Combining catalysis and computational fluid dynamics towards improved process design for ethanol dehydration
Combining catalysis and computational fluid dynamics towards improved process design for ethanol dehydration
Through a combined computational fluid dynamics, characterization and catalysis study we have developed, for the first time, a working model of the ethanol dehydration process within a catalytic pelletized fixed bed reactor. The model, constructed from experimental kinetic data on the dehydration of ethanol to ethylene, with the industrial MTO catalyst SAPO-34, provides unique insights on reaction rate, product selectivity and local temperature fluctuations that are pivotal to reactor design towards optimized catalytic processes, and highly relevant for the optimization of industrial chemical processes.
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Potter, Matthew
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Armstrong, Lindsay-Marie
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Raja, Robert
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7 December 2018
Potter, Matthew
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Armstrong, Lindsay-Marie
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Raja, Robert
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Potter, Matthew, Armstrong, Lindsay-Marie and Raja, Robert
(2018)
Combining catalysis and computational fluid dynamics towards improved process design for ethanol dehydration.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 8 (23), .
(doi:10.1039/C8CY01564C).
Abstract
Through a combined computational fluid dynamics, characterization and catalysis study we have developed, for the first time, a working model of the ethanol dehydration process within a catalytic pelletized fixed bed reactor. The model, constructed from experimental kinetic data on the dehydration of ethanol to ethylene, with the industrial MTO catalyst SAPO-34, provides unique insights on reaction rate, product selectivity and local temperature fluctuations that are pivotal to reactor design towards optimized catalytic processes, and highly relevant for the optimization of industrial chemical processes.
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Submitted date: 1 May 2018
Accepted/In Press date: 27 October 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 31 October 2018
Published date: 7 December 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425802
ISSN: 2044-4753
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