a r e experimental values; the other parameters a r i s e from the former f i t t i n g s f o r Runs 1 - 5 . In each step o f approximation the best f i t i s f i r s t achieved f o r i = l and then, one a f t e r another, f o r i = 2 - 4 . The r e s u l t o f t h i s e s t i m a t i o n o f k i n e t i c parameters i s shown i n Table V and F i g u r e s 2 - 4 .


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Table V

Results for Effective Kinetic

/ r- / χ i , e f f " i * *P · P e

A.

E.

1

1

RT

[Z n..) K m o l e / n r . s . P a s c a l J i j J/Kmole

i


A

1 2 3 4

16.7 χ 1.3 χ 1.28x 77.1 χ

ΙΟ-* 10~ 10" 10~

5

47.4 42.8 52.8 93.2

6

3

3

χ χ χ χ

106 10 10 10 6

6

6

Parameters

π., η. _ η. _ i l ι2 ι3 · \ ·P c

Λ Τ

r

ENGINEERING

P e

A

"il

n

i2

η. i3

0.44 0.54 0.66 0

0.93 0.54 0 0

0 0 0 1

0

Discussion The model d e s c r i b e s , w i t h i n the l i m i t s o f measuring e r r o r , the experimental temperature and c o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e s q u i t e w e l l over a wide temperature range (more than 100 C) and propy lene conversion range (Table I ) , (Figures 2 - 4 ) . But the r e a c t i o n orders f o r propylene and oxygen have only a l i m i t e d r e l i a b i l i t y s i n c e e s p e c i a l l y the oxygen c o n c e n t r a t i o n along the r e a c t o r v a r i e d only w i t h i n narrow l i m i t s . A d d i t i o n a l l y , pressure and flow r a t e were, f o r the most p a r t , h e l d constant (Table I ) . The model was then used to p r e d i c t measured r e s u l t s f o r a wide range o f experimental c o n d i t i o n s (T = 343-360 , ( x ) = 0.07-0.09, ( x ) = 0.13-0.15 , ( x ) = 0 . I 8 5 " 0-003, p

β

W

Q

5

H 2 0

1

G = 1.17 - 1.70 kg.m^s" ) as w e l l as f o r a c a t a l y s t d i f f e r e n t from t h a t used i n Runs 1-5 . The new c a t a l y s t was based upon the same chemical system but contained more a c t i v e m a t e r i a l ( 8 ) . It was s u r p r i s i n g t h a t only the pre-exponential f a c t o r s A^ had to be newly estimated (Table VI) whereby the conversion f a c t o r s f o r A f o r the three p a r a l l e l r e a c t i o n s s t a r t i n g from propylene ( i = l - 3 , Table VI) proved to be about the same. From these r e l a t i o n s h i p s u s e f u l i n f o r m a t i o n f o r f u t u r e c a t a l y s t p r e p a r a t i o n may be drawn ("learning model"). x

Table

VI

A . f o r new r u n s

1

A.

1

1 j 2 3! 4 ·

3

(Kmole/m s . P a s c a l 30.4 2.26 2.03 272.5

χ χ χ χ

ΙΟ" 10~ 10" 10"

6

J

(different

catalyst)

i n . . A. (5 new r u n s ) ) A* ( r u n 1 - 5 ) 1 J

1

1.8 1.7 1.5g 3.5 2

6

4

3

3

3

The agreement o f the p r e d i c t i v e c a l c u l a t i o n s with the measu red r e s u l t s i s q u i t e good f o r those new runs ( " p r e d i c t i v e model")



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Figure 2. Experimental results from Run 2, Table L Key: X , temperature mea sured; •> propylene; · , acrolein; A * acrylic acid; and ψ , CO and C0 . Z

Figure 3. Experimental results from Run 4, Table I. Symbols are the same as in Figure 2.



1 2


Figure 4.

Experimental results from Run 5, Table I. Symbols are the same as in Figure 2.

Figure 5.

Data plotted of a predicted run. Symbols are the same as in Figure 2.


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as i l l u s t r a t e d i n Figure 5 ( d i f f e r e n t c a t a l y s t ; reduced bed length; (XQ ) = 0.127; ( X H O ) = °·004; G = 1.67 k g . m ^ s " ) . The p r e d i c t i o n o f the new runs succeeded, even though, be s i d e s the c a t a l y s t , the r e a c t o r feed and flow r a t e were s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t from those o f the experimental r e s u l t s (Tables I and II) from which the model was d e r i v e d . C l e a r l y , the s i m p l i f i c a t i o n o f the r e a c t i o n scheme t o the four r e a c t i o n s found i n network (5) i s only v a l i d f o r the tempe r a t u r e and c o n c e n t r a t i o n range which was i n v e s t i g a t e d . E s p e c i a l l y at higher temperatures, a d d i t i o n a l secondary r e a c t i o n s , p a r t i c u l a r l y the o x i d a t i o n o f a c r o l e i n t o CO and CO2, must be e x p l i c i t l y considered. 1

2


2

0

Legend of Symbols 4.(q /P ).(L/d ).(d /d ).(Pe )Pascal Pj,P= p a r t i a l p r e s s u r e ; p r e s s . L · M /G P*m = u . d p / D f f , P e e l e t No. ( m a s s , r a d i a l ) P e - G . C p . d p A f f , P e c l e t No.(heat,radial) preexponential factor 4.(L/d ).(d /d ).(Pe )r 2r'/d^, reduced r a d i a l coordinate L/(G.c .T ) b r' = radial coordinate m Bi df h /2V,eff B i ° t number r i f f = e f f . rate of i th reaction Cp = mass s p e c i f i c h e a t a t c o n s t a n t time s pressure K J k g " Κ"* temperature CJ = molar c o n c e n t r a t i o n kmole linear velocity ms dp,d|.= d i a m e t e r ( p a r t i c l e , t u b e ) mole f r a c t i o n ^r,eff effective radial dispersion pseudo-mole f r a c t i o n y j = n j / 5 n j coefficient mV z'/L reduced a x i a l coordinate E = a c t i v a t i o n energy J mole""* ζ· = a x i a l c o o r d i n a t e m G = mass s p e c i f i c f l o w r a t e k g n r ^ s " * V , e f f e f f e c t i v e r a d i a l t h e r m a l c o n d u c t i = reaction enthalpy J mole"* ΔΗ v i t y o f t h e c a t a l . b e d K J . n r V .K" = wall heat t r a n s f e r stoichiometric coefficient w coefficient KJ.nrV ^| v o l u m e t r i c mass kg m • reaction rate constant o f i th θ : reduced temperature T / T ki reaction superscript: L = lenght of reactor b

0

t

p

t

m

0

0

r? e

h

r f e

1

t

p

2

p

t

h

0

w

f e

1

- 1

0

1

1

h

1

Y i j

- 3

0

M

= mean m o l a r mass = amount o f s u b s t a n c e = reaction order

subscripts: g = gasphase i = f o r t h e it h r e a c t i o n j = f o r t h e jt h s p e c i e s ρ = particle

kg k m o l e - 1 mole

i , (i+1) step o f i t e r a t i o n

s t w 0

= s o l i d phase = tube = wall = conditions at reactor inlet

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