The dehydration butanol of alumina is carried out over a silica alumina cata- lyst at 680 K. CH CH CH CH 0H~CH CH = CHCH3 + HzO The rate law is with k = 0.065 mollgcat•h•atm and Ksu = 0.42 atm- 1 • Pure butanol enters a thin tubed packed-bed reactor at a molar flow rate 50 kmol/hr and a pressure of 10 atm (l013•kPa). (a) What PBR catalyst weight is necessary to achieve 80% conversion in the absence of pressure drop? Plot and analyze X, y, f (i.e., (v/v0)) and reac- tion rate, -r~, as a function of catalyst weight

The dehydration butanol of alumina is carried out over a silica alumina cata-

lyst at 680 K.

CH CH CH CH 0H~CH CH = CHCH3 + HzO

The rate law is

with k = 0.065 mollgcat•h•atm and Ksu = 0.42 atm- 1

• Pure butanol enters a

thin tubed packed-bed reactor at a molar flow rate 50 kmol/hr and a pressure

of 10 atm (l013•kPa).

(a) What PBR catalyst weight is necessary to achieve 80% conversion in the

absence of pressure drop? Plot and analyze X, y, f (i.e., (v/v0)) and reac-

tion rate, -r~, as a function of catalyst weight