Kinetics isothermal rate equation

It is usually assumed in the derivation of isothermal rate equations based on geometric reaction models, that interface advance proceeds at constant rate (Chap. 3 Sects. 2 and 3). Much of the early experimental support for this important and widely accepted premise derives from measurements for dehydration reactions in which easily recognizable, large and well-defined nuclei permitted accurate measurement. This simple representation of constant rate of interface advance is, however, not universally applicable and may require modifications for use in the formulation of rate equations for quantitative kinetic analyses. Such modifications include due allowance for the following factors, (i) The rate of initial growth of small nuclei is often less than that ultimately achieved, (ii) Rates of interface advance may vary with crystallographic direction and reactant surface, (iii) The impedance to water vapour escape offered by... 

The simplest isotherm is /if = cf corresponding to R = 1. For this isotherm, the rate equation for external mass transfer, the linear driving force approximation, or reaction kinetics, can be combined with Eq. (16-130) to obtain... 

RATE EQUATIONS COMMONLY USED IN KINETIC ANALYSES OF ISOTHERMAL REACTIONS OF SOLIDS... 

For the case where all of the series reactions obey first-order irreversible kinetics, equations 5.3.4, 5.3.6, 5.3.9, and 5.3.10 describe the variations of the species concentrations with time in an isothermal well-mixed batch reactor. For series reactions where the kinetics do not obey simple first-order or pseudo first-order kinetics, the rate expressions can seldom be solved in closed form, and it is necessary to resort to numerical methods to determine the time dependence of various species concentrations. Irrespective of the particular reaction rate expressions involved, there will be a specific time... 

Experiments at a constant temperature are often carried out to investigate the kinetics of a reaction at a high temperature. The rate coefficient is a constant and the rate equation can be solved relatively easily. By var3dng the temperature of isothermal experiments, the dependence of the rate coefficient on temperature may be obtained. 

In recent years the Coal Research Laboratory has been investigating the kinetics and isotherm behavior of methanol sorption on coal (6, 7, 10) along with the sorption of other vapors on coal (6) and of polar vapors on swelling gels (9, 10). Methanol sorption was shown to be reversible on coal, and its sorption behavior supports the model of coal as a gel or mixture of gels in its physical structure. All indications (I, 6, 7) are that its interaction is with specific and a fixed number of sites for a particular coal sample. Although the sorption of methanol is reversible, coal exhibits sorption behavior which is interpreted in terms of an irreversible swelling of the coal gel upon initial exposure to methanol vapor. As a result of these studies, an isotherm and experimental rate equation for the sorption and desorption were derived that fit the observed data. The isotherm derived for methanol sorption on coal was ... 

To applying Eq. (2.47) to non-isothermal problems, it is necessary to generalize it by introducing temperature-dependent constants. The basic approach was proposed by Ziabicki94,95 who developed a quasi-static model of non-isothermal crystallization in the form of a kinetic rate equation ... 

The intrinsic kinetics was measured in an isothermal integrated reactor and the reaction rate equations in terms of power function have been established... 

Kinetic models referred to as adsorption models have been proposed, especially for olefin polymerisation with highly active supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts, e.g. MgCl2/ethyl benzoate/TiCU AIR3. These models include reversible processes of adsorption of the monomer (olefin coordination at the transition metal) and adsorption of the activator (complexation via briding bonds formation). There are a variety of kinetic models of this type, most of them considering the actual monomer and activator concentrations at the catalyst surface, m and a respectively, described by Langmuir-Hinshelwood isotherms. It is to be emphasised that M and a must not be the same as the respective bulk concentrations [M] and [A] in solution. Therefore, fractions of surface centres complexed by the monomer and the activator, but not bulk concentrations in solution, are assumed to represent the actual monomer and activator concentrations respectively. This means that the polymerisation rate equation based on the simple polymerisation model should take into account the... 

The intraparticle transport effects, both isothermal and nonisothermal, have been analyzed for a multitude of kinetic rate equations and particle geometries. It has been shown that the concentration gradients within the porous particle are usually much more serious than the temperature gradients. Hudgins [17] points out that intraparticle heat effects may not always be negligible in hydrogen-rich reaction systems. The classical experimental test to check for internal resistances in a porous particle is to measure the dependence of the reaction rate on the particle size. Intraparticle effects are absent if no dependence exists. In most cases a porous particle can be considered isothermal, but the absence of internal concentration gradients has to be proven experimentally or by calculation (Chapter 6). 

This equation is known as the Fnimkin isotherm. It is clear that the Langmuir isotherm is a special case of the Prumkin isotherm, which can be derived from it by setting r = 0. It can also be seen that, for reasonable values of the parameter r, the exponential term in this equation approaches unity for very small values of 0 and becomes constant when 0 is close to unity. Thus, at extreme values of 0, the Prumkin and the Langmuir isotherms lead to the same dependence of coverage on potential, hence to the same rate equations in electrode kinetics. 

The kinetic relationships describing an ion-exchange process are usually based on a mass balance, a rate equation, an equilibrium isotherm, and a... 

To reversely check the kinetic model, the integral rate equation (for non-isothermal conditions) describing the As release during pyrolysis of CCA treated wood is used in combination with the measured temperature profiles T(t) in order to calculate the corresponding As content of the pyrolysis residues. The calculated arsenic content of the pyrolysis residues is compared with the experimental values labscale and TGA experiments) in the parity plot, presented in Figure 5. 

The initial acceleratory stage a < 0.3) was attributed primarily to the growth of nuclei formed during removal of water from the dihydrate, and it was suggested that similar elementary processes operate during the decay period. Kinetic observations [75] for the isothermal decomposition of magnesium oxalate (603 to 633 K) were represented by the two term rate equation ... 

The isothermal kinetics of decomposition were complex, with at least two overlapping processes taking place. The shapes of the peaks indicated that both processes were initially acceleratory, and then deceleratory. The isothermal rate was assumed to be made up of weighted contributions from individual processes which could be described by the Avrami-Erofeev equation, with various values of n. 

Reactions in vacuum (TG) became detectable at lower temperatures than in helium (DTA), where the release of ammonia was slower, although the sequence of relative stabihty was almost identical. The minimum temperatures [17] of reduction of Co " are included in Figure 17.3. Most values were close to the corresponding DTA values. Ingier-Stocka [18] confirmed this sequence of changes and added textural evidence from scanning electron micrographs. From a non-isothermal kinetic study, it was concluded that an isothermal study is required to obtain reliable kinetic parameters. Values of and A varied markedly with rate equations and conditions. 

The rate equation specifies the mathematical fimction (g(ur) = ktox AodAt = k f(ur)) that represents (with greatest statistical accuracy. Chapter 3) the isothermal yield a) - time data for the reaction. For reactions of solids these equations are derived from geometric kinetic models (Chapter 3) involving processes such as nucleation and growth, advance of an interface and/or diflEusion. f( ir) and g(ar) are known as conversion functions and some of these may resemble the concentration functions in homogeneous kinetics which give rise to the definition of order of reaction. 

This term refers to the determination of kinetic parameters (f(nr) or g(ar), A and ",) for a reactant subjected to a predetermined heating programme, usually, but not necessarily, a constant rate of temperature increase (d77di = P) (Chapter 5). Isothermal data may provide the more sensitive tests for distinguishing the best fit rate equations (g( r) = kt), whereas rising temperature observations may be preferred for the determination of Arrhenius parameters (A and EJ. Reasons for any differences noted in the results of the alternative treatments should be investigated. 

Chemisorption data often do. not fit Eq. (8-6). However, the basic concepts on which the Langmuir isotherm is based, the ideas of a dynamic equilibrium between rates of adsorption and desorption and a finite adsorption time, are sound and of great value in developing the kinetics pf fluid-solid catalytic reactions. Equations (8-4) to (8-6) form the basis for the rate equations presented in Chap. 9. 

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