Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1969
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Saul I. Kreps
Second Advisor
Edward Charles Roche, Jr.
Third Advisor
John E. McCormick
Abstract
Methods of determining Hinshelwood rate correlations from non isothermal catalyst data was studied. It was determined for any chemical system involving a reacting gas mixture over a porous catalyst a node analysis could be used to determine chemical concentration and temperature variation through the pellet. Calculation performed with a spectra 360/Fortran 4 program defined the Hinshelwood equation from estimated surface rates. Then utilising nods analysis to determine concentration and temperature variance, transport and rate equations were integrated through the pellet to obtain a total pellet rate of reaction. For acceptance of Hinshelwood equations the calculated total rate must equal the measured total rate and the Hinshelwood constants must meet the Hinshelwood acceptance criteria. A sample problem employing Hydrogen and Oxygen catalysed over platinum was used for checkout.
Recommended Citation
Atkins, Joseph J., "A computer program for determining Hinshelwood rate mechanisims from nonisothermal pellet data" (1969). Theses. 2657.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2657
