Toluene methylation to para-xylene

• Published in: Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Vol. 135; no. 3; pp. 1723 - 1732
• Main Authors: Abdi-khanghah, Mahdi, Alrashed, Abdullah A. A. A, Hamoule, Touba, Behbahani, Reza Mosayebi, Goodarzi, Marjan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activation energy; Chemical reactions; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite element method; Fixed beds; Fluid flow; Isomerization; Methylation; Optimization; Organic chemistry; Parameters; Residence time distribution; Temperature distribution; Toluene; Transport phenomena; Wall temperature; Xylene

To investigate the effect of operational parameter and transport phenomena on para-xylene production from toluene methylation with methanol, a fixed bed tubular reactor packed with Al-HMS-5 mesoporous catalyst was numerically studied. A mechanistic Longmuir-Hinshelwood-type kinetic study has been im...