Lecture 24 - University of Michigan · Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that...
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Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that studies the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in which they take place. Lecture 24
Transcript of Lecture 24 - University of Michigan · Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that...
Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that studies the rates and mechanisms of
chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in which they take place.
Lecture 24
Today’s lecture Normal Pentene Iso-Pentane Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm Catalytic Converters for Automobiles
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Last Lecture Catalytic Reforming Reaction (Gasoline)
Normal Pentane Octane Number=62 Iso-Pentane Octane Number=90 Normal Pentane Iso-Pentane
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Steps in a Catalytic Reaction
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Steps in a Catalytic Reaction
Adsorption on Surface
Surface Reaction Single Site
Dual Site
Desorption from Surface
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n-pentane i-pentane 0.75 wt% Pt
Al2O3
n-pentene i-pentene Al2O3
N I
n-pentane n-pentene -H2
Pt
Al2O3 i-pentene
+H2
Pt i-pentane
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Isomerization of n-pentene (N) to i-pentene (I) over alumina
N I Al2O3
1. Select a mechanism (Mechanism Dual Site)
Adsorption on Surface:
Surface Reaction:
Desorption:
Treat each reaction step as an elementary reaction when writing rate laws.
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2. Assume a rate-limiting step. Choose the surface reaction first, since more than 75% of all heterogenous reactions that are not diffusion-limited are surface-reaction-limited. The rate law for the surface reaction step is
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3. Find the expression for concentration of the adsorbed species CI.S. Use the other steps that are not limiting to solve for CI.S (e.g., CN.S and CI.S). For this reaction,
From
From
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4. Write a Site Balance.
5. Derive the rate law. Combine steps 2, 3 and 4 to arrive at the rate law:
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Placed inline with exhaust system (~$500)
NOx plays big role in smog formation
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1) Propose a mechanism
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(from graph data, we see CO2 is not on the surface and that the surface reaction is irreversible)
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Is this consistent with the given data?
-No CO2 in rate law
-rate law decreases as PN2 increases
The contribution of PN2 is very small and can be neglected
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optimum
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End of Lecture 24
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