24.08.2013 Views

MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...

MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...

MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Consider a reaction described by an m-th order rate equation. In Zone II, the<br />

effectiveness factor is 1/M T, and the observed reaction rate is:<br />

r obs ′ = 1 m<br />

kmCs =<br />

MT L<br />

1<br />

(m +1)<br />

2<br />

Substitution of Eq. (5.7) into Eq. (5.5) gives,<br />

n obs =<br />

(m +1)<br />

2<br />

m −1<br />

k mCs De 48<br />

m<br />

kmC s<br />

This is a classical relationship in kinetics literature (Smith, 1981). Now consider a<br />

reaction described by the Langmuir rate equation. In Zone II, the observed reaction rate<br />

is:<br />

r obs ′ =<br />

k 1C s<br />

1 + KC s<br />

= 1<br />

M T<br />

k 1C s<br />

1 + KC s<br />

In the previous chapter it has been shown that the standard general modulus for Langmuir<br />

rate equation is:<br />

M T = L<br />

o k 1<br />

KC s<br />

2De 1 + KCs And this standard general modulus can be approximated by<br />

M T = L<br />

or M T = L<br />

Ok0K / De 1<br />

2KCs +<br />

1+ KCs O k 0 K / D e<br />

2KC s +1<br />

(5.7)<br />

(5.8)<br />

(5.9)<br />

1<br />

−<br />

2 [KCs − ln(1 + KCs )] . (5.10)<br />

= L<br />

= L<br />

Ok1 / De 1<br />

2KCs +<br />

1 + KCs (5.11)<br />

Ok1 / De . (5.12)<br />

2KCs +1<br />

The observed reaction order was obtained from Eqs. (5.10), (5.9), and (5.5) after tedious<br />

mathematical manipulations:

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!