Reactor model for esterification of acetic acid with

1 Reactor model for esterification of acetic acid with methanol/ butanol 

For the purpose of developing a trickle-bed reactor model for esterification reactions the approach used by Rajshekharam et. al. (1998) was used. They have 

The reaction scheme for a first order reversible esterification reaction can be written as, 

A is acetic acid, B is methanol or butanol, C is methyl or butyl acetate and D is water. The forward rate of reaction is given as  

tIc is overall catal54ic effectiveness factor. The overall catalytic effectiveness factor for a spherical catalyst particle can be expressed as  

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