FIXED-BED REACTOR FOR GASOLINE SWEETENING - KINETICS OF MERCAPTAN OXIDATION AND SIMULATION OF THE MEROX REACTOR UNIT

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

Authors

LEITAO, A (Author) Other; Alírio Rodrigues (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Chemical Engineering Science

Vol. 45

Pages: 679-685

ISSN: 0009-2509

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-001-S2G

DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(90)87010-p

Abstract (EN): The kinetic study of mercaptans oxidation was extended to the oxidation of n-hexyl mercaptan in n-heptane and to the sweetening of a typical light gasoline. The simulation of a typical industrial Merox reactor was then performed. The fixed-bed reactor was modelled by using a one-dimensional heterogeneous plug-flow model. Both the steady-state and transient behaviour were studied, as well as the influence of the real distribution of Merox catalyst inside particles and along the bed on the simulation results. © 1990.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7