Liquid phase hydrogenation of aniline in a trickle bed reactor

Govindarao, Venneti MH and Murthy, Karri V Ramana (1975) Liquid phase hydrogenation of aniline in a trickle bed reactor. In: Journal of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, 25 (3). 169 -181.

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Abstract

A rate equation is developed for the liquid phase hydrogenation of aniline over cylindrical catalyst pellets of 30% nickel deposited on clay in a trickle bed reactor. The equation takes into account external and internal diffusional limitations, and describes the experimental data adequately. The hydrogenation reaction is first order with respect to hydrogen and zero order with respect to aniline. Effectiveness factors are in the range 0.003-0.03. Apparent activation energy of the reaction is 12.7 kcal/mol and true activation energy is 39.6 kcal/mol.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
Publisher:	Blackwell science ltd
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Blackwell science ltd.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering
Date Deposited:	07 Feb 2010 11:55
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2011 05:04
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24096

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