화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol.38, No.12, 2198-2206, 2015
Simulation of Propane Dehydrogenation to Propylene in a Radial-Flow Reactor over Pt-Sn/Al2O3 as the Catalyst
Catalytic paraffin dehydrogenation for manufacturing olefins is considered to be one of the most significant production routes in the petrochemical industries. A reactor kinetic model for the dehydrogenation of propane to propylene in a radial-flow reactor over Pt-Sn/Al2O3 as the catalyst was investigated here. The model showed that the catalyst activity was highly time dependent. In addition, the component concentrations and the temperature varied along the reactor radius owing to the occurring endothermic reaction. Moreover, a similar trend was noticed for the propane conversion as for the propylene selectivity, with both of them decreasing over the time period studied. Furthermore, a reversal of this trend was also revealed when the feed temperature was enhanced or when argon was added into the feed as an inert gas.