Industrial Xylene/Ethylbenzene Isomerization Unit Using a Radial-Flow Reactor and EUO-Type Zeolite

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Jonathan C. Gonçalves (Autor) FEUP; Alírio E. Rodrigues (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering and Technology

Vol. 36 Nº 10

Páginas: 1658-1664

ISSN: 0930-7516

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citações

Scopus - 4 Citações

Projetos Associados

LA 20 - PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - LA 20 - 2013-2014

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-006-JTQ

DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201300181

Abstract (EN): A mathematical model based on 34days continuous operation of an industrial isomerization unit was developed. The unit involves a radial-flow reactor with a catalyst capable of converting xylenes and ethylbenzene to mixed xylenes. The catalyst contains EU-1 zeolite, platinum, and alumina as binder. Two reactions are considered, i.e., ethylbenzene isomerization and xylene isomerization. The rates are based on the Hougen-Watson model according to the literature. An optimization procedure based on the trust-region-reflective algorithm was carried out in order to obtain new kinetic constants that minimize the difference between the actual and the calculated values. The standard error of the parameters estimated was calculated through the deleted-one Jackknife method.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 7