COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF A CHROMATO-GRAPHIC MOVING-BED REACTOR FOR CONSECUTIVE AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Abstract

The chromatographic moving-bed reactor is a new device in which catalytic reaction and separation by adsorption take place simultaneously. In this paper, new ways of utilization of the device are investigated to make clear that the following two objects are practicable: (1) the selectivity of the intermediate products in first-order consecutive reactions can be improved compared with that in fixed-bed reactors, and (2) the conversion of products in reversible reactions can exceed the conversion at chemical equilibrium. The para-xylene production process seems to correspond to the second situation.