Translation of MAT Kinetic Data to Model Industrial Catalytic Cracking Units

Bench‐ and laboratory‐scale reactors are required to infer kinetic data for catalytic cracking units. One of the most common methods is the microactivity test (MAT, ASTM D‐3902–92), that emulates the catalyst‐to‐oil ratio using a fixed‐bed reactor and a semibatch accumulator of liquids. Translation...

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Published in:Chemical engineering & technology 2004-07, Vol.27 (7), p.777-780
Main Authors: Maya-Yescas, R., León-Becerril, E., Salazar-Sotelo, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Catalysis
Catalytic reactions
Chemical engineering
Chemistry
Cracking unit
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
Kinetics
Reactors
Riser
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
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Summary:Bench‐ and laboratory‐scale reactors are required to infer kinetic data for catalytic cracking units. One of the most common methods is the microactivity test (MAT, ASTM D‐3902–92), that emulates the catalyst‐to‐oil ratio using a fixed‐bed reactor and a semibatch accumulator of liquids. Translation of data obtained from MAT tests in order to infer kinetic parameters to model continuous industrial units is, consequently, difficult and uncertain. In this work, the extraction of kinetic data obtained in a MAT reactor is analyzed. Estimation of a kinetic rate equation to evaluate instantaneous conversion in MAT reactors is performed. The activation energy obtained is kinetic and can be used during the modeling of riser reactors. It was possible, also, to infer values of the remaining catalytic activity after each experiment; these values were used to adjust a hyperbolic deactivation function, useful to model industrial riser reactors. Translation of data obtained from MAT tests in order to infer kinetic parameters to model continuous industrial units is difficult and uncertain. In this work, the extraction of kinetic data obtained in a MAT reactor is analyzed. Estimation of a kinetic rate equation to evaluate instantaneous conversion in MAT reactors is performed. The activation energy obtained is kinetic and can be used during the modeling of riser reactors.
ISSN:0930-7516
1521-4125
DOI:10.1002/ceat.200401971