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Gas-liquid hydrogenation in continuous flow – The effect of mass transfer and residence time in powder packed-bed and catalyst-coated reactors

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Cherkasov, Nikolay, Denissenko, Petr, Deshmukh, Shrirang and Rebrov, Evgeny V. (2020) Gas-liquid hydrogenation in continuous flow – The effect of mass transfer and residence time in powder packed-bed and catalyst-coated reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 379 . 122292. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2019.122292 ISSN 1385-8947.

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Abstract

Catalyst-coated tube reactors have been compared with the reactors packed with catalyst powder in alkyne semi-hydrogenation over a 5 wt% Pd/ZnO catalyst and cinnamic ester full hydrogenation over a 2.4 wt% Pd/C catalyst. The “powder packed-bed” reactors (packing with catalyst powder below 30 μm) showed irreproducible performance in time due to mobility of the catalyst layer in the bed which altered the fluidic path and therefore affected the mean liquid residence time and the dispersion. The catalyst-coated tube reactors demonstrated an ideal plug-flow behaviour (Péclet number > 120), while the powder packed-bed showed a considerable back-mixing (Péclet ~ 25). Under all conditions studied, the reaction rate in the powder packed-bed was limited by external mass transfer, while in the coated tube – by the intrinsic kinetics. The coated tubes demonstrated a much lower pressure drop, an improved alkene selectivity, and a 5 times higher throughput compared to the powder packed-bed. The dilution of the catalyst bed with glass beads improved the throughput 4-fold at the expense of 4-fold increase in the pressure drop. In full hydrogenation reaction, the catalyst-coated tube showed a 14 times higher throughput than in the powder packed-bed at the full alkyne conversion. A reactor model for the catalyst-coated tube has been proposed that takes into account the change in the fluid velocity during the reaction. The model described the reaction kinetics demonstrating that the catalyst-coated tubes can be used as a tool to obtain kinetic data in gas-liquid reactions in flow.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Hydrogenation, Acetylene, Catalysts, Chemical inhibitors
Journal or Publication Title: Chemical Engineering Journal
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 1385-8947
Official Date: 1 January 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
1 January 2020Published
18 July 2019Available
18 July 2019Accepted
Volume: 379
Article Number: 122292
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122292
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 August 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 18 July 2020
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
900041Innovate UKhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006041
Andrew Fellowshipinstitution of Chemical Engineershttps://www.icheme.org/career/fellowships/andrew-fellowship/

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