Open AccessMODELLING AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN REACTIVE CONTINUOUS MIXTURES: THE CATALYTIC CRACKING OF ALKANES. PART I
Author(s) -
Fernando Cunha Peixoto,
José Luiz de Medeiros
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
brazilian journal of chemical engineering/brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1678-4383
pISSN - 0104-6632
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-66321999000100007
Subject(s) - cracking , kinetics , catalysis , fluid catalytic cracking , fragmentation (computing) , estimation theory , kinetic energy , thermodynamics , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , mathematics , computer science , engineering , physics , statistics , quantum mechanics , operating system
Fragmentation kinetics is employed to model a continuous reactive mixture. An explicit solution is found and experimental data on the catalytic cracking of a mixture of alkanes are used for deactivation and kinetic parameter estimation