Optimal reactor design and operation taking catalyst deactivation into account

Xie M, Freund H (2018)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

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Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Book Volume: 175

Pages Range: 405-415

DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.10.010

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In this work, a new approach for taking catalyst deactivation into account in the early stage of reactor design is derived and exemplified by the ethylene oxide synthesis as an industrial relevant case study. In this process, the catalyst lifetime is much larger than the residence time of reactants. The operating conditions over the whole catalyst lifetime and the reactor configuration are simultaneously optimized. The objective of the mathematical optimization problem is the overall reactor performance such as the average selectivity over the catalyst lifetime. An optimal detailed design could be derived with advanced temperature control, giving rise to a higher average selectivity and potentially longer catalyst lifetime compared to the reference case. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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APA:

Xie, M., & Freund, H. (2018). Optimal reactor design and operation taking catalyst deactivation into account. Chemical Engineering Science, 175, 405-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2017.10.010

MLA:

Xie, Mingquan, and Hannsjörg Freund. "Optimal reactor design and operation taking catalyst deactivation into account." Chemical Engineering Science 175 (2018): 405-415.

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