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Correlating kinetic data in reactors: Application to tertiary Butanol dehydration
Author(s) -
Black J. H.,
Wright J. H.,
Coull James
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690020428
Subject(s) - butanol , chemistry , thermodynamics , dehydration , kinetic energy , homogeneous , catalysis , volume (thermodynamics) , organic chemistry , physics , ethanol , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
Abstract The reactor‐unit concept proposed by Hurt is extended in this paper to include fractional‐order reactions and to show the effect of volume change on the system. Equations defining the reactor unit for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions are derived. The catalytic dehydration of tertiary butanol was chosen as a means of studying the validity of the extended reactor‐unit concept. The experimental investigation was conducted over a wide range of flow rates, catalyst bed heights, and temperatures. The result of the application of this modified reactor‐unit expression to the correlation of the data was excellent.