Kinetics of sorption in deactivated zeolite crystal adsorbents

  • Ifadat Ali Khan
  • , Kevin F. Loughlin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Dehydration adsorbents deactivate with time due to either pore mouth closure, window blocking, coking and/or hydrothermal decrystallization. These mechanisms of deactivation may be significant under severe hydrothermal conditions and/or in presence of reactive hydrocarbons at elevated temperatures and/or pressures. A mathematical model for predicting the uptake rates for crystal particles partially blocked either due to coking or pore mouth closure has been developed and numerical results, using the orthogonal collocation technique, have been obtained. Concentrated blockage of the crystal surface greatly reduces the mass transfer rate in comparison to uniformly distributed surface blockage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)689-696
Number of pages8
JournalComputers and Chemical Engineering
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2003

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge an anonymous referee for the comments provided on the source of the Jacobi polynomials. The authors also acknowledge King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals for the financial support provided for this work.

Keywords

  • Adsorbents
  • Deactivation
  • Kinetics
  • Sorption
  • Zeolites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications

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