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A number of papers have appeared on the use of layered double hydroxides (e.g. Mg and Al containing oxides). A meixnerite-like catalyst has been reported to give 100% selectivity for diacetone alcohol from acetone at 0 C at close to thermodynamic equilibrium conversion of 23% (Tichit and Fajula, 1999). The side-chain alkylation of toluene with propylene to give isobutyl benzene (for ibuprofen) is a well-known example where Na/K alloy on Na2C03/K2C03 is used as the catalyst. 

In real situations surface and volume changes are often made with systems that are at equilibrium with their environment, characterized by a set of chemical potentials p, rather than keeping In ] fixed, as in [2.2.7 and 8j. In other words, area changes in open systems are considered. In statistical thermodynamics the conversion from closed to open implies the transition from the canonical to the grand canonical ensemble. The characteristic function of the latter is nothing other than the sum of the bulk and surface mechemical work terms (see [1.3.3.12] and [I.A6.23D which are the quantities of interest ... 

Initially, a fixed-bed reactor with no separation was tested. The reactor was packed only with the catalyst and inert filler material with no adsorbent. Further, the feed gas propene (9% by volume) was mixed with helium as a carrier. No separation via PSR operation was imposed on the reactor contents. Fig. 8 shows that the steady-state conversion of propene is significantly less than 1% (about 0.03%) and the product recovery is almost negligible. The slight time lead in simulation is due to nonaccounting of the dead time in experiments. The estimated equilibrium conversion from thermodynamics is about 24 /o based on pure propene feed. Thus, the conversion in a fixed-bed reactor is far below the equilibrium conversion. 

Figure 1. Thermodynamic equilibrium conversion for different dehydrogenation reactions. Conditions P = bar, Hj/saturated hydrocarbon = 0 (calculations based on the software HSC Chemistry from Outokumpu Research Oy).

The produced hydrogen from SR is separated through a dense proton-conducting membrane to react with oxygen contained in an air stream. The exothermic reaction between H2 and O2 is used as heat source for ATR of methane. A 10% Ni supported on Y-AI2O3 catalyst is placed on top of the perovskitic membrane. Without the presence of catalysts, methane conversion is quite poor at 850 °C, less than 20%. As nickel supported catalysts is introduced into the system, the methane conversion increases to 88% (thermodynamic equilibrium conversion is around 96%). This phenomenon is related to the low contact time between gas and catalysts, because the gas flow rate used is high. 

Barbieri et al. [146] developed a MR for the WGS reaction. A palladium/silver fihn containing 23 wL% silver, which had a thickness between 1 and 1.5 pm, v is prepared by sputtering and coated onto a porous stainless steel support. This preparation method generated a much higher ratio of pore size to fihn thickness compared to conventional methods. Tubular membranes of 13 mm outer diameter, 10 to 20 mm length, were fabricated. Commercial Cu-based catalyst from Haldor-Topsoe was introduced into the fixed bed. At reaction temperatures between 260 and 300 C, and a GHSV of 2085 h, the thermodynamic equilibrium conversion could be exceeded by 5-10% by the membrane technology. 

High-Pressure Concern (see Table 6.21. From the reaction stoichiometry, we see that there are equal numbers of reactant and product moles in the hydrodealkylation reaction. For this case, there is no effect of pressure on equilibrium conversion. From a thermodynamic point of view there is no reason for the high pressure in the reactor. 

If a detailed reaction mechanism is available, we can describe the overall behavior of the rate as a function of temperature and concentration. In general it is only of interest to study kinetics far from thermodynamic equilibrium (in the zero conversion limit) and the reaction order is therefore defined as ... 

Rate measurements on these particles indicate that at 85 °C the rate is equal to 1.11 x 10 2 moles/ksec-g catalyst, when the conversion achieved is only 3.9%. From thermodynamic equilibrium data contained within the article, it is estimated that under these conditions, the isobutylene concentration in the reactor at the exterior surface of the resin may be taken as (0.961)(1.72 x 10"5) moles/cm3. 

TFEMA), necessary for preparation of functional water repellent paints and optical fiber coating agents. TFEMA can be manufactured by esterification of TFEA and methacrylic acid (MA) in the presence of an acid catalyst, at 70 °C. To obtain a higher conversion rate it is necessary to remove the water from the system, avoiding the formation of the thermodynamic equilibrium composition. 

The thermodynamics are indicated in Figure 14.6, using data from [41]. There is a considerable drop in the equiUbrium isobutene concentration, from almost 60 mol% at 400 K to only about 30% at 1000 K. This places a premium on an active catalyst to obtain high conversions at temperatures that yield reasonably high equilibrium conversions. 

The maximum conversion of reactants which can be achieved in an isothermal batch reactor is determined by the position of thermodynamic equilibrium. If this conversion is regarded as unsatisfactory, the use of a simple batch reactor may be abandoned in favour of a reactor which permits removal of products from the reaction mixture. Alternatively, the reactor temperature may be changed to obtain a more favourable equilibrium however, this may result in an unacceptable reduction in the net reaction rate. Such conflicts are often resolved by the use of optimisation procedures (see Sect. 8). 

From the second law of thermodynamics equilibrium constants, hence equilibrium compositions of reacting systems, may be calculated. We must remember, however, that real systems do not necessarily achieve this conversion therefore, the conversions calculated from thermodynamics are only suggested attainable values. 

Equilibrium Conversion. The equilibrium composition, as governed by the equilibrium constant, changes with temperature, and from thermodynamics the rate of change is given by... 

We can design a reactor to separate the products and achieve complete conversion by admitting pure A into the center of the tube with the sohd moving countercurrent to the carrier fluid. We adjust the flows such that A remains nearly stationary, product B flows backward, and product C flows forward. Thus we feed pure A into the reactor, withdraw pure B at one end, and withdraw pure C at the other end. We have thus (1) beat both thermodynamic equilibrium and (2) separated the two products from each other. 

In converter passes downstream of the first pass, exit temperatures are limited by thermodynamic equilibrium to around 500°C or less. To obtain optimum conversion, the heats of reaction from succeeding converter passes are removed by superheaters or air dilution. The temperature rise of the process gas is almost direcdy proportional to the S02 converted in each pass, even though S02 and 02 concentrations can vary widely. 

The dehydrogenation of paraffins to olefins, while it does not take place to a large extent at typical reforming conditions (equilibrium conversion of n-hexane to 1-hexene is about 0.3% at 510°C. and 17 atm. hydrogen partial pressure), is nevertheless of considerable importance, since olefins appear to be intermediates in some of the reactions. This matter will be discussed in more detail in a subsequent section. The formation of olefins from paraffins, similar to the formation of aromatics, is favored by the combination of high temperature and low hydrogen partial pressure. The thermodynamics of olefin formation can play an important role in determining the rates of those reactions which proceed via olefin intermediates, since thermodynamics sets an upper limit on the attainable concentration of olefin in the system. 

The equilibrium state in a chemical reaction can be considered from two distinct points of view. The first is from the standpoint of classical thermodynamics, and leads to relationships between the equilibrium constant and thermodynamic quantities such as free energy and heat of reaction, from which we can very usefully calculate equilibrium conversion. The second is a kinetic viewpoint, in which the state of chemical equilibrium is regarded as a dynamic balance between forward and reverse reactions at equilibrium the rates of the forward reactions and of the reverse reaction are just equal to each other, making the net rate of transformation zero. 

Note that all three models give almost the same exit conversion and yield for methane and carbon dioxide and that the second unit (2) is also operating relatively closely to its thermodynamic equilibrium, though further away from it when compared to Plant (1). The close agreement between the industrial performance data and the simulated data for the reformers (1) and (2) that was obtained by three different diffusion-reaction models validates the models that we have used, at least for plants operating near their thermodynamic equilibria. 

For Plant (3) the exit conversions and yields of methane and carbon dioxide obtained by all three models are much lower than the equilibrium values. Therefore, Plant (3) is run far from its thermodynamic equilibrium. Large differences between the predictions of the three models exist in the data the exit conversion simulations of methane differ by 16 to 23% that of the carbon dioxide yield by 12 to 18%. Since the dusty gas model is the more rigorous one, we can use its simulation output as a base for comparison in place of experimental or industrial data which is unavailable in this case. 

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