Catalysis Today, Vol.48, No.1-4, 139-145, 1999
A homogeneous-heterogeneously catalysed reaction system in a loop reactor
Catalytic three-phase reactions including homogeneous liquid-phase steps were simulated in a loop reactor. The loop reactor consisted of a reaction vessel, an external loop as well as an ejector. The loop reactor was modelled using tanks-in-series or alternatively, axial dispersion models. Kinetics of the reductive alkylation of aromatic amines, which was determined from the experiments in a laboratory autoclave, was used for verifying the reactor model and for concentration profile simulations in the loop reactor.