Mathematical modeling of a laboratory methylcycloxane dehydrogenation reactor and estimation of radial thermal conductivities and wall heat transfer coefficients

Muhammad R Usman, David L Cresswell, Arthur A Garforth

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    Abstract

    A lab. micro-pilot fixed-bed reactor for the dehydrogenation of methylcyclohexane was modeled. The kinetic model developed in the authors previous work over 1.0 wt.% Pt/γ-Al2O3 was used in modeling the reactor. The exptl. data over the same catalyst was compared with the proposed model and reasonable ests. of the data were found. Effective radial thermal cond. and apparent wall heat-transfer coeff. were obsd. to be a function of the compn. of the reaction mixt. and varied along the length of the reactor. [on SciFinder(R)]
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1240-1258
    Number of pages19
    JournalChem. Eng. Commun.
    Volume201
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • Reactors (dehydrogenation
    • math. modeling of lab. methylcycloxane dehydrogenation reactor and estn. of radial thermal conductivities and wall heat transfer coeffs.)
    • Reactors (fixed-bed
    • Dehydrogenation
    • Heat transfer
    • Thermal conductivity (math. modeling of lab. methylcycloxane dehydrogenation reactor and estn. of radial thermal conductivities and wall heat transfer coeffs.)
    • methylcyclohexane dehydrogenation reactor radial thermal cond heat transfer modeling

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