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Diffusion with a
heterogeneous
chemical
reaction
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY LAHORE
Consider a model for catalytic
reactor
The
reaction 2A B carried in the
reactor
Gas A Gases
A&B
Catalyst Coated
Spheical Material
XA0
Z=0
A
XA Catalytic
XB
Z surface
B
Z= δ
NBZ = -1/2N AZ
x A
N Az cDAB x A N AZ N BZ Equation 18.0-1
z
Combined
flux Convectiv
Molecular
e flux
flux
dx A 1
N Az cDAB x A N AZ N AZ
dz 2
After Rearranging
1 dx A
N Az x A N AZ cDAB
2 dz
Simplify and get value of NAZ
cDAB dx A
N Az (A)
1 dz
1 x A
2
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Pakistan
Expression for concentration profile
d cDAB dxA
0
dz 1 1 xA dz
2
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Pakistan
For an ideal gas mixture at constant temperature and
pressure ‘с’ must be a constant and for gases “DAB” is
independent of concentration. Hence cDAB can be taken
outside of the derivative to get
d 1 dxA
0
dz 1 1 xA dz
2
2 ln( 1 1 xA) C1 z C2
2
Where C1 & C2 are constants of integration