Kinetics of the Reaction Between Solid Active Sodium Carbonate of the Second Generation and the Gaseous Sulfur Dioxide

1996 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1141-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Květoslava Stejskalová ◽  
Zdeněk Bastl ◽  
Karel Mocek

The results are presented of a detailed experimental kinetic study of the heterogeneous reaction between gaseous sulfur dioxide and the solid active sodium carbonate of the second generation which has been prepared by a controlled thermal dehydration of higher hydrates of the sodium carbonate. The measurements have been carried out in an all-glass kinetic apparatus with an integral fixed-bed reactor. The reaction course was studied in dependence on genesis and nature of the active sodium carbonate, on temperature and on composition of the gas phase. The reaction rate is significantly affected by presence of the water vapour which acts as a gaseous catalyst. Experimental data have been treated by using the model proposed by Erdos (Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 32, 1653 (1967), and the values of the effective reaction rate constants have been computed. The kinetic study of active sodium carbonate of the second generation has been completed by the determination of microstructure (SEM) of solid samples before and after reaction, and by determining the solid surface composition before and after reaction by means of electronic spectra (ESCA).

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 3419-3424
Author(s):  
Karel Mocek ◽  
Erich Lippert ◽  
Dušan Husek ◽  
Emerich Erdös

The effect of particle size (0.33-1.0 mm) of the sodium carbonate on the reactivity of the active sodium carbonate prepared therefrom towards the sulfur dioxide was studied in a fixedbed integral reactor at a temperature of 150 °C. The found dependence of the reaction rate on the particle size exhibits an unexpected course; at sizes of about 0.65 mm, a distinct minimum appears. The reaction rate decreases approximately ten times in the first branch of this dependence. The controlling factor of the reactivity of sodium carbonate, however, remains to be the method of preparing the active form.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (13) ◽  
pp. 3166-3170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Vobiš ◽  
Karel Mocek ◽  
Emerich Erdös

The formation of sodium disulphite in a heterogeneous reaction between solid sodium sulphite and gaseous sulfur dioxide has been investigated in a fixed-bed reactor at temperatures from 40 up to 80 °C in the presence of water vapour. The partial pressure of the sulfur dioxide was in the range of 1.2 to 7.5 kPa and that of the water vapour amounted to 1.0-6.5 kPa. The study has been aimed at finding optimum conditions for the formation of the disulphite according to the final degree of conversion. It has been found that the final degree of conversion depends primarily on the content of water vapour in the gas phase and on the temperature, the reactivity of the sodium sulphite being significantly affected by the way of its preparation.


Author(s):  
Kathleen B. Reuter

The reaction rate and efficiency of piperazine to 1,4-diazabicyclo-octane (DABCO) depends on the Si/Al ratio of the MFI topology catalysts. The Al was shown to be the active site, however, in the Si/Al range of 30-200 the reaction rate increases as the Si/Al ratio increases. The objective of this work was to determine the location and concentration of Al to explain this inverse relationship of Al content with reaction rate.Two silicalite catalysts in the form of 1/16 inch SiO2/Al2O3 bonded extrudates were examined: catalyst A with a Si/Al of 83; and catalyst B, the acid/phosphate Al extracted form of catalyst A, with a Si/Al of 175. Five extrudates from each catalyst were fractured in the transverse direction and particles were obtained from the fracture surfaces near the center of the extrudate diameter. Particles were also obtained from the outside surfaces of five extrudates.


1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 2302-2308
Author(s):  
Karel Mocek ◽  
Erich Lippert ◽  
Emerich Erdös

The kinetics of the reaction of solid sodium carbonate with sulfur dioxide depends on the microstructure of the solid, which in turn is affected by the way and conditions of its preparation. The active form, analogous to that obtained by thermal decomposition of NaHCO3, emerges from the dehydration of Na2CO3 . 10 H2O in a vacuum or its weathering in air at room temperature. The two active forms are porous and have approximately the same specific surface area. Partial hydration of the active Na2CO3 in air at room temperature followed by thermal dehydration does not bring about a significant decrease in reactivity. On the other hand, if the preparation of anhydrous Na2CO3 involves, partly or completely, the liquid phase, the reactivity of the product is substantially lower.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 682
Author(s):  
Gabriele Seitz ◽  
Farid Mohammadi ◽  
Holger Class

Calcium oxide/Calcium hydroxide can be utilized as a reaction system for thermochemical heat storage. It features a high storage capacity, is cheap, and does not involve major environmental concerns. Operationally, different fixed-bed reactor concepts can be distinguished; direct reactor are characterized by gas flow through the reactive bulk material, while in indirect reactors, the heat-carrying gas flow is separated from the bulk material. This study puts a focus on the indirectly operated fixed-bed reactor setup. The fluxes of the reaction fluid and the heat-carrying flow are decoupled in order to overcome limitations due to heat conduction in the reactive bulk material. The fixed bed represents a porous medium where Darcy-type flow conditions can be assumed. Here, a numerical model for such a reactor concept is presented, which has been implemented in the software DuMux. An attempt to calibrate and validate it with experimental results from the literature is discussed in detail. This allows for the identification of a deficient insulation of the experimental setup. Accordingly, heat-loss mechanisms are included in the model. However, it can be shown that heat losses alone are not sufficient to explain the experimental results. It is evident that another effect plays a role here. Using Bayesian inference, this effect is identified as the reaction rate decreasing with progressing conversion of reactive material. The calibrated model reveals that more heat is lost over the reactor surface than transported in the heat transfer channel, which causes a considerable speed-up of the discharge reaction. An observed deceleration of the reaction rate at progressed conversion is attributed to the presence of agglomerates of the bulk material in the fixed bed. This retardation is represented phenomenologically by mofifying the reaction kinetics. After the calibration, the model is validated with a second set of experimental results. To speed up the calculations for the calibration, the numerical model is replaced by a surrogate model based on Polynomial Chaos Expansion and Principal Component Analysis.


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