Equilibrium Equation for Multi-Catalyst Bed SO2 Oxidation

This appendix shows that the equilibrium equation developed for the 1 catalyst bed of a multi-catalyst bed converter (Eqn. 10.13) also applies to the converter s  

It also indicates that the 1 catalyst bed equation does not apply to beds which follow  

These 1 and 2 bed inputs are, of course, the same if nothing is added to or removed from the gas as it passes between the beds. Industrially this is almost always the case so that Eqn. (10.13) almost always applies to both beds. 

The following empirical calculation serves to emphasize this point. 

This exit gas flows without addition or removal through its gas cooler and into the 2 catalyst bed - which leads to the conclusions that  

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