Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 135, Issue 3, Pages 1723-1732Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-018-7228-5
Keywords
Para-xylene production; Finite element method; Al-HMS-5 catalyst; Fixed bed reactor
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To investigate the effect of operational parameter and transport phenomena on para-xylene production from toluene methylation with methanol, a fixed bed tubular reactor packed with Al-HMS-5 mesoporous catalyst was numerically studied. A mechanistic Longmuir-Hinshelwood-type kinetic study has been implemented on a proposed reaction network based on former experimental observation and theoretical background. Kinetic parameters and activation energy related to proposed reaction network for toluene methylation were evaluated using nonlinear regression and Arrhenius plot, respectively. In addition, heat transfer, fluid flow, and chemical reaction equations consisting of toluene methylation and xylene isomerization were solved using finite element method. In order to optimize toluene methylation process, reaction temperature and residence time were investigated. The results showed that uniform distribution of temperature exists at the reactor. There is only deviation from uniform temperature at the reactor entrance, but in other places, the temperature distribution is uniform. As a result, fluid temperature quickly becomes the same as the wall temperature, making the toluene methylation reaction highly efficient. Finally, the residence time of 60s and wall temperature of 425K were recommended as optimum working values.
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