Modelling of Catalyst Pellet Deactivation: An Irreversible Chemisorption Model

Catalyst deactivation

The fundamentals of catalyst deactivation are presented in this review. The chemico-physical aspects concerning the various deactivation causes (i.e. poisoning, sintering, coking, solid-state transformation, masking, etc.) have been analyzed and discussed, along with the mathematical description of the deactivation phenomena. # 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights

Determination of the Deactivation Model of Iron-potassium/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst in a Fixed Bed Reactor

Catalyst activity and performance are the most important factors for selecting a catalyst in different processes. The Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is a very important synthesis that extensive action has been taken place to increase the activity of its catalysts in the recent century. Deactivation of the catalysts of the process is influenced by many factors, among which coking and sintering have c...

A Temperature Overshoot on a Catalyst Pellet

An unexpected temperature overshoot was found for a Pd on alumina catalyst pellet in its course towards a new steady state, after a change in concentration of one of the reactants. The reaction mixture consisted of ethylene, hydrogen and nitrogen as inert. A speculative model is introduced, which can explain these overshoots by a slow adsorption of one of the reactants on the active sites of th...

Advances in Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration

Heterogeneous Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration: A Review

Deactivation of heterogeneous catalysts is a ubiquitous problem that causes loss of catalytic rate with time. This review on deactivation and regeneration of heterogeneous catalysts classifies deactivation by type (chemical, thermal, and mechanical) and by mechanism (poisoning, fouling, thermal degradation, vapor formation, vapor-solid and solid-solid reactions, and attrition/crushing). The key...