The technological development of catalytic processes under rapid deactivation requires the rigorous calculation of the deactivation kinetic equation in order to be useful in the simulation and optimization of industrial processes. Accordingly, suitable equipment for reaction and product analysis and a rigorous methodology for kinetic data analysis are required. These aspects are approached in this paper using the transformation of methanol into olefins on a SAPO-18 as the model reaction. In this reaction, deactivation is rapid and there is also an initiation period depending on process conditions. The correct use of gas chromatography allows for improving the collection of experimental data of composition with time-on-stream, given that, on the one hand, it minimizes the time required for analysis (4 min), and on the other, a better homogenization of the reaction product sample is achieved, which allows for a more accurate determination of the composition corresponding to a given time-on-stream. Furthermore, the rigorous kinetic modelling of deactivation requires a data analysis methodology that considers the past history of the catalyst and an activity to be defined based on a rigorous physical meaning. Accordingly, the concept of the integrated kinetic model has been used in this paper, whose basis is the calculation of kinetic parameters by simultaneously solving the zero time-on-stream kinetic model and the kinetic equation for deactivation.
