Answer to Question #243814 in Chemical Engineering for Vijay

Question

To design a rector of hydrodesulfurization reaction to convert benzothiophene into ethylbenzene with a cobalt-molybdenum catalyst supported on alumina.we have packed bed reactor (adiabatic ) temp-260C and pressure 30bar.please provide solutions for Weight of catalyst required

Answer 1

The most frequent support for HDS catalysts is Al2O3. To date, Al2O3 has been widely utilized as support in HDS catalysts because it has a large surface area and porosity, is easily shaped into a suitable shape, and has great mechanical strength and hydrothermal stability.

Pore volume per unit mass of catalyst (Vg), cm3 g−10.041926

The molecular weight of gas (Mwi), g mol−14

The molecular weight of LGO (MWL), g mol−1184.26