Kinetic investigation of the isomerization of C8‐aromatics
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
- Vol. 58 (4) , 517-520
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.5450580415
Abstract
The kinetics of isomerization of C8‐aromatics on a bifunctional Pt/zeolite catalyst has been studied at 422°C, total pressures of 7.102 KPa to 18.102 KPa and H2/hydrocarbon ratios of 3 to 18 in a fixed bed reactor. The rate of ethyl‐benzene isomerization can be described on the basis of a bifunctional reaction mechanism. For modeling the rates of interconversion of the C8‐aromatics linear rate laws are suitable as long as hydrogen and hydrocarbon partial pressures are kept constant.Keywords
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