Testing commercial catalysts in recycle reactors
Recycle reactors for quality control of catalyst production and for testing new catalysts for known or new processes have the following advantages over tubular reactors: they can reproduce the physical and chemical regime which surrounds the catalyst in a commercial reactor; they can achieve high mass and heat transfer; they exhibit uniform coke deposit; and they provide independence of mass velocity and space velocity. Their disadvantage is the unconventional specification of experiments in terms of discharge concentration which derives from the implicit nature of the basic mathematical relationships. Recycle reactor test methods are outlined for quality control and for testing catalysts, e.g., supported nickel from different manufacturers, for processes whose chemistry is well known. Approaches for testing catalysts for new processes are discussed. The standard recycle reactor developed at Union Carbide Corp. and manufactured by Autoclave Engineers, and several of its modifications are described.
- Research Organization:
- Berty Assoc.
- OSTI ID:
- 6507867
- Journal Information:
- Catal. Rev., Sci. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Catal. Rev., Sci. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 20:1; ISSN CRSEC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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