What is it about?

Study of mechanism of heterogeneous catalytic reactions in tubular reactors in laminar flow

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Why is it important?

The method is useful for the study of the mechanism of catalytic reactions in laminar flow. It helps an investigator to conduct experiments in tubular reactors at low flow rates and to be able to interpret the kinetic data without concern for the flow pattern inside the catalytic bed.

Perspectives

This article is the natural evolution of steady state isotope transient kinetic modeling method which has long been performed in plug flow reactors. It extends the real of application of kinetic studies from very low to very large flow rates inside a catalytic tubular reactor so that the radial distribution of the axial velocity will no longer be a concern for data analysis. The method is also applicable to overall rate analysis and reaction engineering design.

Masood Otarod
University of Scranton

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This page is a summary of: Low Reynolds number isotope transient kinetic modeling in isothermal differential tubular catalytic reactors, AIChE Journal, November 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/aic.16006.
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