DYNAMICS OF ADSORPTIVE REACTORS .1. INSTANTANEOUS NONLINEAR ADSORPTION AND FINITE ZERO ORDER IRREVERSIBLE REACTION

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1990

Authors

José Miguel Loureiro (Author) FEUP; Carlos Costa (Author) FEUP; Alírio Rodrigues (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Vol. 68

Pages: 127-138

ISSN: 0008-4034

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-001-RZG

Abstract (EN): The dynamics of adsorptive reactors, in which the coupling of nonlinear Langmuir adsorption with zero order reaction A ¿ B occurs, is considered. The method of characteristics is used to develop, analytically, the responses of fixed bed (plug flow) adsorber/reactors to step, pulse or Dirac inputs of reactant A. An increase in the breakthrough time of the column is observed as a consequence of the coupling of both phenomena. The responses of CSTR adsorber/reactors to step or Dirac inputs of reactant A are derived, as well. A method for the determination of equilibrium and kinetic parameters is proposed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12